
Pitch Perfect and Boost the European Bioeconomy 2025
This event is co-organised by “Pitch perfect and Boost the European Bioeconomy 2025” and “Pilots4U powered by CoPilot”.
Hop on the shuttle bus from Sheraton Brussels Airport to the Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant and discover what scale-up is, looks like, feels like and smells like!
Why do we need scale-up (facilities)?
What is the cost of scale-up and why?
What are the challenges?
What collaboration opportunities do start-ups and SMEs have at the Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant?
Join us and get answers to all these questions and many more!
9:00 – 9:10 am Welcome & coffee
9:10 – 10:10 am Introduction to the Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant and “Pilots4U powered by COPILOT”
10:10 – 11:00 am Seeing is believing: Guided tour of the facilities
11:00 – 11:30 am Q&A followed by a networking coffee break
11:30 – 12:55 pm tbc, Several scale-up and collaboration related presentations, topics to be defined later. Herewith what we offered last year as an example: USP and DSP Challenges in scale-up; Scale-Up Accelerator Network (SAN); How can BBEPP help you overcome your fear for public projects; Engineering: Think about it early on!
12:55 – 1:00 pm Wrap-up and Closing
1:00 – 2:00 pm Networking lunch
2:00 pm Departure shuttle bus for Brussels Airport
(To-be)Start-ups, Scale-ups, SMEs & Public, Corporate and Private Investors
Registration is free but mandatory.
Registrations opens on 2 June 2025.
Please, contact: Katrien Molders, katrien.molders@bbeu.org.
Pitch Perfect and Boost the European Bioeconomy 2025
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