Catalisti & Moonshot Day 2024
Zwijnaarde (Gent) , Belgium
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.
What you can expect:
Impactful Catalisti projects will demonstrate that through collaborative projects that evolve into long-term trajectories and sustained joint efforts, we make impactful progress toward a more sustainable and competitive future.
You will learn about the exciting opportunities arising from the Moonshot later stage innovation projects and what the future holds for the Moonshot program and its goal of a circular and CO2-neutral Flemish industry by 2050.
The conference will be moderated by Indra Dewitte. Please note that the event will be conducted in English.
Program:
13.00. Welcome coffee
14:00. Welcome by Peter Roose, President of Catalisti
14:10. Introduction of the day’s program by moderator Indra Dewitte
14.15. Competitive Sustainability in the midst of Climate Change, a keynote by Hans Bruyninckx
15:00. Building Innovation Pathways
This session will showcase how innovation projects, pursued in close collaboration with partners, evolve into long-term innovation pathways. Catalisti supports companies that turn individual projects into continuous progress, thereby elevating the entire ecosystem. Two companies will show and discuss their innovation efforts.
- Indaver by Erik Moerman, Director Sales and Development Indaver Plastics2Chemicals
- Oleon by Dries Gabriëls, R&D Team Lead
15.55. Coffee break & networking
16.20. Upscaling in Flanders Industry Innovation Moonshot by Tine Schaerlaekens, Director of Catalisti
16.45. Panel discussion with:
- Peter Roose, President Catalisti
- Eline Brugman, Partner Climate & Sustainability at Deloitte
- Dewi Van de Vyver, Co-founder and CEO of EFFEX
- Koen Mols, Business Development Manager at ArcelorMittal
- Jacques Beuckelaers, CEO TotalEnergies Antwerp Platform
- Moderated by Indra Dewitte
17.30. End of the conference, followed by networking reception & walking dinner
Date & Venue:
Time: 14.00 - 20.00
Location: The Meeting Lab, Zwijnaarde
Registration information
Catalisti members are invited to register free of charge. For non-members, a ticket fee of €100 (VAT excl.) applies.
Please note that registered members who are unable to attend and do not cancel their registration at least one week prior to the event will also be charged a €100 (VAT excl.) no-show fee. We appreciate your understanding, as this allows us to manage the event efficiently.