On the afternoon of the 17th September 2009, with its seminar on innovation in chemical regions the ECRN started into the new season after the summer break. Speakers from the chemical industry, clusters, regional agencies and European networks discussed with the participants cross-innovation, innovation networks and open innovation in chemical regions and the main challenges which lie ahead. After the seminar participants had the chance to continue discussions and exchange of experience in an informal setting. The seminar took place in a process to share project examples, methods and best-practices in the field of innovation, one of the ECRN strategic fields of activity. The ECRN thanks all speakers and participants for their active contributions, and its member regions Catalonia and Saxony-Anhalt for hosting the event in Brussels! In the morning of the same day, essenscia Wallonia had invited ECRN members to a guided visit to the “Living Tomorrow” exhibition project in Vilvoorde, where it was demonstrated impressively how sustainable living and working could look like in the future and how our daily life is dependent on chemicals. The exhibition focuses on attracting young people to jobs in the chemical sector and can be seen as a best-practice of how to visualize the importance of chemicals as well as how to attract youngsters to the chemical branch. ECRN thanks essenscia Wallonia for this interesting event. For more information on this exhibition project, visit www.livingtomorrow.be