ESNI-NERM 2026 Conference

The Flagship Event on Nutrient Recycling

The European Sustainable Nutrient Initiative (ESNI) Conference and the Nutrients in Europe Research Meeting (NERM) are merging into a single reference meeting to put together all the community working on research and innovation focused on nutrient management.

The joined ESNI-NERM Conference aims to showcase the latest research and demonstration outcomes in nutrient management and nutrient recycling.

ESNI-NERM 2026 is organised by the Biorefine Cluster Europe (BCE) and the European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform (ESPP).

Tuesday 28 April 2026

Wednesday 29 April 2026

Les Ateliers des Tanneurs
Rue des Tanneurs 58-62
1000 Brussels (Belgium)

Programme outline (preliminary)

ESNI-NERM 2026 is the flagship event on nutrient recycling: it provides an overview of the scientific issues, developments and challenges of nutrient recovery and recycling. This one and a half day international conference consists of plenary and parallel sessions and poster sessions.

More details on the programme will be published as soon as they are available.

DAY 1 | Tuesday 28 April 2026

12h00 – 17h30

Welcome + official opening

Plenary sessions
- The New Framework Programme
  Bertrand Vallet (DG RTD)
- The New Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
  Gregorio Davila Diaz (DG AGRI)”
- Panel debate

Coffee break + poster session

3 parallel session hosted by EU Funded Research Projects:
- Fertitec / Ferticovery / CiNurgi
- Ellipse
- ReLEAF & LANDFEED

Drinks and poster session

DAY 2 – Wednesday 29 April 2026

8h30 – 16h30

Welcome + opening

Plenary sessions
- The new EU Bioeconomy Strategy (topic to be confirmed)
  Agata Kotkowska (DG ENV)
- The Circular Economy Act (topic to be confirmed)
  Sylvie Grajales (DG ENV)
- Processing the Bioeconomy’s Residual Streams
  (to be confirmed)

Coffee break and poster session

Three parallel sessions hosted by EU funded research projects
- ReNu2Cycle
- Sempre BIO
- NenuPhar (part 1)
Three parallel sessions hosted by EU funded research projects
- Harvrest
- NutriBudget
- NenuPhar (part 2)

Lunch break + poster session

Project pitches
NUTRI-KNOW – final event
Summary of the parallel sessions

Closing of the event

Call for abstracts of scientific posters (deadline: 30 Jan 2026)

Download our abstract submission template

Deadline for the submission of abstracts:
30 January 2026

Notification of authors:
28 February 2026

Authors confirming planned attendance:
15 March 2026

Mandatory author registration:
31 March 2026

Authors are invited to present abstracts dealing with any of the following topics on nutrient recovery and recycling: 1) technologies, 2) agronomy, 3) sustainability and/or 4) policy. The aim is to showcase recent developments from the European research community and provide new knowledge from the latest projects on-going in the field.

Submit the abstract of your scientific poster and join us at ESNI-NERM, a conference that will be a unique platform to present and discuss scientific evidence and technological innovations that can support the European Commission’s goals. Accepted abstracts will also be published in the official ESNI-NERM Book of Abstracts.

Download and use the ‘abstract submission template’ to provide us with your abstract.

Admission fees and registration

Day 1

Tuesday 28 April 2026
12h00 – 18h00

€ 100

Day 2

Wednesday 29 April 2026
09h00 – 17h00

€ 130

Day 1 & 2

Tuesday 28 and Wednesday 29 April 2026

€ 175

Registration will be possible as from 26 January 2026.

Some sessions will be available to follow online. As soon as we have more information about this, it will be presented here.