Highlights from the Creative Industry Dialogue – Antwerp Edition (23 Oct 2025)

What does sustainability look like when creativity meets material innovation?

That was the central question explored during the Creative Industry Dialogue – Antwerp Edition, held at Crowne Plaza Antwerp.

This session brought together an ERP-recycling expert from the European Recycling Platform Netherlands Tjaco Twigt, Handelsmissie China Textielsector Advisor Leontine Wagenaar, Designer Noah Kooijman and Meng Yao Wang, Jozef V. from ACE Belgium Lighting and Furniture brands, as well as representatives from China International Furniture Fair from both Europe and China to exchange visions on sustainable textiles recycling, circular design, and the future of living.

From new material research to regenerative design thinking, each dialogue revealed how creativity can drive change, in how we produce, design, and live.

Hosted by ECMN (Europe–China MICE Network) and CIFF (China International Furniture Fair), this gathering marked another step in building bridges between European craftsmanship and Chinese manufacturing, and between sustainable innovation and global collaboration.

Thank you to all speakers, partners, and guests who contributed their insight and energy.

Your ideas are shaping the next chapter of creative sustainability.