PLANETS @ BPP2026 (6-9.09.2026, Bled, Slovenia)
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 the last day of the conference, 9 September, Martin Himly (PLUS) gave an oral presentation within the SSbD workshop entitled ‘Regulatory and Sustainability Considerations. In his presentation, Martin reported on the first lessons from putting Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design (SSbD) into practice across the project’s three industrial value chains: flame retardants, surfactants, and plasticizers. He also covered learnings from the scoping, Tier 1/simplified, and Tier 2/intermediate assessments phases, and experiences with data confidentiality in regards to Digital Product Passport (DPP) development.
Thank you to the organisers of the conference for giving us the opportunity of being part of the conference, and specially of the SSbD session, jointly organised by the sister projects TOXBOX and SSbD4CheM.
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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 SSbD workshop:
The conference:
