Pitch Perfect and Boost the European Bioeconomy 2024
Cross-border Pitching, Matchmaking and Networking Event
3 December 2024 - Pitching, Matchmaking and Networking Event
9:00 - 18:00, Sheraton Brussels Airport Hotel
View Full ScheduleRegistration and Coffee; Start of the Matchmaking Sessions
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| 09:00 | Matchmaking starts in the Matchmaking Area. | Download |
09:30 - 11:00 Pitch Session 1: Start-ups/SMEs looking for finance - pre-seed/angel/seed funding - Galaxy I
| Time of day | Title | Speakers | Keywords | |
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| 09:30 - 09:34 | Introduction by session moderator | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 09:34 - 09:41 | Insulin from insects? Let's make the future fly! | Johan Jacobs – Flyblast | Feedstock: foodwaste End-product: insulin Technology: insects |
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| 09:42 - 09:49 | BioFashionTech | Fabiola Polli – BioFashionTech | Feedstock: textile waste End-product: biobased chemicals Technology: enzymatic recycling |
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| 09:50 - 09:57 | Co-producing high-value biodegradable polymers and pigments from low-value sugars and proteins | Alec Brewer – Ourobio | Feedstock: whey, lactose, animal and plant proteins, lignocellulosic biomass End-product: bioplastics, PHA, indigold pigments Technology: fermentation, biomanufacturing |
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| 09:58 - 10:05 | Mixed microbes for mixed waste? MATERI-8! | Patricia Parlevliet – MATERI-8 | Feedstock: mixed plastic waste End-product: high-performance polymers Technology: biomanufacturing platform |
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| 10:06 - 10:13 | Specialty fats with enhanced functionality through precision fermentation | Dimitri Verweire – VIB | Feedstock: molasses, starch, fruit, C5, lignocellulose End-product: specialty fats Technology: precision fermentation, synthetic biology, yeast |
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| 10:14 - 10:21 | Vegan melanin for your sunscreen | Simone Savino – Oxyco | Feedstock: agriwaste End-product: metanin Technology: biofermentation |
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| 10:22 - 10:29 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 10:30 - 10:37 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 10:38 - 10:45 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 10:46 - 10:53 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 10:54 - 11:01 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download |
09:30 - 11:00 Pitch Session 2: Start-ups/SMEs looking for finance - series A and series B/C funding - Galaxy II
| Time of day | Title | Speakers | Keywords | |
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| 09:30 - 09:34 | Introduction by session moderator | TBA – TBA | TBA | Download |
| 09:34 - 09:41 | Producing something from nothing - food protein with no agricultural footprint | Andy Clayton – Fermtech | Feedstock: brewers spent grain End-product: food protein ingredients Technology: solid-state fermentation |
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| 09:42 - 09:49 | Leading the Biorefinery Revolution - Novel ionic liquid based platform technology for the the production of economic biobased building blocks for the food, bio/chemicals and packaging industries from waste biomass | Krisztina Kovacs-Schreiner – Lixea | Feedstock: underutilised waste biomass, soft and hard wood, grasses, wheat straw, grass straw, sugarcane bagasse, contaminated construction waste wood End-product: technology licensing; outputs - cellulose, lignin, small organic chemicals - furfural, acetic acid Technology: ionic liquid, biomass fractionation, sustainable pulping |
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| 09:50 - 09:57 | Notpla - Disappearing packaging engineered for a healthy planet | Zaid Moosa – Notpla | Feedstock: seaweed End-product: packaging Technology: |
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| 09:58 - 10:05 | The lignin revolution: Lignopure's approach to unlock the natural power of lignin | Joana Gil Chavez – Lignopure GmbH | Feedstock: lignin End-product: multifunctional ingredients for the care, nutraceutical and material sector Technology: particle engineering |
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| 10:06 - 10:13 | Cellulose white pigments enabling safe and sustainable products | Lukas Schertel – Seprify AG | Feedstock: cellulose End-product: white pigments Technology: chemical extraction |
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| 10:14 - 10:21 | Innovative technologies for superior production of healthy sugar sweeteners | Kamaljit Sood – Bioxytol SL | Feedstock: sucrose, molasses, cellulose End-product: isomaltulose, trehalulose, healthy sweeteners Technology: enzyme, surface of cell |
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| 10:22 - 10:29 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 10:30 - 10:37 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 10:38 - 10:45 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 10:46 - 10:53 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 10:54 - 11:01 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download |
09:30 - 11:00 Pitch Session 3: Artificial Intelligence in service of biomanufacturing - Galaxy III
| Time of day | Title | Speakers | Keywords | |
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| 09:30 - 09:34 | Introduction by session moderator | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 09:34 - 09:41 | Streamlining the path to scalable bioproduction with AI-enhanced R&D | Zoe Yu Tung Law – New Wave Biotech Ltd | Feedstock: any End-product: alternative proteins, biochemicals Technology: AI/machine learning |
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| 09:42 - 09:49 | Hybrid models of bioreactors | Albert Mestre – Intelligent Chemistry, S.L. | Feedstock: glucose, biowaste End-product: proteins, biomass, food products, pharma Technology: AI, hybrid models |
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| 09:50 - 09:57 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 09:58 - 10:05 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 10:06 - 10:13 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 10:14 10:21 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 10:22 - 10:29 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 10:30 - 10:37 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 10:38 - 10:45 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 10:46 - 10:53 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 10:54 - 11:01 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download |
11:30 - 13:00 Pitch Session 4: Start-ups/SMEs looking for finance - pre-seed/angel/seed funding - Galaxy I
| Time of day | Title | Speakers | Keywords | |
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| 11:30 - 11:34 | Introduction by session moderator | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 11:34 - 11:41 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 11:42 - 11:49 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 11:50 - 11:57 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 11:58 - 12:05 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 12:06 - 12:13 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 12:14 - 12:21 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 12:22 - 12:29 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 12:30 - 12:37 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 12:38 - 12:45 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 12:46 - 12:53 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 12:54 - 13:01 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download |
11:30 - 13:00 Pitch Session 5: Start-ups/SMEs looking for finance - series A and series B/C funding - Galaxy II
| Time of day | Title | Speakers | Keywords | |
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| 11:30 - 11:34 | Introduction by session moderator | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 11:34 - 11:41 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 11:42 - 11:49 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 11:50 - 11:57 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 11:58 - 12:05 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 12:06 - 12:13 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 12:14 - 12:21 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 12:22 - 12:29 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 12:30 - 12:37 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 12:38 - 12:45 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 12:46 - 12:53 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 12:54 - 13:01 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download |
11:30 - 13:00 Pitch Session 6: Gasfermentation - Galaxy III
| Time of day | Title | Speakers | Keywords | |
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| 11:30 - 11:34 | Introduction by session moderator | Download | ||
| 11:34 - 11:41 | Circular Manufacturing: Transforming waste into eco-friendly poultry feed additives | Mine Güngörmüşler – Hope Biotechnology | Feedstock: gaseous, syngas End-product: feed additive, medium chain fatty acid, chicken feed Technology: anaerobic fermentation, syngas fermentation, chain elongation |
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| 11:42 - 11:49 | Using the world's fastest photosynthetic bacteria to turn CO2 into insulin | David Kim – CyanoCapture | Feedstock: CO2 End-product: graphite, insulin, recombinant proteins Technology: carbon capture |
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| 11:50 - 11:57 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 11:58 - 12:05 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 12:06 - 12:13 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 12:14 - 12:21 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 12:22 - 12:29 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 12:30 - 12:37 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 12:38 - 12:45 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 12:46 - 12:53 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 12:54 - 13:01 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download |
15:00 - 16:30 Pitch Session 7: Emerging innovative technologies for the bioeconomy - Galaxy I
| Time of day | Title | Speakers | Keywords | |
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| 15:00 - 15:04 | Introduction by session moderator | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 15:04 - 15:11 | No more downstream processing: harnessing solid state biocatalysis for cost-effective biotransformations | Jeffrey Ehrhardt – Shreenika Pioneering | Feedstock: gaseous, syngas End-product: feed additive, medium chain fatty acid, chicken feed Technology: anaerobic fermentation, syngas fermentation, chain elongation |
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| 15:12 - 15:19 | First fermented-based asphalt with binder from mycelium | Max van 't Hof – Visibuilt | Feedstock: agricultural side streams End-product: asphalt Technology: mycelium |
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| 15:20 - 15:27 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 15:28 - 15:35 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 15:36 - 15:43 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 15:44 - 15:51 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 15:52 - 15:59 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 16:00 - 16:07 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 16:08 - 16:15 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 16:16 - 16:23 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 16:24 - 16:31 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download |
15:00 - 16:30 Pitch Session 8: Microbial protein transition players - Galaxy II
| Time of day | Title | Speakers | Keywords | |
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| 15:00 - 15:04 | Introduction by session moderator | TBA – TBA | TBA | Download |
| 15:04 - 15:11 | Production of sustainable alternative protein ingredients from CO2 and H2 | Verena Schwab – Econutri | Feedstock: CO2, hydrogen End-product: protein Technology: fermentation |
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| 15:12 - 15:19 | Complementarity between Alternative Dairy Proteins and Conventional Milk Production | Thibaut Lafargue – Bon Vivant | Feedstock: sugar, minerals, water End-product: dairy proteins (whey, casein) Technology: precision fermentation |
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| 15:20 - 15:27 | Multifunctional ingredients unlocked through biomass fermentation | Ophelia Gevaert – Bolder Foods | Feedstock: vegetable feedstock End-product: mycelium-based ingredients, alt dairy Technology: submerged fermentation |
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| 15:28 - 15:35 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 15:36 - 15:43 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 15:44 - 15:51 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 15:52 - 15:59 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 16:00 - 16:07 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 16:08 - 16:15 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 16:16 - 16:23 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 16:24 - 16:31 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download |
15:00 - 16:30 Pitch Session 9: Leading pilot facilities for the bioeconomy (pitching on invitation only) - Galaxy III
| Time of day | Title | Speakers | Keywords | |
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| 15:00 - 15:04 | Introduction by session moderator | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 15:04 - 15:11 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 15:12 - 15:19 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 15:20 - 15:27 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 15:28 - 15:35 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 15:36 - 15:43 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download | |
| 15:44 - 15:51 | TBA | TBA – TBA | Download |