The brightest stars of Renewable Materials meet in Siegburg/Cologne (Germany), 23-25 May 2023

The unique concept of presenting all renewable material solutions at one event hits the mark: bio-based, CO₂-based and recycled are the only alternatives to fossil-based chemicals and materials. The call for abstracts is open. Sponsors and exhibitors will face strong competition.

You find all information about the conference here: https://renewable-materials.eu/

Consequences of climate change and fossil resource dependency have become critically evident this year. The world is urgently searching for chemicals and materials based on renewable carbon sources – to replace fossil carbon from the ground. Ready-to-use fossil-free sustainable material solutions with a low carbon footprint are in fast-growing demand. Innovative brand owners are keeping an eye out for such solutions, in particular those that will soon reach the mainstream.

Numerous market highlights from bio- and CO₂-based chemicals and materials, as well as from chemical recycling will be presented: All material solutions based on renewable carbon. Together, there is sufficient potential to completely replace petrochemicals by 2050. To tackle climate change at its roots, all additional fossil carbon from the ground must be substituted with renewable alternatives. Over the course of three days, participants will get a comprehensive overview of the latest developments in the renewable material sector, with a focus on industry-ready solutions from a wide spectrum of sustainable raw materials and technologies.

In recent years, there has been great momentum in the development and improvement of utilisation of biomass, CO₂ and waste streams, with a variety of intermediate and final products now entering mass markets.

The production volumes of bio-based plastics have been growing by 12% per year since 2021, three times higher than the growth rate of the previous decade.
In Europe alone, dozens of Power-To-X plants with a total capacity of several 100,000 t/y are planned or under construction to produce ethanol, methanol, aviation fuel and naphtha from CO₂. In this way, existing structures in the chemical industry can be fed with alternative raw materials.

Finally, there are well over 100 pilot, demo and even first commercial plants worldwide that use a wide variety of chemical recycling processes to keep carbon in the cycle, even from difficult waste streams.

The Renewable Materials conference 2023 will bring together leading producers, brands, experts and other stakeholders, like policy-makers, to share recent updates, highlights and to discuss the future of materials in our world. In its first two iterations, the conference had over 400 visitors in each of the previous years. In 2023, 500 visitors and 30 premium exhibitors are expected at a new, larger location in Siegburg, close to Cologne (Germany).

Siegburg is centrally located in western Germany, just a few hours away from France, Belgium and the Netherlands and is easy to reach for international participants, with a large car park nearby and good connections to the Frankfurt, Cologne and Düsseldorf airports via the German highspeed railway system.

Over three days, many innovative renewable materials options – based on biomass, CO₂ and recycling – will be presented in over 60 presentations by prominent companies and discussed in 14 panel discussions. There will be plenty of opportunities for networking, getting to know each other and exchanging ideas both during the day and in the evening events (Dinner buffet, German pub / beer garden). The new location and exhibition offers excellent opportunities to make new business contacts and refresh old ones. Above all, the conference will provide fertile ground for cooperation along the value chain to accelerate developments and market launches.

We expect a strong turnout of presentation submissions, submissions for the Innovation Award, for sponsorship and the exhibition. The call for abstracts is open. Sponsors and exhibitors will face strong competition. If you are interested, please contact as soon as possible:
michael.carus@nova-institut.de (Content and overall responsibility)
guido.mueller@nova-institut.de (Sponsoring and exhibition)

You find all information about the conference here: https://renewable-materials.eu/

Submit your abstract: https://renewable-materials.eu/call-for-abstracts/
Submit your award application: https://renewable-materials.eu/award-application/
Become sponsor (leaflet available): https://renewable-materials.eu/sponsoring/