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: 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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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