Biosolutions Scale Up Symposium 2025

The Biosolutions Scale Up Symposium is for companies working to scale their process, owners of open facilities, and others interested in the technical aspects of scaling.

Programme

09.00 Welcome - Food & Bio Cluster Denmark & Danish Technological Institute

09.10 Keynote - Theis Malmborg, Partner & Co-founder, Noon Ventures

09.30 Coffee break and networking

09.50 Session 1: Fermentation Scale Up

Scaling up the plastic biorefinery up to TRL6: lessons learned from the H2020 UPLIFT project - Cristiano Varrone, Aalborg University

Using advanced data collection and AI for modelling of fermentation processes - Kristian Damlund Gregersen, DTI

Towards in situ product removal (ISPR) for effective fermentation - Professor John Woodley, DTU

10.35 Coffee break and networking

11.00 Session 2: Downstream Processing Scale Up

How to use particle size, shape, and morphology measurements for a faster and more efficient process optimization - Rasmus Fjordbak Nielsen, Particle Tech

Downstream processing of microalgae for bio products - Praveen Kumar Ramasamy, DTI

Scaling up and industrialization of downstream processes - Jesper Engsig, Business Development Manager, Alfa Laval

11.45 Wrap up of morning programme

Experiences with scale up at DTI - Anne Christine Steenkjær Hastrup, Biosolutions Technology Center

12.00 Lunch

13.00 Facility matchmaking

13.00 Presentation of funding opportunities Biosolutions Zealand II - Michael Støckler & Heidi Høy, Food & Bio Cluster Denmark

13.10 Our scale up story

Scale-up and process optimization of sustainable, biobased textile dyes - Nicholas Milne, Octarine Bio

Biosolutions of Multi-Functional Plant Proteins - Chuchu Huang, Nutrumami

Scale-up of mycelium production process - Caroline T. Petersen, Visibuilt

13.30 Facility pitches - brief introduction to the participating facilities

• Fermhub Zealand - Christopher K. Jensen, Co-founder & Chairman of the board
• Biotech Heights - Ola Wallberg, Professor and Head of division, Chemical Engineering, Lund University
• 21st.BIO - Rasmus Rune Hansen, Director of Client Development & Project Management
• RUC - OpenBioLab - Susanne Sørensen, 
• Swan Neck Bio - Troels Prahl, CEO & Co-founder
• Aarhus University - Morten Ambye-Jensen, Associate professor
• University of Copenhagen - Nanna Viereck, Deputy Head of Research and Innovation, KU Food
  
• DTU Biosustain - Ann Dorrit Enevoldsen, Pilot plant manager
• Danish Technological Institute - Jolanda ter Horst, Consultant

14:00 Mingle and speak to the facilities / Tour 1 of Biosolutions Technology Center

14:30 Mingle and speak to the facilities / Tour 2 of Biosolutions Technology Center

15:00 Mingle and speak to the facilities / Tour 3 of Biosolutions Technology Center

15:30 Mingle and speak to the facilities / Tour 4 of Biosolutions Technology Center

Speak to Food & Bio Cluster Denmark about the application process for Biosolutions Zealand scale up vouchers to cover 50% of the cost up to 500.000 DKK when buying access to external facilities for process development or technology tests.

• For more information about the vouchers click here.
• You can also find a mapping of open facilities in Denmark here.

About the keynote speaker

Theis Malmborg is a co-founder and General Partner at NOON Ventures, where he focuses most of his time on investments within bio-solutions and energy. Theis started his career in investment banking and has since worked strategically with companies of various sizes and industries, before joining a family office for six years prior to co-founding NOON Ventures.

The event is part of the Biosolutions Zealand - Innovation og Skalering project and is co-funded by the Danish Board of Business Development and the European Union.

Photo: Teknologisk Institut