09.03.2026
Defossilisation through Innovation: One Week left to Submit Abstracts for the Renewable Materials Conference
Renewable Materials Conference from 22–24 September 2026 in Siegburg/Cologne (Germany): 80 presentations, 20 panel discussions, 16 workshops and an exhibition offer comprehensive networking with 400–500 participants
The Renewable Materials Conference 2026 (RMC), taking place from 22–24 September 2026 in Siegburg/Cologne, Germany, is the outstanding international meeting place for innovators, companies and brands, investors and policymakers to develop and shape the future renewable carbon economy. As in previous years, the conference organiser nova-Institute expects 400–500 participants from around the world. RMC is the leading global event on the renewable carbon economy, showcasing the latest progress and outlook in bioeconomy, CCU and recycling for the defossilisation of chemicals and materials with renewable carbon. All brands, large suppliers, SMEs and start-ups are invited to present their latest innovations in a wide range of formats, including presentations, workshops, exhibition booths, posters or sponsorship. Numerous networking breaks throughout all conference days, as well as two evening events, provide comprehensive opportunities for in-depth exchange and networking.
All information about the Renewable Materials Conference can be found here: https://renewable-carbon.eu/news/renewable-materials-conference-2026-save-the-date-22-24-september-in-siegburg-cologne-germany/
Your Contribution to the Conference Programme
There is still the opportunity to secure one of 75 speaker slots across the five topic areas of defossilisation of the chemical industry, fossil-free plastics, policy and framework, regenerative business models, and biodegradation over the three days of the conference and in two parallel session strands. The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 15 March 2026: https://renewable-materials.eu/call-for-abstracts/
As another option, interested participants can request one of the 16 workshop slots that run parallel to and complement the conference programme. Workshops are a highly attractive format for presenting and discussing topics with other experts and potential clients. More information is available here: https://renewable-materials.eu/workshops/
There are several further opportunities to become part of the conference. Companies and organisations can join as exhibitors (https://renewable-materials.eu/exhibition-booking/), apply for the Innovation Award “Renewable Material of the Year 2026” (deadline 3 May; https://renewable-materials.eu/award-application/), become a sponsor of the conference (https://renewable-materials.eu/sponsoring/). Associations are invited to become partners of RMC (https://renewable-materials.eu/become-partner/).
In addition, participants can already register for the conference and benefit from a 20% discount on the ticket until 15 March, or 10% until 16 August (https://renewable-materials.eu/registration/).
See you in Siegburg to jointly shape the future of the chemical and material sector.
Thank you to the Sponsors and Partners of RMC 2026
The nova-Institute would like to thank UPM Biochemicals (FI) for supporting the conference as Platin Sponsor, Leaf Biotech (CN) and GS Biomats Co., ltd (CN) as Gold Sponsors. The innovation award “Renewable Material of the Year 2026” is sponsored by Covestro (DE).
RMC is supported by industry and trade associations, non-profit organisations, research institutions and interest groups that are thematically linked to the conference: AVK (DE), BCNP (DE), C.A.R.M.E.N.(DE), ChemCologne (DE), ChemieClusterBayern (DE), CLIB (DE), CO2Value Europe (EU), European Bioplastics (EU), IBB Netzwerk (DE), kunststoffland NRW (DE), NRW.Energy4Climate (DE), Plastics Europe (DE), Renewable Carbon Initiative (EU).