KICK - OFF
Design Factory Stage, Betonimiehenkuja 5 C, Espoo
From waste to wealth - Microbes to the rescue!
Welcome to the 2019 Synbio Reverse Pitch Competition Kick-Off!
Can microbes turn waste into useful products,
can we purify water with new biopolymers?
Or feed old rugs to microbes?
Yes, yes and yes.
Join us on March 20th to hear more!
Meet with Ikea, St1, Kemira and Neste who will present their Synbio Challenges to the contestants of the 2019 Reverse Pitch Competition.
Event information
Name Synbio Reverse Pitch Competition Kick-Off
Time Wednesday 20.3.2019, 16:00–18:00
Venue Design Factory, Stage
Address Betonimiehenkuja 5 C, 02150 Espoo (On the map)
Agenda
Boosting Circular Economy with Synthetic Biology
Riitta Silvennoinen /Specialist in the Circular economy focus area at Sitra Fund
Nina Pulkkis /Documentarist, Parad Media
Synthetic Biology and The Future of Finland
Howy Jacobs Professor of Molecular Biology, Tampere University
Science documentary about Synthetic Biology and The Microbial Revolution
The challenges presented: Ikea, St1, Kemira, Neste
Circular Economy: Making edible waste for microbes
Tomi Erho, VTT Principal Scientist
A novel device for processing problematic waste
Synbio – what could it be?
Merja Penttilä, Professor, Aalto University & VTT
Questions
Networking