Welcome to the 7th edition of IFIB - Italian Forum on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioeconomy organized by Assobiotec, the Italian Association for the development of biotechnology which is part of the national Federation of Chemical Industry (Federchimica), together with Innovhub-SSI, the Italian Green Chemistry Cluster SPRING and Lazio Innova – aimed at strengthening the bioeconomy network in the Euro-Mediterranean area and to promote partnerships.

The focus of the Forum is biotechnology, as provider of new resources for industries.

It is organized into round tables and sessions devoted to specific sub-sectors of industrial biotechnology: circular economy, energy and biorefineries, agro-food, life-sciences, policies on industrial biotech and bioeconomy, bio-based industries; involving international speakers coming from key sector’s players: BInCanada, CLIB2021, Novamont, NextSteppe USA etc. The workshop will also include a session dedicated to shared pilot facilities within the EU project European Smart Pilots.
IFIB2017 will take place on 5^th - 6^th October 2017 in Rome and will be structured with a conference, partnering event, poster session and startup on stage.

IFIB 2017 Conference

5^th - 6^th October 2017

Two days of debates and exchange of information on the initiative main themes, with in-depth sessions and pilot projects. 

Main topics:

• Bioeconomy and circular economy
• Energy and biorefineries
• Bio-based industries
• Life-sciences
• Agro-food
• Marine biotechnology

You can find more info about the event here.