Events

Join us on Thursday, June 25th in Antwerp for Catalisti Connect 2026, our annual networking event. This year’s theme, Circularity & Innovation, focuses on one of the more pressing and transformative challenges the chemical industry is facing. We have invited professor Kim Ragaert of the University of Maastricht to shed a light on how to reach “True Circularity for Plastics”. 

The 20th European Congress on Biotechnology (ECB2026), is taking place in Antwerp, Belgium, from 28 June - 1 July 2026. The Congress will focus on the theme “Shaping Tomorrow: Biotechnology for Health, Food, Energy, Environment,” addressing global challenges through collaboration across industry, academia, and research.

The Royal Flemish Chemical Society (KVCV) is delighted and honoured to host the 10th EuChemS Chemistry Congress (ECC10), July 12-16 2026, in Antwerp, Belgium, in the Flanders Meeting & Convention Center Antwerp (FMCCA).

CleanTech Xpo is a new B2B event where companies, experts, and professionals come together to shape sustainability within their organizations. Discover services and innovative technologies that support your transition toward a more sustainable business model.

Every year since 1991, on the first Sunday in October, hundreds of Flemish companies from a wide range of sectors open their doors to the general public during Voka Open Company Day. This is the moment when visitors get a unique glimpse behind the scenes of entrepreneurial Flanders – from innovative SMEs to large manufacturing companies. With hundreds of thousands of visitors, Voka Open Company Day is always a huge success. In 2026, this national celebration of entrepreneurship will take place for the 36th time, on Sunday 4 October 2026. Make a note of this date in your diary and discover up close how Flemish companies work, produce and innovate.

On Thursday, October 29th, we are gathering to drive the transition through collaboration. Jointly hosted by Biobased Circular (BBC), Groene Chemie Nieuwe Economie (GCNE), and Circular Plastic NL (CPNL), this grand networking event will explore and accelerate the transition towards a circular economy.

Climate technologies are Europe’s greatest resilience opportunity. ​Not just for the planet, but for our energy security, our industrial future, and our economic sovereignty. The solutions are here. The builders are here. What the ecosystem needs now is better connections, faster deals, and the right people in the right room. ​On 10 November, we're bringing 500 key European climate tech stakeholders together: founders, investors, corporates, and policymakers, at one of Antwerp's most iconic venues, for a day of structured networking.

The ‘Pitch Perfect and Boost the European Bioeconomy’ event is a three 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.

The European Bioplastics Conference is Europe’s leading business and discussion forum within the global bioplastics sector. More and more brands and manufacturers are embracing the potential of biopolymers, and policy makers are increasingly streamlining their efforts to create frameworks that benefit the growth of sustainable bio-industries. Now is the time to put bioplastics at the top of the agenda of a biobased circular economy in Europe and beyond.