About the event

The Engineering Biology Innovation Network funded 15 SPARK Awards designed to tackle real-world challenges faced by UK SMEs or to accelerate their journey towards developing new products, processes, or services.

The projects focus on challenges within AgriFood, health, materials and chemicals and waste recycling. Each project is a collaboration between a UK academic and an SME.

Attendees will learn more about the funded projects, have the opportunity to connect with innovators and learn more about the Innovation Network.

Why attend?

During this webinar you will have the chance to hear from the collaborators working together to address a specific engineering biology challenge.

You will be able to connect with project partners, network with other attendees and understand future opportunities as part of the Engineering Biology Innovation Network.

Who should attend?

• Industrial and academic innovators and researchers: Those developing new technologies or conducting research in engineering biology with either a challenge or a solution.
• Industry leaders: Executives and decision-makers from sectors such as health, agriculture, chemicals, and materials to identify new technologies within these sectors.
• Policy makers and regulators: Individuals shaping or implementing regulatory frameworks to understand the types of emerging technologies.
• Investors: Venture capitalists, funding bodies and anyone interested in supporting cutting-edge engineering biology ventures.
• Anyone interested in applying engineering biology: Organisations or individuals exploring how engineering biology can drive innovation in their field.

About the Engineering Biology Innovation Network

This funding is part of the Engineering Biology Innovation Network, led by Innovate UK Business Connect in collaboration with Innovate UK and UKRI’s Technology Mission Fund, which aims to drive the development of a joined-up UK innovation ecosystem to ensure synthetic biology tools, technologies and processes can be more easily developed and adopted by a variety of industries. The network’s goal is to progress innovations, create a commercially focused community and foster new consortia to advance innovations towards commercial applications.