IBioIC20 PROGRAMME

5th February 2020 10.00 – 11.00 Registration and Coffee

Sponsored by NCIMB

Foyer

11.00 – 12.30 • Session 1 – Opening Plenary • Lesley Riddoch (Feisty Productions): Chair • Iain Hunter (IBioIC): CEO Welcome • Professor Tim Bedford (University of Strathclyde): Welcome to

Strathclyde • Vivienne Parry OBE (Freelance writer and broadcaster): Public

Awareness of IB as a transformative tool • Colin Webster (Ellen McArthur Foundation): It Gets Around • David Newman (BioBased Industries Association): Policies for

the Bioeconomy

Sponsored by Fujilfim Diosynth Biotechnologies

Main Auditorium

12.30 – 14.00 Lunch Foyer

14.00 – 15.30 Session 2 – parallel sessions

Track 1: IBioIC Members Showcase

• Neil Parry (ScotBio): Chair • DC Van Alstyne (ScotBio): Utilising academia as a strategic

partner • Lalitha Gottumukkala (Celignis): Bioprocess Development – how

lab-scale process optimization can lead to large-scale efficiency improvements

• Rebecca Skuce (Scottish Water): Unlocking innovation to drive growth

• Stephanie Wood (Keit Spectrometers): How FTIR spectroscopy design went from space travel to industrial biotechnology applications on Earth with Keit’s IRmadillo

• Muriel DeWilde (BioBase Europe Pilot Plant): BioBase Europe Pilot Plant – Bringing you bio-based innovation from the lab to the market

• Nigel Scrutton (Future Biomanufacturing Research Hub, University of Manchester): Future Biomanufacturing Research Hub

• Francesca Everest (Holiferm): Integrated Separation for Sophorolipid Production

Sponsored by HORIBA

Auditorium A

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Track 2: Proteins

• William Clark (Zero Waste Scotland): Chair • Yogeshwar Chandelia (3F Bio): Future Fungal Farming –

developments for 3F home and abroad • Peter Rowe (Deep Branch Biotechnology): Title TBC • James Gaffey (Institute of Technology, Tralee University): Small-

scale grass biorefinery • Kirsty Black (The James Hutton Institute): Legumes as

environmentally sustainable fermentation feedstocks • David Meintrup (University of Applied Sciences, Ingolstadt): Title

TBC Sponsored by JMP

Auditorium B

15.30 – 16.00 Tea/Coffee/Networking

Sponsored by Keit Spectrometers

Foyer

16.00 – 17.30 Session 3 – parallel sessions

Track 1: Planning for Business Growth

• Carol Phillips (NCIMB Ltd): Chair • David Lightbody (Amici Procurement Solutions): Digital Solutions

for the Laboratory • Zach Sorrells (Skillfluence Ltd): Innovation for growth • Fiona Kellas (Maucher Jenkins): IP for my business • Alix Mackay (The Life Science Marketing Academy): The role of

the online platforms in driving business growth • Keira Geddes (Glasgow Clyde College): Role of Higher and

Further Education in Business GrowthProt • Jackie Waring (Investing Women): Highlighting the importance

of investment for business growth

Auditorium A

Track 2: Biorefining around the world

• Sarah Hickingbottom (BioVale): Chair • Yamini Panchaksharam (E4tech): RoadtoBio – A roadmap for the

chemical industry in Europe towards a Bioeconomy • Teija Laitinen (CLIC Innovation Oy): Biorefining around the world-

case Finland • Maria Hollander (Paper Province): Paper Province - A forest

bioeconomy hotspot • Ragnhild Whitaker (Marine Biotechnology Nofima AS):

Maximizing the value of marine biomass in Norway • Frederik De Bruyn (Flemish Institute for Technological Research

(VITO)): Paving the way for the production of functionalized biobased aromatics

Auditorium B

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17.30 – 18.30 Civic Reception Foyer

19.30 – 23.00 Dinner

Sponsored by Maucher Jenkins

The Old Fruitmarket

6th February 2020 09.00 – 10.30 Session 4 – Day 2 Plenary

• Professor Dame Anne Glover (IBioIC): Chair • Ivan McKee (Minister for Trade, Investment and Innovation,

Scottish Government) • Jonathan Hoare (BEIS)

• Julie Moulsdale (Perceptive Communicators): Chair • Michael Carus (nova-Institut, GMBH): The research behind the

need for public awareness of IB

Main Auditorium

10.30 – 11.30 Tea/Coffee/Networking Foyer

11.30 – 13.00 Session 4 – parallel sessions

Track 1: Skills – Join the Evolution

• Wendy Adams, Jane Lockett, Lauren Burnett, Luka Kyle, Richard Sibbald, Giuseppe Rizzi, Cameron Pryde, Daniel Steedman, Amy McConnachie (Ross High School): Leaders in Science Programme

• Lee Keenan, Darja Urbonavicuite, Rebecca McNiven (Glasgow Clyde College): HND in IB

• David Herd (GSK): Further education – Technical Apprenticeship • Naomi Clark (IBioIC): IBioIC Intern Programme • Duncan Smith (Glasgow Science Centre): MSc Placements • David Harvey (University of Nottingham): Early Career Stage • Rachel Moir (IBioIC): Futures video and closing

Sponsored by Skills Development Scotland

Auditorium A

Track 2: Engineering Biology

• Liz Fletcher (Centre for Synthetic and Systems Biology, University of Edinburgh): Chair

• Gwenola Ninon (Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies), Somaieh Mohammadi (Fulifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies): Use of statistics and DoE in biopharmsaprocess development and manufacturing

Auditorium B

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• Rennos Fragjoudis (Edinburgh Genome Foundry): Edinburgh Genome Foundry

• Dr Rita Cruz (Ingenza): Engineering Biology for Industry • Alison Arnold (Ingenza): Examples of Industrial Fermentation • Jennifer Haggerty (IBioIC): Real time metabolomics

Sponsored by Fujilfim Diosynth Biotechnologies

13.00 – 14.00 Lunch Foyer

14.00 – 15.00 Session 6 – parallel sessions

Track 1: Food Waste and by-products

• Amanda Ingram (Zero Waste Scotland): Chair • Stephen Euston (Heriot Watt University): Extraction of functional

polymers from the co-product stream of a large scale fungal fermentation

• Dr Isabella Guerinni de Claire (Aurora Sustainability Group): Growing taste from waste – fungi open source library

• Dr Leigh Cassidy (SEM): The Valorisation of Wastes and Co-Products

• Cait Murray (CuanTec): Battling Food Waste and Plastic Pollution with a Single Circular Solution

Sponsored by Zero Waste Scotland

Auditorium A

Track 2: Fashion and the Circular Economy

• Lynn Wilson: Chair • Juha Salmela (Spinnova Ltd): The most sustainable textile fibre

in the world • Dr Richard Blackburn (The Sustainable Materials Research

Group, University of Leeds): Title TBC • Kate Goldsworthy: Title TBC • Sasha McFarlane (PVH Corp): PVH

Auditorium B

15.00 – 15.45 Session 7 – Closing Plenary

• Mark Bustard (IBioIC): Chair • Jon Entine (Genetic Literacy Project): Synthetic Biology will

Either Revolutionize Medicine and Agriculture or Risk Ecological Catastrophe: Communications Challenges in a Culture of Extremism

Main Auditorium

15.45 - 16.00 Networking Foyer