Workshop Agenda

Brief Introduction to IBISBA and the Goals of the WorkshopMichael O'DonohueEnvironmental Biotechnology in a NutshellMark van LoosdrechtModern Industrial BiotechnologyGregg T. BeckhamPanel SessionCoffee BreakBreakout Sessions:

• Synthetic Biology and Consortium Engineering
• Mixed Cultures as Biocatalysts forAdded-Value Chemicals
• Combining Biotechnology Solutions in Industrial Ecosystems
• Engineering Enzymes and Microorganisms for Environmental Services

Breakout Session Conclusions and Discussion

14.00 - 14.1014.10 - 14.3014.30 - 14.5014.50 - 15.3015.30 - 15.4515.45 - 16.30

Keynote Speakers

16.30 - 17.00

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Michael O'Donohue (INRAE)

Mark von Loosdrecht (Delft University)

Gregg T. Beckham (NREL)

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Keynote Speakers

Brief Introduction to IBISBA and the Goals of the WorkshopMichael O'DonohueEnvironmental Biotechnology in a NutshellMark van LoosdrechtModern Industrial BiotechnologyGregg T. BeckhamPanel SessionCoffee BreakBreakout Sessions:

• Synthetic Biology and Consortium Engineering
• Mixed Cultures as Biocatalysts forAdded-Value Chemicals
• Combining Biotechnology Solutions in Industrial Ecosystems
• Engineering Enzymes and Microorganisms for Environmental Services

Breakout Session Conclusions and Discussion

14.00 - 14.1014.10 - 14.3014.30 - 14.5014.50 - 15.3015.30 - 15.4515.45 - 16.30

16.30 - 17.00

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Michael O'Donohue (INRAE)

Mark von Loosdrecht (Delft University)

Gregg T. Beckham (NREL)

Full Professor in Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology at the University of Bologna. He is the Italian Representative for Bioeconomy in Horizon 2020, BBI JU, BLUEMED initiative, and EU Bioeconomy Policy Forum.

Senior Research Fellow at NREL and an Affiliate Faculty member in Chemistry at CSU. He leads an interdisciplinary team of biologists, chemists, and engineers on conversion of biomass to chemicals and materials and plastics upcycling.

Chair Professor in Environmental Biotechnology at Delft University of Technology. Scientific interests are mainly related to biofilm processes, nutrient conversion processes and the role of storage polymers in microbial ecology.

Fabio Fava

Gregg T. Beckham

Mark van Loosdrecht

Research Professor in biotechnology at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, and adjunct professor in synthetic biology at Aalto University. Her expertise is on engineering of microbes for the production of fuels, chemicals, enzymes and materials.

Merja Penttilä

Panellists

Session Facilitators

PhD in Environmental Sciences, team leader at CIRSEE (SUEZ International Center for Research on Water and the Environment, based in Paris), and director of BioResourceLab in Narbonne, a research centre dedicated to the transformation of organic waste into bioresources.

Marion Crest

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