Student Symposium 2017 – Green Processes for Tomorrow's Bioeconomy

Green Processes for Tomorrow's Bioeconomy

The 4^th edition of the Student Symposium, entitled: "Green Processes for Tomorrow's Bioeconomy", will take place at the Université Laval's Alphonse-Desjardins Pavilion on September 25-26 in Quebec City.

The bioeconomy covers all economic activities linked to the production and processing of bioresources in the energy, materials, chemicals, environment, agri-food and other sectors. In Canada today, the market for bio-based products is estimated at $230+ billion. As a result, Quebec companies and research organizations are benefiting from renewable resources, innovations stemming from the bioeconomy and solid base of scientific and technical knowledge in this sector. They are now heavily involved in the design of advanced green production and sustainable processing systems. What's more, Quebec's universities and research centres are very active in training future scientific researchers and engineers, who will be key pillars of tomorrow's bioeconomy.

During this 4^th edition of the CRIBIQ Student Symposium, the opportunities and challenges of developing green processes in Quebec will be discussed and real cases, as well as their successes and stakes, will be highlighted. The event will include presentations, posters and workshops under the sub-themes below:

• Industrial bioproducts: bioenergy, bio-based chemicals, bio-based materials, etc.;
• Environmental biotechnologies: bioremediation, effluent and waste treatment, biorecovery, biocapture, etc.;
• Agri-food: food processing, active ingredients, etc.

An initiative of the CRIBIQ, this event gives graduate students the opportunity to unveil the results of their research on the proposed topics.

We look forward to welcoming many of you to Quebec City for an excellent opportunity to network and acquire the tools you need to develop your career project!

Don't forget to register here for the visit to the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS). Places are limited to the first 50 registrations!

For further information, contact the organizing committee at colloque.etudiant@cribiq.qc.ca.