13th International Akademie Fresenius Conference: Detergents and Cleaning Products – Akademie Fresenius

Detergents and Cleaning Products – International Akademie Fresenius Conference

14th edition: 17–18 September 2026, Atrium Hotel Mainz, Flugplatzstr. 44, 55126 Mainz, Germany (near Frankfurt). A parallel Live Stream attendance option is offered by the organiser.

This biannual conference is the established European platform for detergents and cleaning-products professionals, bringing together industry experts from across Europe since many years.

Who should attend: home-care brand owners and manufacturers; chemical, raw-material and ingredient companies; household-appliance and hardware manufacturers; academics, researchers and consultants; retailers and distributors.

Programme highlights: EU regulatory deep dive (revision of the Detergents Regulation); hygiene-related innovation; debate on critical ingredients; probiotic cleaning – from concept to market (testing and performance evaluation); advances in analytical testing and methodology; consumer reality check on habits and behaviour; dishwashing technology; laundry care and sustainability; market and consumer trends.

Format and timings (CEST): Day 1 (Thursday 17 September 2026) – registration and coffee 09:00, morning session 09:30–13:30, afternoon session 14:30–17:30, joint evening event 18:30. Day 2 (Friday 18 September 2026) – morning session 08:30–13:00, lunch and end of conference.

Organiser: Akademie Fresenius GmbH. Programme and conceptual design: Sabine Mummenbrauer (+49 231 75896-82, smummenbrauer@akademie-fresenius.de). Organisation and participant management: Alexandra Schardt (+49 231 75896-74, aschardt@akademie-fresenius.de). Hotline +49 231 75896-50.

Venue: Atrium Hotel Mainz, Flugplatzstr. 44, 55126 Mainz, Germany – phone +49 6131 491-0, info@atrium-mainz.de, www.atrium-mainz.de. A limited room block is reserved for participants.

Note: the previous (13th) edition was held 24–25 September 2024 at the same venue. No 15th edition dates have been published yet.