KEYNOTE:
“Scaling-up our ambition: the role of UK bio-based manufacturing in making the future.”
Time & Location
Wednesday: 13.20 to 13.40, Stage 2
Speaker
Dr Mark CorbettDirector - Biorenewables Development Centre (BDC)
About this presentation
There is an urgent need to accelerate the transition to Net Zero and beyond, building towards a future of prosperous and environmentally positive industries. Bio-based products and processes will be one of the key technologies for de-fossilising the chemicals industry, promising sustainable routes to new and established chemistries. The Biorenewables Development Centre is an open-access translational research and scale-up facility based in York supporting innovation to realise sustainable economic and environmental value across the bioeconomy. The Centre hosts a unique concentration of expertise and facilities to support development of bio-based products and processes, with a proven track record of enabling our customers to achieve commercialisation. This presentation explores the potential and opportunities for chemicals and materials manufacturing in the circular bioeconomy using case studies drawn from the Biorenewables Development Centre’s portfolio.
Speaker Bio:
Mark Corbett is the Director of the Biorenewables Development Centre. Mark holds a degree in Biochemistry and Chemistry from Keele University, and a PhD in molecular cell biology from University of Sheffield. He has spent much the past twenty years working at the academic-industrial interface to drive innovation in the bioindustries, first as a researcher in the field of biocatalysis for sustainable commodity and fine chemicals manufacturing. He later moved into management of complex multicentre, interdisciplinary scientific programmes with CoEBio3 and Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies. Mark is a passionate advocate for the strategic role of biotechnology in growing a prosperous and sustainable future economy. He sits on the BioYorkshire Steering and Industry Advisory Groups and the Industrial Biotechnology Leadership Forum and was co-author of the IBLF National Industrial Biotechnology Strategy to 2030.