Pilots4U will be hosting a series of workshops during Autumn 2018 to discuss the state of the European open-access pilot and demonstration infrastructure for the bioeconomy. In the workshops, Pilots4U will present the results from the gap analysis, which we have been working on for the last few months, and we will ask for your expert opinion on the matter.

Pilots4U has set up one easily accessible database of open-access pilot and demonstration infrastructure for the European bioeconomy. The project also carried out an online survey to understand the equipment and related services required by (potential) users of open-access pilot facilities. By comparing the established database with the survey results, Pilots4U is currently performing a gap analysis to understand where the EU may have over/under capacity and vulnerabilities now and in the near future. These results will be the initial point for discussion during the workshop and the basis for investment business cases to improve and strengthen the European landscape of pilot and demonstration facilities. This interactive workshop will bring together industry, researchers and experts from pilot plants to discuss the state of the European open-access pilot and demonstration infrastructure for the bioeconomy. It will also examine the different opportunities to improve service delivery and interconnection between open-access facilities.

The third workshop will take place on 22nd October 2018 from 12-5pm in Espoo, Finland as a satellite event of the 8th Nordic Wood Biorefinery Conference.