NEB Festival 2026 Events

Fluid Futures brings together artists, scientists, curators, policymakers and local actors to explore themes such as water resilience, biodiversity, pollution, community engagement and the relationship between humans and natural cycles.

This panel will explore NEB best practices that empower under-represented groups, showing how democratic participation and local, decentralised models can transform the way neighbourhoods are planned, built, and managed.

Using Ukraine’s reconstruction as example, this panel will examine how societies can rebuild under pressure while advancing sustainability, innovation, and quality.

Four experts will meet to analyze contemporary urban transformations from an interdisciplinary perspective.

The event is held as a hybrid event in Brussels, hosting a panel discussion that brings together representatives from Metsä Group, European Commission, European Parliament, the public sector and the concrete industry.

This mobile lab (June 11-14) will take participants through a landscape of contrasts: from abandoned quarries and tourist hotspots to the 'sea of plastic' and informal settlements.

Across Europe, a new generation of city projects demonstrates how sustainability can drive true transformation.

The Americas collection brings together more than 40,000 works, presenting a panorama of the different civilisations that developed from Alaska in the north to Tierra del Fuego in the south over a period of 5,000 years.

Visit ZIN, awarded World's Best Tall Building, and learn how an outdated landmark was transformed through adaptive reuse.

Open heritage: accessibility, innovation and the future of cultural institutions

Institutional language often hides what truly drives change. In this hands-on workshop, inspired by the Systemic Narratives project, you’ll explore your work through a people-centered lens.

This hands-on workshop introduces Hempforma, a bio-based acoustic material developed from hemp agricultural waste.

s interactive workshop introduces the BAUHAUS4EU European University approach to Regional Living Labs, where local communities, researchers, students, and regional stakeholders come together to co-create sustainable futures.

Step into the NEB Stewardship Lab and unleash your imagination to discover your inner hero!

Grow microgreens and mushrooms in this interactive gardening workshop. Visitors will get demonstrations of circular food practices, a hands-on experience, and a ‘taste-and’talk’ session.

Explore the tools, materials, processes, and ideas behind the making of the ‘From Tagus to the Tile’ project with Fahrenheit.works. Participants will be able to engage members of the project on how they reimagined Lisbon’s azulejo tiles.

erience the exemplary renovation of Peterbos 9, a social housing block transformed while residents remained in occupation.

This interactive workshop brings the NEB Academy Alliance and its partners together to explore how the Alliance learns, tests and scales.

We Who Do Not Belong combines Zimbabwean rhythmic traditions and contemporary performance to explore migration, identity, and belonging.