Location

RMMR 2026 takes place on 4 December 2026 at Thor Central in Thor Park, Genk, Belgium. You can scroll down to for the navigation link to the venue.

Thor Central
Thor Park 8000
3600 Genk
Belgium
Website: https://www.thorcentral.be/nl

Arrival and Parking

If you are travelling by car, we recommend parking at P1, as it is the closest car park to the Thor Central building. The floor plan of Thor Park below will help you find your way from the car park to the venue. 

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For more information on how to reach Thor Park by car or public transport, please visit the Thor Central website.

Route plan

Why Thor Central?

For RMMR, we chose a venue whose story reflects what the conference is about.

Thor Central is the former Art Deco headquarters of the Waterschei coal mine in Genk. For decades, the mine was a driving force in the region, bringing together thousands of workers and their families, many from across Europe and beyond, around a shared purpose. When the mine closed in 1987, the building was protected as industrial heritage. Rather than being left behind, it was carefully restored, preserving original features such as its terrazzo floors and Art Deco details, and reopened in 2017 as the centrepiece of Thor Park, a campus dedicated to technology, energy and innovation.

In many ways, Thor Central tells a story of regeneration: a place that had lost its original function was not replaced, but restored and given a new purpose. That is also the ambition of regenerative medicine. Muscle stem cell research aims to repair and restore tissue damaged by disease or injury, building on what is already there to give it new life.

Just as Thor Central brings together industrial heritage, modern innovation and natural elements, RMMR aims to bridge laboratory research, clinical application and industry to create real-world impact for patients. Both reflect the power of bringing different elements together and translating existing potential into something new.

We could not think of a more fitting place to discuss the future of muscle regeneration.