Events
Catalyst Events Platform
Where verified circular trade meets in person.
BangoPure's international event programme designed to bring African suppliers, EU buyers, UK manufacturers, investors and governments into the same room — structured trading sessions, curated investor introductions, government procurement briefings and verified exhibitor floors. The 2026–2027 programme is in build with founding partners.
Founding venues
Three
Programme window
2026–2027
Tradeshow format
Verified B2B
Overview
What Catalyst Events Platform does
Catalyst is BangoPure's international event programme — designed to be the platform where the circular economy meets commercial reality. The founding venues — the Cork DPP Conference, the Barnsley flagship and the Dublin summit — are built to bring artisan enterprises, corporate procurement teams, impact investors, government delegations and sustainability professionals together for the most commercially productive gatherings in the global circular-economy calendar.
Every Catalyst event is built around verified trade. Products on display will carry tamper-evident Digital Product Passports — anchored on a public verification registry — proving material composition. Exhibitors will hold ISO 59000-aligned ReMaterial Academy credentials. Investment introductions will connect pre-qualified enterprises with ESG-committed capital in structured meetings. The B2B tradeshow floor is designed to operate as a live marketplace where international buyers source directly from verified producers with full provenance documentation.
The platform is designed to manage the entire event lifecycle — exhibition stand booking with automated billing, three-tier delegate registration, speaker programme curation, venue layout configuration, attendance analytics, carbon-neutral operations with verified offset certificates and post-event commercial follow-up tracking. White-label capabilities will enable trade bodies and governments to run their own nationally branded pavilions inside the Catalyst framework.
The 2026 Barnsley flagship is being shaped as the marquee programme — designed around the International Exhibition, B2B Tradeshow, DPP Conference, ReMaterial Academy workshops, Impact Investment Forum and the Waste-to-Wealth Gala. For enterprises serious about circular-economy commerce, Catalyst is built to be where it begins.
Where current event programmes fall short
Sound familiar?
We're a circular-economy producer trying to reach EU procurement teams. Generalist trade shows don't pre-qualify exhibitors — we end up next to greenwashing booths.
We're under CSRD pressure to find verified suppliers, but cold-calling each region for samples isn't a scalable procurement strategy.
Pavilions at major events feel transactional. We want a programme where investor introductions actually convert into commercial outcomes.
Our answer
Catalyst is designed differently.
Every exhibitor is being designed to clear the BangoPure DPP standard before they list. Curated matchmaking before delegates arrive. National pavilions on a white-label framework. Investor introductions matched to pre-qualified enterprises. The 2026–2027 programme is in build with founding partners.
Capabilities
What you get
- Three founding venues being shaped — Cork DPP Summit, Catalyst 2026 Barnsley, Dublin 2027
- Every exhibitor pre-verified — designed against the BangoPure DPP standard
- Three-tier delegate experience with curated meeting scheduling
- Carbon-neutral operations with verified offset certificates
- Investor Forum with pre-qualified enterprise introductions
- White-label national pavilion framework for trade bodies
How it works
Where regulated demand meets verified supply, in person.
Step 01
Apply
Choose your role — exhibitor, delegate, investor or pavilion host — and your category.
Step 02
Match
Curated pre-event matching with verified suppliers, EU buyers, investors and delegations.
Step 03
Trade
Structured B2B sessions, investor briefings and procurement roundtables — outcomes carry through.
Three flagship events
Three Flagship Events — 2026 / 2027.
Cork DPP Conference
Europe's first dedicated Digital Product Passport conference. Three days of practical DPP implementation workshops, regulatory deep-dives, verified-supplier introductions and ESPR readiness sessions.
CATALYST Barnsley — flagship
The centrepiece event. Six days. African artisan market. B2B trading floor. Investor pitches. Government procurement briefings. Designed as the largest circular-economy programme in the UK.
Ireland Circular Summit 2027
The institutional event. Development finance, African alumni, enterprise investment, government delegations. Designed as the venue where cross-continental relationships are built at scale.
Africa Roadshow 2026 — in progress
The Africa Roadshow being convened across six stops.
26 May – 4 June 2026
Congo
5–12 June 2026
Cameroon
14–20 June 2026
Côte d'Ivoire
27 June – 3 July 2026
Gabon
8–20 July 2026
Benin + Togo
25 July – 10 August 2026
Guinea + Algeria
Five further event formats — year-round
5 Further Event Formats — Year-Round.
Africa Circular Economy Summit
Annual · Lagos/Nairobi
Pan-African circular-economy leadership convening.
ESPR Countdown Masterclass Tour
8–10 EU/UK cities per year
Practical ESPR compliance workshops for in-house teams.
Circular Futures Investor Forum
Semi-annual · private · capped at 80
Invitation-only investor forum for circular-economy enterprises.
EPR Compliance Bootcamp
Quarterly · London + EU
Intensive one-day compliance training for EPR-exposed teams.
Artisan Market Connect
Bi-annual · six African cities
Free for artisans — direct connection to EU/UK buyers.
Bespoke Corporate Events
Global
Custom circular-economy events for corporate clients — supplier conferences, sustainability summits, stakeholder forums.
Pitch Award
The Catalyst Barnsley Pitch Award
Apply to pitch to institutional investors at CATALYST Barnsley. The Pitch Award is built into the flagship programme.
Who it's for
Who Catalyst is built for
African suppliers & cooperatives
Producers seeking direct EU buyer access without intermediaries — DPP-cleared and category-curated before the show floor.
EU buyers & UK manufacturers
Procurement teams under ESPR, CSRD and PPWR pressure looking for a verified supplier pipeline they can actually trust.
Investors & funds
Pre-qualified introductions to circular-economy enterprises — and the Pitch Award route for the most investable companies on stage.
Governments & trade bodies
National pavilions on a white-label framework — for embassy, trade body and DFI hosts who want to represent under their own brand.
What pilot partners get
What founding partners get
- Exhibition stand options across three founding venues for 2026–2027
- Three delegate tiers with pre-scheduled meetings
- White-label national pavilion framework
- Investor introductions matched to pre-qualified enterprises
- Carbon-neutral operations with verified offset certificate per attendance
Regulation
Where regulated demand meets verified supply
Catalyst is shaped around the buying drivers the EU is creating — ESPR product passports, CSRD disclosure, the Green Claims Directive. Delegate data handled under GDPR. Designed with the EU Accessibility Act in mind.
Get started
Founding cohort being seated — partners convene around the 2026–2027 programme
Founding exhibitors, pavilion hosts and investor seats are being allocated for the 2026–2027 programme. Reserve a stand, host a pavilion or take an investor seat before the founding catalogue closes — design-partner terms apply.