BioPRIA kicked off the year with the “Engineering Plant Biomaterials for Advanced Manufacturing Workshop” at New Horizons, Clayton campus. We welcomed 50 delegates including international technical experts, academics and industry key players to discuss the current state-of-the-art research in plant-based biomaterials and moving towards more sustainable product manufacturing.
The day featured a number of keynote presentations and panel discussion. These sessions provided opportunities for the participants to hear directly from experts’ perspectives and their experiences on sustainability and innovation in product development. A breakout session was followed and led by Dr Virginie Chambost. Here, the groups discussed the industrial advancements and needs, identified the challenges, opportunities and commonalities between university-based research and industry needs.
At the end of the day, BioPRIA Director, Prof Gil Garnier closed the workshop and thanked everyone for attending and sharing their insights and experiences.
We want to thank everyone who made this workshop such a success, including all speakers (Prof. Florent Allais, Prof. Orlando Rojas, Dr. Billy Bardin, Prof. Paul Stuart, Dr. Virginie Chambost, Dr. Wade Mosse, Dr. Debjani Ghosh, Tim Davey, Daniel Kaminski, Jim Manolios) and participants who brought so much energy on the day.
