Welcome to XII IBA!

On behalf of the Organizing Committee of the XII International Forum on Industrial Bioprocessing (XII IBA), we have the pleasure of inviting you to participate in the conference, which will be held in Braga, Portugal during September 09-12, 2026.
XII IBA aims to provide a unique platform to the researchers and policy planners from all over the world to witness the cutting edge information and scientific developments on advanced bioprocessing for sustainable developments and circular economy, focused on cross-fields areas of industrial and environmental biotechnology, food and fermentation technology, and energy biosciences. It will also offer great opportunity to the participants to explore and discuss international collaboration, promote knowledge sharing, and inspiration especially to young researchers. XII IBA will have specific focus on the application of bioconversion technologies for bioresources utilization and resource recovery and will provide impetus to the available and future possible biotechnologies through critical evaluation.
XII IBA will feature inspirational addresses in form of keynotes, plenary and invited talks from the international peers and mentors on various topics being covered by the conference. It will cover the latest bioprocessing technologies and abatement of pollution emissions from biomass conversion sectors to combat global climate change. It will also discuss the best practices and lab-to-industrial upgradation strategies for bioprocessing and appraise the applicability of the success models for sustainable development. Keynote, plenary and invited talks will be delivered by the experts in the specialized research areas of Bioprocessing and product development, biofuels and biorefineries, biological waste treatment, food bioprocess & engineering, thermochemical technology for biowaste management, climate change abatements, etc. This will be achieved through the increased research and development efforts, fostering potential collaborations for interdisciplinary research and development.
Professor José António Teixeira, University of Minho, Portugal
Professor Carlos Ricardo Soccol, Federal University of Parana, Brazil
Conference Chairs