ByPalma Conference
ByPalma
Main Aims
ByPalma is the world’s only conference dedicated exclusively to the byproducts of palm plantations and their current and potential applications.
It brings together leading researchers, innovators, and industry professionals to explore how palm residues, from all members of the Palmae family, including date palms, coconut palms, oil palms, doum palms, sugar palms, and many others, can drive the transition toward a sustainable circular bioeconomy.
Connect Experts
Advance Innovation
Build Global Networks
Strengthen international collaboration across R&D, manufacturing, and crafts involving palm-based materials.
Past Events
Rounds
Attendees
Speakers
Since its inception in 2018 in Aswan, Egypt, ByPalma has grown into a truly global platform for palm byproduct innovation. The 2021 online edition with Universiti Putra Malaysia expanded its international research community, while ByPalma 2023 in Riyadh, organized by King Saud University and the International Association for Palm Byproducts in partnership with the National Center for Palms and Dates, brought together over 280 participants from 20+ countries to showcase advances in bio-based materials, biotechnology, and sustainable engineering.
Aswan 2018
Kuala Lumpur 2021
“Towards a Palm-Based
Circular Bioeconomy”
The conference topics include but not limited to, research of palm byproducts in the following areas;
Construction and building
Sustainable packaging
Textiles and fibers
Composite materials
Organic fertilizers
Natural fodder
Biotechnology
Design & crafts
3D printing
