Conference Synopsis Single-Use Technologies IV: Building the Future is the fourth event of an ECI conference series started in 2015 and unique in its aim – to advance knowledge in the fundamental science and engineering underpinning Single-Use Technology (SUT). The conference will be a 4-day event (May 10 to 13, 2020) in Marseille, France, and will target 100-120 attendees. The conference will have speakers and attendees from industry and academia, single-use final product (e.g., bags, assemblies) manufacturers, film/resin manufacturers as well as keynote speakers from the biopharmaceutical industry, experts in polymers/materials science and manufacturers of novel biomedical devices. The fourth series of this conference will build on the success of the previous three editions and aim to focus on integration, standardization and facility design challenges for established and emerging applications. Other topics will include sustainability aspects, novel studies on biodegradable materials and plant design for minimal wastage, advances in sensors, soft sensors and their integration within SUT, modelling and optimization tools for the economic, social and environmental assessment of SUT in production facilities. This conference brings together a multidisciplinary community interested in collaborating openly towards the advancement and adoption of single-use technology in the bioprocessing industry. The organizing committee welcomes the submission of scientific work that is novel and of high quality. Please click these links to view previous conferences in this series. 2018 2017 2015