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Association for Chemistry and Economics

Events

Events

Events organised by the Association for Chemistry and Economics

VCW Annual Conferences

  • 2026: Chemistry made in Europe: Between competitive pressure and change
    12–13 November 2026, Frankfurt am Main
    more
  • 2025: Artificial intelligence in the chemical industry
    14 November 2025, Frankfurt am Main
    more - CHEManager follow-up report
  • 2024: Forward-looking investments in Germany as a chemical industry location: The contribution of politics, industry and science.
    15 November 2024, Münster
    more - CHEManager follow-up report
  • 2023: What does the energy transition mean for the chemical industry?
    19–20 October 2023, Oberhausen
    CHEManager follow-up report
  • 2022: Global realignment of material and value flows
    18 October 2022, Ludwigshafen
    CHEManager follow-up report
  • 2021: Available and Affordable: Supply in the BioPharmaceutical Industries - Interaction of Economics and Politics in the Speed of Change
    22–23 November 2021, Online
  • 2020: The CO2-neutral chemical industry in 2050: Proactively shaping the transformation pathway
    09–10 November, 2020, Online
    CHEManager follow-up report I - CHEManager follow-up report II - Chemie+Technik follow-up report - CHEManager follow-up report III
  • 2019: Tanker or Speedboat? Agile Management in the Chemical Industry
    15 October 2019, Essen
    CHEManager press release - CHEManager follow-up report
  • 2018: Circular Economy - Idealistic vision, regulatory nightmare or your next big opportunity?
    07 November 2018, Leverkusen
    Follow-up report NCh 02/19

Further events

Symposium "Challenges and Solutions of the Energy Transition for the German Chemical Industry" (GDCh-Science Forum Chemistry 2025) - with the Chemistry & Energy Division and the Electrochemistry Division - Tue, 30.09.2025, 09:30, Karlsruhe - more

Symposium "Strategies for a Sustainable Green Chemical Economy - Linking Ecological Solutions with Economics and Chemistry"
Thu, 13.06.2024, 10:00 - 17:00, Frankfurt a. M, ACHEMA (Hall 4.C, Alliance Room) more - CHEManager report

Online lecture series "BusinessXChemistry: Current Developments in Business Chemistry from an Academic Perspective" organised by the VCW Business Chemistry Working Group from universities - 16.04.-28.05. - Tuesdays 17:00 - 18:30

Lecture series "Industrial Phosphorus Chemistry", winter semester 2023/2024 - more

Symposium "Rethinking Chemistry: Safe and Sustainable by Design" (GDCh Science Forum Chemistry 2023) 06.09., Leipzig

Conference "Strategies to a circular economy in plastics: the role of European diversity”
24 August 2022, Frankfurt (ACHEMA)

Event "Chemistry & Recycling" 2022
How can policymakers, industrial companies and the VCW work together to make chemical recycling a success alongside mechanical recycling?
04 April 2022, Online

VCW Challenge "Founders' Network and Platform" (Hackathon)
25.04., 17.06., 08.07., Online

VCW Challenge "Sustainability | ESG Targets" (Hackathon)
21.03., 20.05.,10.06.2022, Online

VCW Challenge "The Laboratory of Tomorrow - the Laboratory as a New Process Control System" (Hackathon)
21.02., 21.03., 08.04.2022, Online

Event "Circular Economy Today - Chemistry, Technology and Economics" 2021
25 March 2021, Online - CHEManager report

Workshop "Industry 4.0 and Intellectual Property" - joint event with the Division of industrial property protection
12 November 2019, Darmstadt
Report by the patent law Division

Value Creation in Transition - Chemistry between Innovations and New Business Models?
26 January 2018, Kronberg
CHEManager report 05/18

Brexit – What Does This Mean for the Chemical Industry in Germany
17 May 2017, Frankfurt am Main

Internet of things Industry 4.0 – Role of the chemical industry
01 September 2016, Darmstadt

Innovation Driver Chemistry - Getting Started with Chemistry: Researchers Become Founders - Become Entrepreneurs, as a VCI Partner
08 March 2016, Frankfurt

Internationalization of R&D and Innovation: A Decade Later - Time for a Review
26 November 2015, Essen

Innovation Driver Chemistry: Researchers, Founders, Entrepreneurs - From Idea to Product
9 October 2014, Frankfurt am Main

Impact of Shale Gas on the European Chemical Industry
22 May 2014, Ludwigshafen

Social Media in the Chemical Industry
7 November 2013, Frankfurt am Main

From Megatrends to Strategic Growth Areas
28 February 2013, Frankfurt am Main

Perspectives for the Chemical Industry 2025
10 October 2012, Essen

Supply of Strategic Raw Materials for High-Tech Applications
20 October 2011, Hanau