Your innovation deserves to be seen. We want to help make it happen.
Ten innovations. An international platform. A year of opportunities. Completely free.
Have you developed a new material, product or process that could change the composites industry?
The ICS Future 10 celebrates ten exciting innovations each year, giving the people behind them an international platform to showcase their technology, raise their profile and make valuable industry connections.
From start-ups and universities to established manufacturers, we’re looking for genuinely new technologies with the potential to make a difference.
Applications for ICS Future 10 2026 close on 6 November.
More than ten minutes in the spotlight
Being selected for the Future 10 gives you much more than a place on the ICS conference stage.
Your opportunity includes:
Present your innovation
Take to the stage at the International Composites Summit and introduce your technology to an international industry audience.
International exposure
Be promoted throughout the year across the ICS Innovation Hubs at major industry events, reaching new audiences beyond the Summit.
Valuable connections
Benefit from introductions through the ICS network, helping you connect with potential customers, partners and industry experts.
Your story, amplified
Receive a dedicated website profile, video interview and promotional support to help communicate your innovation to the wider industry.
Yes, it really is free.
No application fees. No participation fees. No hidden costs.
Your conference place, presentation opportunity, video interview, online profile and promotional support are all included. There’s no obligation to exhibit, sponsor or purchase anything.
Why? Because we believe great innovations deserve to be recognised, regardless of the size of the organisation or the resources behind them.
Could you be one of the ten?
We’re looking for innovative materials, products and processes that could advance the composites industry, from emerging technologies to developments approaching commercialisation.
Applications are open to businesses of all sizes, universities, research organisations and individual innovators.
The Future 10 are selected by an industry review panel. It’s not a competition, and there’s no overall winner. Being selected is the recognition.
Apply by 6 November 2026 to be considered for this year’s Future 10, with the selected innovations announced ahead of ICS on 1 and 2 December at The Drum, Wembley.
Applications received after the deadline will automatically be considered for the 2027 programme.
Your innovation could be one of the ten.
