Focus: timelines, funding, strategic dependencies, 2030 targets
Official programme
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Share your vision on the Main Stage and debate the most pressing challenges in decarbonization and the circular economy.
Main themes
Decarbonisation
Changing production, energy and use in order to reduce climate impact is a major collective challenge for our societies.
Experts and innovative actors will discuss concrete strategies and emerging technologies that allow building a low-carbon economy, efficient and aligned with European climate ambitions, on STEP by Pollutec.
Circular economy
The circular economy is no longer an option, but a necessity.
STEP by Pollutec offers a space for reflection and sharing to explore how reuse, advanced recycling and low-carbon materials can transform our business models, reduce our footprint and create a more resilient and sustainable future.
Regulation
One of the main drivers of investment. CSRD, CS3D, bio-waste, green taxonomy...
There will be many environmental regulations in 2026, and STEP by Pollutec will be one of the opportunities to take stock of them.
Finance
From the investments needed for the ecological transition to support for innovation, financing is at the heart of the transformations underway.
STEP by Pollutec will be presenting a wide range of financing programs and opportunities.
Tuesday 1rst of December 2026
10:00: Official Opening – Brune Poirson & Anne-Manuèle Hébert
Geopolitics & strategic resource management
10:05 - 10:45:
Cross-Perspectives France – Germany on Europe's decarbonization in times of geopolitical uncertainty
11:00 – 11:30:
KEYNOTE: Circular Economy Act: Ambitions and real impacts on industrial players
11:35 - 12:15:
ROUND TABLE: Industrial Europe facing the resource challenge
Pressure on critical materials and direct business impact
Ecological transition as a sovereignty issue: what are we really talking about?
How to support industrial players to gain sovereignty and competitiveness?
Julie Hollis, Secretary General, Eurogeosurveys
12:30 - 13:00:
KEYNOTE: Industrial circularity: an ecological and economic urgency
Building European Industrial Robustness
14:00 – 14:45:
Roundtable discussion: Electrifying European industry: Energy sovereignty and the competitiveness choc
Acceleration: Scaling up decarbonized electricity production to meet the massive surge
Securing: Strengthening the European grid
From Volatility to Resilience: Leveraging smart energy management and flexible demand to secure the continent's industrial robustness
Decarbonizing the Hard-to-Abate: Transforming heavy industries—from steel to chemicals—through the rapid integration of high-voltage technologies
14:45 – 15:30:
ROUND TABLE: Building a European circular supply chain
Planning circular infrastructure across Europe (recycling, reuse, logistics, storage…)
Material segmentation by strategic priority
Standardization & traceability
Scaling up
15:30 – 16:15:
Making the transition bankable: De-risking to scale up
Private capital re-allocation
Access to capital for mid-caps and diffuse industries
Risk-adjusted return
16:30 – 17:15
Building a robust industrial model for the next 20 years
Decarbonization & energy stability
Circularity of models and supply
Planning as a lever: the example of civil nuclear industry
Wednesday 2nd of December 2026
Case Studies: Operational Demonstration
10:00 – 10:45 :
High-level crossed perspective: The Energy Pact: Building the infrastructure for European industrial sovereignty
10:45 - 12:00:
Block 1 - Territorial Industrial Ecology
12:00 – 13:15 :
Block 2 - Heavy Decarbonization
14:00 – 15:15:
Block 3 - Scaling the Loop: Masterclasses in Large-Scale Circularity
15:30– 16:15 :
Closing Keynote