Autonomic Lille Europe · 2026

Agoris analysis · updated October 2026

Key takeaways

• Autonomic Lille Europe is the regional branch of the Autonomic network in the Hauts-de-France region: a trade show dedicated to disability, older people and home care support.
• Organiser: ADES Organisation (Vincennes), which runs all of the Autonomic trade shows in France.
• Next edition: Wednesday 2 and Thursday 3 December 2026 at Lille Grand Palais, Hall Paris. Open to the public from 9.30am to 6pm on the Wednesday, and 9.30am to 5pm on the Thursday.
• Free entry for all visitors, professionals and the general public alike.
• 2024 audience (organiser's visitor report): 4,937 entries, split between 54% general public and 46% professionals.
• Compact format: two days, a single hall, a mixed audience. An exhibitor here reaches both institutional buyers and end users at once, which is not the case for a strictly B2B trade show such as SantExpo.

Who exhibits

Typical profile

The offering covers the segments listed by the organiser: assistive technology and equipment, adapted transport and vehicles, home adaptation, solutions for sensory impairments, applications and new technologies, health and hygiene, advice and support, as well as the offering from associations and from sport, leisure, tourism and cultural organisations.

On the professional visitor side, the 2024 report breaks down the split by type of organisation: medico-social or hospital establishment 41%, business 28%, association or non-profit organisation 18%, local authority, administration or institution 7%, self-employed or independent professional 6%.

On the general public side, visitors said they were looking for solutions for physical disability or loss of mobility (41%), loss of independence in general (22%), cognitive, mental or psychiatric disability (13%), sensory disability (12%) and older age (12%).

Notable exhibitors

The 2026 exhibitor list has not yet been published. It will be posted on the trade show's exhibitors page.

The exact number of exhibitors at the 2024 edition can no longer be verified today, as the official list is no longer online. Exhibitors included, on the manufacturers and distributors side: Ottobock, Invacare Poirier, Coloplast Laboratoires, Bastide Medical, Benoit Systemes, Handynamic, Eppur, Ergoconcept, Meyra Netti, Life and Mobility France, Dynavox groupe AB, Ceciaa / Eurobraille and the CEA. On the institutional and voluntary sector side: the Département du Nord, the Métropole Européenne de Lille, ilevia / Keolis Lille Métropole, LADAPT Hauts-de-France, the Comité Régional Handisport Hauts-de-France, the ADMR, AFEJI Hauts-de-France, the Association Tourisme et Handicaps and the Association Française des Sclérosés en Plaques.

Quality of the audience

The trade show embraces a mixed audience, and the figures confirm it: 46% professionals and 54% general public in 2024. For an exhibitor, this means two targets at once on the same stand. The professional side is heavily institutional, since medico-social and hospital establishments alone account for 41% of professional visitors, ahead of businesses (28%). The general public side is mostly made up of users and carers looking for concrete solutions, with a clear dominance of mobility and physical disability.

The local roots are real: the Département du Nord has been a partner of the event since its creation in 2013 and holds a stand there.

Events & community

Conference programme

The programme for the 2026 edition has not yet been published; it will be posted on the trade show's programme page.

In 2024, the conferences were held at the Forum Autonomic, described by the organiser as "an accessible space equipped with a hearing loop and live transcription", with free entry.

Activities

The 2024 edition featured four dedicated areas, all documented by the organiser:

• A Handi Gaming area, with workshops and competitions, run by exhibitors CAPGAME, Handi'Arcade and Orcusa.
• Sports activities on the Espace Sport, run by the Comité Régional Handisport des Hauts de France: wheelchair tennis, wheelchair basketball, boccia, blowpipe, athletics and wheelchair rugby.
• Artistic activities on the Plateau des Artistes, run by Klaus Compagnie, an inclusive contemporary dance company: dance, music and singing.
• The sensory exhibition "Du sens en conscience", designed with the town of Villeneuve d'Ascq and centred on the five senses.

Community & networks

Autonomic Lille Europe is part of a network of seven events run by ADES Organisation: Paris, Bordeaux (Atlantique), Marseille (Méditerranée), Toulouse (Sud), Rennes (Grand Ouest), Lille (Lille Europe) and Lyon (Handica). The organiser positions the brand as the French benchmark for the sector "for over 30 years".

The Autonomic trade shows are present on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and X under the Salons Autonomic identity. The organiser's general contact details are 01 46 81 75 00 and contact@autonomic-expo.com.

On site: what you need to know

For access, parking and accommodation, see the venue page: Lille Grand Palais, which also hosts SIFER.

Specific to the trade show, according to the organiser's practical information page: the trade show is held in Hall Paris, with pedestrian access via boulevard Emile Dubuisson (59800 Lille), across two entrances. The Lille Flandres and Lille Europe TGV stations are a 5-minute walk away. Métro line 2, "Mairie de Lille" and "Lille Grand Palais" stations, both accessible. Tram, "Gare Lille Flandres" and "Lille Europe" stops, accessible. Bus line 18, "Grand Palais" stop, accessible. For adapted transport, the organiser refers visitors to Handipole on 03 20 40 40 40.

Visitor hours: Wednesday 2 December from 9.30am to 6pm, Thursday 3 December from 9.30am to 5pm. Exhibitors can access the hall from 8am on both days.

How much it costs to exhibit

Preparing your visit

For the exhibitor

• The request to take part in the Lille edition is made from the Exposer page on the official website, which centralises all seven trade shows in the network.
• Plan a stand that speaks clearly to two audiences: a buyer from a medico-social establishment and an end user or carer do not ask the same questions and do not leave with the same document.
• Stand accessibility is not an optional extra at this trade show: wheelchair circulation, display height, large-print materials and seated demonstrations all shape the quality of contacts made.
• The sports, gaming and artistic activities draw footfall to identified zones: positioning your stand relative to these areas is a genuine placement consideration.

For the decision-making visitor

• Two days are more than enough, and a well-prepared single day works too: a single hall, a compact format.
• Target exhibitors in advance via the exhibitor list as soon as it goes online, then schedule around the Forum Autonomic conferences, which are free to attend.
• Wednesday, open until 6pm, allows an extra hour compared with Thursday for end-of-day meetings.

Policy & CSR initiatives

ADES Organisation does not publish a "Commitments" or "CSR" page for Autonomic Lille Europe, and the event does not hold its own ISO 20121 certification. No formal CSR programme at organiser level is publicly accessible to date.

Two tangible elements are nonetheless documented. At event level, accessibility is treated as an operational requirement rather than window dressing: the conference area is equipped with a hearing loop and live transcription, the métro, tram and bus access points listed by the organiser are accessible, and a link to the Handipole adapted transport service appears on the practical information page.

At venue level, Lille Grand Palais is certified ISO 20121, the international standard for responsible event management, as well as ISO 9001. The Métropole Européenne de Lille, of whose steering committee Lille Grand Palais is a member, has held the Destination Innovante Durable label since January 2024.

How the trade show has evolved

Trajectory analysis

Created in 2013 and held every two years, Autonomic Lille Europe long ran on odd years: the 4th edition was held in 2019. The pandemic shifted the cycle onto even years, and the trade show returned in 2022 after a three-year absence, then again in 2024 and 2026.

This shift has a measurable cost. The trade show drew 8,562 entries in 2019, 5,238 in 2022 and 4,937 in 2024: attendance has not returned to its pre-pandemic level. On the exhibitor side, the 2022 edition counted 141 exhibitors; the figure for the 2024 edition can no longer be verified today, as the official list is no longer accessible. This is the classic profile of a regional trade show that has refocused on its home catchment area, here the Hauts-de-France region, rather than on interregional reach. The "Europe" in the name today reflects Lille's geographic proximity to Belgium and the Netherlands more than any documented international audience.

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