Join this full-day event hosted by the RISERS project to help shape an industrial symbiosis standardisation roadmap at the EU level. This hybrid event will take place in Brussels, at the EIT House, and online.

Context

The RISERS roadmap on industrial symbiosis standardisation is being developed as a strategic reference for European and national standardisation bodies, industry stakeholders, policymakers, and R&I actors. It supports the objectives of the Circular Economy Action Plan, and the EU Standardisation Strategy, while contributing to ongoing policy files such as the revision of the Waste Framework Directive, the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), and the upcoming European Innovation Act. By identifying standardisation needs in ten priority areas—from end-of-waste criteria and digital traceability to sector-specific value chains such as batteries, steel, and textiles—the roadmap aims to enable the broader uptake of industrial symbiosis across Europe.

It builds on extensive stakeholder engagement, including the mapping of over 600 industrial symbiosis cases, targeted consultations with CEN and CENELEC Technical Committees, and a first round of Working Group meetings held throughout spring 2025. The November plenary is a key milestone to validate preliminary recommendations, consolidate cross-cutting findings, and define the next phase of roadmap development. It will ensure that the final roadmap is actionable, inclusive, and aligned with Europe’s policy ambitions for circularity, innovation, and sustainable industrial transformation.

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Agenda

Moderated by Katrina Sichel.

09:30 – 10:00 | Arrival & Coffee

10:00 – 10:20 | Welcome & Strategic Framing

Andreea Gulacsi, Director Policy & External Affairs, CEN and CENELEC

  • Welcome and objectives of the day
  • Brief recap of RISERS progress and roadmap process

10:20 – 11:00 | Keynote speeches

  • Keynote I – Industrial Symbiosis: Situation and Potential for Europe’s Industries (Prof. Sebastian Engell, A.SPIRE APG Chair, TU Dortmund University)
  • Keynote II – EU Policy Outlook on Circularity and Waste

11:00 – 12:15 | Working Group Updates I – Systemic Enablers

  • WG 01 Industrial Symbiosis in General
    • James Woodcock, Senior Project Manager at International Synergies Limited (ISL)
    • Andrea Mora (UNI): The United Circles Project.
  • WG 02 End-of-Waste
    • Faye Page, Sustainable Business Practitioner at International Synergies Limited (ISL)
  • WG 03 Digitalisation & Data
    • Robert Howard, Product Manager at International Synergies Limited (ISL)

12:15 – 13:15 | Lunch Break & Poster Sessions

13:15 – 14:15 | Working Group Updates II – Sectoral Pathways (Part I)

  • WG 04 Steel, Slag & Refractories
    • Christian Grunewald, Senior Project Manager at DIN
  • WG 05 Batteries
    • Rüdiger Meyer, Application Expert Energy Storage at Phoenix Contact
  • WG 06 Packaging (15 min)
    • Yotam Yosef Avital, Consultant at Enspire Science
  • WG 07 Waste Heat (15 min)
    • Lieven Demolder, Researcher Energy and cluster management (ECM) at Ghent University

14:15 – 14:45 | Coffee Break & Open Discussion

14:45 – 15:30 | Working Group Updates III – Sectoral Pathways (Part II)

  • WG 08 Textiles (15 min)
    • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sergej Rempel, Scientific Director, TTZ Digital Planning and Construction, TH Augsburg
  • WG 09 Energy Data & Grids (15 min)
    • Stavros Spyridakos, Energy Efficiency / Stakeholder Engagement Expert at Institute for European Energy and Climate Policy (IEECP)
  • WG 10 Biomass (15 min)
    • Dr. Manfred Kircher, KADIB-Kircher Advice in Bioeconomy

15:30 – 15:45 | From Recommendations to Roadmap: What Comes Next

Sebastian Vogel, Project Manager RTD Collaboration, CEN and CENELEC

15:45 – 16:00 | Closing Reflections – Connecting Policy, Practice and Standards for Industrial Symbiosis

  • Chiara Coluccia, Circular Economy Expert, ICLEI European Secretariat

16:00 – 16:30 | Networking & Wrap-Up Coffee