Oregon Industrial Symbiosis Study Tour to Denmark
September 13 - 19, 2026
Turning Treatment Plants into Value Factories
The Center for Sustainable Infrastructure, Business Oregon, and the Water Environment Federation are partnering to bring leaders from Oregon's top Food Processors, Wastewater Treatment Utilities, and Oregon State Legislators to Denmark this Fall to see Industrial Symbiosis in action! Thank you to our partners at the Scan Design Foundation for their generous sponsorship!
Industrial symbiosis, pioneered in Denmark, is a ground-breaking approach to infrastructure and economic development, where one sector’s wastes - energy, water, and materials - become valuable resources for other businesses.
Delegates will meet the industry leaders, project developers, and utility officials who are utilizing Industrial Symbiosis to benefit the economic value, competitiveness and sustainability of Danish Industry.
This tour builds on the successes of CSI's other Denmark Study Tours, with past focuses including Wastewater Utilities, Oregon Elected Officials, and Agricultural Advancements. Our alumni return to the Pacific Northwest fired up and ready to implement Industrial Symbiosis solutions. Many of our Alumni's projects are ongoing and build upon connections made in Denmark to implement real world change!
A key goal of this year's study tour is to educate and inspire our delegates to translate their Danish learnings into action back at their home utilities, reshaping many millions of dollars of capital investment to realize the economic and sustainability benefits of industrial symbiosis.
Alumni Testimonials
Join the Delegation
Our 2026 Oregon Delegation to Denmark will be made up of a bipartisan cohort of elected officials from the State of Oregon, leaders from Oregon's food processors and wastewater utilities, and a small number of select business leaders and solutions providers with relevant connections to the subject material.
The study tour tuition of $5,800 includes 6 nights of housing in excellent single-occupancy hotel rooms, all breakfasts, lunches, and most dinners, transportation within Denmark, all entry fees, and all programming and coordination for the tour duration.
Delegates are responsible for their roundtrip airfare to Copenhagen. We recommend connecting to the SAS nonstop route from Seattle to Copenhagen, available Friday September 11th with arrival in Copenhagen Saturday morning and returning to Seattle on Saturday, September 19th.
We are able to assist with arranging additional hotel nights at our starting and finishing hotels at a discounted rate. Please inquire for more information.
