Past Events

Life Science & Technology Symposium

On May 14th 2012, the combined Study Association of Technical University Delft and Leiden University LIFE is organising the 5th Life Science & Technology Symposium. This years topic is Synthetic biology redefines life, but how do you (re)define synthetic biology?

World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing

From April 29-May 2, 2012 the BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing will take place in Orlando, Florida. This conference is the world's largest industrial biotechnology event for business leaders, investors and policy makers in biofuels, biobased products, and renewable chemicals. Entering its ninth year, the event is expected to bring together more than 1,000 high-profile scientists, executives, government officials and investors for an exchange of ideas in Orlando.

3rd International CLIB Conference

The 3rd CLIB International Conference will be held in Düsseldorf, on April 23 – 24, 2012.

The conference will be themed “Pushing the Bioeconomy by Science & Technology” and will address how to accelerate the emerging bioeconomy by partnering academic science and industrial research in order to develop sustainable processes and competitive products.

The Netherlands Biotechnology Congress

From April 16-17, 2012 the "Nederlandse Biotechnologische Vereniging (NBV)" will organise the 14th edition of the Netherlands Biotechnology Congress (NBC-14). The two-day event will take place in congress centre 'De Reehorst' in Ede. This years theme is "building brideges between science and business".

Pollutant degradation under environmental stress: towards rational bioaugmentation

March 29&30 2012, Trippenhuis Amsterdam. The aim of the symposium is to present recent progress with respect to the understanding of the bacterial catalytic and survival capacities under conditions of stress and the environmental factors governing those responses, and how this knowledge may aid in the design of bioremediation strategies, especially bioaugmentation.

Annual BE-Basic Symposium

From Tuesday February 7 till Thursday February 9, 2012 the second annual BE-Basic Symposium will take place. This symposium is only open for BE-Basic members.

BioMalaysia 2011

From November 21-23 the BioMalaysia Conference and Exhibition will take place in the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.

Advanced Course Metabolomics for Microbial Systems Biology

From October 24 to 28 the second Advanced Course on Metabolomics for Microbial Systems Biology will take place at Delft University of Technology.

European Forum for Industrial Biotechnology

The European Forum for Industrial Biotechnology (EFIB) will take place from October 18-20 in Amsterdam. EFIB is established as the largest conference in Europe for the bio-based market, bringing together business, policy and research and featuring top-level speakers, a comprehensive exhibition and an attendance of over 400 senior decision-makers.

Workshop Challenges & Opportunities for SMEs within BE-Basic

During this workshop the SMEs and start-ups within BE-Basic will present their cases. This workshop is organized by the BE-Basic Business and Innovation Centre (BE-BIC) and is open for both BE-Basic members and people outside the consortium.