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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
9:35am - 11:05amSession 1.02: Pathways to Net-Zero: Industrial Decarbonization & Green Energy Part I
9:35am - 11:05amSession 1.03: Life Cycle Metrics for industry and policymakers: From Innovation to Integration I
9:35am - 11:05amSession 1.04: LCA in the mining and metals industry: Current practices and challenges
9:35am - 11:05amSession 1.05: Future-Proof Verification processes in LCA
9:35am - 11:05amSession 1.06: Sustainable Underground Construction In Pipeline Infrastructures
11:05am - 11:30amCB1: Coffee break
11:30am - 1:00pmSession 1.07: Social Sustainability: Data & Method Advancements Part I
11:30am - 1:00pmSession 1.08: Sustainable mobility solutions Part I
11:30am - 1:00pmSession 1.09: LCA in Policy: Frameworks, Compliance & Placement Part I
11:30am - 1:00pmSession 1.10: Circular Textiles: how LCA can support the transition
11:30am - 1:00pmSession 1.11: Healthcare LCA
11:30am - 1:00pmSession 1.12: Achievements and challenges for sector-specific guidelines in industry
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
2:40pm - 4:10pmSession 1.14: LCA & LCM for Improved Energy Decision-Making Part I
2:40pm - 4:10pmSession 1.15: LCM for the Biobased Economy: Innovative Methods and Practices Part I
2:40pm - 4:10pmSession 1.16: LCA & Circularity to Improve Road Construction Env. Performance Part I
2:40pm - 4:10pmSession 1.17: Digital LCA/PCF data sharing for Collaboration & Innovation
2:40pm - 4:10pmSession 1.18: Textile/Apparel: B2B & B2C Communication Challenges
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
4:30pm - 6:00pmSession 1.20: Life Cycle Based Tools and Data Science Interactions Part I
4:30pm - 6:00pmSession 1.21: LCA & Circularity to Improve Road Construction Env. Performance Part II
4:30pm - 6:00pmSession 1.22A: LCM for the Biobased Economy: Innovative Methods and Practices Part II
4:30pm - 6:00pmSession 1.23: LCM implementation in SMEs
4:30pm - 6:00pmSession 1.24: Thermochemical Waste Management: Status & Outlook
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: ecoinvent: Environmental data, reimagined
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
9:35am - 11:05amSession 2.02: Pathways to Net-Zero: Industrial Decarbonization & Green Energy Part II
9:35am - 11:05amSession 2.03: Life Cycle Metrics for industry and policymakers: From Innovation to Integration II
9:35am - 11:05amSession 2.04: Nutritional LCA for Sustainable Agri-Food Management Part I
9:35am - 11:05amSession 2.05: Advancing Polymer Recycling: Methods & Policy for a Sustainable Transition
9:35am - 11:05amSession 2.06: Methodologies and Tools for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Value Chains Part I
11:05am - 11:30amCB3: Coffee break
11:30am - 1:00pmSession 2.07: Social Sustainability: Data & Method Advancements Part II
11:30am - 1:00pmSession 2.08: Sustainable mobility solutions Part II
11:30am - 1:00pmSession 2.09: LCA in Policy: Frameworks, Compliance & Placement Part II
11:30am - 1:00pmSession 2.10: LCSA advancements and implementation in building Part I
11:30am - 1:00pmSession 2.11: Mass Balance Chain of Custody and LCA methodology and practices
11:30am - 1:00pmSession 2.12: Policy Coherence: Tools and best practices for an efficient and effective sustainable transition
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
2:30pm - 4:00pmSession 2.14: LCA & LCM for Improved Energy Decision-Making Part II
2:30pm - 4:00pmSession 2.15: Using LCSA for Industry Decision-Making Part I
2:30pm - 4:00pmSession 2.16: Boosting LCM with AI, Machine Learning & Data Science Tools
2:30pm - 4:00pmSession 2.17: Engineering Composites with LCA-Oriented Methods
2:30pm - 4:00pmSession 2.18: Biogenic Carbon: Challenges of Modelling & Accounting in LCA
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
4:30pm - 6:00pmSession 2.20: Life Cycle Based Tools and Data Science Interactions Part II
4:30pm - 6:00pmSession 2.21: Digital Product Passport: Information Access for Sustainable Consumption
4:30pm - 6:00pmSession 2.22: LCA & Natural Capital: Driving Nature-Positive Outcomes
4:30pm - 6:00pmSession 2.23: Filling the Gaps in Life Cycle Assessments of Upstream Materials for the Sustainable Deployment of Battery Ecosystems
4:30pm - 6:00pmSession 2.24: LCSA for decision making in energy systems
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
9:35am - 11:05amSession 3.02: LCT based Tool for Sustainability in Industry
9:35am - 11:05amSession 3.03: Nutritional LCA for Sustainable Agri-Food Management Part II
9:35am - 11:05amSession 3.04: Handprints as a method to accelerate the sustainable Transition
9:35am - 11:05amSession 3.05: LCSA Insights: Actionable Solutions for Global Challenges
9:35am - 11:05amSession 3.06: LCM for an enhanced circularity in steel and other metals
11:05am - 11:30amCB5: Coffee break
11:30am - 1:00pmSession 3.07: Downscaling SDGs & Planetary Boundaries for Products & Organizations
11:30am - 1:00pmSession 3.08: Data Creation & Exchange Tools: Transparency First
11:30am - 1:00pmSession 3.09: Ecotox/Toxicity Metrics for Portfolio Assessment in Chemicals
11:30am - 1:00pmSession 3.10: LCSA advancements and implementation in building Part II
11:30am - 1:00pmSession 3.11: LCM in Rail, Aviation and other transport systems
11:30am - 1:00pmSession 3.12: Tackling climate risks and nature dependencies for a healthy future
1:00pm - 2:30pmLP3: Lunch & Poster
2:30pm - 4:00pmSession 3.13: Dynamic and Prospective LCA Part II
2:30pm - 4:00pmSession 3.14: Data Creation & Exchange Tools: Transparency First
2:30pm - 4:00pmSession 3.15: Using LCSA for Industry Decision-Making Part II
2:30pm - 4:00pmSession 3.16: Methodologies and Tools for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Value Chains Part II
2:30pm - 4:00pmSession 3.17: Sustainability & Circularity
2:30pm - 4:00pmSession 3.18: LCM’s Future: Collaboration, Innovation & Impact
4:30pm - 6:00pmClosing plenary
Session Chair: Matthias Finkbeiner, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
Session Co-Chair: Marzia Traverso, INaB RWTH Aachen, Germany

 
 
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