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EBC 2026 invites all brewing and malting specialists to come to Rotterdam for the 40^th EBC Congress

We’re delighted to announce that the 40^th EBC Congress will be taking place from 6–9 September 2026, at the Postillion WTC conference centre, in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. In contrast to previous editions (37^th to 39^th EBC congresses) where the technical -scientific contents was augmented by the generalist Brewers Forum stream, the EBC Congress next year is once again a “stand-alone” event, as the Brewers Forum has been discontinued and all EBC presentations will be of a technical-scientific nature, collected via the “Call for Abstracts”.

The composition of speakers and poster presenters largely mirrors the approx. 30-40-30 split, ie., 30% attendance from breweries of all sizes, 40% of academics active at universities and research institutes, and 30% of brewing specialists from companies and suppliers active in the brewing and malting sectors. As EBC is an integral part of The Brewers of Europe (the voice of the brewing sector in Europe), members of the national brewing trade associations and press representatives are also warmly encouraged to attend the event.

The EBC Congress is not just a meeting place for brewing scientists; at the accompanying trade show, companies may wish to display their latest R&D related projects and services. Likewise, a list of sponsorship opportunities may be consulted to commercially support the success of this important event.

We encourage you to log onto https://ebc2026rotterdam.eu/ to peruse the range of our options available and we’re looking forward to your participation in the “Call for Abstracts”. If anything happens to be unclear, please contact us for more information.

Sincerely

John Brauer EBC Executive Officer

Paul Lefebvre EBC President and Chairman of the EBC Executive Team