Tech Events by Amsterdam Chemistry Network

with Max Welling (Chief Technology Officer, CuspAI) · Steven Latré (Vice President of AI, imec)

Day one of ChemAI 2026, at AI House Amsterdam in the Prosus building: how AI is changing chemistry and materials science, with the emphasis on execution rather than theory. Speakers include Max Welling, CTO of CuspAI, and Steven Latre, VP of AI at imec, alongside deeptech founders and investors on scaling, industrial adoption and autonomous laboratories. Run with Techleap, Hello Tomorrow, TTT-AI, StartupAmsterdam and Amsterdam AI. From 12:00, free. Why go: chemistry people and AI people are usually in separate rooms, and this is the one where materials researchers, deeptech founders and the investors funding them argue about the same bottleneck. Best for deeptech founders, ML researchers working on scientific problems, and investors in materials and chemistry.

Day two of ChemAI 2026, the science-heavy conference day at Hotel Casa Amsterdam (Eerste Ringdijkstraat 4), run by the Amsterdam Chemistry Network. 09:00 to 18:00, doors open 08:30. The programme is presentations, panels, an innovation market and a poster session on machine learning for chemistry and materials. Listed speakers: Heike Riel, Tonio Buonassisi, Aron Walsh, Thibault Géoui and Alexander Hammer. Day one (12 November, AI House) is a separate registration. The ticket page shows no price we could confirm; startups can email info@acnetwork.nl for a promo code. No refunds. Why go: this is the research-heavy day after the founder-facing day one, with posters and an innovation market where you can corner the people building the models. Best for researchers and deeptech founders working on materials; less useful for general startup networking.

Amsterdam Chemistry Network brings green tech and circularity startups, scaleups, corporates and investors together at Science Park 301, with GCNE, ROM InWest and Port of Amsterdam as partners. The focus is getting from pilot to industrial scale: reaching final investment decision, building circular value chains and go-to-market for capex-heavy startups. Keynotes and a panel from 13:00, parallel sessions including "Your Factory Is Not Your Value Chain", a closing keynote, then a networking borrel. A visit to the Brineworks CO2-capture pilot plant starts around 11:45. Ticket price was not listed. Why go: the financing gap for hardware-heavy climate startups is the real topic, with investors and corporates in the room. Best for green tech founders and investors.