Europe biobank week 2026

Europe Biobank Week 2026

19 – 22 May 2026 | Prague, Czech Republic

Friday, 22 May 2026 | 12:00 - 13:30

11D: Eco-friendly green biobanking: Innovations and solutions

Location:Terrace 2BTrack:Parallel session VI
  • Advancing biobanking: Skills, partnerships and sustainable solutions for the future

This session explores eco-friendly biobanking innovations and circular economy approaches addressing sustainability beyond financial viability. Amid rising energy costs and the climate crisis, we’ll showcase impact assessments and solutions that reduce environmental footprints, promoting greener, more resilient biobanks for the future of research and public health.

Speakers included in this session:

  • Hélène Blanché - Embedding environmental responsibility in biobank governance: The CEPH-Biobank experience

  • Sabrina Kral - Learnings from the Green Biobanking Survey of BBMRI.at biobanks

  • Hannah van der Stok - Towards sustainable biobanking: The impact of ultra-low storage temperature on sample quality and energy consumption

  • Hilde Laeremans - Greener biobanking beyond temperature adjustment

  • Aram de Haas - Sustainable cold storage transformation: Achieving over 500,000 kWh annual savings through strategic choices at Amsterdam UMC

This session will be chaired by Dr. Carlo Largiadèr and Erik Steinfelder.