Talks 9:00-11:00

• Opening Speech: Francesco Cordeschi, OFI
• Presentation of the DigiCirc results: DigiCirc Team
• Overview of the future opportunities for SMEs: Virginie Perron, Project Officer at EISMEA
  
• Securing investment Strategies & tips: Understanding the expectations and advice of Investors for early-stage Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Raquel Silva, Associate at Faber Ocean / Climate Tech
• IPR Success Factors – Go to Market For Early Stage SMEs: Review of the IPR issues that most of early-stage SMEs are facing and advice from a legal expert Celine Prins, Senior Strategy Counsel at Arthur’s Legal Strategies & Systems
  
• Insights from the Italian Circular Bioeconomy: Navigating challenges, overcoming difficulties and providing advice Mario Bonaccorso, Director of Spring, the Italian Cluster of Circular Bioeconomy

Break: 10:45-11:00

Round tables (RT) 11:00-12:00

RT1 – Navigating the roadblocks: Strategies for start-up growth Exploring the challenges and successes of SMEs.

Participants:

Raquel Silva, Faber Ocean / Climate Tech
Francesco Cordeschi, Deloitte – Officine Innovazione
Celine Prins, Arthur’s Legal, Strategies & Systems

RT2 – Unlocking the potential of cascade-funding projects: Discussion on strategies for engaging SMEs, implementing S3, and ensuring sustainability.

Moderator: Julia Morawski, CAP

Participants:

Virginie Perron, EISMA
Diego Carballo, Aerospace Valley
Josep Casamada, AEI Tèxtils
Mélanie Pellen, Cap Digital

Break: 11:45-12:00

Pitch Competition 12:00-17:40

Pitch competition Circular Cities: 12.05 – 12.40

Byewaste has the vision of changing citizens’ perception of waste and use a friendly consumer-driven technology to give waste a second life. Through the Byewaste app citizens can liberate themselves from unused or broken items by booking a free door-to-door collection.

EOS-TURBOWIND designed a wind microturbine with vertical axes especially for urban use. It exploits the wind in the cities and in their surroundings to produce green energy to cover part of their needs, without depending on the centralized distribution grids.

Green-ThermoWall (GTW) is a unique highly thermal and acoustic insulating green walls with low C-Footprint

Lunch Break 12:40-13:40

Pitch competition Blue Economy: 13.40 – 14.25

Alongroute is a novel pilot system, combining AI and ML technology, with physical aspects, to provide accurate maritime weather forecasts for shipping route optimization in high-demand areas of the Mediterranean Sea.

Blockchain e-BoL is an online collaborative platform that allows to generate, to manage, to share and to sign electronic Bill of Ladings providing complete traceability of the whole process using Blockchain technology.

N-Bunker is a digital platform for the optimisation of global bunkering operations and facilitation of circularity in the vessel fuel planning.

ZIDAY is a digital platform for the optimisation of global bunkering operations and facilitation of circularity in the vessel fuel planning.

Break 14:25-14:40

Pitch competition Bioeconomy: 14.40 – 15.45

AgroS3DP is a Machine learning algorithm platform for real-time airborne microbial monitoring to protect greenhouses from pest.

BioProtos offers a digital system for automatic monitoring and data collection solution for the optimization of the Black Soldier Fly (BSF) reproduction which is one of the obstacles for BSF’s sustainability as an alternative fodder protein.

BxRx is a computational cancer drug combination prediction and validation solution in 3D cell models of patient tumors

COSH! makes a difference by connecting supply chain data of brands to high street retail and guiding citizens to local conscious shopping choices

Digital Twin integrates in a single platform all the processes of the textile production value chain so that they can be modified, tested and manufactured without error, collaboratively and in real time from any device

INSILICO works on engineered enzymes to safely turn plastic waste into raw materials for new high-quality plastic – with lower resource requirements and emissions, at competitive prices.

OKRET is one-stop shop for fashion companies to transition their brands to the circular economy within weeks.

Award Ceremony – Closure & Cocktail 17.00-18.00