Introducing Pioneer Presents, an inspiring new event series exploring the challenges that we, as a life-sciences community, strive to solve.

Join us for the launch event of our Pioneer Presents: Planetary Health series to hear more from experts working across our three core themes:

Human Health in a Changing Climate

Circular Carbon Economy

Sustainable Food Systems

Agenda

10:30   Coffee and Registration

11:00   Welcome and introduction to Pioneer Group – Toby Reid, Pioneer Group

11:15   The state of our planet – Dr Jen Vanderhoven, FREY

Session One: Human health in a changing climate

11:30   Saving lives, whilst saving the planet: Making biomanufacturing sustainable – Professor Safwan Akram, Teesside University

11:50   Creating a UK capability to rapidly respond to pandemic threats – Dr Philip Probert, Technology Lead – Biologics, CPI

12:10   A UK centre of excellence for bioprocessing training in the Northeast – Connor Foster, National Horizons Centre

12:30   Lunch and Networking

Session 2: Circular carbon economy

13:00   Plastic Circularity and Decarbonisation of the Plastics Value Chain – Kim Walker, Marketing Manager, Mura Technology

Session 3: Sustainable food systems of the future

13:30   Smart, secure and sustainable food systems – Yvonne Armitage, CPI

13:50   Reducing the climate impact of farming –  Dr Adriana Botes, R&D Director, Azotic Technologies

Session 4: Planetary health golden ticket pitches

14:10   Green innovation activity in hydrogen – Appleyard Lees

14:30   Pioneer x CPI Golden Ticket Pitches –  Golden Ticket competitors

16:30   Close

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Venue: Wilton Centre
Location: what3words: warm.royal.direct
Parking available
Lunch & refreshments provided

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About Planetary Health

At Pioneer Group, we believe in the power of innovation and collaboration, to tackle our human and planetary health challenges.

At the present global consumption rate, by 2030 we will need two planets to meet both our resource needs and absorb societies waste.

The health of the planet we all call home is under threat from human mass consumption, with earth’s natural systems and boundaries being increasingly breached on a daily basis.

Human health and well-being are intricately linked to the health of the planet, which is currently suffering from reduced air and water quality, climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution from plastics and toxic substances.