The 7th International Forum on Industrial Bioprocesses (IFIBiop 2016) will be held at Wuxi in China. This event aims at promoting an efficient communication and collaboration in the field of industrial biotechnology. It covers the following topics: Biocatalysis and Biotransformation; Biofuels and Biorefineries; Bioprocess Integration and Intensification; Bioreactors Engineering; Bioresources and Biomaterials; Biosensors; Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology; Food Biotechnology and Engineering; Microbial and Enzyme Technology; Molecular Bioengineering, Systems Biology and Metabolic Engineering; Purification of Biomolecules