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E nvironmental B iotechnology Net work IBioIC Annual Conference Glasgow, 30-31 Jan 2018 Context Wastewater treatment Rising demand, higher standards, new Waste management challenges and finite resources Need resource and energy


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Environmental Biotechnology Network

IBioIC Annual Conference

Glasgow, 30-31 Jan 2018

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  • Rising demand, higher standards, new

challenges – and finite resources

  • Need resource and energy efficient systems

Wastewater treatment Waste management Bioremediation

Context

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  • Revolution in biosciences and analytical science
  • genetic to community level
  • Advances in engineering and technology
  • Interaction vital to take these advances through from discovery science

to higher TRL

Opportunity

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  • One Network, many aspects

Media Pollutants Engineering Biology Techno- economics Society and environment

EBNet

Strategic aim

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  • Generate, share and disseminate ideas
  • Theme working groups to drive outputs
  • Joint events with other NIBBs
  • Annual industry/academia event
  • Outreach activities
  • Different drivers
  • Emerging issues
  • Fundamental science or engineering
  • Industry-initiated

Mechanisms and resources

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  • Generate, share and disseminate ideas
  • Promote development and translation of

discovery science

  • Cross-theme workshops and sandpits
  • Grant development workshops
  • Interdisciplinary Translational Research Grants (ITR)
  • Industry Support Grants

Mechanisms and resources

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  • Generate, share and disseminate ideas
  • Promote development and translation of

discovery science

  • Train and empower
  • Exchanges and placements
  • Skills training
  • Industry presentations
  • Early Career Event

Mechanisms and resources

G e n e r a t e Empower Implement Ideas

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  • Investigators and key members
  • Fred Coulon, Tom Curtis, Tony Gutierrez, Jhuma Sadhukhan
  • 20 core members
  • Industry support
  • Over 100 individuals plus a cross-section of large and small companies
  • Advisors including 10 international experts
  • A smart system to maximise their input

How can we do it?EBNet

Key industry participants Advisory, specialist and Government bodies International experts

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Outputs

Roadmap of priorities Evidence base on specific topics Outcomes of funded projects New interactions with industry A generation of ECR who can work across boundaries All addressing major environmental challenges in the UK and worldwide, and helping to build Biotech UK Plc

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