Defossilisation through innovation: Deadline for Submitting Abstracts for the Renewable Materials Conference is 15 March 2026

The Renewable Materials Conference (RMC) is the outstanding international meeting place for innovators, companies and brands, investors and policymakers to develop and shape the future renewable carbon economy. As in previous years, the conference organiser nova-Institute expects 400-500 participants from around the world. The RMC is the leading global event on the renewable carbon economy, showcasing the latest progress and outlook in bioeconomy, CCU and recycling for the defossilisation of chemicals and materials with renewable carbon.

All brands, large suppliers, SMEs and start-ups are invited to present their latest innovations in a wide range of formats. i.e. presentations, workshops, exhibition booths, posters or as sponsors. Numerous networking breaks during all conference days and at two evening events provide comprehensive opportunities for in-depth exchange and networking.

All information about the Renewable Materials Conference can be found here:
https://renewable-carbon.eu/news/renewable-materials-conference-2026-save-the-date-22-24-september-in-siegburg-cologne-germany/

Deadline for the submission of abstracts is 15 March 2026: https://renewable-materials.eu/call-for-abstracts/

As another option, you can request one of 16 workshop slots paralleling and complementing the conference programme, which is a very attractive format for presenting and discussing your topics with other experts and potential clients. Please find more information here: https://renewable-materials.eu/workshops/

Further options to become part of the conference:

• Join as exhibitor https://renewable-materials.eu/exhibition-booking/
• Apply for the Innovation Award “Renewable Material of the Year 2026” (deadline 3 May): https://renewable-materials.eu/award-application/
• Become a sponsor of this outstanding conference: https://renewable-materials.eu/sponsoring/
• Become a partner of RMC: https://renewable-materials.eu/become-partner/
• Register as participant and profit from 20% discount on the ticket until 15 March: https://renewable-materials.eu/registration/

See you in Siegburg to jointly shape the future of the chemical and material sector!

Sponsors

The nova-Institute would like to thank UPM Biochemicals (FI) for supporting the conference as Platin Sponsor, Leaf Biotech (CN) and GS Biomats Co., ltd (CN) as Gold Sponsors. The innovation award “Renewable Material of the Year 2026” is sponsored by Covestro (DE).

Partners

The Renewable Materials Conference is supported by industry and trade associations, non-profit organisations, research institutions and interest groups that are thematically linked to the conference: AVK (DE), BCNP (DE), C.A.R.M.E.N.(DE), ChemCologne (DE), ChemieClusterBayern (DE), CLIB (DE), CO2Value Europe (EU), European Bioplastics (EU), IBB Netzwerk (DE), kunststoffland NRW (DE), NRW.Energy4Climate (DE), Plastics Europe (DE), Renewable Carbon Initiative (EU).

Supplier

AVK – Industrievereinigung Verstärkte Kunststoffe e.V.
ChemCologne
CO2 Value Europe
Covestro AG
European Bioplastics e.V.
GS Biomats
Industrielle Biotechnologie Bayern Netzwerk GmbH (IBB Netzwerk GmbH)
Leaf Biotech
nova-Institut GmbH
Plastics Europe
Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI)
UPM Biochemicals

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