Biotechnet Meet-Up 2024 Verified listing

Biotechnet is happy to present its 2nd annual Meet-Up on January 18, 2024 at the UniS Campus in Bern.

In the morning, Biotechnet's thematic platforms will present their progress and iniatives. In the afternoon, scientific keynote speakers and an industry panel will provide insights on this year's theme.

We invite industrial and environmental biotechs to connect with researchers from universities of applied sciences, basic universities and other research organizations. Also welcome are public and private researchers from the biopharma and medtech sectors looking to reduce their plastic and carbon footprint in the lab.

Theme 2024: Sustainability in Biotech

We will address topics such as:

• Biocatalysis
• Bioresources
• Bioenergy
• Bioremediation
• Circular economy
• Biodegradable lab wares and resterilisation
• Reusable materials and processes in biomanufacturing
• Tackling plastic waste in diagnostics
• Continuing education in sustainable biotech

Cost: The event is free and registration is required.

Location: Uni S campus in Bern, conveniently located next to the train station.

Preliminary Agenda

9.00 Welcome

Biotechnet Platform updates, including work on sustainability

• 9.15   Tissue Engineering for Drug Development – Challenges in labwares
• 9.30   In Vitro Diagnostics – Tackling plastic waste
• 9.45   Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
• 10.00  Data science – Data for sustainability

10.15 Coffee break

• 10.45   Bioresource technologies – BioRemid event, EU projects
• 11.00   HES-SO, ZHAW and FHNW bioeconomy projects
• 11.15   Biocatalysis – CCBIO event and projects
• 11.30   Biomanufacturing – Higher yields and materials resuse
• 11.45   Antibiotics – Learnings from the Indo-Swiss AMR innovation dialogue how to use them in a sustainable manner
• 12.00   Training – Palermo Summer School, continuing ed in sustainability

12.15 Lunch

Keynote Talks

• 13.30  Green Synthetic Strategies and Flow Biocatalysis. Francesca Paradisi, Group Leader, University of Bern.
• 14.00  ETH Zürich Green Labs Initiative. Sebastian Kahlert, Sustainability Manager, ETH Zürich

Panel Discussion

14.30   Three Industry leaders discuss sustainability philosophies and initiatives in their organization

• Melanie Ottinger, Sustainability of Single-Use Systems, DECHEMA and VTU Engineering Schweiz AG
• Martin Held, CCLoop
• Panelist tba

15.30   IP Outlook / Technology landscape for sustainable biotech - Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property

16.00   Apéro and networking

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