EFIB 2009
20 - 22 October 2009
SANA Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

EFIB 2009 brought together over 250 policy makers, representatives from NGOs, industry associations and initiatives, industrial biotechnology companies, materials and equipment suppliers, end users, consultants, researchers, investors, academia and media from 28 countries to discuss the crucial issues the IB sector is facing nowadays.

EFIB 2009 featured:

  • 2 parallel pre-conference seminars
  • 2 plenary sessions featuring presentations from the European Commission, Evonik Degussa, Huntsman Textile Effects, Novozymes, Toyota Motor, WWF and many others
  • Parallel tracks dedicated to Feedstock, Policy, Innovative Biobased Products and Innovation
  • 7 panel debates
  • 22 exhibitors
  • 4 brokerage events and the site visit to Biocant Park and the University of Coimbra

EFIB 2008
15 - 17 September 2008
Hotel Bloom!, Brussels, Belgium

Over 260 delegates
from 23 countries from industry, research, policy making and investment fields attended the inaugural European Forum of Industrial Biotechnology, held in Brussels from 15 -17 September 2008. Organised jointly by EuropaBio and IntertechPira, the event featured 50 leading speakers who assessed the prospects for industrial biotechnology in Europe.