Date: Wednesday, 12 November 2025
Time: 09:30–16:30 CET
Hybrid event
Venue : Rue Guimard 7 (4th floor), EIT House, Brussels
Context
The RISERS roadmap on industrial symbiosis standardisation is being developed as a strategic reference for European and national standardisation bodies, industry stakeholders, policymakers, and R&I actors. It supports the objectives of the Circular Economy Action Plan, and the EU Standardisation Strategy, while contributing to ongoing policy files such as the revision of the Waste Framework Directive, the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), and the upcoming European Innovation Act. By identifying standardisation needs in ten priority areas—from end-of-waste criteria and digital traceability to sector-specific value chains such as batteries, steel, and textiles—the roadmap aims to enable the broader uptake of industrial symbiosis across Europe.
It builds on extensive stakeholder engagement, including the mapping of over 600 industrial symbiosis cases, targeted consultations with CEN and CENELEC Technical Committees, and a first round of Working Group meetings held throughout spring 2025. The November plenary is a key milestone to validate preliminary recommendations, consolidate cross-cutting findings, and define the next phase of roadmap development. It will ensure that the final roadmap is actionable, inclusive, and aligned with Europe’s policy ambitions for circularity, innovation, and sustainable industrial transformation.
Objectives
Validate and consolidate the preliminary recommendations developed by the Industrial Symbiosis Standardisation Working Groups and present the next steps towards the development of the IS Standardisation Roadmap. This includes:
- Reviewing and refining the current outputs from the WGs to ensure alignment, coherence, and relevance.
- Outlining the activities planned for 2026, with a focus on the consultation phase and the finalisation process of the roadmap.
- Engaging stakeholders in a discussion on priorities, gaps, and opportunities to ensure the roadmap is actionable, inclusive, and widely supported.
Agenda
Moderated by Katrina Sichel.
09:30 – 10:00
Arrival & Coffee
10:00 – 10:20
Welcome & Strategic Framing
Andreea Gulacsi, Director Policy & External Affairs, CEN and CENELEC
- Welcome and objectives of the day
- Brief recap of RISERS progress and roadmap process
10:20 – 11:00
Keynote speeches
- Keynote I – Strategic Perspectives from Standardisation
Prof. Sebastian Engell, A.SPIRE APG Chair, TU Dortmund University
- Keynote II – EU Policy Outlook on Circularity and Waste
11:00 – 12:15
Working Group Updates I – Systemic Enablers
- WG 01 Industrial Symbiosis in General
- James Woodcock, Senior Project Manager at International Synergies Limited (ISL)
- The United Circles Project by Andrea Mora (UNI).
- WG 02 End-of-Waste
- Faye Page, Sustainable Business Practitioner at International Synergies Limited (ISL)
- WG 03 Digitalisation & Data
- Robert Howard, Product Manager at International Synergies Limited (ISL)
12:15 – 13:15
Lunch Break & Poster Sessions
13:15 – 14:15
Working Group Updates II – Sectoral Pathways (Part I)
- WG 04 Steel, Slag & Refractories
- Christian Grunewald, Senior Project Manager at DIN
- WG 05 Batteries
- Rüdiger Meyer, Application Expert Energy Storage at Phoenix Contact
- WG 06 Packaging (15 min)
- Yotam Yosef Avital, Consultant at Enspire Science
- WG 07 Waste Heat (15 min)
- Lieven Demolder, Researcher Energy and cluster management (ECM) at Ghent University
14:15 – 14:45
Coffee Break & Open Discussion
14:45 – 15:30
Working Group Updates III – Sectoral Pathways (Part II)
- WG 08 Textiles (15 min)
- Yuki Nakagawa, Manager of Shimadzu European Innovation Center
- WG 09 Energy Data & Grids (15 min)
- Stavros Spyridakos, Energy Efficiency / Stakeholder Engagement Expert at Institute for European Energy and Climate Policy (IEECP)
- WG 10 Biomass (15 min)
- Yuki Nakagawa, Manager of Shimadzu European Innovation Center
15:30 – 15:45
From Recommendations to Roadmap: What Comes Next
Sebastian Vogel, Project Manager RTD Collaboration, CEN and CENELEC
15:45 – 16:00
Closing Reflections – Strategic Perspectives on Standardisation
16:00 – 16:30
Networking & Wrap-Up Coffee
Target audience
- RISERS Working Groups participants
- Industry associations relevant for industry sectors and SMEs
- European Commission: DG ENV, DG GROW, DG RTD, DG CNECT
- CEN-CENELEC experts
- Industrial Symbiosis R&I projects and platforms
