About MaterialDistrict
Materials only change something once we apply them.
MaterialDistrict connects the professionals who develop sustainable materials with the professionals who decide where and how they are applied. Our mission is simple: accelerate the application of sustainable materials and products in the project-based construction and interiors market.
The question is less and less whether alternatives exist.
For years MaterialDistrict has made new materials, designers and producers visible. That curiosity remains. But the market has changed. The question is increasingly how we get them reliably, affordably and at scale into projects. That is why the focus shifts with it: from innovation as an endpoint to application as the goal.
Who makes MaterialDistrict 2027
Next Venue has taken a stake in MaterialDistrict and will gradually take over the event activities and the brand over the coming years. Joinlii organises the event. Jeroen van Oostveen remains closely involved in its further development and transition.
MaterialDistrict · Owner
Jeroen van Oostveen
Grew MaterialDistrict from a materials library into a platform with an annual event. Remains involved in positioning, relationships and the content programme.
Next Venue · Director and owner
Timo Kruft
Next Venue operates and develops event and conference venues in the Netherlands, including the Midden Nederland Hallen in Barneveld.
Joinlii · Organisation
Paul Verdult and Camille Janssen
Joinlii organises MaterialDistrict from 2027. Paul and Camille have many years of experience developing and organising trade fairs at Koninklijke Jaarbeurs.
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What it comes down to
Nowhere else do you see such a broad combination of companies, startups, designers, researchers and students together.
Here they meet, exchange knowledge and new collaborations emerge. — Jeroen van Oostveen
New home base, new name.
In 2027 the event gets a new home base at the Midden Nederland Hallen and the organisation is strengthened by the collaboration with Next Venue. The editorial identity remains focused on material, design and application; the new combination adds operational strength, venue knowledge and room to grow.
The edition is no longer called MaterialDistrict Utrecht, but MaterialDistrict 2027. That makes the event more strongly part of a broader platform and less dependent on one place name.
Twenty editions.
MaterialDistrict has existed since 1998 and marks its twentieth edition in 2027.
Not only showing, but applying.
In 2026 MaterialDistrict launched an initiative together with TBI, one of the largest construction and engineering companies in the Netherlands, to bring sustainable material innovations closer to building projects faster. Twenty exhibitors pitched their innovation to a jury; three of them received a practice voucher of € 10.000 to work with TBI companies on scaling or a first application.
The vouchers went to Reduco, Mycelium Material and Isohemp.
Come and see what is already possible.
MaterialDistrict 2027 takes place on 9, 10 and 11 June at the Midden Nederland Hallen.