About this Event
Welcome to the BBIA Demeter Awards and Innovation Showcase!
Come join us on Monday Nov 25 2024 at 11:00 AM at the Royal Society of Chemistry, London, for a day filled with celebration and inspiration.
- Apply to become the winner of one our amazing Demeter Awards: Product Innovation Award, Start-up-of-the-year Award, Collaboration Award
- Witness the most innovative minds in the bio-based sector as they showcase their groundbreaking bio-based, biodegradable and compostable materials and products.
- Meet investors and financiers, corporate customers, government departments, industrialists, and academics in the heart of London.
- Network with like-minded individuals and gain valuable insights into the future of technology and innovation.
- Exhibit your organisation to gain coverage of your bio-based products
Full event details, including how to apply for an award, can be seen here Demeter Awards - BBIA.
DEMETER AWARDS AND INNOVATION SHOWCASE AGENDA
10:30am Registration and refreshments
11.00am Welcome
Dr Jen Vanderhoven, COO, BBIA and Dr Paul Mines, Chair, BBIA
11.10am Keynote: The importance of the UK bio-based sector
TBC, Department for Science , Innovation and Technology
11:30am Bio-Based Product Innovation Award shortlisted applicants pitches
12.15 noon Panel session: 'Engineering Biology 2030'
Izzy Webb, Deputy Director for Technology Strategy and Security, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Russ Tucker, Co-Founder and CEO, twig.bio
Jeffrey Anthony, Life science and Health Partnerships, National Physical Laboratory
Mark Corbett, Director, Biorenewables Development Centre
Others TBC
13.00pm Lunch and Exhibition
14:00pm Bio-Based Start-Up of the Year Award shortlisted applicants’ pitches
14:45pm Panel session: 'Investing in the sustainable and circular bioeconomy of the future'
Oliver Sims, Investment Manager, Octopus Ventures
Sara Holland, UK & European Patent Attorney, Potter Clarkson
Bernadette Lee, Investment Analyst, Clean Growth Fund
Colin Miles, Head of Sector for Bioscience for Advanced Manufacturing and Clean Growth, BBSRC
Others TBC
15.30pm Bio-Based Collaboration Award shortlisted applicants’ pitches
16.15pm Break and exhibition
17.00pm Speech and awards presentation
Rt Hon. Lord Deben
17.15pm Celebration Drinks and Networking
19.00pm Close
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Royal Society of Chemistry, Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00 to GBP 195.72
