Cross Border Transfer and Development of Sustainable Resource Recovery Strategies Towards Zero Waste
Quick Facts
Date: May 5-7, 2025
Location: FHNW in Muttenz, Switzerland
Participants: 129 total participants from 32 countries. 72 Academic, 16 Postdocs/ESRs, 26 MSc/PhD students.
Talks: 4 Plenary speakers, 47 oral presentations
Posters: 45 Poster presentations
Awards: 4
Organizer: Cost Action Cost Action 20133
Funded: by the European Union and sponsored by Biotechnet
Session Highlights
May 5, 2024
Opening ceremony by Philippe Corvini (Conference Chair) and Mohammad Taherzadeh (Action Chair)
Plenary Speaker Kristof Verbeeck, ArcelorMittal Steel, Belgium "Towards the circular use of carbon: from steel mill waste gas to low-carbon ethanol – The Steelanol case"
Parallel sessions A / B, followed by C / D with four oral presentations each
Poster session in the Atrium
May 6, 2024
Plenary Speaker Fabio Fava, University of Bologna, Italy. "Sustainable Bioeconomy for the restoration of impacted terrestrial and marine habitats"
Parallel sessions E / F, followed by G / H with four oral presentations each
Plenary Speaker Maria Reis, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal. "Unlocking the Potential of Waste for Sustainable Biopolymer Manufacturing"
Parallel sessions I / J with four oral presentations each
Poster session in the Atrium
May 7, 2024
Plenary Speaker David Newman, European Bioeconomy Bureau, Belgium. "The EU Bioeconomy Strategy, what is needed?"
Parallel sessions K / L with four oral presentations each