Program
Session Flow
22 September 2026 - Tuesday
| 12:00 | Registration |
| 13:00 | Opening |
| Dr. Hubertus Lohner ECOMAT e.V. | |
| Prof. Kurosch Rezwan MAPEX Spokesperson, Universität Bremen | |
| 13:20 | MAPEX Seed Fund Project “Circular Electronics” |
| 13:50 | Session 1 |
| Talk 1: | Electrochemical direct extraction of critical raw materials from battery recycling Dr. Cleis Santos Fraunhofer IFAM |
| Talk 2: | Printed optoelectronic devices and sensors from ecofriendly materials Prof. Gerardo Hernández-Sosa Karlsruhe Institut für Technologie |
| 14:40 | Coffee Break |
| 14:55 | Optional: Lab Tours (registration required) |
| Tour 1: | ECOMAT - Technical center 1: Airbus and IWT |
| Tour 2: | ECOMAT - Technical center 2: Faserinstitut and DLR Virtual Product House |
| Tour 3: | ECOMAT - Cryogenic Laboratory |
| 15:20 | World Café "Research, Industry, and Policy Strategies for Circularity: The Case of Electronics" |
| 16:20 | Coffee Break |
| 16:40 | Session 2 |
| Talk 3: | Digital Perspectives on Materials Circularity Prof. Evgeniya Kabliman Leibniz-Institut für Werkstofforientierte Technologien |
| Talk 4: | Analysis of a European titanium recycling method using defined chip processing and FAST sintering to produce semi-finished products suitable for specific applications Dr. André Hällsig Forschungsinstitut für nachhaltige Material- und Prozessinnovationen gGmbH |
| 17:30 | Dinner and Get Together |
23 September 2026 - Wednesday
| 09:00 | Session 3 |
| Talk 5: | Green Pathways to Functional and Renewable Polymeric Materials Prof. Katha Loos Rijksuniversiteit Groningen |
| Talk 6: | Sustainable Polybutylene Succinate Production from Organic Waste Dr. Melanie Walther Uni Oldenburg |
| 09:50 | Coffee Break |
| 10:10 | World Café „Beyond Electronics?! Future Perspectives on Circularity of Materials as a Research Field" |
| 11:10 | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 | Session 4 |
| Talk 7: | Circular Textiles – more than just Recycling Prof. Stefan Schlichter Technische Hochschule Augsburg |
| Talk 8: | Making materials redispersible Prof. Tobias Kraus Leibniz-Institut für Neue Materialien |
| Talk 9: | tba |
| 12:40 | Lunch |
| 13:15 | Farewell & Presentation of Graphical Abstract Draft by Stefanie Kliche |

