Demeter Awards and Innovation Showcase

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

Host or Publisher BBIA