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A technical secretariat desk will be available on site to collect speakers’ presentations.

All presentation rooms are equipped with a laptop and the necessary audiovisual equipment, so there is no need to bring your own computer.

We kindly ask that you save your presentation on a USB drive and provide it to the technical secretariat upon arrival.

Time Room 1 – Kallirhoe Hall
08:00-18:00 Registration
08:30-09:00 Coffee & Networking
09:00-14:00 Hands-on Workshops
WS1: Life Cycle Assessment as a Decision-Support Tool for Sustainable Innovation (9.00-10.30) (View More Details)
WS2: Advanced modeling and twinning technology with Physics Informed Neural Networks for industrial bioreactors (View More Details)
WS3:Closing the DBTL Loop with a Cell Digital Twin (View More Details)
WS4: Data Fabric of Twinning Services for Industrial Biotechnology (View More Details)
14:00-14:45 Break & Networking
14:45-15:00 Opening
15:00-16:00

Plenary Session: “AI for Sustainability: A Multi-Scale Approach”

Fengqi You

Cornell University, USA

16:00-16:30

Keynote: “Circular Economy – Dissolution Recycling of Plastics”

Dimitris I. Collias

University of Pennsylvania, USA

16:30-17:15 T1. Green & Sustainable Technologies
17:15-18:00 T5. Process Engineering & Industrial Applications
18:00 – 19:30 Welcome Cocktail
Time Room 1 – Kallirhoe Hall Room 2 – Templars Hall Room 3 – Abbey Hall
08:00-18:00 Registration
08:30-09:30

Plenary Session:“The Quest Towards Sustainable Energy Evolution”

Stratos Pistikopoulos

Texas A&M Energy Institute, USA

09:45-11:45 Panel – Sustainability & AI in Industry (09:45-10:15)
Keynote: “From Carbohydrate Feedstocks to Advanced bioplastics: Fine-tuning of polyhydroxyalkanoates through feeding strategy post-synthetic modification techniques”

Constantinos Theodoropoulos

University of Manchester, UK
(09:45-10:15)
Keynote: “Iterative Schur Decomposition for Optimization of Energy Systems”

Vladimir Mahalec

McMaster University, CA
(10:15-11:45) T2. Sustainability and Industrial Biotechnology (10:15-11:45) T5. Process Engineering & Industrial Applications
11:45-12:00 Networking Coffee Break
12:00-13:30 Bioindustry 4.0 Stakeholders Workshop
(Click here to view detailed information)
T3. Sustainable conversion of Power-to-X Systems

(12:00–12:30) Keynote: “A Generalized Framework for Robustness and Uncertainty Quantification in Physics-Informed Surrogates: Application to Biomass Gasification”

Athanasios Papadopoulos

CERTH, Greece

(13:00–13:30) T5. Process Engineering & Industrial Applications T4. AI for Sustainability / T5. Process Engineering & Industrial Applications
13:30-14:30 Lunch & Coffee (Closed-door SuSChem Community Meeting at Room-1)
14:30-16:30 (14:30-15:00) – SSbD projects (14:30-15:15) T2. Sustainability and Industrial Biotechnology T5. Process Engineering & Industrial Applications
(15:00-15:30) – Industrial Awards Pitches
(15:30-16:30) – SuSChem Community Open Session (15:15-16:30) T1. Green & Sustainable Technologies
16:30-17:00

Networking coffee break (Closed Door ROBOCOOP meeting)

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Poster Session-1 (Room 2 – Templars Hall)

  • Poster Size & Format: Size A0, Portrait Format
17:00-18:00

Plenary Session: “Closing the Loop: From Human, to Artificial, to Natural Intelligence for Sustainability”

Marc-Olivier Coppens

University College London, UK

18:00-18:30 Student Awards Session: Design of Integrated Biorefineries
20:00

Dinner

The Conference Dinner, will take place at Aigli Zappa restaurant, one of Athens’ most renowned dining venues.

Located in the heart of Athens, next to the iconic Zappeion Hall and surrounded by the National Gardens, Aigli Zappa offers a unique blend of elegant dining and contemporary Mediterranean cuisine.

The restaurant is within walking distance of the conference venue hotel.

Ticket Cost: €85 per person.

To book your ticket and obtain further information, please use the link:

Dinner Tickets

Please note that the number of available seats is limited. To secure your place, you are kindly requested to book your ticket no later than Tuesday, 9 June 2026.

Time Room 1 – Kallirhoe Hall Room 2 – Templars Hall Room 3 – Abbey Hall Room 4 – Conf. Room GF
08:00-18:00 Registration
08:30-09:30 Plenary Session: “Toward Chemical Processes that are Sustainable-by-Design: Integrated Discovery and Experimental Evaluation of Profitable and Net-Zero Process Networks”
Bhavik Bakshi
Arizona State University, USA
09:45-10:15

Keynote: “Systems Engineering for Solar-driven Direct Air Capture and CO2 Utilisation (DACCU) to produce sustainable avaiation fuel (SAF)

Meihong Wang

University of Sheffield, UK

Keynote: “Early Life Cycle Impact Assessment Based on Green Chemistry Metrics: A data predictive approach”

Stavros Papadokonstantakis

TU Wien, Austria

Keynote: “Implementation of digital tools in nanobody bioprocesses: from digital models to digital twins”

Cesar Aceves Lara

INSA Toulouse, France

Keynote: “Circular Chemicals within Planetary Boundaries”

Gonzalo Guillén Gosálbez

ETH Zürich, Switzerland

10:15-11:30 T5. Process Engineering & Industrial Applications T6. Safe & Sustainable by Design (SSbD) Processes and Materials T5. Process Engineering & Industrial Applications T1. Green & Sustainable Technologies
11:30-11:45 Networking Coffee Break
11:45-13:00 T5. Process Engineering & Industrial Applications T3. Sustainable conversion of Power-to-X Systems T4. AI for Sustainability T1. Green & Sustainable Technologies
13:00-14:00 Lunch & Coffee (Closed-door EFCE-Sustainability Section meeting at Room-1)
14:00-14:30

Keynote: “Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Process Generation: From Optimal Synthesis Routes to Executable Flowsheets”

Antonio Del Rio Chanona

Imperial College, UK

Keynote: “From Framework to Practice: A Next-Generation Computational Umbrella Toolbox for Safe and Sustainable by Design Chemicals and Materials “

Dimosthenis Sarigiannis

(National Hellenic Research Foundation, Greece)

Keynote: “Digitalisation and automation in smart biomanufacturing: uncertainties, challenges and early pathways towards safe and sustainable design”

Vitor Martins dos Santos

Wageningen University, Netherlands

Keynote: “Sustainable Technologies in development: the case of circular plastics and beyond”

Shiju Raveendran

University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

14:30-16:00 T4. AI for Sustainability (14:30-15:30) T6. SSbD Processes and Materials T2. Sustainability and Industrial Biotechnology T1. Green & Sustainable Technologies
(15:30-16:00) T5. Process Engineering & Industrial
16:00-16:30

Coffee

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Poster Session-2 (Room 2 – Templars Hall)

  • Poster Size & Format: Size A0, Portrait Format
16:30-17:30 T5. Process Engineering & Industrial Applications T1. Green & Sustainable Technologies T3. Sustainable conversion of Power-to-X Systems T1. Green & Sustainable Technologies
17:30-18:00 Closing Ceremony

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