Pioneer Presents
‘Pioneer Presents’ is exciting new events series, with the goal of bringing together experts and thought leaders from across the Pioneer community, wider network, and industry to tackle our human and planetary health challenges.
PIONEER PRESENTS: PLANETARY HEALTH
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Planetary Health Launch Event Date: Wednesday 27th March 2024 Time: 10:30 – 15:30 Location: Wilton Centre, Teesside Info: Join us for the launch event of our Pioneer Presents: Planetary Health series to hear more from experts working across our three core themes; Circular carbon economy, Sustainable food systems of the future, and Human health in a changing climate. Registration and more here |
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Securing funding for bio-based product development and commercialisation Date: Monday 29th April 2024 Time: 12:00 – 13:30 Location: Online Info: By attending this event, you will gain a better understanding of how to write a successful bid with a unique insight into what the assessors of applications are looking for. This workshop will also provide you with an overview of the most interesting schemes currently available for development of bio-based and biodegradable materials. Registration and more here |
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Green carbon for the UK chemicals sector Date: Tuesday 30th April Time: 09:30 - 16:00 Location: Wilton Centre, Teesside Info: Join us for this exciting event to hear from experts across the UK Chemicals sector and their endeavours to become more sustainable, through the development and deployment of renewable carbon feedstocks. Registration and more here |
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Sustainable Food Systems of the Future Date: Wednesday 1st May Time: 09:30 - 16:00 Location: Wilton Centre, Teesside Info: To take a bite out of inequality, health crises, climate change, and ecological destruction, we need sustainable food systems. Given the global population increase, humans have never produced or consumed as much food as we currently do. But how our modern food systems operate is killing us and our planet. We must rapidly create more sustainable food systems, from seed to spoon. Join us for this exciting Pioneer Presents event to hear from experts about their work in developing and deploying sustainable food systems. Registration and more here |
| Round table discussion: Transforming the UK's chemicals industry
Date: Tuesday 11th June 2024 Time: 10:00 - 15:00 Location: Wilton Centre, Teesside Info: Join us for this exciting round table event, where we will discuss the transformation required for the adoption of non-fossil feedstocks for the UK chemicals industry, including, infrastructure, investment, funding for R&D, skills, policy and regulation. Registration and more info here |
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Round table discussion: Developing sustainable food systems Date: Wednesday 12th June 2024 Time: 10:00 - 15:00 Location: Wilton Centre, Teesside Info: Join us for this exciting round table event, where we will discuss what is needed to create the sustainable food systems of the future, including, infrastructure, investment, funding for R&D, skills, policy and regulation. Registration and more info here |
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Will Milligan, CEO, Extracellular – Sustainable biomanufacturing for non-human cell culture technologies Date: Tuesday 21st May 2024 Time: 12:00 – 13:00 Location: Online Info: Join us online, with our partner Extracellular, to gain a better understanding of sustainable biomanufacturing for non-human cell culture technologies. Our speaker, Will Milligan, CEO/CTO and Founder of Extracellular, will talk about how they are providing research, development and manufacturing capabilities for sustainable biotech – such as Cultivated Meat, Cosmetics, Plant Cell Culture, and Materials. Registration and more here |
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Jonathan Tudor, Investment Partner, Clean Growth Fund – Investing in Planetary Health and Clean Growth Date: Wednesday June 5th 2024 Time: 12:00 – 13:00 Location: Online Info: Join us online, with our partner Clean Growth Fund, to hear about their £101m climate venture capital fund, that empowers UK clean tech entrepreneurs with the expertise, and capital, that they need to tackle the climate crisis. Registration and more here |
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Jude Huggan, BDM, CPI – Enabling Scale-Up of Novel Food Production Systems Date: Tuesday July 9th 2024 Time: 12:00 – 13:00 Location: Online Info: Join us online, with our partner CPI, to gain a better understanding of the Scale-Up of Novel Food Production Systems. The food industry is changing. Sustainability is becoming a key concern as businesses look to new products and processes for a generation of socially and environmentally conscious consumers. Through the Novel Food Innovation Centre, CPI is rising to meet that challenge, accelerating the development of alternative foodstuffs that can help to cut carbon emissions and move the UK towards its ambitious net-zero targets. Registration and more here |
PIONEER PRESENTS: HUMAN HEALTH IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT
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Human Health in a Changing Climate Date: Thursday 2nd May 2024 Time: 09:30 - 16:00 Location: Wilton Centre Info: Climate change is impacting health in a myriad of ways, including by leading to death and illness from increasingly frequent extreme weather events, such as heatwaves, storms and floods, the disruption of food systems, increases in infections and food, water and vector-borne diseases, and mental health issues. We need to be ready to deal with an uncertain climatic future and respond to health emergencies quickly. Join us for this exciting Pioneer Presents event to hear from experts working to ensure we are prepared for the effects that climate change will bring to our health. Registration and more here |
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Round table discussion: Human Health in a changing climate Date: Thursday 13th June 2024 Time: 10:00 - 15:00 Location: Wilton Centre, Teesside Info: Join us for this exciting round table event, where we will discuss what is needed to ensure we are one step ahead of the potential human threats of an uncertain future climate, including, infrastructure, investment, funding for R&D, skills, policy and regulation. Registration and more info here |
PIONEER PRESENTS: HEALTHY AGEING
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Healthy Ageing Launch Event Date: Wednesday 24th April 2024 Time: 10:30 - 16:00 Location: Kent Science Park Info: Join us for this exciting Pioneer Presents event to hear from experts carrying out cutting-edge research and innovation into healthy ageing, creating the environments and opportunities that enable people to be and do what they value throughout their lives. Registration and more here |
