Welcome to the Engineering Biology Metrics and Standards for the Global Bioeconomy Event!
Date: Mon Sep 30 2024
Time: 12:00:00 GMT+0100 (British Summer Time)
Location: Online
Join us for an exciting virtual event where you will hear from Professor Paul Freemont, Imperial, about the recently published report ‘Engineering Biology Metrics and Standards for the Global Bioeconomy‘.
New report addresses the need for metrics and technical standards for the global bioeconomy
There are currently very few technical standards and metrics that are specific and appropriate to the field of engineering biology. This lack of standards across many aspects of the bioeconomy – a multi-trillion-dollar sector – is likely to cause major challenges as the industry looks to scale, from issues with data integration and interoperability, to regulatory clarity and product quality.
Across the bioeconomy innovation pipeline, there are opportunities for standards to support faster development and enable accelerated commercialisation. In response to this, a Task Force was convened with the objective of identifying key areas where standards and metrics would enable the growth of the global bioeconomy.
Their findings have now been published in the report Engineering Biology Metrics and Technical Standards for the Global Bioeconomy.
In this webinar Professor Paul Freemont (Chair of the Task Force) discusses the outcomes of the effort, including ten key areas identified for standards and metrics development. These include technical areas, such as standard data formats to enable better sharing of data, or simply agreeing on a standardised lexicon, to non-technical areas including improvement of public perceptions through better engagement. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are expected to gain the most from standardisation, as they currently take on the biggest risks when developing new bio-made products. Implementing appropriate standards and applied metrology to support them in getting products to market would likely support the overall growth of the sector as a whole.
The Task Force comprised representatives from Imperial College London, the Engineering Biology Research Consortium (EBRC), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the National University of Singapore (NUS), with support from Schmidt Sciences.
Further information about the project can be found at www.imperial.ac.uk/engbiosgb/.