ASBP Chair, Mark Lynn (of Thermafleece), together with our members UK Hempcrete and IndiNature, look forward to participating in this in-person event exploring the challenges and opportunities for bio-based construction materials. Join them on 25th September, at the Wilton Centre in Redcar, for this free, in-person event presented by Pioneer.
Details and booking information on the Pioneer Group website.
Programme:
09:45 Coffee and registration
10:00 Welcome
10:05 The environmental and economic potential of circular bio-based construction materials – Dr Mark Corbett Biorenewables Development Centre
10:30 Biotechnology for living Construction – Professor Meng Zhang and Professor Martyn Dade-Robinson, Northumbria University
10:50 Retrofitting for a sustainable bio-based future – Alex Sparrow, Managing Director, UK Hempcrete
11:10 Building capability to process and create a range of technical bio-based & circular products – Sam Baumber, Co-founder & Chief Operating Officer, IndiNature
11:30 Fire side chat: Regulation of novel bio-based construction materials – Alex Sparrow, Managing Director, UK Hempcrete; Sam Baumber, Co-founder & Chief Operating Officer, IndiNature; Dr Mike Lawrence, Director of Research, Natural Building Systems and Visiting Professor at University of Suffolk
12:00 Challenges and Opportunities for bio-based materials in the construction sector – Mark Lynn, Chair, The Alliance for Sustainable Building Products (ASBP)
12:30 Lunch
13:15 Workshop: Challenges and Opportunities for Bio-based construction materials – what can we achieve in the next 24 months?
14:45 Summary of the day and next steps
15:00 Close