Industrial biotechnology innovation in Wales: BBSRC NIBB Workshop
Date and time
Location
Life Sciences Hub Wales
3 Assembly Square Cardiff CF10 4PL United KingdomDescription
The workshop
Industrial biotechnology will provide key solutions to the challenges of clean growth in the 21st century through the transition to a high technology, sustainable, and low carbon economy. This workshop is aimed at those considering or already active in industrial biotechnology research and innovation in Wales. The workshop will explore the role and strengths of industrial biotechnology in Wales, identifying networking and funding opportunities for the community.
This workshop aims to ensure that academic expertise and innovative industries in Wales are engaged through the second phase of the BBSRC NIBB, helping to fully realise the benefits of IB in the UK and beyond.
Agenda
10.00
Welcome
Innovation in Wales
Alastair Davies, Head of Innovation Policy, Welsh Government
10.15
Science in Wales
Robert Hoyle, Chief Scientific Officer, Wales
10.35
UK Perspective on IBBE
Paul Henderson, BEIS
10.55
National Plan for IB 2030
Mark Corbett, BIOCATNET
11.15
BBSRC IBBE Strategy
Roderick Westrop, BBSRC
11.30
Support for innovation
Innovate/KTN
11.50
BioPilots UK
Adam Charlton, BEACON
12.00
Lunch
13.00
One-to-one networking
14.30
Upcoming Funding calls
Mark Corbett, BIOCATNET
14.45
Summary & Close
Alastair Davies, Head of Innovation Policy, Welsh Government
BBSRC NIBB
The BBSRC Networks in Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy are collaborative networks supporting the community to develop world leading research and innovation in IB. By bringing together academia, industry, technology and infrastructure providers, along with funders and policy makers, the networks tackle the grand challenges of the sector. Through pump priming funding, networking events, skills training, and consortium building, the NIBB have increased the output of high quality proposals to further funding competitions, and strengthened translational science in the UK. The networks have been a great success in their first phase, and the BBSRC and EPSRC are currently renewing the NIBB for a second phase that will reduce the overall number of NIBB whilst retaining a portfolio of research priorities that span the IB landscape.
Organised by
BIOCATNET is the BBSRC NIBB dedicated to discovery, development and scalable production of biocatalysts for the whole IB community. BIOCATNET provides a cross-sector forum with the goals to foster and enhance collaboration; develop skills and expertise; share best practice; define common research priorities; and target funding opportunities in industrial biocatalysis.