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Date: Tuesday, 09/Sept/2025
3:30pm - 7:00pmPlenary at Massimo Theatre

Chair: Marzia Traverso, INaB RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Co-Chair: Davide Bonaffini, Hitachi Rail, Italy
Scientific Coordinator: Rose Nangah Mankaa, INaB RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Opening by the Conference Chairs, local guests of honor and six keynote speakers
  • Prof. Roberto Lagalla | Mayor of Palermo
  • Prof. Marco Beccali | Vice Director of Engineering Dep. of Palermo University
  • MSc Helena Viñes Fiestas | Chair of the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance, co-Chair of the Taskforce on Net Zero Policy
  • Prof. Enrico Giovannini | Professor at University of Rome Tor Vergata and at the LUISS Guido Carli University
  • MSc Davide Bonaffini | Hitachi Rail
  • MSc Fabian Hassel | VP of Services at Makersite
  • Dr. Emilia Moreno Ruiz| Chief Technical Officer of ecoinvent
  • MSc Michela Gioacchini | Head of Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility for Tod's Group
7:15pm - 9:00pmApricena: Italian-style welcome drinks and snacks
Date: Wednesday, 10/Sept/2025
8:30am - 9:30amPlenary Session: Organized by Pré Sustainability "Decision-Grade Data: What It Takes to Operationalize LCA at Scale"
9:35am - 11:05amSession 1.01: Communication and Raising Circular Economy Awareness via Robust LCA Part I
Session Chair: Matthias Finkbeiner, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
Session Chair: Stephane Morel, ESCP Business School, France
9:35am - 11:05amSession 1.02: Pathways to Net-Zero: Industrial Decarbonization & Green Energy Part I
Session Chair: Nele De Belie, Ghent University, Belgium
Session Chair: Pascal Di Croce, EuLA, Belgium
9:35am - 11:05amSession 1.03: Life Cycle Metrics for industry and policymakers: From Innovation to Integration I
Session Chair: Luca Zampori, PRé Sustainability, Netherlands, The
Session Chair: Davis Jose, RWTH - INaB, Germany
9:35am - 11:05amSession 1.04: LCA in the mining and metals industry: Current practices and challenges
Session Chair: Johannes Arnold Drielsma, Drielsma Resources Europe, Netherlands, The
Session Chair: Stéphanie Muller, BRGM, France
9:35am - 11:05amSession 1.05: Future-Proof Verification processes in LCA
Session Chair: Alexander Forell, Makersite, Germany
Session Chair: Gabriella Arcese, Niccolò Cusano University, Italy, Italy
9:35am - 11:05amSession 1.06: Sustainable Underground Construction In Pipeline Infrastructures
Session Chair: Stefan Schmitz, TRACTO-TECHNIK GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
Session Chair: Andreas Redmann, Kunststoffrohrverband e.V., Germany
11:05am - 11:30amCB1: Coffee break
11:30am - 1:00pmSession 1.07: Social Sustainability: Data & Method Advancements Part I
Session Chair: Luigia Petti, UNIVERSITÀ "G.D'ANNUNZIO", Italy
Session Chair: Sonia Valdivia, WRFA, Switzerland
11:30am - 1:00pmSession 1.08: Sustainable mobility solutions Part I
Session Chair: Stephan Krinke, Fraunhofer IST, Germany
Session Chair: Jonas Wigger, MOIA, United States of America
11:30am - 1:00pmSession 1.09: LCA in Policy: Frameworks, Compliance & Placement Part I
Session Chair: Antonio Valente, ecoinvent, Switzerland
Session Chair: Diego Iribarren, IMDEA Energy, Spain
11:30am - 1:00pmSession 1.10: Circular Textiles: how LCA can support the transition
Session Chair: Archana Datta, UNEP, France
Session Chair: Claudia Giacovelli, UNEP, France
11:30am - 1:00pmSession 1.11: Healthcare LCA
Session Chair: Rose Nangah Mankaa, INaB RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Session Chair: Scott McAlister, University of Melbourne, Australia
11:30am - 1:00pmSession 1.12: Achievements and challenges for sector-specific guidelines in industry
Session Chair: Martina Prox, iPoint-Systems gmbh, Germany
Session Chair: Peter Rudolf Hans Saling, BASF SE, Germany
1:00pm - 2:00pmLP1: Lunch & Poster
2:00pm - 2:30pmKeynote 7: Sergio Saporetti senior technical officer at the Italian Ministry of Environment and Energy Security
"Green Public procurement and Minimum Environmental Criteria (CAM)- The Italian legal and technical framework for road infrastructures"
2:40pm - 4:10pmSession 1.13: Communication and Raising Circular Economy Awareness via Robust LCA Part II
Session Chair: Matthias Finkbeiner, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
Session Chair: Stephane Morel, ESCP Business School, France
2:40pm - 4:10pmSession 1.14: LCA & LCM for Improved Energy Decision-Making Part I
Session Chair: Luka Smajila, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Session Chair: Ketan Vaidya, ex-Northvolt AB, Sweden
2:40pm - 4:10pmSession 1.15: LCM for the Biobased Economy: Innovative Methods and Practices Part I
Session Chair: Thomas Schaubroeck, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg
Session Chair: Tamara Coello García, Cesefor, Spain
2:40pm - 4:10pmSession 1.16: LCA & Circularity to Improve Road Construction Env. Performance Part I
Session Chair: Nicolás Héctor Carreño Gómez, VINCI Construction Shared Services GmbH, Germany
Session Chair: Davide Lo Presti, Universita degli studi di Palermo, Italy
2:40pm - 4:10pmSession 1.17: Digital LCA/PCF data sharing for Collaboration & Innovation
Session Chair: Lavanya Pawar, Carboledger, India
Session Chair: Purvish Shah, Carboledger, Inc., United States of America
2:40pm - 4:10pmSession 1.18: Textile/Apparel: B2B & B2C Communication Challenges
Session Chair: Enrico Benetto, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg
Session Chair: Federico Brugnoli, SPIN360, Italy
4:10pm - 4:30pmCB2: Coffee break
4:30pm - 6:00pmSession 1.19: Evaluations of Circular and Low Carbon Plastic Value Chains towards sustainability Part I
Session Chair: Tomas Ekvall, Tomas Ekvall Research, Review & Assessment (TERRA), Sweden
Session Chair: Christian Krüger, BASF, Germany
4:30pm - 6:00pmSession 1.20: Life Cycle Based Tools and Data Science Interactions Part I
Session Chair: Alessandro Manzardo, University of Padova, Italy
Session Chair: Monia Niero, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy
4:30pm - 6:00pmSession 1.21: LCA & Circularity to Improve Road Construction Env. Performance Part II
Session Chair: Nicolás Héctor Carreño Gómez, VINCI Construction Shared Services GmbH, Germany
Session Chair: Davide Lo Presti, Universita degli studi di Palermo, Italy
4:30pm - 6:00pmSession 1.22A: LCM for the Biobased Economy: Innovative Methods and Practices Part II
Session Chair: Thomas Schaubroeck, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg
Session Chair: Tamara Coello García, Cesefor, Spain
4:30pm - 6:00pmSession 1.23: LCM implementation in SMEs
Session Chair: Yahong Dong, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau S.A.R. (China)
Session Chair: Mark Goedkoop, Product-ecology, Netherlands, The
4:30pm - 6:00pmSession 1.24: Thermochemical Waste Management: Status & Outlook
Session Chair: Filomena Ardolino, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Italy
Session Chair: Umberto Arena, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy
6:00pm - 7:00pmSide Event 1: Connecting industry and academia to advance life cycle thinking and LCA in research efforts
Location: Room 2
Organized by Rede ACV
6:00pm - 7:00pmSide Event 2: What’s next for ecoinvent? Reimagining the future of background databases
Location: Room 11
Organized by ecoinvent
6:00pm - 7:00pmSide Event 3: SimaPro: Combining craftsmanship with integrated solutions
Location: Room 12
Organized by PRé Sustainability
6:00pm - 7:00pmSide Event 4: Dynamic LCA for the full life cycle using DyPLCA: databases & tools
Location: Aula Magna
Organized by LIST
6:00pm - 7:00pmSide Event 5: Cost efficient Decarbonization and Circular Economy Technologies
Location: Room 13
Organized by Fraunhofer IST
6:00pm - 7:00pmSide Event 6: Mainstreaming LCA in Africa
Location: Room 1
Organized by Africa LCA Initiative (ALIES)
Date: Thursday, 11/Sept/2025
8:30am - 9:30amKeynotes 8 and 9

Mauro Cordella, European Commission - Life Cycle Assessment and Environmental Footprint methods in EU policies: past, present and future
Archana Datta, UNEP Life Cycle Initiative - Building a Global Platform for Life Cycle Data, Methods, and Capacity
9:35am - 11:05amSession 2.01: Regional Sustainability via Life Cycle Instruments Part I
Session Chair: Takunda Yeukai Chitaka, University of Bordeaux, France
Session Chair: Pia Wiche, EcoEd, Chile
9:35am - 11:05amSession 2.02: Pathways to Net-Zero: Industrial Decarbonization & Green Energy Part II
Session Chair: Nele De Belie, Ghent University, Belgium
Session Chair: Pascal Di Croce, EuLA, Belgium
9:35am - 11:05amSession 2.03: Life Cycle Metrics for industry and policymakers: From Innovation to Integration II
Session Chair: Luca Zampori, PRé Sustainability, Netherlands, The
Session Chair: An De Schryver, PRé sustainability, Netherlands, The
9:35am - 11:05amSession 2.04: Nutritional LCA for Sustainable Agri-Food Management Part I
Session Chair: Silvia Zingale, Agroscope, Switzerland
Session Chair: Gianluca De Nardi, EcorNaturaSì Spa, Italy
9:35am - 11:05amSession 2.05: Advancing Polymer Recycling: Methods & Policy for a Sustainable Transition
Session Chair: Paola Federica Albizzati, Joint Research Centre - European Commission, Spain
Session Chair: Carlo Brondi, CNR, Italy
9:35am - 11:05amSession 2.06: Methodologies and Tools for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Value Chains Part I
Session Chair: Andrea Di Maria, University of Liege, Belgium
Session Chair: Olubukola Olumuyiwa Tokede, Deakin University, Australia, Australia
11:05am - 11:30amCB3: Coffee break
11:30am - 1:00pmSession 2.07: Social Sustainability: Data & Method Advancements Part II
Session Chair: Manuela D'Eusanio, Università degli Studi "G.d'Annunzio" di Chieti-Pescara, Italy
Session Chair: Isabel Susan Wolf, TU Berlin, Germany
11:30am - 1:00pmSession 2.08: Sustainable mobility solutions Part II
Session Chair: Katharina Gompf, BMW Group, Germany
Session Chair: Tobias Viere, Pforzheim University, Germany
11:30am - 1:00pmSession 2.09: LCA in Policy: Frameworks, Compliance & Placement Part II
Session Chair: Diego Iribarren, IMDEA Energy, Spain
Session Chair: Antonio Valente, ecoinvent, Switzerland
11:30am - 1:00pmSession 2.10: LCSA advancements and implementation in building Part I
Session Chair: Matthias Fischer, Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP, Germany
Session Chair: Jana Gerta Backes, Meo Carbon Solutions GmbH, Germany
11:30am - 1:00pmSession 2.11: Mass Balance Chain of Custody and LCA methodology and practices
Session Chair: Markus Berger, University of Twente, Netherlands, The
Session Chair: Guy Castelan, PlasticsEurope, Belgium
11:30am - 1:00pmSession 2.12: Policy Coherence: Tools and best practices for an efficient and effective sustainable transition
Session Chair: LAURA GARCIA HERRERO, EC - JRC, Italy
Session Chair: Martina Orefice, Joint Research Centre, Italy
1:00pm - 2:00pmSide Event 7: Life Cycle Initiative 9th General Assembly 2025
Location: Aula Magna
Organized by UNEP
1:00pm - 2:30pmLP2: Lunch & Poster
2:30pm - 4:00pmSession 2.13: Dynamic and Prospective LCA Part I
Session Chair: Jessica Hanafi, Life Cycle Indonesia, Indonesia
Session Chair: Rose Nangah Mankaa, INaB RWTH Aachen University, Germany
2:30pm - 4:00pmSession 2.14: LCA & LCM for Improved Energy Decision-Making Part II
Session Chair: Luka Smajila, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Session Chair: Ketan Vaidya, ex-Northvolt AB, Sweden
2:30pm - 4:00pmSession 2.15: Using LCSA for Industry Decision-Making Part I
Session Chair: Nils Jäger, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG, Germany
Session Chair: Julian Suer, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG, Germany
2:30pm - 4:00pmSession 2.16: Boosting LCM with AI, Machine Learning & Data Science Tools
Session Chair: Antonino Marvuglia, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg
Session Chair: Peter Rudolf Hans Saling, BASF SE, Germany
2:30pm - 4:00pmSession 2.17: Engineering Composites with LCA-Oriented Methods
Session Chair: Tobias Viere, Pforzheim University, Germany
Session Chair: Davide Bonaffini, Hitachi Rail, Italy
2:30pm - 4:00pmSession 2.18: Biogenic Carbon: Challenges of Modelling & Accounting in LCA
Session Chair: Martin Baitz, Sphera Solutions GmbH, Germany
Session Chair: Mateo Saavedra del Oso, Stora Enso, Finland
4:10pm - 4:30pmCB4: Coffee break
4:30pm - 6:00pmSession 2.19: Evaluations of Circular and Low Carbon Plastic Value Chains towards sustainability Part II
Session Chair: Christian Krüger, BASF, Germany
Session Chair: Tomas Ekvall, Tomas Ekvall Research, Review & Assessment (TERRA), Sweden
4:30pm - 6:00pmSession 2.20: Life Cycle Based Tools and Data Science Interactions Part II
Session Chair: Monia Niero, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy
Session Chair: Alessandro Manzardo, University of Padova, Italy
4:30pm - 6:00pmSession 2.21: Digital Product Passport: Information Access for Sustainable Consumption
Session Chair: Lucyna Lekawska-Andrinopoulou, Institute for Communication and Computer Systems, Greece
Session Chair: Kostas Chatziioanou, ICCS, Greece
4:30pm - 6:00pmSession 2.22: LCA & Natural Capital: Driving Nature-Positive Outcomes
Session Chair: Alexandra Evans, Vito, Belgium
Session Chair: Sun-Hea Hong, University of Stuttgart, Germany
4:30pm - 6:00pmSession 2.23: Filling the Gaps in Life Cycle Assessments of Upstream Materials for the Sustainable Deployment of Battery Ecosystems
Session Chair: Sophia Roy, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada
Session Chair: Luka Smajila, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
4:30pm - 6:00pmSession 2.24: LCSA for decision making in energy systems
Session Chair: Maurizio Cellura, Università di Palermo, Italy
Session Chair: Olubukola Olumuyiwa Tokede, Deakin University, Australia, Australia
6:00pm - 7:00pmSide Event 10: Sustainable circular economy for batteries in Europe
Location: Room 12
Organized by HIQ-LCA
6:00pm - 7:00pmSide Event 8: Clean Leap: verifying sustainable business practices
Location: Room 1
Organized by CONFESS
6:00pm - 7:00pmSide Event 9: LCA Automation in the Chemical Industry: Challenges, Learnings, and outlook from the implementation of a new Sphera IT solution at SABIC
Location: Room 11
Organized by Sphera
8:00pm - 11:59pmCD: Conference Dinner
Date: Friday, 12/Sept/2025
9:00am - 9:30amKeynote 10: Federico Brugnoli, CEO and Founder of SPIN360
“Life Cycle Assessment metrics and their role in reducing the impact of collaborative agro-industrial ecosystems”
9:35am - 11:05amSession 3.01: Regional Sustainability via Life Cycle Instruments Part II
Session Chair: Takunda Yeukai Chitaka, University of Bordeaux, France
Session Chair: Pia Wiche, EcoEd, Chile
9:35am - 11:05amSession 3.02: LCT based Tool for Sustainability in Industry
Session Chair: Stephan Krinke, Fraunhofer IST, Germany
Session Chair: Juan Felipe Cerdas Marin, Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt, Germany
9:35am - 11:05amSession 3.03: Nutritional LCA for Sustainable Agri-Food Management Part II
Session Chair: Gianluca De Nardi, EcorNaturaSì Spa, Italy
Session Chair: Silvia Zingale, Agroscope, Switzerland
9:35am - 11:05amSession 3.04: Handprints as a method to accelerate the sustainable Transition
Session Chair: Gregory A. Norris, MIT, United States of America
Session Chair: Sonia Valdivia, WRFA, Switzerland
9:35am - 11:05amSession 3.05: LCSA Insights: Actionable Solutions for Global Challenges
Session Chair: Jana Gerta Backes, Meo Carbon Solutions GmbH, Germany
Session Chair: Alessandra Zamagni, Ecoinnovazione, Italy
9:35am - 11:05amSession 3.06: LCM for an enhanced circularity in steel and other metals
Session Chair: Luiz Kulay, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Session Chair: Diego C Magalhaes, ArcelorMittal, Brazil
11:05am - 11:30amCB5: Coffee break
11:30am - 1:00pmSession 3.07: Downscaling SDGs & Planetary Boundaries for Products & Organizations
Session Chair: Andreas Barth, Wood K Plus Kompetenzzentrum Holz GmbH, Austria
Session Chair: Massimo Collotta, Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Germany
11:30am - 1:00pmSession 3.08: Data Creation & Exchange Tools: Transparency First
Session Chair: Stephan Pfister, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Session Chair: Emilia Moreno Ruiz, ecoinvent, Switzerland
11:30am - 1:00pmSession 3.09: Ecotox/Toxicity Metrics for Portfolio Assessment in Chemicals
Session Chair: Tomas Vilhelm Rydberg, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Sweden
Session Chair: Peter Rudolf Hans Saling, BASF SE, Germany
11:30am - 1:00pmSession 3.10: LCSA advancements and implementation in building Part II
Session Chair: Matthias Fischer, Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP, Germany
Session Chair: Pamela Maria Haverkamp, INaB - RWTH Aachen, Germany
11:30am - 1:00pmSession 3.11: LCM in Rail, Aviation and other transport systems
Session Chair: Davide Bonaffini, Hitachi Rail, Italy
Session Chair: Ladji Tikana, International Copper Association, Germany
11:30am - 1:00pmSession 3.12: Tackling climate risks and nature dependencies for a healthy future
Session Chair: Gian Andrea Blengini, University of Turin, Italy
Session Chair: Giulia Maggiora, Quantis, Italy
1:00pm - 2:30pmLP3: Lunch & Poster
2:30pm - 4:00pmSession 3.13: Dynamic and Prospective LCA Part II
Session Chair: Jessica Hanafi, Life Cycle Indonesia, Indonesia
Session Chair: Suzana Ostojic, INaB - RWTH Aachen, Germany
2:30pm - 4:00pmSession 3.14: Data Creation & Exchange Tools: Transparency First
Session Chair: Stephan Pfister, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Session Chair: Emilia Moreno Ruiz, ecoinvent, Switzerland
2:30pm - 4:00pmSession 3.15: Using LCSA for Industry Decision-Making Part II
Session Chair: Nils Jäger, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG, Germany
Session Chair: Julian Suer, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG, Germany
2:30pm - 4:00pmSession 3.16: Methodologies and Tools for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Value Chains Part II
Session Chair: Andrea Di Maria, University of Liege, Belgium
Session Chair: Roland Meyer, INaB - RWTH Aachen, Germany
2:30pm - 4:00pmSession 3.17: Sustainability & Circularity
Session Chair: Cécile Bulle, CIRAIG, Canada, Canada
Session Chair: Anna Luthin, Mitsui Chemicals Europe GmbH, Germany
2:30pm - 4:00pmSession 3.18: LCM’s Future: Collaboration, Innovation & Impact
Session Chair: Philip Strothmann, Forum for Sustainability through Life Cycle Innovation e.V., Germany
Session Chair: Anna Wikström, Swedish Life Cycle Center/Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
4:30pm - 6:00pmClosing plenary
Session Chair: Matthias Finkbeiner, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
Session Co-Chair: Marzia Traverso, INaB RWTH Aachen, Germany