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Towards a sustainable bioeconomy
Research • Educate • Connect
Towards a sustainable bioeconomy

9th International BioSC Symposium "Bioeconomy - Circularity - Sustainability"

November 24-25, 2025 | LVR Landesmuseum, Bonn

The International BioSC Symposium, a platform for inter- and transdisciplinary exchange for a sustainable bioeconomy, focuses in its 9th edition on the connections and links between bioeconomy, sustainability and circularity in the context of global change and climate change. The focus of the first day will be on the connection between circular economy and sustainable business and the role and task of the bioeconomy in this. On the second day, the role of innovation, advanced product design, artificial intelligence (AI) and digitalization as drivers of sustainable technologies and processes will be highlighted. The Poster Call invites participants to present current results of interdisciplinary bioeconomy research.

As part of the 9th BioSC Symposium, a workshop for all PhD students of the BioSC core groups on ‘Science Communication & Social Media’ will be held on 25 November, 2025, afternoon. All information are sent to the BioSC core groups.

 

Registration

Please register until November 9, 2025, at the latest.

 

Poster Call

Submission of poster abstracts

Please submit poster abstracts until November 4, 2025, at the latest.

AGENDA

Monday, 24 November 2025
11:30

Registration & Light Lunch
12:30

Opening Session
13:00

Session I: Bioeconomy and Circularity

Thomas MÜLLER-KIRSCHBAUM, Circular Valley Rheinland

Regina PALKOVITS, ITMC RWTH Aachen / Forschungszentrum Jülich

Ralf PUDE, INRES Renewable Resources, University of Bonn / BioSC
14:15

Posters & Coffee
15:45

Session II: Feeding Resources into Bioeconomy

Daniela JACOB, Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS), Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Hamburg

Juliane MERZ, Evonik

Holger KLOSE, IBG-2 Plant Sciences, Forschungszentrum Jülich / BioSC
17:00

Break
17:30

Evening Lecture & Debate
18:30

Networking Dinner

The poster exhibition is open all evening.

Tuesday, 25 November 2025
08:30

Welcome Coffee
09:00

Session III: Product and Process Design for Sustainability

Alexander MÜLLER, TMG Think Tank for Sustainability, Berlin

Inga LAHRSEN, Energy and Process Systems Engineering, ETH Zürich

Jörn VIELL, NGP2-Center for Next Generation Processes and Products, RWTH Aachen University / BioSC
10:30

Posters & Coffee
12:00

Session IV: AI and Digitalization for Green Innovation

Stephan SCHOTT-VERDUGO, IBG-4 Bioinformatics, Forschungszentrum Jülich / BioSC

N.N.
13:15

Poster Award
13:30

Closing Remarks
 

Farewell Lunch
14:30 - 17:30

PhD Workshop on ‘Science Communication & Social Media’

for PhD students of BioSC core groups, only

 

Venue:
The symposium will take place at the LVR Landesmuseum Bonn, Colmantstraße 14-16, 53115 Bonn. The venue is within walking distance of Bonn's main train station and city center.

Accommodation:
Participants are asked to book their own accommodation in Bonn. There are a number of reasonably priced hotels in the downtown area of Bonn.

Contact:
For more information about the symposium, please contact the BioSC office via biosc@fz-juelich.de.