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Rewatch all keynotes and panels of Plastics Shape the Future at K 2025

October 8-15, K Trade Fair Düsseldorf (Hall 6, C40)

Rewatch all keynotes and panels at K 2025

Full Program and Recordings

October 08, „Kick-Off Wednesday“

Date & Time	Topic
Wed, 10:30 – 11:15 (CEST)	K 2025 Opening Ceremony `Speaker/Host`: `Dr. Christine Bunte, Managing Director (Plastics Europe Deutschland)` `Benny Mermans, President (President (Plastics Europe) Virginia Janssens, Managing Director (Plastics Europe) Ulrich Reifenhäuser, Chairman (K Advisory Board) Marius Berlemann, Operative Managing Director (Trade Fair Düsseldorf) Ralf Düssel, President (Plastics Europe Detuschland)` [ available on YouTube ]
Wed, 11:15 – 12:15 (CEST)	Panel Discussion: Balancing Competitiveness & Sustainability – A Call for bold Leadership `Speaker/Host`: `Virginia Janssens, Managing Director (Plastics Europe)` `Craig Arnold, Executive Vice President Polyolefins, Circular Economy Solutions and Base Chemicals (Borealis)` `Lauren Kjeldsen, Chief Operating Officer Custom Solutions (EVONIK) Walmir Soller, EVP North America, Europe & Asia, CEO (Braskem Netherlands BV) Stephanie Kalil, Commercial Vice President Packaging & Specialty Plastics EMEA (Dow) Manfred Hackl, CEO (Erema Group)` [ available on YouTube ]
Wed, 13:00 – 14:00 (CEST)	Press Conference: Plastics – the fast Facts 2025: Our industry in numbers `Speaker/Host: Virginia Janssens, Managing Director (Plastics Europe) Sylvie Aitken, Director of Communications (Plastics Europe) Dr. Katharina Schlegel, Circularity Director (Plastics Europe)` [ available on YouTube ]
Wed, 15:00 – 16:30 (CEST)	Panel-Discussion: Accelerating the Plastics Transition: Innovations & Investments for a Sustainable Future Speaker/Host: Virginia Janssens, Managing Director (Plastics Europe) Yvonne van der Laan, Executive Vice President, Circular and Low Carbon Solutions (LyondellBasell) Mike Finelli, Chief Technology & Innovation Officer and Chief North America Officer (Syensqo) Kim Ragaert, Chair of Circular Plastics, Maastricht University Katja Wodjereck, Chief Commercial Officer, (Vioneo) Gerald Rebitzer, Vice President Sustainability Operations & Advocacy, EMEA & Asia-Pacific (Amcor) Thomas Unger, Vice President Technology (KraussMaffei Extrusion) [ available on YouTube ]

October 09, „Circular Thursday“

Date & Time	Speaker/Host
Thu, 10:30 – 10:45 (CEST)	Introduction: Get into the loop with Fraunhofer `Speaker/Host: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Renner, Head of (Fraunhofer CCPE and Fraunhofer UMSICHT)` [ available on YouTube ]
Thu, 10:45 – 11:00 (CEST)	Keynote: Closing the Loops of Different Material Flows `Speaker/Host:` `Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Renner, Head of (Fraunhofer CCPE and Fraunhofer UMSICHT) Prof. Dr.-Ing. Uwe Clausen, Head of (Fraunhofer IML)` [ available on YouTube ]
Thu, 11:00 – 11:15 (CEST)	Keynote: Matching recycling technologies to the task at hand: different waste streams require different approaches `Speaker/Host: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Renner, Head of (Fraunhofer CCPE and Fraunhofer UMSICHT)` `Dr. Bernhard von Vacano, Vice President and Executive Expert in the Field of Closed Loop Polymer Recycling (BASF)` [ available on YouTube ]
Thu, 11:15 – 12:00 (CEST)	Panel-Discussion: PPWR – Current Status and Lessons Learned `Speaker/Host: Dr. Isabell Schmidt, Managing Director (IK German Association for Plastics Packaging and Films)` `Carolina Gregorio, Sustainability Policy and Advocacy Strategy Director EMEA (Dow Packaging & Specialty Plastics) Alexander-Christian Root, Managing Director Sustainable Packaging (PreZero International) Silke Linneweber, Governmental Affairs (EVONIK)` `Ellen Seyda, Sustainability & Circular Economy Manager (Amcor Rigid Packaging Solution)` [ available on YouTube ]
Thu, 12:00 – 12:30 (CEST)	Expert Talk: WEEE – What to Expect in Electrical and Electronic Regulation `Speaker/Host: Frank Stammer*, Circular Economy Specialist (TecPart – Association of Technical Plastic Products e.V.)` `Tatjana Dänzer, R&D / Rubber & Plastics Laboratory Business Unit Dishwashing (Miele & Cie. KG)` `Fridolin Pflüger, Managing Director, Head of Sales and Business Development. (HolyPoly)` [ available on YouTube ]
Thu, 12:30 – 13:00 (CEST)	Expert Talk: Building & Construction `Speaker/Host: Charlotte Röber, Managing Director (VinylPlus)` `Eric Romers, Project Director (INEOS Inovyn)` `Rudy Miller, Vice President Vinyl Business (Vynova)` [ available on YouTube ]
Thu, 13:00 – 13:45 (CEST)	Panel Discussion: Driving Circularity under the ELV Directive: Inside the Global Impact Coalition’s Automotive Plastics Circularity Pilot `Speaker/Host: Amanda Martin, Communications Lead (Global Impact Coalition) Dr. Matthias Scheibitz, Head of Sustainability Strategy (BASF Performance Materials) Dr. Peter Schwarz, Head of Sustainability Technologies (Covestro) Dr. Erik Licht, Director New Business Development, APS Europe (LyondellBasell) John Mortell, ELV specialist (Plastics Europe)` [ available on YouTube ]
Thu, 13:45 – 14:30 (CEST)	Panel Discussion: Car-to-Car Recycling `Speaker/Host: Jochen Hardt, Vice President Global Marketing Mobility (Covestro) Dr. Liang Wang, CTO (Ausell) Jingyue Hou, Project Director (GIZ) Simon Kraemer, Head of Sustainability Product in Group R&D China (Volkswagen Group China) Jia Liu, Global Sustainability Director (TÜV Rheinland)` [ available on YouTube ]
Thu, 14:45 – 15:05 (CEST)	KI Group & Porsche Consulting Forecast, prices and profit: the development of the European recyclate market and its prices until 2030 `Speaker/Host: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Renner, Head of (Fraunhofer CCPE and Fraunhofer UMSICHT)` `Klaus Kirr, Associate Partner (Porsche Consulting)` [ available on YouTube ]
Thu, 15:05 – 15:15 (CEST)	Keynote Perspectives of Chemical and Mechanical Recycling `Speaker/Host: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Renner, Head of (Fraunhofer CCPE and Fraunhofer UMSICHT)` `Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Franke, Leiter Institutsteil Sulzbach-Rosenberg (Fraunhofer UMSICHT)` [ available on YouTube ]
Thu, 15:15 – 15:25 (CEST)	Keynote Recycling à la carte: Melting, Cracking – or Solvent Treatment? `Speaker/Host: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Renner, Head of (Fraunhofer CCPE and Fraunhofer UMSICHT)` `Dr. Christine Bunte, Managing Director (Plastics Europe)` [ available on YouTube ]
Thu, 15:25 – 16:45 (CEST)	Panel Discussion: Perspectives of Chemical and Mechanical Recycling `Speaker/Host: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Renner, Head of (Fraunhofer CCPE and Fraunhofer UMSICHT)` `Willemijn Peeters, CEO & Founder (Searious Business) Ingo Sartorius, Managing Director (BKV) Peter Dziezok, Director R&D Open Innovation German Innovation Center (Procter & Gamble) Dirk Langhammer, Vice President Circular Economy Solutions (Borealis) Benjamin Porter, Global Sustainable Business Development Manager (Trinseo/Drop In) Valentijn de Neve, CEO (BlueAlp) Adrián Morales, Mechanical Recycling Leader (AIMPLAS)` [ available on YouTube ]

October 10, „Climate Friday“

Date & Time	Topic
Fri, 10:30 – 11:00 (CEST)	Keynote: How can we accelerate the transition towards plastics circularity `Speaker/Host:` `Dr. Alexander Kronimus, Managing Director (VinylPlus Deutschland) Chris McArdle, VP Global Marketing (Borealis) Paula Sanabria Luque, Sr. Director EMEAI Marketing & Commercial Development (LyondellBasell)` [ available on YouTube ]
Fri, 11:00 – 11:30 (CEST)	Expert Talk: Tackling Microplastics Pollution by Preventing Plastic Pellet Loss: Operation Clean Sweep (OCS) and the new European Regulation? `Speaker/Host: Alexander Röder, Climate & Production Director (Plastics Europe) Silvia Forni, Circular Economy and EU Environmental Policy (DG Environment) Kailas Naresh, Environmental Affairs Manager (Plastics Europe) Stephan Ständer, Director Polymer Operations (LyondellBasell) Rob Rutjes, Sr. Manager Environmental Issues (LyonellBasell)` [ available on YouTube ]
Fri, 11:30 – 12:15 (CEST)	Expert Talk: Additives: Drivers of Performance and Progress `Speaker/Host: Dr. Alexander Kronimus, Managing Director (VinylPlus Deutschland)` `Thomas Schmutz, Chair of (ELiSANA Cefic) Adrian Beard, Flame Retardants Advocacy & Marketing Manager (Clariant) Deidre Sandrock, Director of Sustainability (Milliken) Stephanie Deuser, Head of Product Stewardship Solutions Performance Chemicals (BASF)` [ available on YouTube ]
Fri, 12:15 – 12:30 (CEST)	Expert Talk: Product Carbon Footprint of Performance Polymers `Speaker/Host: Dr. Alexander Kronimus, Managing Director (VinylPlus Deutschland)` `Gregor Daun, Director Manufacturing Technologies (BASF)` [ available on YouTube ]
Fri, 12:30 – 12:30 (CEST)	Expert Talk: on LCA `Speaker/Host: Matthias Stratmann, Head of Sustainability Department (nova-Institut GmbH)` `Florian Hermes, Sustainable Business Solutions at High Performance Polymers (EVONIK) Derek Atkinson, VP Sales & Business Development, EMEA & The Americas (TotalEnergies Corbion)` [ available on YouTube ]
Fri, 13:00 – 13:30 (CEST)	Presentation: The importance of environmental impact analysis. How can we adapt to future requirements? `Speaker/Host: Dr. Alexander Kronimus, Managing Director (VinylPlus Deutschland)` `Sonia Albein Urios, Head of Circular Economy and Environment (AIMPLAS)` [ available on YouTube ]
Fri, 13:30 – 14:00 (CEST)	Round Table: Monetizing Circular and Sustainable Products in the Chemical Industry `Speaker/Host: Dr. Amadeus Petzke, Partner, Leader Pricing and Monetization (Monitor Deloitte) Paula Sanabria Luque, Sr. Director EMEAI Marketing & Commercial Development (LyondellBasell) Frank Richter, Consultant Material Compliance and Plastics (mentorichter) Annika Huomo, Business Development Manager – Renewable & Biobased Polyolefins – Base Chemicals (Borealis) Dr. Mateusz Wielopolski, Manager (Deloitte Sustainability & Climate GmbH)` [ available on YouTube ]
Fri, 14:30 – 16:00 (CEST)	Keynote and Political Panel Discussion Competitiveness as a driver for transformation towards a circular economy from different perspectives `Speaker/Host: Dr. Ralf Düssel``, President (Plastics Europe Deutschland) Johannes Winkel, MdB (CDU/CSU) Bernhard Hoppe-Biermeyer, MdL (CDU) Dr. Thorsten Dreier, CTO (Covestro) Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans-Josef Endres, Head of Institute (Institute of Plastics and Circular Economy, Leibniz University Hannover LUH) Dr. habil. Volker Strauss, Head of Department (UBA)` [ available on YouTube ] (GER)

October 11, „Smart Saturday“

Date & Time	Topic
Sat, 10:30 – 10:45 (CEST)	Introduction: AI & Digitalization for a Plastics Circular Economy `Speaker/Host: Raphael Kiesel, Head of Strategy (Rhode & Schwarz`) [ available on YouTube ]
Sat, 10:45 – 11:15 (CEST)	Expert Talk: AI-Powered Material Intelligence: Accelerating R&D that Enables Sustainable Innovation `Speaker/Host: Raphael Kiesel*, Head of Strategy (Rhode & Schwarz)` `Dr. Stefan Thomas, Managing Director (LabV)` [ available on YouTube ]
Sat, 11:15 – 11:45 (CEST)	Expert Talk: Plastics.AI `Speaker/Host:` `Raphael Kiesel, Head of Strategy (Rhode & Schwarz) Mark Smith, Director (Carl Hanser Verlag)` [ available on YouTube ]
Sat, 11:45 – 12:15 (CEST)	Expert Talk: AI and Sustainability Reporting `Speaker/Host: Raphael Kiesel, Head of Strategy (Rhode & Schwarz) Lukas Vogt, CEO (Sunhat)` [ available on YouTube ]
Sat, 12:15 – 12:45 (CEST)	Expert Talk: Foaming Simulation and AI: Paths to Smarter Materials `Speaker/Host:` `Raphael Kiesel, Head of Strategy (Rhode & Schwarz) Dennis Krause, Program Manager Digital R&D (Covestro)` [ available on YouTube ]
Sat, 12:45 – 13:15(CEST)	Expert Talk: ML-enhanced DSC – Advancing Identification and Quantification of Recyclate Compositions `Speaker/Host: Raphael Kiesel, Head of Strategy (Rhode & Schwarz)` `Natalie Rudolph, Division Manager Polymer (NETZSCH Analyzing & Testing)` [ available on YouTube ]
Sat, 13:15 – 13:45 (CEST)	Expert Talk: AI threat or opportunity for science-based industry `Speaker/Host: Raphael Kiesel*, Head of Strategy (Rhode & Schwarz)` `Lars Börger, co-CEO (nova-Institute)` [ available on YouTube ]
Sat, 13:45 – 14:15 (CEST)	Expert Talk: Digitalization, modeling and AI: How much of it is needed in the material world? `Speaker/Host: Raphael Kiesel*, Head of Strategy (Rhode & Schwarz)` `Prof. Dr. Andrea Büttner, Head of Institute (Fraunhofer IVV)` [ available on YouTube ]
Sat, 14:15 – 14:45 (CEST)	Introduction: Digitalization as enabler for the circular economy of plastics `Speaker/Host: Raphael Kiesel, Head of Strategy (Rhode & Schwarz)` `Prof. Dr. Holger Ruckdäschel, Head of the Chair of Polymer Materials (Faculty of Engineering at the University of Bayreuth)` [ available on YouTube ]
Sat, 14:45 – 15:15 (CEST)	Expert Talk: DPP made easy – Digital product passport made easy `Speaker/Host:` `Raphael Kiesel, Head of Strategy (Rhode & Schwarz) Benedikt Brenken, Director rCycle and Catena-X Initiative (Reifenhauser Group) Dr. Andreas Wollny, Global Digital Expert Data Ecosystems (BASF)` [ available on YouTube ]
Sat, 15:15 – 15:45 (CEST)	Expert Talk: AI for Sustainability Reporting: The role of AI in sustainability reporting `Speaker/Host:` `Raphael Kiesel, Head of Strategy (Rhode & Schwarz) Sebastian Kühn, Director (Stakeholder Reporting GmbH)` [ available on YouTube ]
Sat, 15:45 – 16:30 (CEST)	Panel Discussion (GER): “Smart materials need smart systems” Focus: AI in connection with new materials, recycled materials, and bio-compounds `Speaker/Host: Stefan Lenz, Editor-in-Chief (PlastXNow) Simone Fischer, Senior Editor (PlastXNow) Matthias Schulz, Head of Strategy (Otto Krahn Group) Christian Schiller, CEO (Cirplus) Christoph Kugler, Division Lead Digitization (SKZ) Dr. Mirko Rennert, CEO (Twins Crew GmbH) Dr. Johannes Kilian, Head of Process and Application Engineering (Engel Austria)` `Dr.-Ing Florian Linscheid, Co-founder (materAlze)` [ available on YouTube ]

October 12, „Career Sunday“

Date & Time	Topic
Sun, 11:00 – 12:00 (CEST)	Panel zum Recruiting: Mangelware Fachkräfte? – Wege aus der Recruiting-Krise `Speaker/Host: Dr. Julien Bobineau, Senior Consultant (D² - Denkfabrik Diversität)` `Sofie Dannemann, Packaging Developer (Zott SE) Kurt Gebert, Managing Director, (ALLOD) Stephanie Krüger, HR Consultant (HRtbeat) Markus Sennefelder – Chief People Officer (bytewerk GmbH)` [ available on YouTube ] (GER)
Sun, 12:00 – 14:00 (CEST)	Expert Talk: `Recruiting by Gaming` `Speaker/Host:` `Dr. Julien Bobineau, Senior Consultant (D² - Denkfabrik Diversität) Markus Sennefelder, CPO (bytewerk GmbH, IT-Systemhaus)` [ available on YouTube ] (GER)
	Expert Talks: `Recruiting by Diversity` `Speaker/Host:` `Dr. Julien Bobineau, Senior Consultant (D² - Denkfabrik Diversität) Markus Sennefelder, CPO (bytewerk GmbH, IT-Systemhaus)` [ available on YouTube ] (GER)
	Expert Talk: `Recruiting Stand-up & HR-Bullshit Bingo` `Speaker/Host:` `Dr. Julien Bobineau, Senior Consultant (D² - Denkfabrik Diversität) Markus Sennefelder, CPO (bytewerk GmbH, IT-Systemhaus)` [ available on YouTube ] (GER)
Sun, 14:00 – 15:30 (CEST)	Science and Poetry Slam on Plastics and Waste loopwards … ohne Plastik geht es nicht `Speaker/Host:` `Dr. Julien Bobineau, Senior Consultant (D² - Denkfabrik Diversität)` `Simon McGowan, Science Slammer (University of Hannover)` [ available on YouTube ] (GER) `Lukas Fehring, Science Slammer (Leibniz Universität Hannover)` [ available on YouTube ] (GER) `Helen Haug, Science Slammerin (Fraunhofer CCPE)` [ available on YouTube ] (GER) `Marcel Gausmann, Science Slammer (Aachener Verfahrenstechnik)` [ available on YouTube ] (GER)
Sun, 16:00 – 16:15 (CEST)	Keynote: Women in Plastics `Speaker/Host*: Kerstin Sochor, editor-in-chief (Austrian Plastics Journal)` `Stephanie Kalil, Commercial Vice President Packaging & Specialty Plastics EMEA (Dow)` [ available on YouTube ] (GER)
Sun, 16:15 – 16:45 (CEST)	Best Practices: Women in Plastics – Best Practices & Success Stories `Speaker/Host:` `Kerstin Sochor, editor-in-chief (Austrian Plastics Journal) Miriam Lutz, Manager of Product Management (ARBURG) Miriam Olivi, President Women in Plastics Italy (Frigosystem Group) Anabel Crespo, Technical Director (AMIPLAS)` [ available on YouTube ] (GER)
Sun, 16:45 – 17:30 (CEST)	Panel Dicussion: Women in Plastics `Speaker/Host:` `Kerstin Sochor*, editor-in-chief (Austrian Plastics Journal) Mirjam Mayer, VP of Polyolefin Business, LDPE & PECO (Borealis) Laura Florez Sastre, Director General ICIPC, Angelika Huemer, CEO & Managing Partner (Starlinger) Viviane Papa, SVP HR Talent Management (EVONIK)` [ available on YouTube ] (GER)

October 13, „Innovation Monday“

Date & Time	Topic
Mon, 10:30 – 10:40 (CEST)	Keynote: On Startup Ecosystems `Speaker/Host: Martin Bellof, Lead Ventures & Partnering (chemstars) Dr. Jens Busse, Investment Manager (EVONIK)` [ available on YouTube ]
Mon, 10:40 – 12:40 (CEST)	Pitch Session I – „Newcomer„ Presentation of 6 startups (10 minutes each) `Speaker/Host:` `Martin Bellof, Lead Ventures & Partnering (chemstars)` `Thomas Mitterlehner (Moldsonics)` [ available on YouTube ] `Maike Lambarth (Cyclize)` [ available on YouTube ] `Dr. Louisa Desel (OSPHIM)` [ available on YouTube ] `Alexandre Kremer (Radical Dot)` [ available on YouTube ] `Stefan Gruell (S1SEVEN)` [ available on YouTube ] `Marco Kner (Coiss)` [ available on YouTube ]
Mon, 12:40 – 14:40 (CEST)	Pitch Session II – „Big Fish“ Presentation of 6 startups (10 minutes each) `Speaker/Host:` `Martin Bellof, Lead Ventures & Partnering (chemstars)` `Joost Paques (PAQUES biomaterials)` [ available on YouTube ] `Davide Mazzanti (sykell)` [ available on YouTube ] `Arne Kätelhöhn (Carbon Minds)` [ available on YouTube ] `Kunal Sandeep (Polymerize)` [ available on YouTube ] `Jan-Georg Rosenboom (MacroCycle)` [ available on YouTube ] `Konrad Ciezarek (ECO2GROW)` [ available on YouTube ]
Mon, 13:40 – 14:40 (CEST)	WAK Award Ceremony (GER): Scientific Alliance of Plastics Technology (on the main stage) `Speaker/Host: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Elmar Moritzer, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (Kunststofftechnik Paderborn (KTP) Universität Paderborn)`
Mon, 15:00 – 16:30 (CEST)	Panel Discussion: on Innovation `Speaker/Host: Prof Dr.-Ing. Christian Hopmann, Institute Director, Chair for Plastics Processing, Institute for Plastics Processing in Industry and Crafts at (RWTH Aachen University) Gert Callaerts, Packaging Innovation Coordinator (Bayer Crop Science) Dr. Montgomery Jaritz, CEO (IonKraft) Dr. Dr. Jens Eichler, Hydrogen Technology & Business Architect (3M) Marc Fette, CEO (CTC GmbH - An Airbus Company)` [ available on YouTube ]
Mon, 16:30 – 17:00 (CEST)	Expert Talk: Decarbonization & Standard evolution: Carbon accounting and Product Carbon Footprints `Speaker/Host* Nicholas Collins, Partner at (Boston Consulting Group) Peter Sandkuehler, Senior Business Sustainability Director (Dow)` [ available on YouTube ]

October 14, „Visionary Tuesday“

Date & Time	Topic
Tue, 10:30 – 11:30 (CEST)	Keynote: Cradle to Cradle – an alternative business case? `Speaker/Host: Dr. Christine Bunte, Managing Director (Plastics Europe Deutschland)` `Prof. Dr. Michael Braungart, Professor for Ecodesign (Leuphana University)` `Holger Sasse, CEO (NovoTech)` [ available on YouTube ]
Tue, 11:45 – 13:00 (CEST)	Panel: Microplastics – Ways out of the crisis `Speaker/Host: Dr. Christine Bunte, Managing Director (Plastics Europe Deutschland) Stephan Rau, Technical Director (WdK) Dr. Alexander Roloff, Head of Product Analytics Division (BfR) Dr. Bianca Wilhelmus, Global Product Steward (INEOS Styrolution) Miriam Weber, Managing Director (Hydra) Dr. Ulrike Braun, (Head of Department at the German Federal Environment Agency)` [ available on YouTube ]
Tue, 13:15 – 14:00 (CEST)	Expert Talks: Chemical Recycling `Speaker/Host: Prof. Thomas Müller-Kirschbaum, Chief Scientist (Circular Valley) Saskia Hornivius, Market Developer for the Circular Platform (Eastman Circular Solutions France) Daniel Koch, Plant Manager Wesseling (LyondellBasell) Christian Haupts, Senior Partner (Carboliq) Nico Janssen, Business Development Director Carpet Technology (Object Carpet)` [ available on YouTube ]
Tue, 14:00 – 14:15 (CEST)	Keynote: Mechanical Recycling `Speaker/Host:` `Prof. Thomas Müller-Kirschbaum, Chief Scientist (Circular Valley) Stephan Roest, Head of Circular Economy Business Development (Borealis)` [ available on YouTube ]
Tue, 14:15 – 15:00 (CEST)	Expert Talk: Bioplastics `Speaker/Host:` `Prof. Thomas Müller-Kirschbaum, Chief Scientist (Circular Valley) Mathias Leimbrink, Head of Life Cycle Assesment (Covestro) Thomas Philipon, CEO (TotalEnergies Carbion)` `Belén Monje Martínez, Sustainable Chemistry Cluster Leader (AIMPLAS)` [ available on YouTube ]
Tue, 15:00 – 15:30 (CEST)	Expert Talk: TotalEnergy integral approach : Rethink use, Reduce impact, Recycle and develop circularity `Speaker/Host:` `Prof. Thomas Müller-Kirschbaum, Chief Scientist (Circular Valley) Tom Houpeline, Vice President Polymers (Total Energies)` [ available on YouTube ]
Tue, 15:30 – 16:00 (CEST)	Expert Talk: When will CCU go mainstream? `Speaker/Host:` `Prof. Thomas Müller-Kirschbaum, Chief Scientist (Circular Valley) Michael Carus, Founder and Managing Director (nova-Institut GmbH)` [ available on YouTube ]

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