Asbestonomy · 2026

Agoris analysis · updated October 2026

Key takeaways

• "JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL ASBESTOS COMMUNITY": Asbestonomy is the international event dedicated to asbestos issues, from regulation to inspection, removal and analysis methods.
• Organiser: Éditions Cédille, a publishing and events company based in Lille, also behind the Salon des Professionnels de l'Amiante, which became BatiNovia.
• Next edition: 5th edition, on 28 and 29 October 2026 at the Couvent des Jacobins, Rennes Métropole convention centre. This is the first edition held in France.
• A travelling event: London in 2022, Brussels in 2023, Madrid in 2024, Berlin in 2025, Rennes in 2026. The venue changes every year to widen access to the community.
• Format: a day-and-a-half conference, in English, with an AI-assisted multilingual translation solution developed by OUispeak.
• 2025 audience (Berlin, organiser's figures): over 150 attendees, 19 speakers, 14 conferences.
• Worth noting: BatiNovia is held on 27 and 28 October 2026 at the same venue and under the same publishing house. The two events are distinct but scheduled back to back, to combine a national reading with an international perspective.

Who exhibits

Typical profile

Asbestonomy is not a high-volume trade show: it is an international conference backed by a limited exhibition area. It brings together analysis laboratories and microscopy equipment manufacturers, asbestos removal and pollutant management companies, consultancy firms and surveyors, suppliers of protective and measuring equipment, and training organisations. On the attendee side: national authorities and regulators, consultants, clients, researchers and victims' associations.

Notable exhibitors

The list of exhibitors and sponsors for the 2026 edition is published and updated on the official Exhibitors and Sponsors 2026 page. At the time of the last check, ten companies were listed, including AC Environnement, ITGA Group, Bureau Veritas, Eurofins and JEOL. The organiser structures its offering into three tiers, Gold, Silver and Bronze.

Quality of the audience

The audience is small but highly targeted: 150 attendees announced for the 2025 Berlin edition, across 14 conferences and 19 speakers. The event's value lies in the nature of the audience, made up of regulators, technical experts and industry leaders from several countries, rather than in visitor numbers.

Events & community

Conference programme

The 2026 programme is built around the regulatory, scientific and operational challenges of asbestos management, with a comparative European approach. Three themes structure the Rennes edition.

A one-hour session titled "Impact of the transposition of Directive (EU) 2023/2668 on pre-work asbestos inspections" brings together contributions from Spain, Italy, Wallonia, the United Kingdom and France. Each representative presents, using a common framework, their regulatory framework, pre-work inspection practices, the conditions for recognising operators' competence, analytical methods, occupational exposure limit values and training arrangements.

The discussions also revisit thirty years of French asbestos regulation, with insight from Thomas Colin, head of the asbestos department (CT2) at the Direction générale du travail (the French labour directorate). Technical developments in scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) round out this section.

The programme also opens up to international topics: Linda Reinstein, president of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization, looks back at the failures of prevention and public action in the United States, with a case study on the demolition of the East Wing of the White House. Martin Bjerregaard deals with rubble contamination in conflict zones, using the Ukrainian example as a case in point. Lionel Charpentier, asbestos prevention engineer (CT2), is also among the speakers announced for 2026.

Community & networks

Beyond the annual event, Asbestonomy runs a club whose members are called "asbestonomers". Membership, listed at €100 excluding tax, gives access to working groups, a bimonthly newsletter, media content including podcasts of the 2025 conferences, the members' directory, the LinkedIn group and a €50 discount on the 2026 event.

The organiser also publishes regular editorial updates on its website (regulation, health, technical, international) and a book, "Voyage au bout de l'amiante" (a journey to the end of asbestos).

On site: what you need to know

For access, parking and accommodation, see the venue page: Couvent des Jacobins (20 place Sainte-Anne, 35000 Rennes; métro lines a and b, Sainte-Anne station, a 20-minute walk from the train station; Hoche and Les Lices car parks nearby; bus shuttle C6 then métro line b from Rennes airport).

Specific to the event: the 2026 edition is held on Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 October. Each visitor must have a personalised ticket and valid ID; tickets can also be bought on site. A free cloakroom takes personal belongings and cabin luggage at the entrance to the exhibition. The organiser publishes a list of partner hotels.

Rennes is 1h25 from Paris by TGV, with around fifteen services a day, making a same-day return trip from the Île-de-France region possible.

How much it costs to exhibit

Preparing your visit

For the exhibitor

• Request the partner pack from Éditions Cédille: the Gold, Silver and Bronze tiers determine visibility on the website and on site.
• Anticipate the international dimension: proceedings are conducted in English, with AI-assisted translation on the conferences. Plan for bilingual documentation.
• Make the most of the continuity with BatiNovia, held on 27 and 28 October in the same building: a single trip covers the French market and then the international perspective.

For the decision-making visitor

• Target the comparative session on the transposition of Directive (EU) 2023/2668 if pre-work inspection is central to your activity: it is the only format that sets five regulatory frameworks side by side.
• Book your train early: the short, day-and-a-half format does not combine well with an improvised return trip from the regions.
• Consider club membership in advance if you follow the topic all year round: the €50 discount on the event covers half the cost of membership.

Policy & CSR initiatives

Asbestonomy does not display a formal "commitments" page or hold its own ISO 20121 certification. The event does, however, carry a documented commitment tied to its very purpose: the organiser states that it provides technical and financial support to initiatives that extend its mission, namely associations, charities and foundations that support victims of asbestos-related diseases, asbestos management and removal projects where the local economic context would not otherwise allow them, campaigns to improve national and international regulations, and awareness-raising events and documentary resources.

The venue provides the environmental foundation. The Couvent des Jacobins is run by Destination Rennes, which holds the ISO 20121 and DID (Destination Innovante Durable, "innovative sustainable destination") labels and certifications. The convention centre publishes figures: 31% less gas consumption and 22% less electricity consumption since 2019, 34,422 single-use plastic bottles avoided in 2024, 1,555 m2 of carpet reused since 2022, bike-based biowaste collection and a target of zero single-use plastic packaging by 2040. A CSR contribution of €0.90 per person appears on the quotes and invoices for events hosted there, and a three-person quality and CSR team supports organisers. The Climeet carbon footprint calculator is offered to measure the impact of each event.

How the trade show has evolved

Trajectory analysis

Founded in 2022, Asbestonomy was built on an unusual bet: tackling a highly national regulatory topic, asbestos, through international comparison. Four countries in four years, a stable audience of around 150 to 200 attendees, a format that has not sought to grow larger. The event's momentum has come from its content, with the entry into the programme of institutions such as the European Commission, the German DGUV or the French Direction générale du travail, rather than from exhibition space.

The arrival in France in 2026 marks a change in nature. By pairing the international event with BatiNovia, the successor to the Salon des Professionnels de l'Amiante, Éditions Cédille brings together, over three days and at a single venue, the French asbestos removal sector and the international community. For an exhibitor, the equation is clear: Asbestonomy alone does not replace a prospecting trade show like Artibat or Expoprotection, but it gives direct access to an audience of decision-makers and regulators that these trade shows do not bring together in the same way.

The point to watch concerns what comes next: the event changes country every year. Whether a French anchor will be maintained beyond 2026 remains an open question, and the venue for the 2027 edition has not been announced to date.

Unless otherwise stated, all factual data in this listing comes from the organiser's official website (asbestonomy.com).