Real advice Workshop: Cleaner by Design

March 24, 2009
12:00 am	to	2:00 pm

About the event

The Event will focus on reducing costs in product development and manufacture by actually reducing wastes. There will be a practical demonstration of eco-design with products analysed in a lively hands-on session. Take full advantage by bringing your own products and packaging along. This is not simply Lean, it’s ‘Cleaner by design’. This highly motivating half day with special guest speakers and interactive process examples will demonstrate novel ways to make your business more competitive and cost effective.

Who should attend?

Businesses looking to optimise production or processes by adopting waste saving techniques, saving the environment and saving money.

Breaking New Ground:”The iHub Exemplar”

March 24, 2009

Sustainable Construction iNet* to host FREE innovation event as part of the East Midlands innovation Festival (iFestival)

When & Where? Tuesday 24th March 2009
Staverton Park, Daventry Road, Staverton, Daventry, Northamptonshire, NN11 6JT

Why Come?

• Sustainable Construction iNet all systems are go: learn about tailored innovation support to help you grow and access to dedicated grants for your business
• Find out about and tour the site of the Sustainable Construction iHub: a multimillion-pound building that will feature offices for up to 60 businesses, exhibition space and community facilities
• Hear from keynote speaker, Michael Pawlyn, one of the leading architects behind the Eden Project and a passionate advocate of sustainable architecture
• Sustainable Construction iNet advisors will be on hand to provide assistance in developing and implementing new products, processes and services
• Dedicated grants are on offer to help your business to become more innovative
• This is a valuable opportunity to network and build new links with key contacts in construction technologies, regional supply chains and the support and funding bodies.

To register or for more detailed information about this event please visit www.bre.co.uk/ifestival or email Gemma Davis at events@construction-inet.org.uk for further queries.

Booking confirmation, venue details and timings will be sent upon registration.

*The Sustainable Construction iNet is a business-led innovation network

Biofuels East Launch Event

March 24, 2009

Fostering collaboration between academia and industry.

Queens’ College, Cambridge, 24 March 2009

An opportunity to examine the performance and sustainability of biofuels, learn about the advanced technologies being developed in the East of England and find out how to access funding for collaborative projects.

We will be launching Biofuels East at Queens’ College on the above date and we would appreciate your help in promoting our Launch Event through the channels available to you.

The event is aimed at academic and industrial researchers working on the development of biofuels as well as those whose activities are impacted by developments in this field.

An amazing selection of experts from academia, industry, government bodies and funding agencies will cover the following topics:

- The sustainability of biofuels and the rationale for advanced generation technologies

- Biodiesel, bio-alcohols, biomethane and jet fuels: developments and challenges faced by the industry

- Cutting edge research in land crops, algae feedstocks, lignocellulosic fuels and waste derived fuels

- Collaboration between academia and industry: challenges, case studies and ways forward

- Funding opportunities for collaborative projects between academia and industry

This free event is being co-hosted by Renewables East, Bioscience for Business and the Natural Environment Research Council. By attending the event delegates will gain a privileged understating of how these partners wish to engage with the biofuels community and how to access the resources of Biofuels East.

To register your interest in attending the Biofuels East Launch Event, contact:
Bianca Forte at Renewables East: biancaforte@renewableseast.org.uk or 01733 294523.