LCM 2025
The 12th International Conference on
Life Cycle Management
9th - 12th September 2025 | Palermo, Italy
Conference Agenda
Overview and details of the sessions of this conference. Please select a date or location to show only sessions at that day or location. Please select a single session for detailed view (with abstracts and downloads if available).
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Session Overview |
| Date: Tuesday, 09/Sept/2025 | |
| 3:30pm - 7:00pm |
Plenary 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
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| 7:15pm - 9:00pm |
Apricena: Italian-style welcome drinks and snacks |
| Date: Wednesday, 10/Sept/2025 | ||||
| 8:30am - 9:30am |
Plenary Session: Organized by Pré Sustainability "Decision-Grade Data: What It Takes to Operationalize LCA at Scale" |
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| 9:35am - 11:05am |
Session 1.01: Communication and Raising Circular Economy Awareness via Robust LCA Part I Chair: Matthias Finkbeiner, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany Chair: Stephane Morel, ESCP Business School, France |
Session 1.02: Pathways to Net-Zero: Industrial Decarbonization & Green Energy Part I Chair: Nele De Belie, Ghent University, Belgium Chair: Pascal Di Croce, EuLA, Belgium |
Session 1.03: Life Cycle Metrics for industry and policymakers: From Innovation to Integration I Chair: Luca Zampori, PRé Sustainability, Netherlands, The Chair: Davis Jose, RWTH - INaB, Germany |
Session 1.04: LCA in the mining and metals industry: Current practices and challenges Chair: Johannes Arnold Drielsma, Drielsma Resources Europe, Netherlands, The Chair: Stéphanie Muller, BRGM, France |
| Session 1.05: Future-Proof Verification processes in LCA Chair: Alexander Forell, Makersite, Germany Chair: Gabriella Arcese, Niccolò Cusano University, Italy, Italy |
Session 1.06: Sustainable Underground Construction In Pipeline Infrastructures Chair: Stefan Schmitz, TRACTO-TECHNIK GmbH & Co. KG, Germany Chair: Andreas Redmann, Kunststoffrohrverband e.V., Germany |
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| 11:05am - 11:30am |
CB1: Coffee break |
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| 11:30am - 1:00pm |
Session 1.07: Social Sustainability: Data & Method Advancements Part I Chair: Luigia Petti, UNIVERSITÀ "G.D'ANNUNZIO", Italy Chair: Sonia Valdivia, WRFA, Switzerland |
Session 1.08: Sustainable mobility solutions Part I Chair: Stephan Krinke, Fraunhofer IST, Germany Chair: Jonas Wigger, MOIA, United States of America |
Session 1.09: LCA in Policy: Frameworks, Compliance & Placement Part I Chair: Antonio Valente, ecoinvent, Switzerland Chair: Diego Iribarren, IMDEA Energy, Spain |
Session 1.10: Circular Textiles: how LCA can support the transition Chair: Archana Datta, UNEP, France Chair: Claudia Giacovelli, UNEP, France |
| Session 1.11: Healthcare LCA Chair: Rose Nangah Mankaa, INaB RWTH Aachen University, Germany Chair: Scott McAlister, University of Melbourne, Australia |
Session 1.12: Achievements and challenges for sector-specific guidelines in industry Chair: Martina Prox, iPoint-Systems gmbh, Germany Chair: Peter Rudolf Hans Saling, BASF SE, Germany |
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| 1:00pm - 2:00pm |
LP1: Lunch & Poster |
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| 2:00pm - 2:30pm |
Keynote 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" |
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| 2:40pm - 4:10pm |
Session 1.13: Communication and Raising Circular Economy Awareness via Robust LCA Part II Chair: Matthias Finkbeiner, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany Chair: Stephane Morel, ESCP Business School, France |
Session 1.14: LCA & LCM for Improved Energy Decision-Making Part I Chair: Luka Smajila, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Chair: Ketan Vaidya, ex-Northvolt AB, Sweden |
Session 1.15: LCM for the Biobased Economy: Innovative Methods and Practices Part I Chair: Thomas Schaubroeck, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg Chair: Tamara Coello García, Cesefor, Spain |
Session 1.16: LCA & Circularity to Improve Road Construction Env. Performance Part I Chair: Nicolás Héctor Carreño Gómez, VINCI Construction Shared Services GmbH, Germany Chair: Davide Lo Presti, Universita degli studi di Palermo, Italy |
| Session 1.17: Digital LCA/PCF data sharing for Collaboration & Innovation Chair: Lavanya Pawar, Carboledger, India Chair: Purvish Shah, Carboledger, Inc., United States of America |
Session 1.18: Textile/Apparel: B2B & B2C Communication Challenges Chair: Enrico Benetto, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg Chair: Federico Brugnoli, SPIN360, Italy |
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| 4:10pm - 4:30pm |
CB2: Coffee break |
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| 4:30pm - 6:00pm |
Session 1.19: Evaluations of Circular and Low Carbon Plastic Value Chains towards sustainability Part I Chair: Tomas Ekvall, Tomas Ekvall Research, Review & Assessment (TERRA), Sweden Chair: Christian Krüger, BASF, Germany |
Session 1.20: Life Cycle Based Tools and Data Science Interactions Part I Chair: Alessandro Manzardo, University of Padova, Italy Chair: Monia Niero, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy |
Session 1.21: LCA & Circularity to Improve Road Construction Env. Performance Part II Chair: Nicolás Héctor Carreño Gómez, VINCI Construction Shared Services GmbH, Germany Chair: Davide Lo Presti, Universita degli studi di Palermo, Italy |
Session 1.22A: LCM for the Biobased Economy: Innovative Methods and Practices Part II Chair: Thomas Schaubroeck, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg Chair: Tamara Coello García, Cesefor, Spain |
| Session 1.23: LCM implementation in SMEs Chair: Yahong Dong, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau S.A.R. (China) Chair: Mark Goedkoop, Product-ecology, Netherlands, The |
Session 1.24: Thermochemical Waste Management: Status & Outlook Chair: Filomena Ardolino, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Italy Chair: Umberto Arena, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy |
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| 6:00pm - 7:00pm |
Side Event 1: Connecting industry and academia to advance life cycle thinking and LCA in research efforts Location: Room 2 Organized by Rede ACV |
Side Event 2: What’s next for ecoinvent? Reimagining the future of background databases Location: Room 11 Organized by ecoinvent |
Side Event 3: SimaPro: Combining craftsmanship with integrated solutions Location: Room 12 Organized by PRé Sustainability |
Side Event 4: Dynamic LCA for the full life cycle using DyPLCA: databases & tools Location: Aula Magna Organized by LIST |
| Side Event 5: Cost efficient Decarbonization and Circular Economy Technologies Location: Room 13 Organized by Fraunhofer IST |
Side Event 6: Mainstreaming LCA in Africa Location: Room 1 Organized by Africa LCA Initiative (ALIES) |
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| Date: Thursday, 11/Sept/2025 | ||||
| 8:30am - 9:30am |
Keynotes 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 |
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| 9:35am - 11:05am |
Session 2.01: Regional Sustainability via Life Cycle Instruments Part I Chair: Takunda Yeukai Chitaka, University of Bordeaux, France Chair: Pia Wiche, EcoEd, Chile |
Session 2.02: Pathways to Net-Zero: Industrial Decarbonization & Green Energy Part II Chair: Nele De Belie, Ghent University, Belgium Chair: Pascal Di Croce, EuLA, Belgium |
Session 2.03: Life Cycle Metrics for industry and policymakers: From Innovation to Integration II Chair: Luca Zampori, PRé Sustainability, Netherlands, The Chair: An De Schryver, PRé sustainability, Netherlands, The |
Session 2.04: Nutritional LCA for Sustainable Agri-Food Management Part I Chair: Silvia Zingale, Agroscope, Switzerland Chair: Gianluca De Nardi, EcorNaturaSì Spa, Italy |
| Session 2.05: Advancing Polymer Recycling: Methods & Policy for a Sustainable Transition Chair: Paola Federica Albizzati, Joint Research Centre - European Commission, Spain Chair: Carlo Brondi, CNR, Italy |
Session 2.06: Methodologies and Tools for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Value Chains Part I Chair: Andrea Di Maria, University of Liege, Belgium Chair: Olubukola Olumuyiwa Tokede, Deakin University, Australia, Australia |
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| 11:05am - 11:30am |
CB3: Coffee break |
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| 11:30am - 1:00pm |
Session 2.07: Social Sustainability: Data & Method Advancements Part II Chair: Manuela D'Eusanio, Università degli Studi "G.d'Annunzio" di Chieti-Pescara, Italy Chair: Isabel Susan Wolf, TU Berlin, Germany |
Session 2.08: Sustainable mobility solutions Part II Chair: Katharina Gompf, BMW Group, Germany Chair: Tobias Viere, Pforzheim University, Germany |
Session 2.09: LCA in Policy: Frameworks, Compliance & Placement Part II Chair: Diego Iribarren, IMDEA Energy, Spain Chair: Antonio Valente, ecoinvent, Switzerland |
Session 2.10: LCSA advancements and implementation in building Part I Chair: Matthias Fischer, Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP, Germany Chair: Jana Gerta Backes, Meo Carbon Solutions GmbH, Germany |
| Session 2.11: Mass Balance Chain of Custody and LCA methodology and practices Chair: Markus Berger, University of Twente, Netherlands, The Chair: Guy Castelan, PlasticsEurope, Belgium |
Session 2.12: Policy Coherence: Tools and best practices for an efficient and effective sustainable transition Chair: LAURA GARCIA HERRERO, EC - JRC, Italy Chair: Martina Orefice, Joint Research Centre, Italy |
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| 1:00pm - 2:00pm |
Side Event 7: Life Cycle Initiative 9th General Assembly 2025 Location: Aula Magna Organized by UNEP |
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| 1:00pm - 2:30pm |
LP2: Lunch & Poster |
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| 2:30pm - 4:00pm |
Session 2.13: Dynamic and Prospective LCA Part I Chair: Jessica Hanafi, Life Cycle Indonesia, Indonesia Chair: Rose Nangah Mankaa, INaB RWTH Aachen University, Germany |
Session 2.14: LCA & LCM for Improved Energy Decision-Making Part II Chair: Luka Smajila, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Chair: Ketan Vaidya, ex-Northvolt AB, Sweden |
Session 2.15: Using LCSA for Industry Decision-Making Part I Chair: Nils Jäger, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG, Germany Chair: Julian Suer, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG, Germany |
Session 2.16: Boosting LCM with AI, Machine Learning & Data Science Tools Chair: Antonino Marvuglia, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg Chair: Peter Rudolf Hans Saling, BASF SE, Germany |
| Session 2.17: Engineering Composites with LCA-Oriented Methods Chair: Tobias Viere, Pforzheim University, Germany Chair: Davide Bonaffini, Hitachi Rail, Italy |
Session 2.18: Biogenic Carbon: Challenges of Modelling & Accounting in LCA Chair: Martin Baitz, Sphera Solutions GmbH, Germany Chair: Mateo Saavedra del Oso, Stora Enso, Finland |
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| 4:10pm - 4:30pm |
CB4: Coffee break |
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| 4:30pm - 6:00pm |
Session 2.19: Evaluations of Circular and Low Carbon Plastic Value Chains towards sustainability Part II Chair: Christian Krüger, BASF, Germany Chair: Tomas Ekvall, Tomas Ekvall Research, Review & Assessment (TERRA), Sweden |
Session 2.20: Life Cycle Based Tools and Data Science Interactions Part II Chair: Monia Niero, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy Chair: Alessandro Manzardo, University of Padova, Italy |
Session 2.21: Digital Product Passport: Information Access for Sustainable Consumption Chair: Lucyna Lekawska-Andrinopoulou, Institute for Communication and Computer Systems, Greece Chair: Kostas Chatziioanou, ICCS, Greece |
Session 2.22: LCA & Natural Capital: Driving Nature-Positive Outcomes Chair: Alexandra Evans, Vito, Belgium Chair: Sun-Hea Hong, University of Stuttgart, Germany |
| Session 2.23: Filling the Gaps in Life Cycle Assessments of Upstream Materials for the Sustainable Deployment of Battery Ecosystems Chair: Sophia Roy, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada Chair: Luka Smajila, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden |
Session 2.24: LCSA for decision making in energy systems Chair: Maurizio Cellura, Università di Palermo, Italy Chair: Olubukola Olumuyiwa Tokede, Deakin University, Australia, Australia |
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| 6:00pm - 7:00pm |
Side Event 10: Sustainable circular economy for batteries in Europe Location: Room 12 Organized by HIQ-LCA |
Side Event 8: Clean Leap: verifying sustainable business practices Location: Room 1 Organized by CONFESS |
Side 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 |
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| 8:00pm - 11:59pm |
CD: Conference Dinner |
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| Date: Friday, 12/Sept/2025 | ||||
| 9:00am - 9:30am |
Keynote 10: Federico Brugnoli, CEO and Founder of SPIN360 “Life Cycle Assessment metrics and their role in reducing the impact of collaborative agro-industrial ecosystems” |
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| 9:35am - 11:05am |
Session 3.01: Regional Sustainability via Life Cycle Instruments Part II Chair: Takunda Yeukai Chitaka, University of Bordeaux, France Chair: Pia Wiche, EcoEd, Chile |
Session 3.02: LCT based Tool for Sustainability in Industry Chair: Stephan Krinke, Fraunhofer IST, Germany Chair: Juan Felipe Cerdas Marin, Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt, Germany |
Session 3.03: Nutritional LCA for Sustainable Agri-Food Management Part II Chair: Gianluca De Nardi, EcorNaturaSì Spa, Italy Chair: Silvia Zingale, Agroscope, Switzerland |
Session 3.04: Handprints as a method to accelerate the sustainable Transition Chair: Gregory A. Norris, MIT, United States of America Chair: Sonia Valdivia, WRFA, Switzerland |
| Session 3.05: LCSA Insights: Actionable Solutions for Global Challenges Chair: Jana Gerta Backes, Meo Carbon Solutions GmbH, Germany Chair: Alessandra Zamagni, Ecoinnovazione, Italy |
Session 3.06: LCM for an enhanced circularity in steel and other metals Chair: Luiz Kulay, University of São Paulo, Brazil Chair: Diego C Magalhaes, ArcelorMittal, Brazil |
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| 11:05am - 11:30am |
CB5: Coffee break |
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| 11:30am - 1:00pm |
Session 3.07: Downscaling SDGs & Planetary Boundaries for Products & Organizations Chair: Andreas Barth, Wood K Plus Kompetenzzentrum Holz GmbH, Austria Chair: Massimo Collotta, Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Germany |
Session 3.08: Data Creation & Exchange Tools: Transparency First Chair: Stephan Pfister, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Chair: Emilia Moreno Ruiz, ecoinvent, Switzerland |
Session 3.09: Ecotox/Toxicity Metrics for Portfolio Assessment in Chemicals Chair: Tomas Vilhelm Rydberg, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Sweden Chair: Peter Rudolf Hans Saling, BASF SE, Germany |
Session 3.10: LCSA advancements and implementation in building Part II Chair: Matthias Fischer, Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP, Germany Chair: Pamela Maria Haverkamp, INaB - RWTH Aachen, Germany |
| Session 3.11: LCM in Rail, Aviation and other transport systems Chair: Davide Bonaffini, Hitachi Rail, Italy Chair: Ladji Tikana, International Copper Association, Germany |
Session 3.12: Tackling climate risks and nature dependencies for a healthy future Chair: Gian Andrea Blengini, University of Turin, Italy Chair: Giulia Maggiora, Quantis, Italy |
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| 1:00pm - 2:30pm |
LP3: Lunch & Poster |
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| 2:30pm - 4:00pm |
Session 3.13: Dynamic and Prospective LCA Part II Chair: Jessica Hanafi, Life Cycle Indonesia, Indonesia Chair: Suzana Ostojic, INaB - RWTH Aachen, Germany |
Session 3.14: Data Creation & Exchange Tools: Transparency First Chair: Stephan Pfister, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Chair: Emilia Moreno Ruiz, ecoinvent, Switzerland |
Session 3.15: Using LCSA for Industry Decision-Making Part II Chair: Nils Jäger, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG, Germany Chair: Julian Suer, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG, Germany |
Session 3.16: Methodologies and Tools for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Value Chains Part II Chair: Andrea Di Maria, University of Liege, Belgium Chair: Roland Meyer, INaB - RWTH Aachen, Germany |
| Session 3.17: Sustainability & Circularity Chair: Cécile Bulle, CIRAIG, Canada, Canada Chair: Anna Luthin, Mitsui Chemicals Europe GmbH, Germany |
Session 3.18: LCM’s Future: Collaboration, Innovation & Impact Chair: Philip Strothmann, Forum for Sustainability through Life Cycle Innovation e.V., Germany Chair: Anna Wikström, Swedish Life Cycle Center/Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden |
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| 4:30pm - 6:00pm |
Closing plenary Session Chair: Matthias Finkbeiner, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
Session Co-Chair: Marzia Traverso, INaB RWTH Aachen, Germany |
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