Defossilisation through Innovation

“Renewable Materials Conference 2026”, 22 to 24 September, Siegburg near Bonn/Cologne (Germany) and online

++ 365 participants from 26 countries participated ++

In 2027, we will finally come back to Cologne!

Save the date: 28–30 October 2027 | Maternushaus, Cologne

The next conference will be back in Maternushaus after a three year intermezzo in Siegburg. In 2027, RMC will return with a compact, attractive program and a location that is more comfortably to be reached for our international community. Be part of RMC’s next chapter!

Shares of RMC participant categories in 2026

Large enterprises and brands (39%), Research Institutes and Universities (17%), Start-ups and scale-ups (15%), SMEs (11%), Associations/Clusters/NGO (8%), Policy Makers (8%), Investors (3%)

Selection of RMC participants in 2026

++ ADM International ++ Alfred Talke ++ Asahi Kasei ++ BASF ++ Beckers Group ++ Beiersdorf ++ Biotope Ventures ++ BLOOM ++ Braskem ++ Cargill ++ Clariant ++ Colesco Capital ++ Covestro ++ Crop Energies ++ DCM Shriram ++ dm-drogerie markt ++ DSM-Firmenich ++ European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) ++ Freudenberg ++ Dutch Ministry ++ ENI ++ Essity ++ European Commission ++ Evonik ++ FECC ++ Futerro ++ Haltermann Carless ++ Henkel ++ Heraeus ++ Holland Colours ++ Honeywell ++ IFF ++ ING Bank ++ JDE Peet`s ++ Kemira ++ Kimberly-Clark ++ Klüber ++ Logitech ++ Lubrication ++ Kraton Chemical ++ Krones ++ Lactips ++ Lego ++ Metsä ++ Michelin ++ Mosca ++ Neste ++ Nippon Shokubai ++ Novamont ++ Novonesis ++ Omya ++ On ++ Peter Greven ++ Rheinmetall ++ Schneider Electric ++ SBTi ++ SNF ++ Stahl ++ SYENSQO ++ Technip Energies ++ T.EN ++ UB FIGG ++ Umicore ++ UPM ++ Verbio ++ Volvo ++

The winners 2026

The Renewable Materials Conference (RMC), organised by the nova-Institute, was once again the outstanding international meeting place for innovators, companies and brands, investors and policymakers to come together to develop and shape the future renewable carbon economy.

The RMC is the leading global event on the renewable carbon economy, showcasing the latest progress in and prospects of bioeconomy, CCU and Recycling for the defossilisation of chemicals and materials.