| N/A | Individual Arrival in Germany Transfer to Neubrücke or St. Wendel by train |
| N/A | Sightseeing Tour | Optional & Own Agenda |
| 19:00 | Dinner Reception | Mensa - Environmental Campus Birkenfeld |
| BIRKENFELD, COMMUNICATIONS CENTRE - ECB | |
| 08:45 | Welcome & Keynote Address: Tackling the daunting carbon/climate challenge – zero-emission & circular economy approach Professor Dr. Peter Heck | Managing Director, IfaS |
| ECB, BIRKENFELD | |
| 10:30 | Guided Technology Site Visit - 1 Technologies for Zero Emission at Europe's premier Zero Emission campus |
| 11:30 | Lunch | Mensa, ECB |
| 12:30 | Transfer to Neubrücke (Nahe) |
| NEUBRÜCKE (NAHE) | |
| 12:45 | Guided Technology Site Visit - 2 Biomass-to-Energy |
| 13:00 | Transfer to Morbach |
| MORBACH | |
| 13:30 | Guided Technology Site Visit - 3 Renewable Energy landscape, Morbach: repurposing a waste land for RE generation |
| 15:30 | Transfer to Kirchberg - Rhein-Hunsrück Entsorgung |
| KIRCHBERG | |
| 16:00 | Guided Technology Site Visit - 4 Greenery Waste Treatment & Energy Production |
| 17:15 | Transfer to ECB, Birkenfeld |
| 18:30 | Dinner | Mensa, ECB |
| 08:15 | Transfer to Trier |
| TRIER | |
| 09:30 | Welcome Address by Mr. Arndt Müller | CEO, SWT |
| 10:00 | Guided Technology Site Visit - 5.1 Energy & Technology Park: green buildings and application of energy efficiency |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | Guided Technology Site Visit - 5.2 Energy autarky wastewater treatment |
| 16:00 | Guided Technology Site Visit - 5.3 Sustainable illumination solutions and digital infrastructure |
| 17:00 | Transfer to Simmertal |
| 18:30 | LED Lightshow at Simmertal Castel |
| 19:30 | Dinner reception | Simmertal |
| 21:30 | Transfer to ECB, Birkenfeld |
| 08:30 Registration | |
| Welcome Address & Keynotes | |
| 09:00 | Welcome Address Prof. Dr. Peter Heck | Managing Director, Institute for Applied Material Flow Management (IfaS) |
| 09:10 | Welcome Address Prof. Dr. Dorit Schumann | President, Trier University of Applied Sciences |
| 09:20 | Circular Economy: a paradigm shift in climate protection in Rhineland-Palatinate Premier of Rhineland-Palatinate (TBC) |
| 09:30 | The Impact of Life-Long-Learning on Circular Economy and Sustainable Development: insights into the DAAD alumni special project NN | German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) |
| 09:45 | The Nexus Approach to Decarbonising Economies Prof. Dr. Peter Heck | Managing Director, Institute for Applied Material Flow Management (IfaS) |
| 10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break | |
| The Circular Economy Policyscape | |
| 10:45 | From Paris to Now: decarbonisation as a catalyst for development NN | UNFCCC, Bonn |
| 11:00 | EU's Perspective of Circular Economy and its Role in Decarbonisation William Neale | Adviser for Circular Economy, Directorate B, Circular Economy & Green Growth, DG Environment, European Commission |
| 11:15 | Decarbonising Germany: achieving energy security and economic growth NN | Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action of Germany (TBC) |
| 11:30 | North-South Collaboration for Carbon Removal and Economic Growth in Mauritania NN | Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania |
| 11:45 | Panel Discussion |
| 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break | |
| Financing Circular Economy | |
| 13:00 | The Role of European Investment Bank (EIB) in International Circular Economy and Carbon Neutrality Actions Dr. Patrick L. Dorvil | Senior Sector Economist, European Investment Bank (EIB), Luxembourg |
| 13:15 | National Investment Strategies for Achieving Carbon Neutrality NN | KfW Bankengruppe, Germany |
| 13:30 | DEG's Support Portfolio for the Transition Towards Carbon Neutrality/Net-Zero NN | Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft (DEG) |
| 13:45 | Support Programmes for Circular Economy: BNP Paribas' active role NN | Circular Economy Expert, BNP Paribas |
| 14:00 | Panel Discussion |
| European Innovations for Circular Economy | |
| 14:15 | Renewable Energy-Water Nexus: climate-proofing the water supply Eng. Joachim Käufler (TBC) | CEO, SYNLIFT Industrial Products GmbH & Co. KG |
| 14:30 | Powering Circular Economy: advances in green hydrogen as a commercially viable alternative energy supply Eng. Stefan Reif (TBC) | Senior Business Development Manager, HYDROGENIOUS LOHC TECHNOLOGIES GmbH |
| 14:45 | Advances in Fluid Transportation: solutions for resource efficiency and climate protection NN | KSB SE & Co. KGaA (TBC) |
| 15:00 | Panel Discussion |
| Global Circular Economy Frontier | |
| 15:00 | Actions Supporting the SDG's in Namibia: the role of biomass value chains Mr Colin Lindeque (TBC) | Managing Director, Carbon Capital (Pty) Ltd, Namibia |
| 15:15 | Long-term Net Zero Strategy of Cerveceria Nicaragua Brewery NN | Sustainability Manager, Cerveceria Nicaragua Brewery (TBC) |
| 15:30 | Resource Efficiency and Decarbonising in Manufacturing Sector: pulp and paper manufacturing NN | Sustainability Manager, Cartones Yaguarete Group, Paraguay (TBC) |
| 15:45 | Panel Discussion |
| Education, Research and Partnerships for CE | |
| 16:00 | Pan-African–German Partnership for Building Resilient Cities Prof. Dr. Askwar Hilonga (TBC) | Director Gongali Model & Senior Lecturer Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology |
| 16:15 | European Initiatives for International Sustainable Development NN | Ecoliance Rheinland-Pfalz (TBC) |
| 16:30 | European Union Funding Opportunities for Decarbonising Research NN | The European Union (TBC) |
| 16:45 | Education for Circular Economy: the IMAT international university network Dr. Michael Knaus | Institute for applied Material Flow Management (IfaS) |
| 17:00 | Panel Discussion and Closing Remarks |
| 08:15 | Transfer to Forbach, France |
| FORBACH | |
| 10:00 | Guided Technology Site Visit - 6 Bio-waste Management Solutions by SYDEME: multiple options for sustainable bio-waste valorisation |
| 12:30 | Transfer to Kaiserslautern |
| 13:45 | Lunch |
| KAISERSLAUTERN | |
| 15:00 | Guided Technology Site Visit - 7 Centralised waste management by ZAK |
| 16:30 | Transfer to ECB, Birkenfeld |
| BIRKENFELD | |
| 18:00 | Farwell Dinner | Mensa - Environmental Campus Birkenfeld |
| BIRKENFELD, Loretta Room - ECB | |
| 08:30 | Registration |
| 09:00 | Open Forum: Business Opportunities, Partnerships and the Way Forward |
| 12:45 | Lunch |
NOTE: Programme subject to change without prior notice.