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Introducing the European Bioeconomy Conference
The European Bioeconomy Conference brings together EU policymakers, researchers, investors, and sustainability leaders alongside Europe’s bio-based industries. The conference convenes key players from bioenergy, agrifood, textiles, pulp and paper, packaging, wood-based products, and advanced bio-based materials to discuss the role of biomass in strengthening Europe’s industrial base.
Building on last year’s inaugural edition, the 2026 conference provides a platform to assess progress in implementing the EU Bioeconomy Strategy launched by the European Commission. The strategy sets out how sustainable biomass, biomanufacturing, bioenergy, and circular production models can support Europe’s manufacturing competitiveness, energy transition, and strategic resilience, while anchoring growth in domestic value chains.
Join us on 19 November 2026 to help shape a forward-looking bioeconomy dialogue, connecting policy, industry, and innovation to drive a competitive, resilient, and sustainable European economy.
Ensuring Europe’s Strategic Autonomy in Bio-based Industry
As the EU advances into the new political cycle, the focus is shifting from strategic vision to effective implementation and scale-up, building on a bioeconomy that is already delivering across European value chains. The key question is how to create the right policy, regulatory, and market conditions for the bioeconomy to strengthen Europe’s industrial base and competitiveness.
This includes ensuring that bio-based solutions can compete on a level playing field with fossil-based alternatives, while delivering on decarbonisation, resource efficiency, and Europe’s broader resilience and energy objectives.
The Conference will explore how bio-based materials are already being deployed across European value chains and how they can further contribute to industrial competitiveness and strategic autonomy.
With the right conditions in place, the bioeconomy can become a structural pillar of Europe’s industrial transformation. With the sector already representing a market of up to EUR 2.7 trillion and supporting over 17 million jobs in the EU, the question is increasingly about scale, speed, and Europe’s ability to capture future value creation.
Photos of the inaugural edition
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