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.
On September 9th, our sister project TOXBOX organised the Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design workshop “Regulatory and Sustainability Considerations”, with support from, and in synergy with, the SSbD4CheM project.
- 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”. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.22685156.
- Uroš Novak, from NIC, gave an oral presentation on the cosmetic case study, entitled “Implementing a SSbD Framework for nanocellulose-enhanced cosmetics formulations”.
Additionally, Barry Hardy was also one of the panellist in the round table, and contributed to the discussion on “Bioprocessing at a crossroads: innovation, AI, scale-up and circularity” and SSbD.
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, WOOD Kplus)
- microplastics-free cosmetics: face cream, SPF lotion, facial mud mask (AHAVA Dead Sea Laboratories, NIC)
See below for insights into the conference. More pictures are available here. Photo credits go to Beatriz Alfaro and Boris Pretnar.
Bled and its surroundings:
The SSbD4CheM booth:
The team onsite:
The SSbD workshop co-organised by TOXBOX and SSbD4CheM:
The conference:
