
CIA Sustainability Conference
Join CIA at their Annual Sustainability Conference 2025 offering a unique platform to gain insights into the latest sustainability trends and technologies shaping the chemical industry. They will explore ground-breaking innovations, best practices and strategic collaborations that are driving sustainability within the sector. Hear from a variety of speakers on how to shape a greener, more sustainable future for industry.

4th Food Chemistry Conference: Reshaping Global Food Systems
Food Chemistry is the leading journal in its field, publishing and disseminating important research at the heart of the food science literature.
Join the journal editors, board members, authors, reviewers and experts in Glasgow in October 2025 to debate the latest scientific advances.
The program will include keynote and plenary talks from renowned speakers as well as parallel sessions with contributory oral presentations and poster sessions covering a wide range of topics.

Webinar: Using process modelling & simulation to support process scale up & production
Scaling up from lab to industrial production is one of the toughest steps in process development. In this session, CPI experts will show how simulation-led approaches can cut uncertainty, reduce risk, and accelerate scale-up.

Biofilm Alliance Conference 2025
Biofilm Alliance 2025 will bring together leading voices from academia, industry, and regulatory bodies to explore the evolving interface between cutting-edge biofilm research and regulatory science.

College of Science and Engineering Facilities Showcase
Join the College of Science and Engineering to hear about their capabilities, services and equipment available within the College, and how you can access them!

SULSA IndAc Conference
A dynamic two-day conference and careers fair bringing together life sciences industry and academia to explore the latest in industry-academia collaboration, commercialisation, and career development.

14th Scottish Fermentation Network Event
We’re delighted to announce that the 14th Scottish Fermentation Network (SFN) event will be taking place at Drygate Brewing Co. in Glasgow on Tuesday, 4 November 2025!

Beyond Borders Series: Scotland–Singapore Synthetic Biology Exchange
Join us for the Beyond Borders Series: Scotland–Singapore Synthetic Biology Exchange on 5 November 2025.
This webinar brings together academia and entrepreneurs from both regions to share insights, explore collaboration opportunities, and spotlight emerging companies in the synthetic biology space.
Co-organized by IBioIC and SINERGY, the session will feature sharings from both consortia and company pitchings highlighting capabilities and partnership opportunities from both countries.
Featuring pitching from:
Waste Valorisation
Revive (Scotland) - waste coffee ground valorisation
Life Lab (Singapore) - food waste valorisation
Biopharma
Zythera (Scotland) - enzyme therapeutics using AI and synthetic biology
Agrochemicals
Mojia Biotech (Singapore) - innovative biomanufacturing solutions for agro-food chemicals and bio-based materials
More to be announced soon!

IBioIC Study Visit and Workshop - Pilots4U by Co-Pilot
Our FlexBIO Bioprocessing Scale-up Centre will open their doors for a Co-Pilot study visit and scale-up workshop. This study visit and workshop is open to any bioeconomy stakeholder and are part of the Co-Pilot/Pilots4U “Scale-Up & Growth” Programme.

SSIA conference - BUILDING A CONNECTED SEAWEED SECTOR
The SSIA Conference 2025 brings together global experts to foster cooperation across the entire seaweed value chain - from sustainable harvesting to innovative applications in food, pharmaceuticals, and animal feed.
This year's theme, "Cooperation and Collaboration," emphasizes the power of collaboration in addressing the challenges and opportunities in marine biomass utilisation.

IBioIC 4-Day Pilot-Scale Upstream Bioprocessing: 300L Bioreactor training
This 4-day intensive training course is designed for professionals and researchers looking to advance their expertise in large-scale upstream bioprocessing, with a focus on scale-up to 300 L pilot-scale operations.

UK Sustainable Chemicals Summit
Join Pioneer Group and the UK Alliance for Sustainable Chemicals and Materials (UK-ASCM), for this exciting event focused on driving innovation, collaboration, and a greener future for the chemical industry.
Join industry leaders, innovators, policymakers, and researchers at the UK Sustainable Chemicals Summit 2025, the premier event dedicated to advancing sustainability in the chemicals sector.

Alternative Protein 4.0 (Online Conference) Day 1
The annual Alternative Protein 4.0 online event focuses on supporting manufacturers, retailers, growers, food service providers, suppliers, regulators, and industry professionals in key areas of solutions, processes, technologies, and practices being developed, applied, and utilised to enhance operations, productivity, and growth in alternative proteins.

Pitch Perfect and Boost the European Bioeconomy 2025
The 2025 edition of Pitch Perfect and Boost the European Bioeconomy promises to be a high-energy event dedicated to accelerating innovation and investment across Europe’s bio-based sectors. Co-organised by Pilots4U powered by COPILOT, this cross-border, cross-sectoral gathering brings together key stakeholders to pitch ideas, build partnerships, and drive forward the transition to a sustainable bioeconomy.

IBioIC 3-Day Advanced Downstream Bioprocessing: From Harvest to Purity
This 3-day hands-on training course is designed for professionals and researchers looking to develop expertise in downstream bioprocessing, covering key techniques such as Disc-stack Centrifugation, High-pressure Homogenization, Tangential Flow Filtration (TFF), and Chromatography.

New Food Paradigm Conference - EIT Food
EIT Food and Shakeup Factory are joining forces at Food Paradigm to spotlight the most visionary startups in alternative protein, new ingredients, and enabling technologies. This event will gather industry stakeholders, investors, and innovators who have the power to scale these groundbreaking solutions.

Space-Comm Scotland
Space-Comm is Europe’s largest and most influential B2B event series for the space sector.
With their flagship Space-Comm Europe in London and the fast-growing Space-Comm Scotland in Glasgow, this provides the essential platform where governments, industry, and capital converge to accelerate growth in European space.

IBioIC Innovation in the Bioeconomy - Webinar
This Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) webinar delivered on behalf of Co-Pilot and IChemE’s Biochemical Engineering Special Interest Group (BESIG) entitled "Innovation in the Bioeconomy" brings together leading initiatives, innovators, and infrastructure providers to showcase how biotechnology is shaping a more sustainable future - from renewable materials and food innovation to genetic engineering and resource mapping.
You'll hear from key players including Pilots4U, IBioIC, and FlexBIO, and gain insight into real-world scale-up success stories - from bioplastics and alternative proteins to bio-based energy and upskilling the workforce. Discover how the Edinburgh Genome Foundry is using DNA design to drive the next wave of biomanufacturing, and also explore Scotland’s emerging bioresource mapping tools to unlock new valorisation opportunities.
With spotlights on EU collaboration and funding through the European Circular Innovation Valley (ECIV) and training support via the BITTS Accelerator Programme, this session offers a dynamic overview of how innovation, infrastructure, and skills development are converging to accelerate the bioeconomy across Scotland and beyond.
Whether you're a researcher, bioinnovator, entrepreneur, policymaker, or industrial partner, this webinar offers fresh perspectives and valuable connections to fuel your bioinnovation journey.
Agenda
11:00 Welcome and overview of agenda
11:05 Welcome and Introduction to Pilots4u, IBioIC and FlexBIO
11:15 Bioeconomy Scale-up in Action: FlexBIO Case Studies in Innovation and Sustainability - From batteries, bioplastic, burgers, biomass and building skills
11:30 Genetic coding for the Bioeconomy: Innovation at the Edinburgh Genome Foundry - From Microbes to Mammals – Building the Bioeconomy Through DNA Design
11:35 Biotech Innovators - Train To Scale (BITTS) Accelerator Programme - Learn how IBioIC are supporting BioInnovators in Scotland with biotech-specific training how to scale their bioprocess & business
11:40 Scotland's Bioresource Mapping Tool - Mapping Valorising Opportunities - Commercial and industrial wastes, food and drink production by-products, agricultural residues, and waste waters and sludges
11:45 European Circular Innovation Valley (ECIV) - Cross-border collaborative innovation support across Europe and Scotland
11:50 Become an IBioIC member - join our network
11:55 Questions
12:00 Close-out

Synbitech 25
SynbiTECH is the UK’s leading international forum for people engaged in engineering biology business, investment, policymaking, science and research.

IBioIC 3-Day Applied Skills in Mammalian Cell Bioprocessing
This 3-day hands-on training course is designed for individuals seeking to build core competencies in the cultivation and handling of mammalian cell lines within a controlled bioprocessing environment.

IBioIC 3-Day Mastering Protein Purification using Chromatography Techniques
This three day course is aimed at anyone who wants to develop an understanding of theory and techniques in protein purification using fast protein liquid chromatography (FPLC) on an ÄKTA chromatography system. The course, while specifically designed around the ÄKTA Avant system, provides comprehensive insights and practical knowledge that will be beneficial to all FPLC users, regardless of the specific model they are using. This training course will also focus on maintenance, cleaning and applications of using FPLC

IBioIC 5-Day BioProcess360: Integrated Upstream and Downstream Bioprocessing training
This 5-day comprehensive training course offers an end-to-end exploration of the biomanufacturing process, integrating both upstream and downstream operations into a unified, hands-on learning experience

Innovation Week - Scotland Innovation Support Showcase - St Andrews
This event will focus on helping attendees better understand what the Innovation Centres do, how they support innovation, and how academics, researchers and businesses have successfully engaged with them. You’ll hear directly from those who have collaborated with the Centres and discover opportunities to connect your research or business ideas with the wider Scottish innovation ecosystem.

Webinar: When Experiments Don’t Go as Planned: How to Stay Curious Instead of Frustrated
In this episode of The Happy Scientist Live, BiteSize Bio will explore a simple but powerful habit: learning to approach setbacks with curiosity instead of judgment. Instead of automatically labelling outcomes as "good" or "bad," you’ll learn how to stay engaged and extract useful information—even from failed experiments, rejected papers, or unexpected results.

Net Zero Workshop Roadshow (Drymen)
Join Scotland's International Environment Centre for a hands-on workshop at Drymen Business Hub to learn how to achieve net zero emissions in a fun and interactive way!

Scotland Manufacturing & Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition
Explore breakthrough technologies, hear from industry leaders across Scotland and beyond, and make valuable connections in sectors like aerospace, advanced manufacturing, energy, renewables, and more. Whether you’re here to learn, network, or do business, the leading event for manufacturing and supply chain professionals is the place to be.

Webinar: UK Seaweed and Biomass/Biotech: Unlocking collaboration opportunities in UK processing
Join this webinar to find out how Innovate UK's feasibility funding can support the UK's seaweed processors to discover, trial or develop innovative processing approaches for seaweed.

UKFT Sustainability Conference - Innovation in Action
Held on 25 September 2025 in London, the one-day event will bring together brands, retailers, manufacturers, researchers, innovators, policymakers and funders to focus on what’s happening now – and what’s coming next.

Future Food-Tech London
Future Food-Tech connects 600+ leaders from global food brands, forward-thinking ingredient providers, pioneering start-ups, and visionary investor funds.
Join senior decision-makers on September 24-25, 2025, to learn about breakthrough technologies, sector shaping strategies, and tackle the challenges in creating foods that are nutritious, accessible, and climate-smart.

Webinar - Transforming textiles: Reducing water use in textiles webinar
This webinar explores water consumption across the textile supply chain from fibre farming to fabric processing. It will showcase real world examples from Africa, Asia and UK, innovations that are reducing water use and driving sustainable transformation and steps towards circularity within the textiles industry.

BE Connected: Scotland’s Innovation Centres & Education Exchange
This event will explore how Scotland’s Innovation Centres can work more closely with colleges to embed innovative practices into teaching, learning, and workforce development. Together, we will look at opportunities to support the college sector in shaping Scotland’s future workforce.

Beauty By The Sea Oban By Canadian Cosmetic Cluster
When Canada and Scotland team up over seaweed, big things happen. This partnership is more than just a cross-border handshake — it’s a deep dive into business development, ocean innovation, and sustainable product creation that benefits both sides of the Atlantic. At the heart of this collaboration is a shared belief: macro and microalgae aren’t just marine marvels — they’re future-making ingredients. From skincare actives to next-gen bioplastics, from fashion fibers to functional foods, seaweed is proving it can do it all.

IBioIC 3-Day Certificate of Upstream Bioprocessing Course
The course is aimed at early career professionals and anyone who wants to develop an understanding of upstream bio- manufacturing techniques and processes. This 3-day course consists of 6 lectures, enhanced with practical demonstrations

The World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit
The World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in London is Europe’s premier networking event, bringing together industry leaders and decision-makers to drive the action needed for a more resilient and innovative food system.

Scotland's National Innovation Week
We’re celebrating Scotland’s proud legacy of innovation and global leadership in pioneering the transformative technologies and industries of the future during Scotland’s National Innovation Week.

UK Robotics Expo 2025 - Creating a robotic nation
On 18th September CeeD will once again bring together their network of bold innovators and experts for a Robotics and Automation TradingZone event, hosted in partnership with the UK Robotics Expo 2025. This unique gathering promises to be a catalyst for collaboration, innovation, and real-world problem-solving in the fast-evolving field of robotics and automation.

Net Zero Workshop Roadshow (Killin)
Join Scotland's International Environment Centre Team for a hands-on workshop at Killin Community Hub to learn how to achieve net zero emissions in a fun and interactive way!

IBioIC 3-Day Mastering Protein Purification using Chromatography Techniques
This three day course is aimed at anyone who wants to develop an understanding of theory and techniques in protein purification using fast protein liquid chromatography (FPLC) on an ÄKTA chromatography system. The course, while specifically designed around the ÄKTA Avant system, provides comprehensive insights and practical knowledge that will be beneficial to all FPLC users, regardless of the specific model they are using. This training course will also focus on maintenance, cleaning and applications of using FPLC

The Biofab Fair
Inspired by the World’s Fair, the Biofab Fair invites the global design community to imagine a world built with biology.
A visionary celebration of bioinnovation, experience a showcase of groundbreaking technologies and products touching fashion, beauty, interiors, packaging, automotive, architecture and beyond!

Sustainable Chemicals and Materials Manufacturing Hub (SCHEMA) Hub Autumn Conference 2025
Join the SCHEMA team for their Autumn Conference at the University of Oxford!

NAPIC Inaugural Conference 2025
The inaugural NAPIC Conference, taking place in September 2025, is set to become a key gathering for leaders in the alternative protein space. Designed to unite a wide spectrum of stakeholders—industry professionals, innovators, researchers, investors, and policymakers

Fuelling Growth: The Right Business Model, The Right Finance
Join Young Company Finance for an insightful event where they will delve into the keys to business growth. Learn strategies for crafting the right business model and securing the right finance from founders who have done it before, and from those who have financed their growth. Network with early-stage and scale-up founders, investors, lenders, and gain valuable knowledge from industry experts.

Orkney International Science Festival
The Orkney International Science Festival, running from 4–10 September 2025 across Kirkwall and the wider Orkney Islands, marks its 35th anniversary this year. Since its launch in 1991, it has grown into one of the UK’s longest‑running science festivals .

Webinar: Identify Fast-Growing Cells Early to Speed Up Cell Line Development
Are you ready to improve the way you approach cell line development? Join BiteSize Bio for a webinar that introduces Arralyze's CellShepherd®, a platform that might just reshape your workflow.

Building with Biology: Bio-Based Materials for Retrofit & New Build
Pioneer Group, in collaboration with the Biorenewables Development Centre, invites you to explore the role of bio-based materials in retrofits and new builds. This event brings together innovators, policymakers, and industry leaders to spotlight emerging technologies, discuss policy pathways, and identify high-potential materials that can help shape a low-carbon construction future.

IBioIC 3rd Annual Careers Fair
We’re excited to announce the return of IBioIC’s 3rd Annual Careers & Jobs Fair, taking place on Thursday 24th July 2025 at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow – and registration is now open for exhibitors and student attendees!

Collaborate to Innovate: Unlocking IBioIC Support to Deliver Real-World Biotech Impact
Join Edinburgh Napier University and IBioIC for an inspiring and practical session exploring how collaborative partnerships can drive real-world biotech innovation.
This webinar will showcase the landscape of support available through IBioIC, with insights from successful biotech spin-outs Celtic Renewables and Mercel. Hear directly from founders and leaders about their journeys from idea to impact, and discover how you can leverage support to turn research into reality.

Microbial Engineering Symposium Cambridge 2025
Join leading minds in microbial science and synthetic biology for the Microbial Engineering Symposium Cambridge 2025, a groundbreaking event at the intersection of science, industry, and innovation. Held at the iconic King’s College, Cambridge, this one-day symposium brings together global experts from academia, biotech startups, major corporations, investment firms, and policy circles.

IBioIC 3-Day Certificate of Upstream Bioprocessing Course
The course is aimed at early career professionals and anyone who wants to develop an understanding of upstream bio- manufacturing techniques and processes. This 3-day course consists of 6 lectures, enhanced with practical demonstrations

Scotland's Horizon Europe - EIT Information & Networking Event
Scottish Enterprise and EIT UK Hub , in collaboration with University of Strathclyde Technology and Innovation Centre are delighted to host an in-person international Horizon Europe EIT knowledge exchange and networking event.

Introduction to environmental product declarations (EPDs)
Delivered by One Click LCA in collaboration with IBioIC, this webinar introduces environmental product declarations (EPDs) — what they are, why they matter, and how manufacturers can produce them independently using streamlined, digital tools.

From Lab Bench to Literature: Inside a 6-Month Study of Sensor Pill & MPS Technology in Real-World Bioprocessing
Join sbi for an exclusive deep dive into a groundbreaking new publication from RWTH Aachen University, recently featured in Biotechnology Progress. This study unveils the Dissolved Oxygen Sensor Pill and Multiparameter Sensor (MPS) technology by sbi. This first-of-its-kind sensor system enables online measurement of biomass, dissolved oxygen, fluorescence, and more—all from standard shake flask cultures. This innovation opens the door to richer data, faster decisions, and more confident scale-up in the earliest stages of process development.