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 

"Towards the Self-driving Laboratory"

14:30 - 15:00 Coffee Break 
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
"Use of Microwave Heating for Intensification of Thermal Processes"
16:40 - 18:30 Reception & Poster Session

 

Day 2 - Tuesday,  30. September 2025

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

Keynote Lecture: Prof. Dr. Martha Grover  
"Machine Learning in Model-Based Control of Crystallization"

9:40 - 10:10

Dr.-Ing. Tanja Vidakovic-Koch   
"Green Hydrogen & Chemicals: Exploring the Impact of Pulsing Conditions"

10:10 - 10:40

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Bück
"Mechanistic Understanding of Mixed-feed Fluidized Bed Pyrolysis"

10:40 - 11:10 Coffee Break 
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
"Catalysis in the Condensed Phase: A Heterogeneous Approach"
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 Dr. Christoph Kubis
"In-situ & Operando Methods for the Elucidation of Mechanistic and Kinetic Aspects of Catalytic Reactions"
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
Session 6: System Level - 1 
16:00 - 16:40  Keynote Lecture: Prof. Dr. 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

Prof. Dr. Ellen Matthies
"Individual Policy Support for Societal Transformation Processes - Experiments in the Field of Carbon Literacy"

17:10 - 17:40 Jun.-Prof. Dr. Karolin Schmidt
"An Overview of the Diversity and Potential of Environmental Psychology Research Approaches to Study Consumers as Relevant Actors for a Green Carbon Circular Economy"
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: Dr. Sven Leyffer   
"Unified Nonlinear Optimization"

9:40 - 10:10

Prof. Dr. Sebastian Sager  
"Corleone.jl: Complexity Reduction and Lifting Enhanced Optimization of Nonlinear Processes and Experiments"

10:10 - 10:40 Dr. 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: Prof. Dr. Lorenz Biegler 
"Process Optimization with Digital Twins: A Comparison Case Study with Carbon Capture Processes"
11:40 - 12:10 Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sanaz Mostaghim
"Recent Advances and Applications of Multi-objective Optimization Algorithms for SmartProSys"
12:10 - 12:40 Dr. 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: Prof. Dr. Sandra Eckert   
"Regulating Plastics in Europe: Politics, Policy Instruments and Policy Outcomes"
14:20 - 14:50 Prof. Dr. Michael Böcher
"Political Bioeconomy Strategies and Their Role in the Transformation of the Chemical Industry"
14:50 - 15:20 Dr. Caroline Ganzer
"Circular Economy for Polyamide within Planetary Boundaries"
15:20 - 15:50 Closing Remarks

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