SSbD workshop & booth at the BPP2026
From 6 to 9 September 2026, the Biopartitioning and Purification Conference (BPP 2026) brought together in Bled (Slovenia) experts from academia and industry to exchange insights on the latest advances in bioseparation, purification, and sustainable bioprocessing.
The conference explored emerging topics including AI-driven process optimisation, biomass processing and waste valorisation, novel bioproducts, life cycle assessment, and regulatory frameworks. Through keynote lectures, presentations, posters, round-table discussion, and networking, the BPP 2026 provided a good platform for sharing knowledge, showcasing innovations, and building new collaborations for the future of sustainable bioprocessing.
The BPP2026 was co-organised by the SSbD4CheM project. Together with our sister project TOXBOX we organised on September 9th a SSbD workshop entitled “REGULATORY AND SUSTAINABILITY CONSIDERATIONS”.
- The plenary speaker of the workshop was Barry Hardy, from Edelweiss Connect, with a talk on “SSbD for bio-based innovation: Integrating scientific evidence, digital technologies and human-AI collaboration”.
- Uroš Novak, from NIC, gave an oral presentation on the cosmetic case study, entitled “Implementing a SSbD Framework for nanocellulose-enhanced cosmetics formulations”.
In the “Projects Fair”, SSbD4CheM had a booth full of showcase materials of our automotive, textile and cosmetic case studies, presented by Beatriz Alfaro Serrano (BNN):
- automotive interior parts made of lightweight lignocellulosic natural-based fillers (Stellantis, Wood K plus)
- PFAS-free bio-based coatings (textiles) with hydrophobic, self-cleaning, and antimicrobial properties (KORTEKS, NOVEX)
- nanoplastics-free cosmetics: face cream, SPF lotion, facial mud mask (AHAVA Dead Sea Laboratories, NIC)
See below some insights of the conference.
More pictures here.
Bled and its surroundings:
The SSbD4CheM booth:
The team onsite:
The SSbD workshop co-organised by TOXBOX and SSbD4CheM:
The conference:
