CONFERENCES
& PROGRAMS
Get inspired by our
program featuring
- Keynote speeches
- Conferences by Assocompositi
- Composites Exchange run by suppliers
- JEC Startups Innovation Session
The 2025 Conferences Program, which will be organized by Assocompositi will be available 6 months prior to the event. In the meantime, we invite you to take a look at the 2023 program in our event’s guide.
JEC Startups’ Innovation Session
JEC Startups’ Innovation Session will feature five startups in the composites industry, each focused on advancing new manufacturing processes. During this session, these startups will take the stage to showcase their innovative technologies, solutions, and methods that are set to revolutionize the way composites are produced and used.
From optimizing design processes to introducing cutting-edge manufacturing techniques and advancing sustainable recycling methods, these startups are at the forefront of transforming composite materials.
Come and discover the 5 startups that will be showcasing their innovation during the JEC Startups’ Innovation Session. They will benefit from:
- A presentation in the JEC Startups’ Innovation Session (10-minute pitch)
- A booth at JEC Forum Italy 2025 (with 2 registrations included)
- Access to the Business Meetings Program at JEC Forum Italy 2025
Join us in this groundbreaking session and discover how innovation is fueling the transformation of the composites industry.
Are you a startup interested in participating in the JEC Startups’ Innovation Session? Please send your deck at startup-booster@jeccomposites.com.
The 5 startups participating will be announced early April, 2025.
2023 WINNER
One-stop Solution in Circular Economy for Carbon Fiber
RECARBON gives new value to carbon fiber wastes, creating, producing, and offering innovative ready-to-use intermediate products based on recycled carbon fiber.2023 FINALISTS
Research and development of eco-friendly
nanomaterials-based coatings
Graphene-XT is a startup that develops and produces high quality graphene. Through a multifunctional approach it provides new and better functionalities to conventional products.
All you need
is green
Hikari® offers new eco-sustainable composite materials and technologies with the aim of creating real and lasting benefits. The high performance of composites allows achieving the same performance as traditional materials.
Printer Better
Faster Stronger
SphereCube is developing an innovative 3D printer for high-performance composite materials. Thanks to the patented extruder, SphereCube is able to process thermoset resins and continuous reinforcements.
MaCh3D simplifies Materials’ quality assessment enabling on-site out-of-laboratory Material Testing
For Additive Manufacturing industries, and all the manufacturers transforming raw materials into final products, willing to monitor and improve their processes, MaCh3D offers a Smart Material Testing platform made of an innovative hardware.2023 Jury
Launched in 2017, Startup Booster has been organized in three different regions (Europe, USA and Asia) and has already fostered the emergence of 700+ innovative projects from 60+ countries, 80 finalists and 25 winners, including Arevo, Continuous Composites, FibreCoat, Fortify and Vartega.
Open to entrepreneurs, SMEs, startups and academic spinoffs building innovative composite and advanced materials projects, based in Italy.
Startup Booster competition categories include:
- Materials & Products
- Process, Manufacturing & Equipment
5 Startups will be selected to participate in JEC Forum Italy 2023 on June 6-7, in Bologna (Italy), to pitch in front of a jury composed of industry experts and materials investors (jury to be announced soon).
The 5 startups will benefit from:
- A Pitching Session in front of a jury of leading industry experts and materials investors during JEC Forum Italy 2023 (5’ elevator pitch + 3’ Q&A with the jury)
- 2 Registrations and a booth at JEC Forum Italy 202
- Online Visibility through a dedicated communication plan (website, press release, emailing and social media)
- A personal coaching for the pitch before the show
- A direct access to the jury members
- Registrations to JEC World 2024 in Paris (5-7 March 2024)
Out of the 5 finalists, 1 winner will be selected by the jury of the competition.
The winner will be directly qualified for the final of Startup Booster at JEC World 2024 (among the 20 finalists), will be featured in the Startup Village of JEC World 2024 and will pitch in front of the main sponsors of the competition (Airbus, Mercedes-Benz, Owens Corning, and Mitsubishi).