Innovation Stage
Wednesday, March 12, 2025 to
Thursday, March 13, 2025
The program of the Innovation Stage
Thursday, March 13, 2025
09:30 - 09:35 a.m.
Welcome & Opening
09:30 - 09:35 a.m.
Welcome and impulse for the day
Format: Opening
Session: Opening & Welcome
Language: English
Speaker
Marc Semmler
Moderator
09:35 - 11:00 a.m.
Circular Valley Demo Day
09:35 - 09:45 a.m.
Greeting
Format: Opening
Session: Circular Valley Demo Day
Language: English
Speaker
Andreas Mucke
Managing Director
Circular Valley / Circular Economy Accelerator
Lecture information
TBA
09:45 - 11:00 a.m.
The Circular Valley Badge #8 Start Ups will present solutions to "Grow the Economy – Protect the Environment"
Format: Pitch
Session: Circular Valley Demo Day
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
Company
Lecture information
TBA
09:50 - 09:55 a.m.
TBA
Speaker
Duration: 00:05 h
Format: Pitch
Session: Circular Valley Demo Day
Language: English
TBA
Position
Company
Lecture information
TBA
09:55 - 10:00 a.m.
TBA
Duration: 00:05 h
Format: Pitch
Session: Circular Valley Demo Day
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
Company
Lecture information
TBA
10:00 - 10:05 a.m.
TBA
Duration: 00:05 h
Format: Pitch
Session: Circular Valley Demo Day
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
Company
Lecture information
TBA
10:05 - 10:10 a.m.
TBA
Duration: 00:05 h
Format: Pitch
Session: Circular Valley Demo Day
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
Company
Lecture information
TBA
10:10 - 10:15 a.m.
TBA
Duration: 00:05 h
Format: Pitch
Session: Circular Valley Demo Day
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
Company
Lecture information
TBA
10:15 - 10:20 a.m.
TBA
Duration: 00:05 h
Format: Pitch
Session: Circular Valley Demo Day
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
Company
Lecture information
TBA
10:20 - 10:25 a.m.
TBA
Duration: 00:05 h
Format: Pitch
Session: Circular Valley Demo Day
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
Company
Lecture information
TBA
10:25 - 10:30 a.m.
TBA
Duration: 00:05 h
Format: Pitch
Session: Circular Valley Demo Day
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
Company
Lecture information
TBA
10:30 - 10:35 a.m.
TBA
Duration: 00:05 h
Format: Pitch
Session: Circular Valley Demo Day
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
Company
Lecture information
TBA
10:35 - 10:40 a.m.
TBA
Duration: 00:05 h
Format: Pitch
Session: Circular Valley Demo Day
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
Company
Lecture information
TBA
10:40 - 10:45 a.m.
TBA
Duration: 00:05 h
Format: Pitch
Session: Circular Valley Demo Day
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
Company
Lecture information
TBA
10:45 - 10:50 a.m.
TBA
Duration: 00:05 h
Format: Pitch
Session: Circular Valley Demo Day
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
Company
Lecture information
TBA
10:50 - 10:55 a.m.
TBA
Duration: 00:05 h
Format: Pitch
Session: Circular Valley Demo Day
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
Company
Lecture information
TBA
10:55 - 11:00 a.m.
TBA
Duration: 00:05 h
Format: Pitch
Session: Circular Valley Demo Day
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
Company
Lecture information
TBA
11:00 - 11:45 a.m.
Theme block: Industrieverband Büro und Arbeitswelt e.V. (IBA)
11:00 - 11:45 a.m.
Circular furniture - from theory to practice
Format: Theme block
Session: Theme block
Language: English
Speaker
Volker Weßels
Head of Sustainability
Industrieverband Büro und Arbeitswelt e.V. (IBA)
Lecture information
Manufacturers, retailers and buyers discuss the challenges on the way to a sustainable circular economy for office furniture.
11:45 a.m. - 01:00 p.m.
Circular Economy best practise
11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Innovation for more circularity - re-use and re-cycling of timber-concrete-composite systems
Format: Speech
Session: Circular Economy best practise
Language: English
Speaker
Dr. Jan Wenker
Group Director Sustainability & Innovation
Brüninghoff GmbH & Co. KG
Lecture information
TBA
12:15 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Building Transformative Alliances for a Circular Economy
Format: Speech
Session: Circular Economy best practise
Language: English
Speaker
Ljubisav Matejevic
Group CEO
InPerson Group
Lecture information
TBA
12:45 - 01:00 p.m.
How to make sustainability profitable in manufacturing
Format: Speech
Session: Circular Economy best practise
Language: English
Speaker
Jasper Steinhausen
CEO & Founder
Business With Impact ApS
Lecture information
1) Understand the 3 main challenges facing business leaders in traditional companies
2) Learn The Impact Blueprint, your five steps to make circularity profitable
3) Discover how to transform your sustainability effort into a high impact, high ROI activity
01:00 p.m. - 02:00 p.m.
Science Block Digitalization
01:00 - 01:45 p.m.
Digital Circular Economy solutions presented by Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML, Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering ISST and Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation IOSB
Format: Theme block
Session: Science Block Digitalization
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
other Fraunhofer Institutes
Lecture information
TBA
01:45 - 02:00 p.m.
Education: the foundation for a circular economy
Format: Speech
Session: Science Block Digitalization
Language: English
Speaker
Alexandra Kick
Co-founder
Thinkubator
Lecture information
The transition to a circular economy requires a diverse set of people equipped with specialized green skills and competencies. This talk delves into the critical role of education in fostering sustainable practices, innovative problem-solving, and resource-efficient solutions. Gain insights into existing programs and strategies that prepare individuals to drive sustainable change and contribute to a resilient, circular future.
02:00 - 03:00 p.m.
Start-up Pitch Session 3
02:00 - 03:00 p.m.
10 Start Ups will pitch their innovative Circular Economy solutions
Format: Pitch
Session: Start-up Pitch Session 3
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
Company
02:10 - 02:15 p.m.
TBA
Duration: 00:05 h
Format: Pitch
Session: Start-up Pitch Session 3
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
Company
Lecture information
TBA
02:15 - 02:20 p.m.
TBA
Duration: 00:05 h
Format: Pitch
Session: Start-up Pitch Session 3
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
Company
Lecture information
TBA
02:20 - 02:25 p.m.
TBA
Duration: 00:05 h
Format: Pitch
Session: Start-up Pitch Session 3
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
Company
Lecture information
TBA
02:25 - 02:30 p.m.
TBA
Duration: 00:05 h
Format: Pitch
Session: Start-up Pitch Session 3
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
Company
Lecture information
TBA
02:30 - 02:35 p.m.
TBA
Duration: 00:05 h
Format: Pitch
Session: Start-up Pitch Session 3
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
Company
Lecture information
TBA
02:35 - 02:40 p.m.
TBA
Duration: 00:05 h
Format: Pitch
Session: Start-up Pitch Session 3
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
Company
Lecture information
TBA
02:40 - 02:45 p.m.
TBA
Duration: 00:05 h
Format: Pitch
Session: Start-up Pitch Session 3
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
Company
Lecture information
TBA
02:45 - 02:50 p.m.
TBA
Duration: 00:05 h
Format: Pitch
Session: Start-up Pitch Session 3
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
Company
Lecture information
TBA
02:50 - 02:55 p.m.
TBA
Duration: 00:05 h
Format: Pitch
Session: Start-up Pitch Session 3
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
Company
Lecture information
TBA
02:55 - 03:00 p.m.
TBA
Duration: 00:05 h
Format: Pitch
Session: Start-up Pitch Session 3
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
Company
Lecture information
TBA
03:00 - 03:45 p.m.
Circular Textile theme block
03:00- 03:45 p.m.
Theme block: TBA
Duration: 00:45 h
Format: Theme block
Session: Circular Textile
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
Company
Lecture information
TBA
03:45 - 05:00 p.m.
North Rhine-Westphalia as the hotspot of Circular Economy
03:45 - 04:00 p.m.
Investing in the Circular Economy
Format: Speech
Session: NRW as the hotspot of Circular Economy
Language: English
Speaker
Felix Neugart
Managing Director
NRW.Global Business
Lecture information
TBA
04:00- 04:15 p.m.
Speech: TBA
Duration: 00:15 h
Format: Speech
Session: NRW as the hotspot of Circular Economy
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
Company
Lecture information
TBA
04:15 - 04:45 p.m.
Expert dialog "Critical raw materials"
Format: Theme block
Session: NRW as the hotspot of Circular Economy
Language: English
Speaker
Hartmut Schug
Head of
Green Economy Network.NRW
Lecture information
TBA
04:45 - 05:00 p.m.
Speech: TBA
Duration: 00:15 h
Format: Speech
Session: NRW as the hotspot of Circular Economy
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
Company
Lecture information
TBA
05:00 - 06:00 p.m.
Start-up Pitch Session 4
05:00 - 06:00 p.m.
10 Start Ups will pitch their innovative Circular Economy solutions
Format: Pitch
Session: Start-up Pitch Session 4
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
Company
05:10 - 05:15 p.m.
TBA
Duration: 00:05 h
Format: Pitch
Session: Start-up Pitch Session 4
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
Company
Lecture information
TBA
05:15 - 05:20 p.m.
TBA
Duration: 00:05 h
Format: Pitch
Session: Start-up Pitch Session 4
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
Company
Lecture information
TBA
05:20 - 05:25 p.m.
TBA
Duration: 00:05 h
Format: Pitch
Session: Start-up Pitch Session 4
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
Company
Lecture information
TBA
05:25 - 05:30 p.m.
TBA
Duration: 00:05 h
Format: Pitch
Session: Start-up Pitch Session 4
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
Company
Lecture information
TBA
05:30 - 05:35 p.m.
TBA
Duration: 00:05 h
Format: Pitch
Session: Start-up Pitch Session 4
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
Company
Lecture information
TBA
05:35 - 05:40 p.m.
TBA
Duration: 00:05 h
Format: Pitch
Session: Start-up Pitch Session 4
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
Company
Lecture information
TBA
05:40 - 05:45 p.m.
TBA
Duration: 00:05 h
Format: Pitch
Session: Start-up Pitch Session 4
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
Company
Lecture information
TBA
05:45 - 05:50 p.m.
TBA
Duration: 00:05 h
Format: Pitch
Session: Start-up Pitch Session 4
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
Company
Lecture information
TBA
05:50 - 05:55 p.m.
TBA
Duration: 00:05 h
Format: Pitch
Session: Start-up Pitch Session 4
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
Company
Lecture information
TBA
05:55 - 06:00 p.m.
TBA
Duration: 00:05 h
Format: Pitch
Session: Start-up Pitch Session 4
Language: English
Speaker
TBA
Position
Company
Lecture information
TBA
05:45 p.m.
Wrap-up / Closing words on the Main stage
