Pitch Perfect and Boost the European Bioeconomy 2025
Cross-border Pitching, Matchmaking and Networking Event
26 November 2025 - Open Day for Start-Ups, SMEs, Corporates, Private & Public Investors @ Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant, Ghent, Belgium
Free shuttle bus from Brussels Airport to Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant and back. Venue: Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant, Rodenhuizekaai 1, 9042 Ghent, Belgium.
View Full Schedule8:00: DEPARTURE shuttle bus at Brussels Airport
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| 8:00 SHARP | Watch this video to find the bus | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bLlnAkLjsg – | Download |
9:00 – 10:35: Study Visit to the Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant
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| 9.00 - 9:10 | Welcome | Wim Soeaert – CEO, Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant | Download | |
| 9:10 - 9:50 | Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant: Scale-up and so much more! | Hendrik Waegeman – Head of Business Operations, Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant | Download | |
| 9:50 - 10:35 | Seeing is believing: Guided tour of the facilities | Multiple Guides – TBC | Download |
10:35 - 10:55: Networking Coffee Break
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| Enjoy a fresh cup of coffee or tea! | Network – Network! | Download |
10:55 - 12:40: Scale-up workshop (PART 1 & 2): The art of scaling: How to design your cost-effective bioprocess in the most efficient way
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| 10:55 - 11:00 | Introduction: Framing the aim and content of the workshop | Hendrik Waegeman – Head of Business Operations, Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant | Download |
11:00 - 12:00: Scale-up Workshop PART 1: Scale-Up Accelerator Network meets Due Diligence
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| When is the right time to scale-up? How should I set my priorities? What should I be prepared for when starting to talk to investors? | Download | |||
| 11:00 - 11:08 | Help, where do I start? Introduction to the Scale-Up Accelerator Network (SAN) | Esthèle Goure – SAN Responsible, Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant, BE | Download | |
| 11:08 - 11:16 | Why do I need an external expert view on my process? | Michael Helmut Kopf – formerly BASF and SAN Expert, DE | Download | |
| 11:16 - 11:24 | Taking the Due Diligence hurdle with grace | Joeri Beauprez – Founder and CSO, Inbiose, BE | Download | |
| 11:24 - 11:32 | The Investors POV | Mariam Cherifi – Associate at Sofinnova Partners, FR | Download | |
| 11:32 - 12:00 | Panel Discussion (Interactive) | moderated by Sam Nejame – CEO, Presence-Promotum | Download |
12:00 - 12:40: Scale-up Workshop PART 2: Does my scale-up plan make sense and how can I implement Techno-Economic Assessment (TEA) across TRL scales?
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| 12:00 - 12:08 | Why you need to think of TEA early on - TEAs and process modeling with SuperPro Designer | Vassilis Parisis – Applications & Consulting Engineer, Intelligen, GR | Download | |
| 12:08 - 12:16 | TEA across TRL scales, from early development to installation design choices | Iancu Avram – Project Manager, Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant, BE | Download | |
| 12:16 - 12:40 | Panel Discussion (Interactive) | moderated by Sam Nejame – CEO, Presence-Promotum | Download |
12:40 - 13:20: Networking Lunch
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| 12:40 - 13:20 | Enjoy a delicious freshly served lunch | Network – Network! | Download |
13:20 - 14:30: Scale-up Workshop PART 3: Breaking the cost barrier in biomanufacturing
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| 13:20 - 13:28 | Cost advantaged fermentation with DAB.bio technology | Eric van der Meer – CEO, DAB.bio, NL | Download | |
| 13:28 - 13:36 | Continuous fermentation for biosurfactants production: Dream of reality? | Sophie Roelants – Co-founder and COO, AmphiStar, BE | Download | |
| 13:36 - 13:44 | Solvent Impregnated Resins: Novel platform technology to purify industrial organic acids | Sinah Tönjes – R&D Platform Manager Innovative DSP, Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant, BE | Download | |
| 13:44 - 13:52 | Autonomous and decentralized follow-up of fermentation processes thanks to smart sensors | Amir Atabaki, tbc – Co-Founder and CEO, Perceptra, US | Download | |
| 13:52 - 14:00 | Ready-to-Use starter cultures for scalable and reliable biomanufacturing | Troels Prahl – Co-Founder and CEO, Swan Neck Bio, DK | Download | |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Panel discussion (Interactive) | moderated by Sam Nejame – CEO, Presence-Promotum | Download |
14:30 - 15:00: Scale-up Workshop 4: Part 4: Roundtable: Reflections on what Pitch Perfect brought us this year.
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| 14:30 - 15:00 | 2 inspiring start-ups and the 2 inspiring investors talk their reflections through in an interactive roundtable discussion | moderated by Hendrik Waegeman – Head of Business Operations, Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant | Download |
15:00: DEPARTURE shuttle bus to Brussels Airport
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| 15:00 SHARP | We will take you back safely to the airport, thank you for joining us! | Download |
16:00: ARRIVAL at Brussels Airport
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