European Forum for Industrial Biotechnology, Brussels, Belgium

European Forum for Industrial Biotechnology, Brussels, Belgium

The European Forum for Industrial Biotechnology 2008 (EFIB2008) will take place from 15 to 17 September in Brussels, Belgium.

Organised by EuropaBio, the European Association for Bioindustries, the event will feature two workshops, networking sessions and a two-day forum with approximately 30 leading speakers from biotech research, academia and the industry as well as environmental organisations and the European Commission. The experts will assess the prospects for industrial biotechnology in Europe through presentations, question and answer sessions and panel discussions.

Broadly, the workshops and sessions will address the following issues:
- fundamentals of biotechnology;
- industrial enzymes and their applications;
- market developments;
- is industrial biotechnology leading to sustainable biobased products?
- biorefineries: innovation and new technology;
- the future of a biobased economy: end-user perspective;
- from knowledge to products: overcoming barriers to commercialisation;
- future outlook: new developments, novel products and research advances.

For further information, please visit:
http://www.efib2008.com/