Program

Session Flow

22 September 2026 - Tuesday

12:00Registration
13:00Opening
 Dr. Hubertus Lohner
ECOMAT e.V.
 Prof. Kurosch Rezwan 
MAPEX Spokesperson, Universität Bremen
13:20MAPEX Seed Fund Project “Circular Electronics”
13:50Session 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
14:40Coffee Break 
14:55Optional: 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
15:20World Café "Research, Industry, and Policy Strategies for Circularity: The Case of Electronics"
16:20Coffee Break
16:40Session 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
17:30Dinner and Get Together

23 September 2026 - Wednesday

09:00Session 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
09:50Coffee Break 
10:10World Café „Beyond Electronics?! Future Perspectives on Circularity of Materials as a Research Field"
11:10Coffee Break 
11:30Session 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
 
12:40Lunch
13:15Farewell & Presentation of Graphical Abstract Draft by Stefanie Kliche
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