5th edition
TWB® Start-Up Day
“Microorganisms: the next frontier”
21 June 2022 – Toulouse (France)

Programme
For this 5th edition, TWB® START-UP DAY “Microorganisms: the next frontier” aims to gather more than 250 start-uppers, investors, actors in industrial biotechnology for incredible talks around two major themes:
- Cell based products
- Microbiota
June 21, 2022
8:30 AM – 6:30 PM CET
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8:30 – 9:00 AM CET |
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9:00 – 9:15 AM CET Welcoming introduction Olivier Rolland, Managing Director – TWB |
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9:15 – 9:45 AM CET Keynote Rasmus von Gottberg, Chief Growth Officer – Genomatica |
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9:45 – 11:00 AM CET Cell based products Introduction by Nadia Boukhetaia, Research Project Manager – LVMH Yannick Gächter, Project Leader – Cultured Food Innovation Hub Jacques Georis, Global R&D Director – Kerry Stef Kranendijk & Rutger Ploem, Founders & CEOs – Qorium |
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11:00 – 11:30 AM CET Coffee break & Networking |
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11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CET Microbiota Jonna Koper, R&D scientist In vitro gut simulators – Lesaffre Mathilde Clément, Innovation, Research & Development Manager – MYCOPHYTO Pierre-Yves Mousset, CEO – NovoBiome |
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12:30 – 2:00 PM CET Lunch & Networking |
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2:00 – 2:10 PM CET Presentation collaboration iGEM & TWB |
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2:10 – 3:00 PM CET “Fast track it!” Pitch Contest (TWB Award 2022) Pre-selected startups: Ambrosia Bio (IL), BioRenGaz (FR), Cellugy (DK), Cultivated Biosciences (CH), REWOW (IT) |
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3:00 – 3:50 PM CET “Go for it!” Pitch Contest (TWB Award 2022) 5 innovative projects from entrepreneurs will be presented |
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3:50 – 4:20 PM CET Start-up story keynote David Sourdive, Executive Vice President CMC and Manufacturing – Cellectis |
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4:20 – 4:40 PM CET Closing & TWB Awards 2022 |
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4:40 – 6:30 PM CET Networking cocktail |