KNUW at Trade Expos

The Green Economy Network presents solutions from North-Rhine Westphalia at leading trade expossuch as the Hannover Messe, Circular Valley Convention and IFAT Munich. Shared exhibition booths provide easy access for innovative start-ups to extend their reach. Leveraging our close ties to policy makers, we facilitate direct contact with key decision makers for businesses from NRW. Additionally, we promote the region’s strength and its green solutions in panel discussions and on various side events.

  • Hannover Messe holds a preeminent position as the leading trade fair on future proof industry, i.e., the transformation of manufacturing and related industries both in terms of digitalization and ecological sustainability. As such it is a key platform for cutting edge developments in the green economy and the central nexus for exchange between leading actors shaping the future pathways of manufacturing.

    Hannover Messe

  • Circular Valley Convention sees itself as a content hub for the circular economy and a marketplace for circular expertise - from product design, production, logistics and usage to collection, sorting and recycling. The international circular economy community meets at the trade fair. The event format consisting of conference, expo and events opens up the best opportunities for marketing your own solutions, for knowledge exchange, networking and cooperation in order to bring new ideas to the streets. With these diverse impulses, the Circular Valley Convention is the central hub for the circular economy and points the way to a circular future.

    Circular Valley Convention

  • IFAT Munich is the world's foremost meeting place for actors involved in the sustainable treatment of water and waste and the promotion of circularity.  A specialized eco-system of players has evolved around these topics, gathering at IFAT Munich to present new solutions, exchange expertise and cooperate in furthering the circular economy.