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If you are already in Toulouse on Tuesday 16 October, you are invited to come to the Pierre Baudis Congress Centre and catch your badge and conference bag. A welcome reception will start at 6pm in the exhibition hall, a perfect opportunity for you to have a preview of the EFIB 2018 Exhibition.

You can start scheduling meetings with participants/companies of interest via the partnering system.

Get to know more about biotech processes behind wine production. Register now for the site visit organised on 16 October at Lallemand’s facilities and followed by a tour of the wine-growing cooperative, Château Cransac. Bus transfers from and to Pierre Baudis Congress Centre will be provided!

The Council of Toulouse cordially invites all EFIB delegates to a Cocktail Reception that will take place in the Capitole’s Salle des Illustres as of 6.30pm on 17 October.

Applications for the Start-up Village are now closed. All candidates will shortly be notified if they have been selected or not for a free space in the high-traffic centre of the exhibition!

INDUSTRIAL BIOTECH: Delivering new bio-based products & processes to meet the UN SDGs will be the guiding theme of the 2018 edition. Small, medium and large innovative Industrial Biotech companies breaking new ground in commercialising sustainable solutions to global grand challenges will share their latest achievements in Toulouse this October.

The PitchFest is back for its third year, helping to raise awareness of investment opportunities in industrial biotech solutions whilst facilitating entrepreneurialism and creating a supportive environment for start-ups to help their business grow and innovate. The selection procedure is underway. All applicants will be informed in due course if they have been selected or not.

Organised by Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant on 16 October in the afternoon, the Pilots4U Workshop will present and discuss different open access cooperation models in the European bioeconomy field while intending to inform pilot infrastructure owners and users on how open access works in practice. Spaces are limited and registration is free but mandatory!

EuropaBio and its local partner Toulouse White Biotechnology cordially invite you to add the 2018 edition of EFIB to your calendar and join the mailing list to be notified of when registrations open. The forum will be hosted in the Centre de Congrès Pierre Baudis in Toulouse from 16 to 18 of October.

Toulouse, France | 16-18 October 2018

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Get warmed up for EFIB 2018 with a pre-conference visit of Lallemand's unique fermentation laboratoy and Château Cransac wine cooperative.

Interview with Pierre Monsan, Director, Toulouse White Biotechnology

Learn more about Toulouse and its dynamic biotech ecosystem through this wide-ranging interview with Pierre Monsan, the head of EFIB 2018 local partner, TWB.

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Start-up Village

For the first time, a village at the high-traffic heart of the exhibition will host young and innovative founders active in industrial biotechnology and the bioeconomy. Applications for a free both are now closed.

Already confirmed speakers include

Lise Kingo

CEO & Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact

Jean Tirole

2014 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences

Vivienne Parry

OBE, Science Writer, Broadcaster and Facilitator

Wolfgang Burtscher

Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General Research & Innovation, European Commission

Marcel Wubbolts

Chief Technology Officer, Corbion

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Karl Burgess@soreearskid

The SynBio 'design build test learn' cycle is outlined by Lionel Clarke. @polyomics @RosserLab @EFIBconference @metaboknight Retweeted by EFIB

Joanna Dupont Inglis@joannadupont

Waow!! What a reception! A fabulous end to a great first day ⁦@EFIBconference⁩ #EFIB2018 in #Toulouse @EuropaBio⁩. A huge thank you to all who contributed and who made this possible. Retweeted by EFIB

BRAIN AG@BRAINbiotech

We will be in Toulouse from 16-18 October @EFIBconference - send a note or use the partnerning tool to meet @BRAINbiotech and / or @Biocats Retweeted by EFIB

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