Meet Our Speakers
Prof. Dr. Peter Heck
Managing DirectorInstitute for Applied Material Flow Management
“Economics of Circular Economy: Examples from the regional bioeconomy”
Dr. Thomas Koch
Director Strategic ProjectsDEG – Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH
“Financing Resilience: Investments in Circular Economy – Lessons Learnt from Developing Countries”
Dipl.-Econ. Marco Angilella
Co-Head – International Project ManagementInstitute for Applied Material Flow Management
“Circular Bioeconomy Transformation: Decarbonisation Strategies for Industry and Municipalities”
Luis Fernando Miranda del Solar
Corporate Head of Research and DevelopmentAUSTRAL GROUP S.A.A
“Sustainable Fishing: a Vision of the Peruvian Industrial Fishery”
Dr. Thomas Noll
DirectorUGE PLC – Unlimited Green Energy
“Circularity Indicators of Unlimited Green Energy (UGE) in the Context of the Energy Transition”
Basel Abusharkh
CEOOsmosys Technologies
“From Waste to Resource: Seawater Brine Valorisation for Resilient Coastal Bioeconomies”
Michael Ruhl
CEORUHL TecConsult GmbH
“Decarbonizing the Giants: Tackling Building-Related CO₂ Emissions in the World’s Megacities”
Rolf Schmitt
CEObhyo GmbH
“Organic Hydrogen from Biogenic Waste: Decentralized, CO₂‑Negative Energy for Climate‑Positive Regions”
Philipp Senner
Head of Business DevelopmentOEKOBIT GmbH
“From Waste to Value: Decentralized Biogas Solutions for Municipal and Regional Circular Transformation”
Dr. Tobias Knaf
Global Application Manager Waste Water TreatmentAerzener Maschinenfabrik GmbH
“Circular Water Management in the Bioeconomy: Practical Solutions for Energy Efficiency and Regional Transformation”
Breandán Goss
Senior Innovation and Accelerator ManagerTrinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Ireland
“The EIT Higher Education Initiative Projekt “ZEUUS”: Zero Emissions Entrepreneurship for Universal Sustainability”
Prof. Dr. Faezeh Mahichi
ProfessorCollege of Asia Pacific Studies, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan
“Travelling University Goes to Japan: Advancing Circular Economy through Binational Education and Practice”
Dr. Umawathy Techanamurthy
Senior LecturerDepartment of Engineering Education, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, National University of Malaysia
“From Linear to Circular: Microlearning Activities on Circular Economy for Engineering Undergraduates”
Dr.-Ing. Ranahansa Dasanayake
Academic Program Coordinator of IMAT Education ProgrammeInstitute for applied Material Flow Management (IfaS)
“Leading by Example: the IMAT international university network for Circular Economy”