Strategy to scale: regional innovation driving Europe’s green and competitive future
About the Event
Join the GREET CE Final Conference in Brussels and online on 18 February 2026 to explore how regional innovation, bioeconomy pilots and SME solutions can be scaled to drive Europe’s green transition.
The GREET CE Final Conference marks the conclusion of a multi-year interregional cooperation project dedicated to strengthening bioeconomy-based innovation ecosystems and supporting Europe’s green and circular transition.
Organised within the framework of the GREET CE project, with the active involvement of our member KSSENA (Energy Agency of Savinjska, Šaleška and Koroška), the event highlights the role of regional energy agencies in advancing clean energy, innovation and regional development across Central and South-Eastern Europe. Through this contribution, the conference reflects a strong focus on translating regional innovation into scalable European solutions.
Taking place on Wednesday, 18 February 2026, the conference will be hosted in Brussels, with the possibility to participate both on site and online. It brings together companies, innovation intermediaries, regional and national authorities, policymakers, investors and EU-level institutions to review project outcomes and explore how successful pilots can be scaled beyond the project’s lifetime.
The conference is designed as a forward-looking platform. It builds on the concrete solutions developed within GREET CE and focuses on how bioeconomy-driven value chains can be strengthened, connected across regions and translated into long-term economic and environmental impact, particularly in less developed regions.
A central part of the programme is dedicated to the four GREET CE project pilots, covering:
- resource-efficient and circular construction,
- regenerative and bio-based agriculture,
- renewable gases and circular energy solutions,
- digital energy tools and innovative financing models.
The agenda also features SME pitches, business-investor dialogue sessions, and EU policy perspectives linked to the European Green Deal, Smart Specialisation Strategies (S3) and the Interregional Innovation Investments (I3) Instrument. According to the official programme, sessions run from 09:30 to 14:30, followed by networking, and include keynote interventions from EU institutions, pilot presentations and investor feedback rounds.
To support on-site participation, companies may benefit from a flat-rate travel reimbursement of up to €800 (VAT excluded) for one representative.