LCM 2025
The 12th International Conference on
Life Cycle Management
9th - 12th September 2025 | Palermo, Italy
Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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) |
