Events

From AI-driven efficiency breakthroughs in energy consumption and production to real-time smart grid optimization, the Flanders AI research program and VAIA present the latest research poised to transform operations in the energy domain. This event offers you the tools and knowledge to accelerate your own AI-powered energy solutions.

The Catalisti and Moonshot teams are excited to invite you to the Catalisti & Moonshot Day 2024, taking place on 28 November 2024 at The Meeting Lab in Zwijnaarde. This year’s theme, "Innovate to Elevate", underscores the pivotal role of innovation in driving the transformation of our industries. Through collaborative projects that evolve into long-term trajectories and sustained joint efforts, we make impactful progress toward a more sustainable and competitive future. Join us for a day of inspiring presentations, insights from industry leaders, and a showcase of the groundbreaking work being done across the chemical and plastics sectors.

The ‘Pitch Perfect and Boost the European Bioeconomy’ event is a two day event of intense cross-border and cross-sectoral pitching, matchmaking and networking, with the aim to link industry to innovative (biobased) technologies, innovators to investors and to create new partnerships for the future and the further development of innovative, cross-border and cross-sectoral industrial value chains in the biobased economy.

During this workshop the Joint Research Center will give an update on the outcomes of the 2nd reporting period of the SSbD framework and will discuss the ways forward leading to its revision and the development of criteria in 2025.

Are you interested in sustainable chemistry including Safe and Sustainable-by-Design? Join the Belgian Federal Public Service (FPS) Economy on 9 December in Brussels for an event dedicated to Sustainable Chemicals as well as a workshop on Safe and Sustainable-by-Design (SSbD). This event will bring together a broad range of stakeholders from the EU and national industry, EU Member State Authorities dealing with sustainable chemicals (including REACH and SSbD), EU and national Investors, EU and national agencies, EU and national knowledge/research centers and universities, etc.

Block 13 March 2025 in your agenda for an trip to the VAC in Ghent. The leaders of the Werkagenda Chemie/Kunststoffen, together with Catalisti, CAPTURE and VITO, will then organise the Pioneering Sessions on CCU (carbon capture and utilisation).