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Gianmarco Marino and Fer Klinckhamers (Plant One Delft BV) share last year’s improvements and about their hidden treasure. 

Martijn Bekker, expertise leader microbial cell factories, from the Wageningen Food & Biobased Research (WFBR), shares his 2025 improvements and is confident that the use of optical spectroscopy will mean a new way of working for industrial fermentation processes within the next few years. 

Mickel Jansen, Principal Scientist BioProcess Development of dsm-firmenich, shares last year’s improvements and reflects on scaling, innovation, and keeping the end in mind.

Robyn Eijlander, Science Innovation Manager and Program Manager at NIZO and BFF, shares last year’s improvements and shows off a nice bracelet.

Europe has the talent and ideas to lead the protein transition, but turning these into economic impact remains a challenge. On October 8–9, Planet B.io joined partners across Europe at NEMO Science Museum in Amsterdam to kick off the EU-funded APROVALS program, launch the Invest-NL framework on Novel Foods and hear the latest updates from Cellular Agriculture Netherlands and other players from the Dutch future food ecosystem.

Hendrik Waegeman, head of business operations from Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant, shares last year’s improvements and makes a comparison between a fermentor and a dinosaur

This year, Planet B.io is again co-organiser of Pitch Perfect & Boost the European Bioeconomy 2025, taking place on 24–25 November 2025 at the Sheraton Brussels Airport Hotel. As part of the program, Planet B.io will host one of the Pitch Sessions for industrial biotechnology startups seeking finance - a unique opportunity for founders to showcase their innovations to leading investors. 

The minor Biotechnology from The Hague University of Applied Sciences has started its practical modules at the Planet B.io Education Lab: a collaboration that connects academic learning with the biotech field.

Planet B.io has joined forces with Biotech Booster to launch the very first Industrial Biotech Bootcamp, an intensive eight-week program designed to accelerate the next generation of industrial biotech ventures.