Events
The European Federation of Biotechnology is engaged in many international congresses, conferences, symposia and courses organised or sponsored by the Federation. These events are listed below. Besides this, you will find a broad - but not complete - overview of further non-EFB events with relevance to biotechnology in Europe and beyond.
The EFB promotes events which are both highly relevant to our mission and membership and provide real value to EFB members. For further information, please contact Paola Cárdenas at paola@efb-central.org
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15-16 May 2008
Lodz, Poland
Central European Biotechnology and Biobusiness Trade Fair - Bio-Forum VII is the biggest international event for biotechnology in Central Europe.
Since the year 2000, Bio-Forum has been the unique platform for exchanging insights, seeking partners to accelerate the progress of research, creating business opportunities, sharing information and much more.
19-21 May 2008
Paris, France
The International Research Centre in Paris, the Institut Pasteur, organizes the conference 25 years of HIV
21-22 May 2008
Frankfurt, Germany
The European White Biotechnology Summit will meet the needs of European Chemical organisations seriously embracing White Biotech and wanting to progress its presence in Europe before other regions snatch away the lead.
22-23 May 2008
Waedenswil, Switzerland
The joint BioTech 2008 and the 4th Swiss-Czech Symposium entitled “Biopharmaceuticals: why use yeasts?” has been organised as an interdisciplinary event for experts from different fields in both academia and industry.
Join experts from industry and academia to share experience on advanced yeast expression systems and to identify new application fields, tools and process innovations!
23-24 May 2008
Schandau, Dresden, Germany
This meeting is being organised by Susann Mueller, with help from Hazel Davey. Early bird registration deadline: January 31st, 2008
Abstract submission deadline: January 31st, 2008
2-4 June 2008
Munich, Germany
The Biological Production 2008 is now in its 7th year brings together Europe’s leading biological manufacturing, production and cGMP specialists.
8-11 June 2008
Naples, Italy
IBIC2008 is the first biannual International Conference on Industrial Biotechnology and represents the evolution of seven (2001 - 2007) one-day workshops performed on a national basis in the field of Industrial Biotechnology.
17-20 June 2008
San Diego, USA
2008 BIO International Convention works toward expanding the biotech innovations that help heal fuel and feed the world.
28 June - 3 July 2008
Athens Greece
The Organising Committee invites you to the World Fair of Biochemical sciences that will be held in Athens Greece in 2008 (June 28th to July 3rd).
3-6 September 2008
Chania - Crete - Greece
The objective of the 4th European Bioremediation Conference is to bring together scientists, engineers and other environmental professionals to present their findings and discuss future trends, directions and new challenges for the restoration of contaminated sites and marine environments.
14-19 September 2008
Island of Brac, Croatia
The next course in the long line of highly successful courses since the mid-1980s on Bioprocess Engineering, has been organised under the auspices of The European Federation of Biotechnology by the Working Group on Bioreactor Performance, in collaboration with other Working Groups (Working Group on Modelling, Monitoring, Measurement & Control and Working Group on Downstream Processing and Recovery of Bioproducts) of the EFB Section on Biochemical Engineering Science. All of the lectures will be given by internationally distinguished university teachers or by leading experts from multinational companies.
23-25 September 2008
Berlin, Germany
The erscp2008 is settled at the interface of science, industry, public authorities and politics. The overall goals of the international conference are to facilitate innovations and to promote sustainable consumption and production by challenging participants’ projects, ideas and approaches and by stimulating debate regarding their contribution to sustainable development. Best-practice examples are shared, solution-driven opportunities are explored and joint projects are initiated.
24-28 September 2008
Sardinia, Italy
The Microbial Physiology Section of the European Federation of Biotechnology is pleased to announce arrangements for their fourth meeting in the series Recombinant Protein Production. This interdisciplinary approach will prove extremely attractive to colleagues in industry, enabling the Microbial Physiology Section to fulfil its function of bringing together colleagues from Industry, Research Institutes and Academia.
29 September - 01 October 2008
Zurich, Switzerland
SPICA 2008 is the 12th event in a series of symposia started in Paris in 1986. This has become over the past years a regular appointment for scientists and practitioners involved in the downstream processing of fine chemicals, natural products, drugs, food activities, flavors and aromas.
1-4 October 2008
Innsbruck, Austria
Following on from two highly successful conferences in Prague and Oslo, the 3rd ESF Conference on Functional Genomics and Disease will bring together world leaders in functional genomics to discuss our current understanding of disease mechanisms, the challenges ahead and the technologies that will lead to novel solutions.
7-9 October 2008
Hanover, Germany
European Bioperspectives 2008 will be the fourth conference which again unites 18 major biotechnology and bioscience organisations in presenting an excellent scientific programme from many areas of research.
7-10 October 2008
Faro, Portugal
The symposium is jointly organised by the IBB-Institutes of Biotechnology and Bioengineering at Faro and Lisbon University and DECHEMA, Frankfurt. It is our great pleasure to invite you to participate and to present your latest work and results.
12-17 October 2008
Dalian, China
Organized under the auspices of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), the 13th International Biotechnology Symposium, which is held every four years on a different continent, is recognized as the premier international conference in the rapidly growing field of biotechnology. The mission of the IBS is to promote R&D in all aspects of basic and applied biotechnology. The history of IBS dates back to 1960. For the first time the IBS will be held in China with the fastest growing economy in the world.
The year 2008 marks an important milestone in surgical sutures and wound closure: 100 years ago B. Braun introduced the first-ever industrially manufactured sterile surgical sutures. On the occasion of this centennial anniversary the Aesculap Division of the B. Braun Group proclaims its international competition The Future of Sutures. This is designed to create a platform for interdisciplinary exchange on surgical wound-closure techniques – and to find and foster new perspectives in this key area of surgery.
The competition has been initiated and is organized by B. Braun Melsungen AG, supplier of high-quality healthcare technology to markets worldwide. The Royal College of Surgeons of England, the German Society of Surgeons (DGCH), and the European Federation of Biotechnology have kindly agreed to be patrons.
8-10 December 2008
JW Marriott Hotel Dubai
The objective of the Ultra-Fast Genomics conference is to review state-of-the-art, as well as developing DNA sequencing technologies and to explore their application in the various fields that comprise genome research.
A comprehensive listing of all past events organised by the European Federation of Biotechnology