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Upcoming Events

NWO CHAINS – Chemistry Conference
NWO CHAINS is the largest annual Dutch chemistry conference. It is the event where chemists from science and industry come together: PhD students, postdocs, professors and R&D scientists. Every year more than 1500 participants take part in this conference. Two full days dedicated to chemistry.

Greener Manufacturing Show 2022
We will participate in the Greener Manufacturing Show, which will beheld on 10 and 11 November 2022 in Köln.
This is a must-attend event for any sustainability focused company, that wants to
- design and manufacture products from more sustainable materials
- limit and eliminate the use of toxic chemicals
- reduce the impact of industrial and manufacturing processes on the environment
Past Events

Circulaire Proeverij
Circular entrepreneurship is not a hip trend, but a way to set up a healthy company and at the same time contribute to a sustainable world. What opportunities does it offer you? And how do you tackle that change? You will receive the answers to these and more questions during the summer event The Circular Tasting of “Noord Nederland verdient circulair”

Seminar Kansen in Circulair!
We bespreken de actuele thema’s in circulaire economie, laten bestaande initiatieven zien waar we trots op zijn en vertellen wat er in de pijpleiding zit. Daarnaast is het een geschikte gelegenheid om je circulaire netwerk in de industrie te vergroten.
14:00 start programma bij de Bek & Verburg locatie Eemshaven
Rondleiding langs de installaties van startups UPPACT en Impact Recycling (innovatieve plastics recycling)
Discussie met expert-panel op MKB-locatie Nijlicht
16:30 einde programma

Career event – Meet your future in energy
Meet Your Future in Energy is a career event for both national and international students and starters who want to actively contribute to the energy transition in the Northern Netherlands and beyond. The transition to renewable energy is an extremely important element for the chemical sector. And so Chemport Europe will be present on this career event. Plenty of opportunities within the 140 companies of the Chemport ecosystem.

R&D Playground
Green Industry
Eemsdelta Green, Chemport Europe and the University of the North are dedicated to Europe’s mission to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees and reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. As part of this mission, we are launching the R&D Playground Green Industry. The aim of the R&D Playground is to organize networking opportunities to bring together experts from the region. This, in turn, will strengthen the innovative power of the North.
During these events, you will meet researchers from academia and applied sciences and representatives from industry and governmental institutions linked to Green Industry. Together, we will address and explore the questions and challenges ahead of us. We cordially invite you to join the conversation and participate in this first R&D Playground event.
First event: June 9th, 2022
One of the most important and difficult challenges these days is to replace fossil carbon sources with sustainable carbon sources, which is the central theme of our first event. The related topics to this theme are biomass, plastic recycling, CO2-valorization, sustainable electrification, electrochemistry, and chemical processes.
The aim is to share insights on three themes: ‘Sustainable Carbon’, ‘Advanced Materials’ and ‘(Bio) Sustainable Sources & Waste Streams’. Speakers from companies and knowledge institutes will introduce these topics through plenary and parallel sessions.
Programme:
15:00 – 15:15 Doors open
15:15 – 15:30 Introduction and welcome
15:30 – 16:00 Keynote 1
16:00 – 16:20 Keynote 2
16:30 – 17:30 Parallel sessions:
1: Sustainable Carbon: Biomass
- Peter Deuss (RUG)
- Erik Keller (Hanzehogeschool Groningen)
- André Heeres (Hanzehogeschool
2: GroningenSustainable Carbon: Plastics/polymers & Recycling
- Andrea Giuntoli (RUG)
- Ranjita Bose (RUG)
- Green and sustainable chemical techniques: Industry CO2-neutral Power to chemicals & CO2 valorization
- Sebastian Beil (RUG)
- Jingxiu Xie (RUG)
17:30 – 18:00 Drinks and food
Let’s work together towards a Green Industry! We invite you to this meetup which will take place on June 9th, from 3.00 p.m. – 6.00 p.m. at the FC Groningen Euroborg stadium at Boumaboulevard 41 in Groningen. Drinks and food will be served. Are you interested in joining us on the 9th of June? Please sign up here. If you are interested in contributing to the event, please reply directly.
If you have any questions regarding the R&D Playground, please send an email to industryrelations@rug.nl. We look forward to seeing you and welcoming you as a member of the R&D Playground!
With kind regards,
Eemsdelta Green
Chemport Europe
University of Groningen
Hanzehogeschool Groningen

Groene Chemie, Nieuwe Economie
[This event is in Dutch]. Op woensdag 9 februari om 14.00 uur lanceren we het programma Groene Chemie, Nieuwe Economie! Tevens bespreken we die middag de financieringsuitdagingen voor ondernemers in de Groene Chemie.
Arnold Stokking zal het programma – dat met support van veel partners, waaronder Chemport Europe, is opgezet – toelichten. Vervolgens zullen drie experts hun kennis en ervaring over de financieringsuitdagingen en uitdagingen op het gebied van business ontwikkeling presenteren. We zullen o.a. spreken met Alain Cracau, Rabobank Groenbank; Reinier van der Vusse, Polestar Capital en Anieke Wieringa, ScaleUp Nation. Het belooft een interessante bijeenkomst te worden!
We hopen dat de bijeenkomst hybride plaats kan vinden: in Antropia te Driebergen en digitaal. Mochten de Corona maatregelen dat niet toelaten, dan zal de bijeenkomst volledig digitaal plaatsvinden.

Greener Manufacturing Show
We will participate in the Greener Manufacturing Show, which will beheld on 10 and 11 November 2021 in Köln.
This is a must-attend event for any sustainability focused company, that wants to
- design and manufacture products from more sustainable materials
- limit and eliminate the use of toxic chemicals
- reduce the impact of industrial and manufacturing processes on the environment
The following companies will join us:
1. Suspacc
2. Recell
3. BioBTX
4. Groningen Seaports
5. Avantium
6. Teijin
7. EVbiotech
8. Plantics
9. VepaDrentea
10. Bollegraaf Recycling Solutions
You are welcome to visit us at stand 514.
Greener Manufacturing Show
We will participate in the Greener Manufacturing Show, which will beheld on 10 and 11 November 2021 in Köln.
This is a must-attend event for any sustainability focused company, that wants to
- design and manufacture products from more sustainable materials
- limit and eliminate the use of toxic chemicals
- reduce the impact of industrial and manufacturing processes on the environment
The following companies will join us:
1. Suspacc
2. Recell
3. BioBTX
4. Groningen Seaports
5. Avantium
6. Teijin
7. EVbiotech
8. Plantics
9. VepaDrentea
10. Bollegraaf Recycling Solutions
You are welcome to visit us at stand 514.
- Chemport Europe

Groene Chemie, Nieuwe Economie
[This event is in Dutch]. Op woensdag 9 februari om 14.00 uur lanceren we het programma Groene Chemie, Nieuwe Economie! Tevens bespreken we die middag de financieringsuitdagingen voor ondernemers in de Groene Chemie.
Arnold Stokking zal het programma – dat met support van veel partners, waaronder Chemport Europe, is opgezet – toelichten. Vervolgens zullen drie experts hun kennis en ervaring over de financieringsuitdagingen en uitdagingen op het gebied van business ontwikkeling presenteren. We zullen o.a. spreken met Alain Cracau, Rabobank Groenbank; Reinier van der Vusse, Polestar Capital en Anieke Wieringa, ScaleUp Nation. Het belooft een interessante bijeenkomst te worden!
We hopen dat de bijeenkomst hybride plaats kan vinden: in Antropia te Driebergen en digitaal. Mochten de Corona maatregelen dat niet toelaten, dan zal de bijeenkomst volledig digitaal plaatsvinden.

Greener Manufacturing Show 2022
We will participate in the Greener Manufacturing Show, which will beheld on 10 and 11 November 2022 in Köln.
This is a must-attend event for any sustainability focused company, that wants to
- design and manufacture products from more sustainable materials
- limit and eliminate the use of toxic chemicals
- reduce the impact of industrial and manufacturing processes on the environment

NWO CHAINS – Chemistry Conference
NWO CHAINS is the largest annual Dutch chemistry conference. It is the event where chemists from science and industry come together: PhD students, postdocs, professors and R&D scientists. Every year more than 1500 participants take part in this conference. Two full days dedicated to chemistry.

R&D Playground
Green Industry
Eemsdelta Green, Chemport Europe and the University of the North are dedicated to Europe’s mission to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees and reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. As part of this mission, we are launching the R&D Playground Green Industry. The aim of the R&D Playground is to organize networking opportunities to bring together experts from the region. This, in turn, will strengthen the innovative power of the North.
During these events, you will meet researchers from academia and applied sciences and representatives from industry and governmental institutions linked to Green Industry. Together, we will address and explore the questions and challenges ahead of us. We cordially invite you to join the conversation and participate in this first R&D Playground event.
First event: June 9th, 2022
One of the most important and difficult challenges these days is to replace fossil carbon sources with sustainable carbon sources, which is the central theme of our first event. The related topics to this theme are biomass, plastic recycling, CO2-valorization, sustainable electrification, electrochemistry, and chemical processes.
The aim is to share insights on three themes: ‘Sustainable Carbon’, ‘Advanced Materials’ and ‘(Bio) Sustainable Sources & Waste Streams’. Speakers from companies and knowledge institutes will introduce these topics through plenary and parallel sessions.
Programme:
15:00 – 15:15 Doors open
15:15 – 15:30 Introduction and welcome
15:30 – 16:00 Keynote 1
16:00 – 16:20 Keynote 2
16:30 – 17:30 Parallel sessions:
1: Sustainable Carbon: Biomass
- Peter Deuss (RUG)
- Erik Keller (Hanzehogeschool Groningen)
- André Heeres (Hanzehogeschool
2: GroningenSustainable Carbon: Plastics/polymers & Recycling
- Andrea Giuntoli (RUG)
- Ranjita Bose (RUG)
- Green and sustainable chemical techniques: Industry CO2-neutral Power to chemicals & CO2 valorization
- Sebastian Beil (RUG)
- Jingxiu Xie (RUG)
17:30 – 18:00 Drinks and food
Let’s work together towards a Green Industry! We invite you to this meetup which will take place on June 9th, from 3.00 p.m. – 6.00 p.m. at the FC Groningen Euroborg stadium at Boumaboulevard 41 in Groningen. Drinks and food will be served. Are you interested in joining us on the 9th of June? Please sign up here. If you are interested in contributing to the event, please reply directly.
If you have any questions regarding the R&D Playground, please send an email to industryrelations@rug.nl. We look forward to seeing you and welcoming you as a member of the R&D Playground!
With kind regards,
Eemsdelta Green
Chemport Europe
University of Groningen
Hanzehogeschool Groningen

Career event – Meet your future in energy
Meet Your Future in Energy is a career event for both national and international students and starters who want to actively contribute to the energy transition in the Northern Netherlands and beyond. The transition to renewable energy is an extremely important element for the chemical sector. And so Chemport Europe will be present on this career event. Plenty of opportunities within the 140 companies of the Chemport ecosystem.

Seminar Kansen in Circulair!
We bespreken de actuele thema’s in circulaire economie, laten bestaande initiatieven zien waar we trots op zijn en vertellen wat er in de pijpleiding zit. Daarnaast is het een geschikte gelegenheid om je circulaire netwerk in de industrie te vergroten.
14:00 start programma bij de Bek & Verburg locatie Eemshaven
Rondleiding langs de installaties van startups UPPACT en Impact Recycling (innovatieve plastics recycling)
Discussie met expert-panel op MKB-locatie Nijlicht
16:30 einde programma

Circulaire Proeverij
Circular entrepreneurship is not a hip trend, but a way to set up a healthy company and at the same time contribute to a sustainable world. What opportunities does it offer you? And how do you tackle that change? You will receive the answers to these and more questions during the summer event The Circular Tasting of “Noord Nederland verdient circulair”

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