Every year, the ADE Green program team strives for a balance between sustainable and social themes that are current and relevant to the electronic music industry. The team has curated five unique routes to follow throughout the day. These routes focus on working with artists, collaborating with events and suppliers, organizing events, and understanding the state of the industry. Whether you arrive with a defined purpose or embrace the general vibe, this program guide is your essential tool to navigate and maximize your ADE Green journey. Alternatively, you can also find all of these programs on the ADE website and app.

Artist related programs

Explore how artists can be powerful agents of change. These sessions will inspire you with voices from diverse regions and perspectives, showcasing how the arts can drive both social and environmental transformation:

• Reclaiming Space: Climate Justice in the Music Industry
• Nature as an Artist: Music is Reconnecting Us with the Natural World
• Sound Beyond Borders: Tackling barriers within the Afro-Boom
• Voices from and for Palestine
• Meet the Experts – Sustainability & Social Change Speed-dates
• Green Contracting: Turning Sustainability Goals into Action

Highlights for event suppliers

If you’re a supplier or agency working at or with events, it’s important to keep up-to-date and understand the behind-the-scenes of sustainable event production. If that’s the case, then this route is for you. Learn about contracting, impact evaluation, and compliance with new regulations:

• CSRD, a tool for change?
• Green Contracting: Turning Sustainability Goals into Action
• Official Launch: Dutch Sustainability Ladder Events (DLE)
• Meet the Experts – Sustainability & Social Change Speed-dates
• Positive Impact Evaluation: what’s beyond the triple bottom line?
• All Access: Strategies for an Open and Inclusive Job Market, presented by NEXTSTAGE

Highlights for events, festivals & clubs

For those hands-on with event organization, this route covers a lot of ground: you will hear from other organizers, learn about best-practices, and find out about new developments – from within the industry and through European regulations that will impact you soon. Whether it’s tapping into new sustainability practices or enhancing accessibility, these sessions will help you create meaningful, sustainable events:

• Water is Life: A Circular Approach, presented by Circular Festivals
• CSRD, a tool for change?
• Tap water at clubs and festivals, presented by Dopper
• Green Contracting: Turning Sustainability Goals into Action
• Positive Impact Evaluation: what’s beyond the triple bottom line?
• Official Launch: Dutch Sustainability Ladder Events (DLE)
• Accessible Festivals: Best practices, presented by HandicapNL
• Creating Magic: Rituals and Ceremonies at Events and Festivals
• What happens when Festivals meet Impact Start-ups?