Brussels, 17–18 September 2026
Four months into ThinCBio, the consortium met in Brussels for a two-day meeting hosted by IDEA Consult. Partners reviewed the European mapping carried out so far and agreed how the work continues from here.
Europe has pilot plants, demonstration lines and scale-up facilities of world-class quality. What it does not have is a straightforward way for a company to find the right one. Closing that gap is what ThinCBio set out to do.
What comes next
The BC-TI Atlas brings together biotechnology and chemistry infrastructures from across Europe in a single picture, drawing on the Pilots4U and TransBIB databases and on the mapping carried out by the project partners.
Interviews and surveys with the infrastructures themselves follow: their capabilities, their constraints, and what they need in order to serve industry better.
A workshop for technology infrastructures takes place at Pitch Perfect and Boost the European Bioeconomy 2026 in Brussels on 30 November, organised together with Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant and Pilots4U powered by COPILOT.
If you operate a biotechnology or chemistry technology infrastructure, or if you have looked for one and struggled to find it, we would like to hear from you.
