{"id":1597,"date":"2022-01-15T07:56:52","date_gmt":"2022-01-15T07:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/circularports.vlaanderen-circulair.be\/?p=1597"},"modified":"2026-04-03T13:19:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:19:57","slug":"innovation-day-accelerating-circular-technologies","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/demo.sidekick.be\/circularports\/event\/innovation-day-accelerating-circular-technologies\/","title":{"rendered":"NextGen Demo: Innovation Day &#8211; Accelerating Circular Technologies"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_large\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"g-cols wpb_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h2>Innovation Day &#8211; Accelerating Circular Technologies<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">To make the move towards a circular economy, innovation and industrial proof of concepts are urgently needed. Are you developing an innovative circular technology? And are you looking for a location to demonstrate your idea? Or are you just looking for inspiring case stories about energy and feedstock transition? This Innovation Day is what you need.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>NextGen Demo\u00a0is the innovation hub in the heart of the Port of Antwerp and its industrial cluster. In a fascinating keynote you will learn how it can accelerate the upscaling of your circular technology.<\/p>\n<p>Jan Mertens (ENGIE), Erik Moerman (Indaver)\u00a0and\u00a0Babette Pettersen (LanzaTech)\u00a0will share their vision on energy and feedstock transition and give a sneak preview of their innovative circular projects.<\/p>\n<p>In addition\u00a0Leentje Croes (BlueChem), Tine Schaerlaekens (Essenscia), Pedro Da Silva (Total Energies)\u00a0and\u00a0Steven Peleman (Triple Helix)\u00a0will have a paneltalk about Accelerating Circular Technologies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><div class=\"w-btn-wrapper align_none\"><a class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_1 icon_atright\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/innovation-day-accelerating-circular-technologies-registration-226850434757\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">More info<\/span><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><em>Photo by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/kyCNGGKCvyw?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditShareLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CHUTTERSNAP<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-4 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-separator size_custom\" style=\"height:1rem\"><\/div><div class=\"w-post-elm post_image stretched\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/demo.sidekick.be\/circularports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/633c7688f3ab8-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/demo.sidekick.be\/circularports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/633c7688f3ab8-1024x683.jpg 1024w, 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The company presented on Nov.&hellip;<\/div><button class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_4 usg_btn_1 icon_atright\" tabindex=\"-1\" type=\"button\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">Read more<\/span><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/button><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-1682 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news tag-innovation-ecosystem tag-nextgen-demo tag-port-of-antwerp-bruges type-of-practice-technology\" data-id=\"1682\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/demo.sidekick.be\/circularports\/port-of-antwerp-seeks-candidates-for-nextgen-demo\/\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Port of Antwerp looking for candidates for NextGen Demo\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_2 blog--image-container align_none valign_top\"><div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 blog--image has_ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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