From June 28th to 30th, the Bioindustry 4.0 team was in Athens for the SUSChemE-SUSTENS2 conference. The event brought together more than 200 participants from academia, industry and research organizations at the Royal Olympic Hotel for three days of scientific exchange and networking.
The program spanned green technologies, industrial biotechnology, power-to-X, AI for sustainability, process engineering, and safe-and-sustainable-by-design materials, and included a full industry themed day with industry leaders from the field.
Bioindustry 4.0 partners were well represented, with Prof. Kokossis (IPSEN, NTUA) on the organising team. We ran one interactive stakeholder workshops with project pitches, three hands-on training workshops, chaired sessions, presented posters, gave five talks and 2 keynotes. The hands-on workshops went deep on twinning with Physics-Informed Neural Networks for bioreactors and on closing the Design-Build-Test-Learn loop with a cell digital twin, while the keynotes covered digitalisation and automation in smart biomanufacturing and digital tools for nanobody bioprocesses. These activities provided an excellent opportunity to engage with researchers, industry representatives and other stakeholders from across Europe.
One highlight from the team: Congratulations to Alexandros Giannakopoulos (RWTH Aachen) for the Best Poster Award.
IBISBA-GR also had a strong presence at the conference by organising a dedicated workshop on FAIR data management and digital workflows for industrial biotechnology, while welcoming visitors at its exhibition stand to present its services and foster new collaborations.
Here are some impressions from the conference:
A heartfelt thank you to all Bioindustry 4.0 partners who joined us in Athens and contributed to the success of the SUSChemE-SUSTENS2 conference.
We truly appreciate your commitment and look forward to our continued collaboration.