Past Events

After the successful previous editions of 2012 (Torremolinos) and 2015 (Madrid), Formatex Research Center cordially invites you to participate in The Energy & Materials Research Conference – EMR2017, which will be held in Lisbon (Portugal) from 5 to 7 April 2017. EMR2017 will bring together researchers and professionals from a broad set of science and […]

The 7th Nordic Wood Biorefinery Conference 2017 will cover new research results and industrial experience related to biorefining based on wood and/or on pulp mills: – Biorefinery systems and processes. – Biorefinery products: chemicals, materials and fuels. – Apart from technical/scientific process/product subjects, economy and sustainability issues will also be addressed The event will take […]

The research project European Research Infrastructure for Circular Forest Bioeconomy (ERIFORE) invites experts of the forest-based sector to participate in its 2nd open ERIFORE Workshop that will take place in Stockholm, on 27 March 2017. The event will present an overview of the capabilities and emerging concepts of the European forest-based research infrastructure reflecting the […]

World Bio Markets returns to facilitate growth and commercialisation across the global bio-economy for the 12th successive year. Over 500 senior-level decision makers from the entire bio-based value chain descend on Amsterdam in search of the partnerships, biotech breakthroughs, investment opportunities and innovations that are poised to spearhead the bioeconomy of tomorrow. The event will […]

ICBBB 2017: 19th International Conference on Bioplastics, Biocomposites and Biorefining aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of bioplastics, biocomposites and biorefining.  It also provides a premier interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the […]

The Mediterranean Forest Week has been conceived as a common regional platform for cooperation on Mediterranean forests, aiming at improving the dialogue between the Mediterranean forest research community, policy-makers and the relevant stakeholders as well as at communicating to the international community and the society at large the relevance and challenges affecting Mediterranean forests. This […]

For the eighth time, the conference invites researchers and entrepreneurs from North Rhine-Westphalia and regions in Europe to find new European research and innovation (R&I) partners for Horizon 2020 projects. The series of events has been a great success with over 2000 participants since 2009. In 2017, special partner regions are: Belgium, Finland, France, Israel, the […]

The continued development and growing opportunities for commercialization of key enabling technologies (e.g., nanotechnology, synthetic biology, biomaterials) raise fundamental environmental health and safety (EHS) challenge for regulators in various governments. Even though existing practices for risk assessment and management (RA&M) are applicable to these technologies, their implementation requires information that is difficult to obtain given […]

CommBeBiz’s annual event, funded by the EU, is designed to challenge, support and inform researchers on their quest to innovate in the commercial, social and policy arenas. Researchers receiving EU public funding have to demonstrate the value they have added to society and commerce from the investment made in them. Through keynote speakers and workshops, […]

Following the success of the last year’s conference in Munich, Germany with Clariant’s Sunliquid plant visit, and the previous one to that in Madrid with the Abengoa’s demonstration plant site visit. We are delighted to announce that next Lignofuels 2017 Conference will be taking place at the heart of the wood bioenergy industry – Finland. […]