The programme will be curated by a committee of world class academic leaders in their respective fields with key topic areas including: •Pretreatment and de-construction of lignocellulose and algal biomass/bioresources •Bioresources (including waste) recovery and recycling, including microbial electrochemical systems •Bioresources for biofuels (liquid and gaseous) •Bioresources for biobased chemicals & products, including gas fermentation and in situ product recovery •Thermochemical conversion of bioresources (lignocellulose and algae) •Biorefineries and white biotechnology •Systems approach: Bioresource systems analysis, life cycle assessment (LCA), carbon accounting, nutrient-energy-water (NEW) nexus •Industrial applications and up-scaling of bioprocesses •Bioresource policy & economics •Biological waste treatment