ADBA R&I Forum 2017 Preview


FROM THE BIG PICTURE TO THE SMALLEST MICROBE


Now in its seventh year, the ADBA R&I Forum is well-established as the only dedicated research and innovation event focusing solely on the AD and biogas industry. This year’s forum, taking place at The Building Centre in London on 28-29 March 2017, will look at an AD industry that is now worth more than £500m in the UK, but potentially £1 trillion globally, and which has large sums of funding available for research.


But how to best use those funds? Understanding where to focus the AD R&I community’s efforts will be a key part of this year’s event, which will once again bring together the most innovative experts from the AD industry, academia and the public sector in the UK and across the globe.


The forum will feature a discussion on the latest developments in AD research and innovation, with a particular focus on the creation of a world class AD research hub to deliver a step change in research outputs (see p34 for more details). Specifically designed to inform delegates of the latest research and innovation in the sector, this session will encourage attendees to learn and share solutions to improve and optimise the AD process and its applications across the industry.


The R&I Forum also includes a workshop from Stepping Up, giving attendees the opportunity to feed in to a new land use tool currently being developed for government to help assess technologies like AD. In particular, the project is investigating any unintended consequences across the water, energy or food sectors.


We will also discuss how, outside of Europe, new research has highlighted the potential for AD to become a leading source of energy globally. It also has the potential to prevent deaths from poor sanitation, water pollution and air pollution in developing countries. The panel will discuss what the research priorities are to support AD in the global challenge to meet the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.


Meanwhile, in the UK the current political landscape has brought new questions to the research community, including: what will happen to grant funding? Will there be more funding opportunities, regardless of what happens with the UK/EU relationship? Our speaker from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) will also update us on the latest situation regarding research funding and how this might develop under different scenarios.


In an environment of restricted incentives, it has never been more important to apply the insights R&I provides to ensure our industry is performing at its optimum level. To solve the big picture, we need the help of the smallest microbes.


REGISTER TODAY


To register your attendance for the ADBA R&I Forum 2017 (28-29 March, The Building Centre, London) and to see the full programme, go to adbioresources.org


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