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Open Day for Start-ups, SMEs & Investors @ Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant, Belgium

place Rodenhuizekaai 1
Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen 9042 Belgium
calendar_month 26.11.2025
Between May 2025 and May 2026, fifteen European Pilot and Demonstration Infrastructures (PDIs) will open their doors for a study visit and scale-up workshop. These study visits and workshops are open to any bioeconomy stakeholder and are part of the COPILOT/PILOTS4U “Scale-Up & Growth” Programme.
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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!

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Agenda

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

Registration & Practical Information

Target audience

(To-be)Start-ups, Scale-ups, SMEs & Public, Corporate and Private Investors

Registration

Registration is free but mandatory. 

Registrations opens on 2 June 2025.

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More information &  Accommodation

Please, contact: Katrien Molders, katrien.molders@bbeu.org. 

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The ProteInn Club is a collaboration between Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant, Ghent University, the Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food (ILVO), and CAPTURE. The club’s ambition is to facilitate innovations and accelerate the development of a unique fermentation-based protein ecosystem. Members of the Industrial Sounding Board are positioned at various points within the value chain of fermentation-based proteins. On the one hand, there are companies developing fermentation processes, while on the other, there are companies producing side streams that can be used as feedstock for these processes, and companies interested in incorporating fermentation-based proteins into their end products. The overall goals of the club are to connect the partners along this value chain, foster the developing ecosystem, and raise awareness about fermentation-derived proteins. During this event, the core team of The ProteInn Club will link up with the full Industrial Sounding Board to discuss the latest developments in the fermentation-based protein landscape. Topics can include updates on ongoing projects, interesting upcoming funding calls, policy briefs, and the presentation of new ProteInn Club members. This is a private event. Attendance by invitation only.

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Seeing is believing: Study Visit to the Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant

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