1st Swiss Sustainable Polymer Conference SSPC 2025

The Swiss Sustainable Polymer Conference (SSPC) is the first Swiss-wide exchange platform for networking between industry and science in the field of the sustainable transformation of the plastics industry. In addition to informative presentations and laboratory tours, the conference offers showcases from innovative partners and start-ups as well as a wide range of networking opportunities.

Information

Time	Titel	Speaker
08:30	Registration (Audimax 1.045)
09:00	Welcome and Introduction	Prof. Dr. Christian Rytka Institut für Kunststofftechnik FHNW
09:10	Transformation to sustainable plastics technology	Prof. Dr. Christian Rytka Institut für Kunststofftechnik FHNW
09:30	Update on Plastic Regulations	Elias Rehmann BAFU
09:50	PET-Recycling	Jana Walker Resilux
10:10	Coffee Break / Show cases / table exhibition
10:40	Barriers and Drivers for the adoption of (plastic) circularity and pathways to overcome them	Prof. Dr. Grégoire Meylan Institut für Biomasse und Ressourceneffizienz FHNW
11:00	Bio-based and degradable thermoset composites	Prof. Dr. Katharina Resch-Fauster Uni Leoben
11:30	Designing for a Circular Economy	Stephanie Estoppey Studiocolony
11:50	Lunchbreak / Case studies / table exhibition
13:00	Show cases / table exhibition / Guided tour through the technical center
14:30	Coffee Break / Show cases / table exhibition
15:00	Results Innobooster Applied Circular Sustainability	Salome Berger ZHAW
15:20	Circular economy as a strategy for sustainable plastics	Dr. Melanie Haupt realcycle
15:40	Development of closed plastic loops	Dr. Rémy Stoll KATZ
16:00	Potentials and challenges of chemical recycling	Dr. Arno Maurer OST
16:20	Closing words	Prof. Dr. Christian Rytka Institut für Kunststofftechnik FHNW