FEICA 2025 to arm Europe’s adhesives industry with regulatory and sustainability playbook
The FEICA 2025 Conference & EXPO will convene industry leaders in Donostia–San Sebastián from 10 to 12 September 2025, bringing adhesives and sealants executives together to examine how innovation, sustainability and regulatory change can sharpen Europe’s industrial competitiveness. According to the original report and the organisers’ programme, the Kursaal Congress Centre will host a three‑day event that combines a high‑level Business Forum, more than forty technical and breakout sessions, a members‑only seminar, a regulatory Master Class and an international exhibition.
The Business Forum frames the event around the theme “Boosting a Competitive Industry: Innovation and Sustainability for a Stronger Europe,” and features three keynote addresses followed by a live panel intended to translate strategic thinking into operational direction. Organisers’ materials show the forum opens with a geopolitical outlook on Europe’s industrial environment, followed by presentations on industrial reinvention and the challenge of designing truly sustainable vehicles — a mix designed to resonate with associations and trade bodies seeking policy and market context for member strategies. The live panel, moderated by a professional event host, will synthesise those perspectives for practical takeaways.
FEICA has reserved a focused, members‑only seminar to tackle regulatory and sustainability pressures that most directly affect supplier and user members. The session, introduced by FEICA’s Regulatory & Sustainability Board chair, brings together task‑force chairs to discuss the REACH revision, proposed microparticles restrictions, the status of Digital Product Passports and implications of the EC’s Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation for repair, debonding and recycling. The programme indicates these briefings are explicitly designed to show how FEICA working groups and task forces support member companies in managing compliance and market access risks.
Practical, technical learning is being prioritised through parallel breakout sessions that deep‑dive into R&D, digital transformation, pre‑treatment and processing, sustainable packaging, adhesives and structural bonding approaches. A stand‑out training offer is a Master Class on Regulatory Change Management with Dr Dennis Bankmann, whose participation is confirmed by his consultancy’s events listing; the class promises to translate regulatory developments into organisational change strategies relevant to executives and technical leads alike.
Complementing the conference content, an EXPO will run throughout the three days, showcasing raw materials, machinery and services; FEICA’s timetable sets exhibitor hours that allow delegates to combine exhibition discovery with session attendance and evening networking. Social programming — including a Wednesday welcome cocktail and a Thursday evening “Night in San Sebastián” dinner that draws on the city’s culinary reputation — is positioned as an intentional space for business networking and cross‑sector collaboration.
Logistics and registration are being handled through FEICA’s conference platform and an idloom‑hosted registration portal that detail delegate and exhibitor rates, inclusions, early‑bird deadlines and terms and conditions. According to the conference site, the event offers tiered registration packages that bundle session access, EXPO entry and social events, and the organisers encourage planning in advance, given constrained exhibitor capacity. For associations and trade‑body executives, the programme offers both policy intelligence and practitioner tools that can be repurposed into member briefings, technical workshops and supplier‑user matchmaking initiatives.
FEICA positions the Conference & EXPO as a convening mechanism to help the adhesive sector respond to fast‑moving regulatory and market shifts; organisers say the mix of strategic keynotes, technical sessions and member‑focused briefings is intended to equip companies and their representative bodies to lead change rather than simply react to it. Association leaders considering attendance are likely to find material immediately applicable to member services, from compliance guidance to demonstrable innovation partnerships.