Program

 

Day 1 - Monday,  29. September 2025

Session 1: Opening and Welcome 
13:00 - 13:30

Opening & Welcome Address
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kai Sundmacher, SmartProSys Spokesperson
Prof. Dr. Jens Strackeljan, President of the Otto von Guericke University

13:30 - 14:30

Plenary Lecture: Prof. Dr. Peter Seeberger 

"Continuous Flow Production of Medicines"

14:30 - 15:00 Coffee Break & Poster Session
Session 2: Process Level - 1 
15:00 - 15:40 Keynote Lecture: Dr. Ina Vollmer  
"Catalytic Ball Milling for Recycling of Plastic Waste"
15:40 - 16:10 Prof. Dr.-Ing. Achim Kienle
 "Dynamic operation and optimization of power-2-methanol processes"
16:10 - 16:40 Dr.-Ing. Nicole Vorhauer-Huget
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16:40 - 18:30 Reception & Poster Session

 

Day 2 - Tuesday,  30. October 2025

Session 3: Process Level - 2 
9:00 - 9:40

Keynote Lecture: Prof. Dr. Martha Grover  
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9:40 - 10:10

Dr.-Ing. Tanja Vidakovic-Koch   
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10:10 - 10:40

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Bück
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10:40 - 11:10 Coffee Break & Poster Session
Session 4: Molecular Level - 1 
11:10 - 11:50 Keynote Lecture: Prof. Dr. Victor Zavala   
"Graph-Theoretic Approaches to Data Science and Machine Learning with Applications to Sustainability"
11:50 - 12:20 Prof. Dr. Eszter Barath
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12:20 - 12:50 Prof. Dr. Julian Thiele 
"Utilizing lignin as functional macromer in high-resolution additive manufacturing"
12:50 - 13:50 Lunch break
Session 5: Molecular Level - 2 
13:50 - 14:30 Keynote Lecture: Prof. Dr. Tapio Salmi    
"Selective low-temperature conversion of biomass components to high-value products – interaction of catalysis and reaction engineering"
14:30 - 15:00 Prof. Dr. Jan von Langermann
"Product-specific engineering for the biocatalytic depolymerization of PET and PEF"
15:00 - 15:30 Christoph Kubis
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15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break & Poster Session
Session 6: System Level - 1 
16:00 - 16:40  Christian Klöckner
"Effects of psychological interventions on environmental behaviour – what can be achieved and how can plasticities for behaviour change be estimated and used in modelling?"
16:40 - 17:10 Ellen Matthies
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17:10 - 17:40 Karolin Schmidt
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17:40 - 18:40 Coffee Break & Poster Session
19:00 - 22:00 Gala Dinner in Festung Mark (by invitation only)

 

Day 3 - Wednesday,  01. October 2025

Session 7: Computational Systems and Algorithms - 1
9:00 - 9:40

Keynote Lecture: Sven Leyffer   
"Unified Nonlinear Optimization"

9:40 - 10:10 Sebastian Sager  
"Corleone.jl: Complexity Reduction and Lifting Enhanced Optimization of Nonlinear processes and Experiments"
10:10 - 10:40 Lihong Feng
"Non-intrusive Surrogate Modelling using Deep Learning and Active Learning"
10:40 - 11:00 Coffee Break 
Session 8: Computational Systems and Algorithms - 2
11:00 - 11:40 Keynote Lecture: Lorenz Biegler 
"Process Optimization with Digital Twins: A Comparison Case Study with Carbon Capture Processes"
11:40 - 12:10 Sanaz Mostaghim
"Recent Advances and Applications of Multi-objective Optimization Algorithms for SmartProSys"
12:10 - 12:40 Ion Victor Gosea
"Enabling digital twins for power-to-X processes through surrogate models for a catalytic CO2 methanation reactor"
12:40 - 13:40 Lunch break
Session 9: System Level - 2
13:40 - 14:20 Keynote Lecture: Sandra Eckert   
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14:20 - 14:50 Michael Böcher
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14:50 - 15:20 Caroline Ganzer
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15:20 - 15:50 Closing Remarks

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