Program Overview
Program Overview
| Day 1 | Day 2 |
| 7 September - Morning [CEST] | 8 September - Morning [CEST] |
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S5. Challenges and Opportunities in Construction and Demolition Waste |
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| Break | |
| 7 September - Afternoon [CEST] | 8 September- Afternoon [CEST] |
| S2. Circular Economy and Policy Innovations towards Improved Resource Recovery | |
IOCRe2026 Program (DAY 1)
IOCRe 2026 Day 1
S1. Advances in Recycling Technologies
Date: 7 September 2026 (Monday)
Time: 9:00 (CEST, Basel) | 03:00 (EST, New York) | 15:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time in CEST | Speaker | Title |
| 9:00-9:05 | Opening Remark from Conference Chair | |
| 9:05-9:10 | Prof. Dr. Huijuan Dong Session Chair |
Welcome from Session Chair |
| 9:10-9:25 | TBC Oral Speaker |
TBC |
| 9:25-9:40 | TBC Oral Speaker |
TBC |
| 9.40-9.55 | TBC Oral Speaker |
TBC |
| 9.55-10.10 |
Rouel C. Kasilag |
Technical Performance and Industrial Symbiosis of an Integrated Resource Recovery Complex: The Padre Garcia Model |
| 10:10-10:25 | Hongwei Wang Oral Speaker |
Intelligent Prediction of Compressive Strength for Cemented Tailings Backfill Using Bayesian Optimized Machine Learning |
| 10:25-10:40 | Paltu Kumar Dhal Oral Speaker |
Carbonic Anhydrase-Mediated Microbial Conversion of Phosphogypsum Enables Atmospheric CO₂ Sequestration via Non-Ureolytic MICP |
| 10:40-10:55 | Ines Vilarinho Oral Speaker |
Can Wastewater Sludge Become a Raw Material for Sanitaryware? |
| 10:55-11:10 | Fakhri-Eddin Nadir LAHFAIDH Oral Speaker |
Saponification as a chemical tool for the recycling of biobased thermosetting resins: closing the loop toward circular materials |
| 11:10-11:25 | Marcia Dias Silva Oral Speaker |
Towards Sustainable Gold Recovery from Integrated Circuits Waste: Life Cycle Assessment of a Combined Physic-Hydrometallurgical Process |
| 11:25-11:40 | Karima JMAILI Oral Speaker |
Agri-Food Waste Valorization through Dairy Whey Fermentation for Sustainable Tomato Production |
| 11:40-11:55 | Rita Moreira Carvalho Oral Speaker |
Circular Recovery of Platinum Group Metals Using Wool-Derived Keratin |
Afternoon Session
Session 2. Circular Economy and Policy Innovations towards Improved Resource Recovery
Time: 14:00 (CEST, Basel) | 8:00 (EDT, New York) | 20:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time in CEST | Speaker | Title |
| 14:00-14:05 | Prof. Dr. Eric Van Hullebusch Session Chair |
Welcome from Session Chair |
| 14:05-14:20 | Anish Hansda Oral Speaker |
Innovative process intensification route for Gallium recovery from fly ash |
| 14:20-14:35 | Victor Manuel Perez Puyana Oral Speaker |
Using agro-waste as potential raw material of flours and bioplastics under a circular economy framework |
| 14:35-14:55 | TBC Oral Speaker |
TBC |
| 14:55-15:10 | Arockia E J Ferdin Oral Speaker |
From Linear to Circular: Consumer Priorities for Advancing Circular Economy Policy in Taiwan |
| 15:10-15:25 | Domingo Cabrera-Gallardo Oral Speaker |
A circular economy pathway implementation in a real case industry: from landfill biogas to dimethyl ether |
| 15:25-15:40 | Samra BAYRAM Oral Speaker |
Resource Recovery Potential of Veterinary Vaccine Production Process: Transition to Circular Economy |
| 15:40-15:55 | John Vincent Abenoja Nate Oral Speaker |
Circular Biomass Valorization for Ireland’s Horticulture: Land-Use Linked GIS Projection and Multivariate Screening for Peat-Alternative Growing Media |
| 15:55-16:10 | Sotiris Lycourghiotis Oral Speaker |
Spatial Analysis of Fragmented Waste Management Systems Using GIS: A Decision-Support Framework for Urban Optimization |
| 16:10-16:25 | Maria Camila Quintero Quintana Oral Speaker |
Integrating CO2 utilisation and metal recovery in carbon-intensive industries towards circular economy: process simulation and preliminary results from the CIRECO2 project |
| 16:25-16:40 | Sandra Beatriz Santachita Oral Speaker |
A Plan for Environmental and Socioeconomic Balance in General Lavalle |
| 16:40-16:55 | Simone Lima Oral Speaker |
Food waste valorization: a strategic decision-making framework |
IOCRe2026 Program (Day 2)
Date: 8 September 2026 (Tuesday)
Morning Session
Session 5. Challenges and Opportunities in Construction and Demolition Waste and Session 4: Metal, Battery, and E-Waste Recycling
Time: 9:00 (CEST, Basel) | 3:00 (EDT, New York) | 15:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time in CEST | Speaker | Title |
| 9:00-9:05 | Dr. Reyes Garcia Session Chair |
Welcome from Session Chair of session 5 |
| 9:05-9:35 | Assoc. Prof. Mehrdad Arashpour Keynote Speaker |
Advanced Technologies for Construction and Demolition Waste Management |
| 9:35-9:50 | Olabode Emmanuel Ogunmakinde Oral Speaker |
Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Material Passports for Construction Waste Traceability: A Systematic Review |
| 9:50-10:05 | Katrina Deniesse L. Luna Oral Speaker |
Influence of Recycled Asphalt Aggregate Size on the Compressive Strength and Permeability of Pervious Concrete: A Sustainable Strategy for C&D Waste Valorization |
| 10:05-10:20 | Marwa AI-Ani Oral Speaker |
Waste-to-Construction Material Pathways: Recycling-Based Development and Characterization of PET–Foundry Sand Eco-Bricks |
| 10:20-10:35 | Rodrigo Polo-Mendoza Oral Speaker |
Recycled Concrete Aggregate (RCA)-based Asphalt Trackbeds: Structural Design and Environmental Impact Assessment |
| 10:35-10:40 | Assoc. Prof. Ana Paula Paiva and Assoc. Prof. Helena Maria Vieira Monteiro Soares Session Chairs |
Welcome from Session Chairs of session 4 |
| 10:40-11:00 | Prof. Kathryn Sole Invited Speaker |
Recycling of Spent NCM Cathode Material from Lithium-Ion Batteries: Opportunities and Challenges of Hydrometallurgical Processing |
| 11:00-11:15 | Melito Salvador Oculares Oral Speaker |
Effect of Thermal Pretreatment on the Comminution and Fractional Distribution of Gold in Waste Printed Circuit Boards |
| 11:15-11:30 | Jian Zhang Oral Speaker |
Environmental Benefits of Closed-Loop Recycling for Power Batteries: A Life Cycle Assessment of Regenerated Lithium-Ion Batteries |
| 11:30-11:45 | Jayati Priya Oral Speaker |
A Property-Process Matrix for Valorizing Copper Extraction Wastes: Enabling Technology Selection and Resource Classification |
| 11:45-12:00 | Aditi Jha Oral Speaker |
Airforced Chlorination: A Smart Statistical Strategy for Near-Complete Nd/Pr Recovery from NdFeB Magnets |
Afternoon Session
Session 3. Plastic and Composite Waste Recycling
Time: 14:00 (CEST, Basel) | 8:00 (EDT, New York) | 20:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time in CEST | Speaker | Title |
| 14:00-14:05 | Assoc. Prof. Rossella Arrigo and Prof. Dr. Francesco Paolo La Mantia Session Chairs |
Welcome from Session Chairs |
| 14:05-14:35 | Prof. Dr. Paschalis Alexandridis Keynote Speaker |
Advanced Recycling of Plastics: Dissolution can be the Solution |
| 14:35-14:55 | TBC Invited Speaker |
TBC |
| 14:55-15:10 | Reno Rossel Valdehueza Oral Speaker |
Upcycling Waste Expanded Polystyrene into Fog-Harvesting Nanofiber Membranes for Sustainable Fog Water Collection |
| 15:10-15:25 | TBC Oral Speaker |
TBC |
| 15:25-15:40 | Simao Vidinha Pandeirada Oral Speaker |
Urea-Based Eutectic Catalysts for PET Recycling in the Presence of Residual PEF: Experimental, Spectroscopic, and DFT Insights |
| 15:40-15:55 | Chiara Gnoffo Oral Speaker |
Long-term stability of recycled low-density polyethylene (LDPE) films under photo-oxidative aging |
| 15:55-16:10 | Vinicius de Paula Oral Speaker |
Renewable Eutectic Solvent-based Catalytic Systems for the Chemical Recycling of PET and PEF |
| 16:10-16:25 | TBC Oral Speaker |
TBC |
| 16:25-16:40 | TBC Oral Speaker |
TBC |
| 16:40-16:55 | G. O. Adunoye Oral Speaker |
Behaviour of Lime-stabilised Lateritic Soil Reinforced with Plastic Waste |