ACHEMA 2021 will be postponed to April 4-8, 2022. This decision was made after intensive discussions with the community and the ACHEMA Committee due to the ongoing uncertainty caused by the corona pandemic. From June 15-16, 2021, ACHEMA Pulse will offer the global ACHEMA community the opportunity to learn about the latest trends and make new contacts with highlight sessions, top-class discussions and lectures and interactive formats.
Seven months before the start, after intensive consultation with exhibitors and partners, the organizers have decided to postpone ACHEMA to 4-8 April 2022. With this early decision, DECHEMA wants to give exhibitors in particular planning security, because a major event like ACHEMA also means long-term preparation and investment costs for them. The ACHEMA Committee, representing the exhibitors, had previously also unanimously supported a postponement to 2022, combined with a strong commitment to ACHEMA.
"Our claim is to be the global meeting place for the process industry and to make it a tangible experience for all the senses," explains Dr. Thomas Scheuring, Managing Director of DECHEMA Ausstellungs-GmbH. "As things stand at present, we will not be able to live up to this claim in June 2021, as we have to assume that travel will not be possible again without restrictions at that time." The organizers see the postponement of around nine months as an opportunity to create a diverse, lively and multi-sensory ACHEMA. "We want to meet the expectations of exhibitors and visitors for an ACHEMA", explains Dr. Björn Mathes, Deputy Managing Director of DECHEMA Ausstellungs-GmbH. This requires a comprehensive exhibition program and the opportunity for personal contact.
However, exhibitors and visitors will not have to miss out on the global exchange on the latest trends in the chemical, pharmaceutical and food industries in June 2021: ACHEMA Pulse from June 15-16, 2021 will provide inspiration for new solutions that the industries urgently need right now. Presentations by top-class and visionary speakers will shed light on the latest issues facing the process industry, combined with interactive discussion formats and presentations that address key topics of global relevance to the ACHEMA community. In addition to the focus topics Digital Lab, Modular and Connected Production and Product and Process Security, these include the launch of the Digital Hub with its many aspects. But sustainability issues are also on the agenda of ACHEMA Pulse. In virtual PRAXIS forums, participants can find out about specific technology developments. In addition, the winning teams of the first ACHEMA Innovation Challenge will present their solutions to the global community. In this interactive competition, teams of students, companies or start-ups develop solutions to issues that are currently driving many companies. The Challenge starts in January 2021, pre-registration will start shortly.
In addition, exhibitors and participants can use the ACHEMA Pulse platform to expand their business network, make contacts and start conversations. The platform deliberately dispenses with a graphically animated exhibition. Instead, it offers fully integrated digital company and product/service profiles in which exhibitors can individually present the diversity of their offerings. Participants can contact each other at any time via chat, audio or video call. Sophisticated matchmaking options also allow contact to be made on the basis of offers or requests or even speed dating based on common areas of interest. The intelligent individual calendar ensures that time at ACHEMA Pulse can be used optimally.
This makes ACHEMA Pulse an interactive and flexible business platform for the process industry, bringing the ACHEMA motto "Inspiring Sustainable Connections" to life. "When developing the platform, it was important to us that the ACHEMA community has numerous opportunities to make use of this business platform and create topics or content themselves. More digital interaction is part of the strategic concept of future ACHEMAs and we are glad that we started developing a corresponding offering very early on," says Björn Mathes. "This is not a replacement for a physical exhibition, but a supplement that already offers us the opportunity to create momentum and initiate contacts that can continue to develop until April 2022."
