Today’s bioeconomy requires more than incremental improvements—it demands a fundamental shift in how bioprocesses are developed and scaled. This spotlight talk presents a real-world case study in which an AI-enabled continuous fermentation platform transformed a traditional process for a high-demand product. By integrating machine learning and continuous process optimization, the team achieved a threefold increase in productivity, cut unit costs by 50%, and developed a fully optimized process in just 100 days. This rapid approach enabled the partner to move from proof-of-concept to pilot scale within 10 months, meeting ambitious commercial goals with unprecedented speed and efficiency. The session will explore how combining AI and continuous fermentation creates nimble, scalable, and data-driven workflows—offering a blueprint for the next generation of biomanufacturing.

Continuous fermentation has significant potential to lower the cost of biomanufacturing, but how close to commercial reality is the technology? A group of industry experts will dig into the state of technology development and potential paths to implementation.