This year, the conference is held under the auspices of the Belgian EU Presidency and in collaboration with the World Circular Economy Forum (WCEF). The event is a key opportunity for the European and international circular economy community to meet, exchange views and follow engaging discussions on the role of the circular economy across sectors and borders, this year focusing on how to “turn circular visions into action”.

The conference will reflect on the last ten years of circular economy implementation worldwide and in Europe. The conference comes at a crucial moment when “a slight decoupling of EU resource consumption from economic growth can be observed”, but where more needs to be done to ensure the EU reaches its 2030 circularity targets, according to a recent EEA report on Accelerating the circular economy in Europe – status and outlook for 2024 .