CLIB - Cluster industrielle Biotechnologie

MPowerBIO Cluster Networking Event
2021-08-24 10:30 - 14:30 (Europe/Berlin) | Germany
CLIB is happy to invite you to our MPowerBIO Cluster Networking Event von 24 August 2021 from 10.30 h – 14.30 h CEST held as an online event.
The event will give you the chance to network with the other clusters in the project, give feedback on the Capacity Building Programme and influence the programme for 2022 and deepen your knowledge on the Design Thinking method by designing a cluster service portfolio targeted towards SMEs looking for investment together with the other clusters.

Agenda

10.30 h
Welcome and Introduction

10.40 h
Tour de Table

11.00 h
Feedback on the Capacity Building Programme

12.00 h
Lunch Break

13.00 h
Design Thinking Workshop – Design a service portfolio for your SMEs

14.20 h
Q&A and final remarks

14.30 h
End of Event

INSECTA 2021
2021-09-08 - 2021-09-10 | Johanniskirche Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
Date: 08. and 09. September 2021
Venue: Johanniskirche in Magdeburg
Online: live stream (retrievable for a few days afterwards)
Participants: about 120
(Number of participants on site will be limited according to
the current pandemic regulations.)
Conference language: English

Final CKB symposium
2021-09-16 10:00 - 18:00 | Courtyard Düsseldorf Seestern, Am Seestern 16, Düsseldorf, 40547, Germany
The EFRE-funded project CLIB-Competence Center Biotechnology (CKB) will end this year and we are going to live the exchange between the work packages and institutions of CKB one more time during the final CKB symposium.
On 16 September 2021 the symposium will be held as a live event in Düsseldorf at the Courtyard Düsseldorf Seestern. All members of the CKB project, as well as the industry advisory board are invited to join the symposium. The day will be filled with pitches from young scientists, posters on exciting project results and discussions on the continuation of the innovations started within CKB.

Agenda
09:30 h Registration
10:00 h Welcome

WP3 – Health
10:15 h Overview WP3
10:35 h Pitches from four young scientists
11:15 h Discussion on future developments

11:45 h Lunch

WP2 – Raw Materials
13:15 h Overview WP2
13:35 h Pitches from four young scientists
14:15 h Discussion on future developments

14:45 h Coffee Break & Posters

WP1 – Resource Efficiency
15:25 h Overview WP1
15:45 h Pitches from four young scientists
16:25 h Discussion on future developments

16:55 h Coffee Break & Posters

17:35 h Overview WP4
17:50 h Final remarks
18:00 h End of event

EFIB
2021-10-06 - 2021-10-08 | Austria Centre Vienna, Bruno-Kreisky-Platz 1, Vienna, 1220, Germany
EFIB 2021 – Registration is open!

Europe’s Leading Event on Industrial Biotechnology and the Bioeconomy | 6–7 October | Hosted in Vienna, Austria

17th Carbon Dioxide Utilisation Summit
2021-10-27 - 2021-10-29 | NH Brussels Bloom, Rue Royale 250, Brussels, 1210, Germany
ACI’s 17th Carbon Dioxide Utilisation Summit will take place in Brussels, Belgium on the 27th & 28th October 2021.
For the 2021 European edition, the conference will explore the on-going & future CO2 utilisation projects, the importance of creating partnership through industrial clusters, best practices of LCAs, as well as the policy & regulations that can help strengthen the industry and the latest technology developments.
The two day event will also focus on the diverse uses of CO2 – chemicals, e-fuels, mineralisation and other market potential, through case studies. The conference participants will be able to take advantage of the different panel discussions and Q&A to gain a deeper understanding of the projects presented and interact both with the speakers and their fellow attendees.

CIRCULAR-BIO Annual Conference 2021
2021-11-02 09:15 - 17:30 | Germany
The partners of the Circular-Bio Network invite you to the project’s annual conference on 2 November. Participation in this hybrid event is possible both on site at the Lindner Congress Hotel Düsseldorf and online.

During the conference, we want to discuss which material flows are available in the cross-border region along the German-Dutch border, which innovative valorisation concepts are being developed, and which product ideas are being promoted. The circular bioeconomy offers diverse potentials and in the past months we have identified some concrete topic areas with particular relevance for the region.

In sessions on the topics Future Fuels, Healthy Building, Food & Feed Solutions and Utilisation of Residual Material Streams from Horticulture, we want to present exciting approaches and jointly discuss possible solutions for existing issues.

The conference will take place from approx. 9.15 am – 5.30 pm. We are looking forward to your participation at the Lindner Congress Hotel Düsseldorf, Lütticher Str. 130, 40547 Düsseldorf. The event will also be accessible in parallel via video stream.
AGENDA:

09:15
Conference Registration & welcome coffee

09:45
Opening Session: Eating sustainable – Novelties in Food & Feed

09:45
Moderatorin: Sarah Refai (CLIB)

09:50
Dennis Herzberg
CLIB
Circular-Bio, Bio-based business – building bridges beyond borders

10:05
Timo Johannes Koch
Pfeifer & Langen, Savanna Ingredients
„Scale Up“ Challenges in Food Industry

10:35
Theo Verleun
InsectValley
Insects as part of our food intake either direct or indirect. It will happen!?

11:05
Session 1: Turning healthy and sustainable – Transformations in the Building Industry

11:05
Moderator: Simon Jenniches (WFK)

11:10
Prof. Dr. Steffen Witzleben
Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg
Sustainable and biobased materials in the construction industry

11:30
Jeoffrey van den Berg
NewFoss
Grass fibers in the building sector

11:50
Julia Krayer, Lina Vieres
Fraunhofer UMSICHT
Using mycelium and 3D-printable biobased paste as building materials

12:10
Discussion

12:25
Introduction Oanax platform
Brian Velda (Oanax)

12:40
Lunch and networking break

14:00
Session 2: Moving forward – Innovations in Fuels

14:00
Moderator: Frank Köster (3N)

14:05
Dina Genzink
Q1 Energie AG, Osnabrück
Developing climate-neutral fuels and taking into petrol stations

14:25
Dr. Horst Meyrahn
Agrihumin GmbH
Sewage sludge recycling

14:45
Klaus Lucka
TEC4FUELS GmbH
Chances and Challenges of advanced alternative Fuels

15:05
Discussion

15:20
Coffee break

15:50
Session 3: Becoming waste-less – Using residual Material from Horticulture

15:50
Moderator: Patrick Lemmens (Arvalis)

15:55
Giulia Viero
ECOR Global
Enabling horticulture fibers use in material innovation &​ applications

16:15
Hans Derksen
BioRefinerySolutions
Producing high-value food-grade ingredients out of agrofood sidestreams

16:35
Discussion

16:45
Panel Discussion
Patrick Lemmens in dialogue with Giulia Viero, Hans Derksen and Pim Deuling (Bluehub/Platform Tuinbouwreststromen)

17:10
Get together

Please register on-site until 26 October 2021 and on-line until 28 October 2021.

The Investor Forum 2021
2021-11-09 - 2021-11-12
The all virtual third ISC3 Investor Forum will explore how business models need to adapt and modify to foster sustainable chemistry innovations.
Every year, the ISC3 Investor Forum brings together founders, investors, scientists as well as decision-makers from industry and politics, to foster impact investment and innovation in sustainable chemistry.
Explore the interdependencies between impact investment, innovation, and sustainable chemistry.

Greener Manufacturing Show / Plastic Free World
2021-11-10 - 2021-11-12 | Hall 10.2 East Entrance, Koelnmesse, Germany, Deutz-Mülheimer Straße 35, Köln, 50679, Germany
The Greener Manufacturing Show is the must-attend event for any sustainability-focused company looking to design and manufacture their products from more sustainable materials, limit and eliminate the use of toxic chemicals, and reduce the impact of their industrial and manufacturing processes on the environment and global climate change. Source the latest technologies and solutions, and find new partners to help achieve all your sustainability targets.

CLIB forum event "Enzymes – the Multitool of Biotechnology"
2021-11-17 13:30 - 16:30 | online
Enzymes have been catalysing reactions for millions of years and are able to build, degrade and modify molecules in the most diverse ways.

If adjusted and optimised correctly, we are able to use enzymes to produce every molecule we want.

The infinite opportunities of enzymes will be the topic of the next CLIB forum event

“Enyzmes – the Multitool of Biotechnology”.

This virtual forum event will take place on Wednesday, 17 November 2021 from 13.30 h – 16.30 h CET. We are going to hear about cutting-edge technologies in enzyme modification and optimisation and discuss about the opportunities of this powerful multitool of biotechnology.

13:30 h
Welcome & Introduction

(Katrin Kriebs, CLIB)

13:50 h
tba

(Michael Puls, evoxx technologies GmbH)

14:20 h
Collective Catalysis – Synthesis of valuable compounds in living cells using multiple enzymes

(Jan Marienhagen, Department Synthetic Cell Factories, FZ Jülich)

14:50 h
Short break

15:00 h
Kickstart your biocatalysis journey with us

(Anne Timm, INOFEA AG & Emil Byström, SpinChem AB)

15:45 h
Final discussion

16:00 h
Networking @Wonder

16:30 h
End of event

Register now for free via RSVP.

European Bioplastics Conference
2021-11-30 - 2021-12-02 | Mercure Hotel MOA Berlin, Stephanstraße 41, Berlin, 10559, Germany
The European Bioplastics Conference is the leading business and discussion forum in Europe for the global bioplastics sector. With more and more brands and manufacturers embracing the potential of biopolymers, and with policy makers increasingly streamlining their efforts to create frameworks that benefit the growth of sustainable bio-industries, this is the time to put bioplastics on top of the agenda of a bio-based circular economy in Europe and beyond.

8th Biorizon Annual Event on Bio-Aromatics
2021-12-02 - 2021-12-03 | Germany
December 2nd, major industrial players, small to medium sized enterprises, government officials and research and technology organisations from all over the world will join Biorizon Shared Research Center to discuss the latest progress in the field of bio-aromatics and to elaborate on opportunities to accelerate biobased business together. Biorizon invites you to join, either on-site in Rotterdam, or remotely.
Over the past years, this event has evolved into a must-attend event for anyone who’s interested in renewable aromatics. Last edition attracted 308 participants from 29 countries that engaged in 163 matchmaking sessions.
What to expect from this year’s hybrid annual event on 2 December:

1. Short, interactive plenary presentations that feature the progress that Biorizon has made in the scaling up of the production of bio-aromatics with premium properties. Plus a keynote speech of a major brand owner you don’t want to miss (t.b.c.).
2. By popular demand, we have maximized the opportunity to arrange matchmaking sessions that can be scheduled as from now. Meet representatives of the entire bio-aromatic value chain from all over the world!

Registration: https://8th-biorizon-bio-aromatics-event.b2match.io/

CLIB forum event "Catalysing Alliances for Greener Products"
2021-12-10 09:30 - 12:30 | Germany
The development of sustainable and resource-saving processes is a major focus of R&D&I work, also supported heavily by the European Commission as part of the Green Deal and the sustainability efforts. Four international research projects, all funded via the EU Horizon2020 framework, are currently exploring the utilisation of enzymes in a variety of industrial applications to make our products greener.

Within the project HiPerIn 2.0, CLIB is looking at industry sectors which could benefit from a structural change away from fossil-based towards biotechnological processes based on renewable substrates. The targeted product groups combine high functionality, designable product properties, and a high added value. We are focusing on five targeted sectors: Textiles & Fibres, Coatings & Adhesives, Personal & Home Care, Food & Feed, and Flavours & Fragrances.

We are happy to dedicate our annual end-of-year December forum to the four EU-funded projects FuturEnzyme, EnXylaScope, OXIPRO and RADICALZ, giving them a platform to present their concept and selected scientific results with a high linkage towards industrial applications to an interested international audience.

In this CLIB online forum event, you will hear from researchers and experts about the opportunities and challenges in the development and production of novel enzymes which will revolutionise common consumer products. A detailed programme will be published in the following days on this event site.

Participation is free, but you will need to register via RSVP.

Agenda CLIB Forum Green Products

Cellulose Fibres Conference
2022-02-02 - 2022-02-04 | Germany
Cellulose fibres are among the winners of the European “Single-Use Plastics Directive (SUPD)”, which has been in effect since July 2021 and entails plastic bans for a variety of single-use products. Cellulose is the main component of plant cell walls and a natural polymer. As a result, disposable products made of cellulose and cellulose fibres are not labelled as plastic and are explicitly excluded from the regulation. The success story of cellulose fibres will thus continue at a rapid pace with new developments and applications.
Building on the success of this year’s conference with 200 participants, the International Conference on Cellulose Fibres 2022 will again cover the entire value chain, from lignocellulose, chemical pulp, cellulose fibres such as rayon, viscose, modal or lyocell and new developments to a wide range of applications: Textiles of all kinds, nonwovens such as wet wipes and new areas such as composites or nanocellulose in the food industry. All these sectors have gained considerable momentum in recent years.
Cellulose fibres have been a success story within the textile market with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 5 and 10 % over the last ten years and similar growth rates are expected in the coming decade. This makes cellulosic fibres the fastest growing fibre group in the textile industry and also the largest investment sector in the global bioeconomy. The challenge now is to achieve a balance between the ongoing capacity expansion and the growing demand, to avoid overcapacity while still meeting rising demand from the major brands. These high growth rates are driven by the increased demand for natural fibres (and bottlenecks in cotton production), the microplastic issues, and bans on plastics in disposable applications. All three factors will continue to play an important role in the development of the sector in the future.

Main focus of the conference:
– What are the latest technology and market trends?
– What are the future market dynamics? Who is active and interested in the cellulose fibre sector?
– What are the biggest challenges in developing new value chains and growing market demand?
– What ecosystems and partnerships are needed to promote innovation in line with new market requirements?
– How will the political environment develop in the future?
– What is the impact of plastic bans on single-use products? The avoidance of microplastics and the transformation from fossil to renewable raw materials?
– How can the sustainability of cellulose fibre production be further improved?
– Which alternative raw materials for cellulose fibres are suitable and available?

Bioket 2022
2022-03-15 - 2022-03-18 | Lille, France
An inspiring and targeted conference program which will tackle topics such as advanced and innovative biomass pretreatment; technologies for biomass conversion and functionalization; extraction, separation and purification of biomass; process modelisation and analytical methods and tools; design of bioprocesses, advanced fermentation.

Building bridges beyond borders for a sustainable protein sufficiency, part 1
2022-04-05 15:00 - 16:30 | Germany
The project Circular-Bio (INTERREG V A – Projekt Netzwerk zirkuläre Bioökonomie) organizes in cooperation with the HiPerIn 2.0 project (High Performance Ingredients) two events about protein transition with the goal to share knowledge through guest speakers, exchange knowledge between participants and create the opportunity for new initiatives and ideas to emerge between different people / companies.
Part 1, online event: The future of alternative proteins – Meeting the experts
Date: 5 April 2022
Time: 03:00 p.m. – 04:30 p.m.
Location: Online
Event Language: English
The first event is all about sharing knowledge. A team of experts will share their knowledge in some major subthemes in Protein – Transition. The webinar is started with a key-note broad introduction of the Protein-Transition in general.

Building bridges beyond borders for a sustainable protein sufficiency

Programme:

14:45
Open to log in

15:00
Welcome / Start event

15:10
Jeroen Willemsen, Protein commissioner of The Netherlands – Key Note

15:30
Change of speaker

15:35
Theo Verleun, Insect valley Europe – Insects – The contribution of insects to our future diet

15:50
Change of speaker

15:55
Prof. Luc J.C. van Loon, Department of Human Biology Maastricht University Medical Centre – Health – Alternative proteins, how do they work?

16:10
Change of speaker

16:15
Brad Vanstone – Willicroft, Plant based cheese – Plant proteins and their benefits

16:30
Change of speaker

16:35
Peter Rowe – High Tech Proteins / Deep Branch Bio – Revolutionary protein opportunities

16:50
End of the event

The link for the online event will be e-mailed to registered visitors one day before the event.

Subthemes:
Health – Alternative proteins, how do they work?
Proteins play a fundamental role in living beings, as they are macronutrients required for the functioning of the body. There are many and various functions of proteins, but how do the different types of proteins behave in the human body?
Insects – The contribution of insects to our future diet
The search for alternative sources of protein continues unabated. A possible protein resource could come from insects. But what exactly is the nutritional composition of these insects and are there additional advantages and/or disadvantages in using insects as a source of protein? Which insects can we use, and how can they be used in feed and / or food?
Plant protein – Plant proteins and their benefits
Protein plants are crops with a high protein content. They can serve as an alternative to animal proteins. The increase in the market demand for vegetable proteins for many products can offer a new opportunity for agriculture. Non-traditional crops can therefore (as rotational crops) be given a chance within the traditional agricultural plan. It is because of the quality of protein crops (leguminous plants, which fix nitrogen from the air) that several positive sustainability effects can be expected (restriction of nitrogen problems, contribution to reducing soya imports, etc.), which can once again contribute to a sustainable business model for the farmer.
Revolutionary proteins – Revolutionary protein opportunities
Next to using crops or insects as new resources for proteins, highly innovative technologies and routes are being developed for extracting and / or winning proteins out a huge variety of sources. Varying from plant-based extraction technologies to unique technologies for producing proteins, even out of CO2.

Please register here for part 2.

Building bridges beyond borders for a sustainable protein sufficiency, part 2
2022-04-26 15:00 - 16:30 | Brightlands Campus Villa Flora, Sint Jansweg 20, Venlo, 5928 RC, Netherlands
The project Circular-Bio (INTERREG V A – Projekt Netzwerk zirkuläre Bioökonomie) organizes in cooperation with the HiPerIn 2.0 project (High Performance Ingredients) two events about protein transition with the goal to share knowledge through guest speakers, exchange knowledge between participants and create the opportunity for new initiatives and ideas to emerge between different people / companies.
Part 2, on site event: Building business with proteins
Date: 26 April 2022
Time: 03:00 p.m. – 04:30 p.m.
Location: Brightlands Campus Greenport Venlo, Sint Jansweg 20, 5928 RC Venlo, Niederlande
Language: German, Dutch
The second event will be about you, the participants! We want to know how you feel about protein transition. In this physical event there will be conversations, discussions and hopefully a lot of ideas on the 4 subthemes relating to protein transition. Participants can register for one subject and can discuss all about it with the other participants also interested in the same subject. Hopefully, many new ideas will be shared, and new initiatives will emerge from this event.
Subthemes:
Health – Alternative proteins, how do they work?
Proteins play a fundamental role in living beings, as they are macronutrients required for the functioning of the body. There are many and various functions of proteins, but how do the different types of proteins behave in the human body?
Insects – The contribution of insects to our future diet
The search for alternative sources of protein continues unabated. A possible protein resource could come from insects. But what exactly is the nutritional composition of these insects and are there additional advantages and/or disadvantages in using insects as a source of protein? Which insects can we use, and how can they be used in feed and / or food?
Plant protein – Plant proteins and their benefits
Protein plants are crops with a high protein content. They can serve as an alternative to animal proteins. The increase in the market demand for vegetable proteins for many products can offer a new opportunity for agriculture. Non-traditional crops can therefore (as rotational crops) be given a chance within the traditional agricultural plan. It is because of the quality of protein crops (leguminous plants, which fix nitrogen from the air) that several positive sustainability effects can be expected (restriction of nitrogen problems, contribution to reducing soya imports, etc.), which can once again contribute to a sustainable business model for the farmer.
Revolutionary proteins – Revolutionary protein opportunities
Next to using crops or insects as new resources for proteins, highly innovative technologies and routes are being developed for extracting and / or winning proteins out a huge variety of sources. Varying from plant-based extraction technologies to unique technologies for producing proteins, even out of CO2.

Workshop Channeling – an engineering tool in biotechnology?
2022-05-19 - 2022-05-20 | Dechema-Haus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Channeling of substrates, metabolites and products is a crucial issue in any biotech process. In this workshop, the latest developments regarding transport processes in enzymatic or microbial systems will be presented and discussed.

Himmelfahrtstagung on Bioprocess Engineering 2022 - Future Bioprocesses for a Sustainable Industry
2022-05-23 - 2022-05-26 | Mainz, Germany
Future Bioprocesses for a Sustainable Industry is the topic for the next Himmelfahrtstagung, the most important meeting for bioprocess and biochemical engineers in Germany.

The Just Transition of Biotechnology - IBioIC's 8th Annual Conference
2022-06-06 11:30 - 2022-06-07 14:30 | Glasgow, Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre, Inovo, 121 George Street, Glasgow, G1 1RD, United Kingdom
IBioIC’s annual conference is the largest industrial biotechnology conference in the UK and attracts an ever-growing cohort of key figures across policy, industry, and research and academia.

Biocatalysis for the Biological Transformation of Polymer Science
2022-06-27 08:00 - 2022-06-29 17:00 | Köln, Germany
The EFB Biocatalysis Division and the EFB Biobased Materials Division are delighted to invite you to Biocatalysis for the Biological Transformation of Polymer Science conference.
The event will be held in the center of Cologne, Germany on 27-29 June 2022.
The scientific programme will provide a recent and comprehensive overview of:

discovery and design of microbes and enzymes for polymer synthesis and depolymerization,
computational understanding of polymer – enzyme interactions,
building blocks from renewable resources to biobased polymers,
biocatalysis in a circular economy of polymers.

The conference will bring together experts from academia and industry to a common forum. Scientists are invited to submit abstracts and present their research.
More information and registration here.

SME & Start-up Pitch Event @ CLIB
2022-08-18 13:00 - 18:30, 2022-08-25 13:00 - 18:30
A Bioeconomy Ventures Expand&Explore Event and MPowerBIO Training and Pitching Competition

18.08.22 | Training Session (online event)
25.08.22 | Pitching Competition (on-site, Startplatz, Düsseldorf)

Join our SME & Start-up Pitch Event @ CLIB if you are active in the bio-based industry sector and want to improve your contacts with investors.
Apply until 01 August to join both our training event to get individual feedback from investment experts and our competition to build your investor network and have the chance to join an even larger European pitching event in October. You can also join one of the two events individually.
The three best SMEs will have the chance to pitch at the MPowerBIO Final Pitching Competition “TechTour Bioeconomy 2022” on 05 October in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. They will receive an award of 250 EUR towards travel costs. In addition, three SMEs will be retained on a reserve list.
Application is open for European SMEs active in the bio-based industry sector. There is a limited number of spots available. Please give us some information about your product or process, including technology readiness level (TRL), targeted markets, your technology. Registrations will be confirmed after eligibility check on a first come first serve basis.

Day 1 – 18.08.22 Pitch Training Session (online only)
Get questions and individual feedback from a panel of mentors selected for their expertise. A maximum of 9 SMEs can take part in this training.

13:00 – 13:30
Welcome and introduction

13:30 – 16:15
Pitch training (each 5 min pitch & 10 min Q&A and feedback)

16:15 – 16:30
Joint feedback from all mentors and participants

16:30
End of the training session

Day 2 – 25.08.22 Pitching Competition (in-person event, Startplatz Düsseldorf)
Build your investor network and compete with the other European SMEs for one of the free spots at the MPowerBIO Final Pitching Competition “TechTour Bioeconomy 2022”. Limited spots are available.
MPowerBIO Final Pitching Competition “TechTour Bioeconomy 2022”. Limited spots are available.

14:00 – 14:10
Welcome and introduction

14:10 – 14:40
Keynote

14:40 – 14:50
Introduction of the jury

14:50 – 17:25
Pitching Competition (each 5 min pitch & 5 min Q&A)

17:25 – 17:35
Announcement of winning SMEs

17:35 – 18:30
Networking & snacks

18:30
End of the event

Both projects have received funding from the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (JU) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101023260 (BioeconomyVentures) and 887501 (MPowerBIO). The JU receives support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme and the Bio-based Industries Consortium.

Fantastic enzymes: Where and how to find them
2022-09-06 10:00 - 13:00 | online
The agenda and short abstracts of the presentations are now available and can be downloaded here.
The development of sustainable and resource-saving processes is a major focus of R&D&I work, also supported heavily by the European Commission as part of the Green Deal and the sustainability efforts. In this context, biotechnology is already acting as a facilitator to achieve a circular economy and a bioeconomy. With CLIB’s involvement, the EU-funded project FuturEnzyme is trying to achieve big goals with the identification, optimisation, production and application of innovative enzymes to support the transformation of various industrial sectors and their consumer products. Within the project HiPerIn 2.0, CLIB is looking at cross-cutting issues that could support different industry sectors in a structural change away from fossil-based towards biotechnological processes. We are looking forward to presenting the competences and topics we acquire or work on in FuturEnzyme to an interested international audience. With this CLIB Forum event, we want to emphasise and promote the need for collaboration between researchers, entrepreneurs and manufacturers for a greener and more sustainable future. Furthermore, policy makers, funding bodies, investors and consumers are happily invited to join this event.
The FuturEnzyme project partners CSIC, Barcelona Supercomputing Center and the University of Hamburg will present their activities in the project and beyond. Participation is free, but you will need to register via RSVP (Click “Going” on the left side). The registration is open from now on until 04 September 2022.
The meeting link will be sent to all registered participants on 05 September.

Circular Economy Hotspot
2022-09-12 - 2022-09-15 | Bottrop, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Since 2016, the annual summit of international companies, political actors and experts in the field of Circular Economy has taken place in locations such as the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Scotland or Belgium. At these hotspots, presentations are held over several days and excursions to good examples of companies were made in order to get to know showcase examples and projects and to exchange ideas. In September 2022, the hotspot will come to North Rhine-Westphalia, Bottrop! It will be organised by the city of Bottrop together with the research project Prosperkolleg and supported by the NRW Ministry of Economics. The event is seen as an opportunity to make the complex topic of the circular economy tangible for a large target group. In this way, the long-term opportunities in the region of circular strategies are to be demonstrated.

(Bio-)Process Engineering - a Key to Sustainability
2022-09-12 - 2022-09-16 | Aachen, Germany
Sustainability is the one dominating challenge today. Process engineering, chemical technology and biotechnology are key to solving it: By closing cycles, increasing efficiency, coupling sectors, and exploiting the potential of renewable resources, they ensure to meet the global need for food, mobility, housing, energy and medical care while at the same time protecting resources.
In 2022, DECHEMA, ProcessNet and ESBES join forces: At the joint Annual Conference of ProcessNet and DECHEMA-BioTechNet together with the ESBES symposium, researchers from industry and science will present developments and solutions on topics such as reaction engineering, energy generation and storage, bioprocesses, synthetic biology, education and many more.

BIO.NRW Information Event on Horizon Europe - New Calls for Proposals
2022-09-12 09:00 - 15:30 | Global Entrepreneurship Center (GEC), Gebäude 20, Böhlerstraße 1, Meerbusch, 40667, Germany
The European Commission has just informed the delegations of the Program Committee on Cluster 1, Health about the planned call topics in the work program for 2023-2024. The new calls are expected to be published in December 2022. The first submission deadlines are already planned for April 2023. Compared to the previous calls, there will be some changes in 2023 – 2024. In order to inform you very up-to-date, BIO.NRW offers this funding event (in German).
In the context of this event, the (potential) call contents for Cluster 6, Bioeconomy and Environment, will be in focus in addition to the topic of health.
In addition, we will provide an insight into the support measures of the European Innovation Council (EIC) for all those interested in founding a company, as well as for start-ups and SMEs. The EIC unites many measures for innovation support, for which the applicants can choose the topics themselves for the most part. The four important instruments EIC Pathfinder, EIC Transitions, EIC Accelerator as well as the EIC Awards offer a lot of room for interdisciplinary ideas.
Further information in German can be found here (https://bio.nrw.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Foerdermittel_Programm_2022_f.pdf)

Schutzrechte & IP in den Life Sciences
2022-09-21 13:00 - 18:00 | Germany
BIO.NRW invites you to the event “Schutzrechte & IP in den Life Sciences” on 21.09.2022 at the Design Offices Fürst & Friedrich in Düsseldorf.
No matter if startup, SME or large company, all have to deal with the questions: when, where and how do I best protect my IP and to what extent?
The event starts with a general overview of the different IP rights (trademark, design, etc.) and then goes into the topics of patents and patent strategy separately. Best practice examples from life science players in NRW will not only make the topic of IP and licensing more tangible but will also give you the opportunity to exchange ideas and discuss open questions with the speakers and experts during the breaks and at the “get-together”.
For more information, please click here.

Biotech Day 2022
2022-09-23 10:00 - 17:00 | Forschungszentrum Jülich, Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße, Jülich, 52428
White biotechnology bridges the gap between sustainable natural ressources and valuable chemical products and, thus, plays a central role in building up a future knowledge-based bioeconomy. In particular, white biotechnology reduces our dependency on fossil fuels and offers large opportunities to synthesize platform chemicals, fine chemicals, pharmaceuticals and proteins using the biocatalytic power of microorganisms or isolated enzymes.
At the Jülich Biotech Day, experts from academia and industry will present current highlights and trends in this exciting field of research and development.

4th International Symposium on Multiscale Multiphase Process Engineering
2022-09-25 - 2022-09-29 | Berlin, Germany
At the 4th International Symposium on Multiscale Multiphase Process Engineering (MMPE), recent research progress on nano-, micro- and macro-scale aspects of multiphase process engineering will be presented and discussed. A strong emphasis is put on application-oriented research, bridging the gap between scientific findings and methodology and the requirements of industry.

European Cluster Conference 2022
2022-09-26 - 2022-09-28 | Prague, Ceskomoravska 2345/17, Prague 9, 190 00, Germany
The Czech Ministry for Industry and Trade under the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU and the European Commission are pleased to announce the organisation of the 8th edition of the European Cluster Conference on 26 and 27 September 2022 in Prague (CZ). Organised with the support of the European Cluster Collaboration Platform (ECCP), this event is a unique opportunity as it brings together cluster policy makers, cluster managers, practitioners and other stakeholders.
After a fully virtual edition in 2020, this year edition is the opportunity for the cluster community to meet again physically in Prague. Do not miss this opportunity to reconnect with your peers and get to know new clusters or cluster managers in person.
This event is following the cycle of European Cluster Conferences that have taken place every two years since 2008, every time with a different theme enabling participants to focus on different priorities.
Just before the European Cluster Conference 2022, a Matchmaking event will be held in a physical format on 26 September 2022 (morning). This event will gather cluster organisations – to explore trade, investment and partnering opportunities and to develop connections between Europe’s value chains and ecosystems.
