#CRF25 at a glance
The event for circular economy innovation celebrated its second edition by the motto "build your competitive advantage" and brought together all visionaries to accelerate the circular transformation across all industries.
- 2-day flagship event on circular economy
- 10 innovation and impulse areas
- Top speakers and thought leaders in circular economy
- around 1000 participants from politcs, start-ups, corporates & science
- 13 panels, 6 pitch sessions, 4 workshops and 9 guided tours
- 40 start-up pitches and 6 category awards
- 4 hands-on workshops on circular business models
- 4-day Circular Hackathon – collaborate, innovate, and drive change!
- 1000+ chats on our networking platform
WHERE: MUNICH URBAN COLAB | Munich + online
WHEN: May 22-23, 2025
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Our Speakers
a big thank you to all of you!
Barbara Bachus
Co-Founder & COO
ExoMatter
Matthias Ballweg
Co-Founder
CIRCULAR REPUBLIC
Axel Berger
Chief Sustainability Officer
Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH
Christine Betz
Chief Sustainability Officer
BSH Home Appliances Group
Lukas Biedermann
Co-Founder & CCO
Sparetech
Alexander Bilgeri
Vice President Communications Human Resources, Production, Purchasing and Sustainability
BMW Group
Jocelyn Blériot
Executive Lead - Policy & Institutions
Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Anna Sophie Blistein
Partner
BONVENTURE
Nadine Braun
Senior Manager Strategy Department
E.ON SE
Manuel Braun
Director & Lecturer
SYSTEMIQ (Director) & Technical University of Munich (Lecturer)
Tim Breker
Founder
Vytal
Olav Carlsen
Innovation Manager
SPRIND, German Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation
Caroline Cassignol
Expert Simulation and Digital Twin
Siemens Foundational Technologies
Kunal Chandra
Chief Strategy & Sustainability Officer
RWE AG
Aurel Ciobanu-Doreda
Director in charge of Circular Economy
European Commission
Rubén D. Costa
Head of the Chair of Biogenic Functional Materials & Ambassador of the European Climate Pact
Technical University of Munich
Felicitas Deiler
Packaging
CIRCULAR REPUBLIC
Sandrine Dixson-Declève
Co-President
The Club of Rome
Tina Dreimann
Founder & Managing Director
better ventures
Anja Eisenreich
Strategy Lead Circular Economy & Sustainable Packaging
BSH Home Appliances Group
Fridolin Franke
CMO & Co-Founder
SOLAR MATERIALS
Anna-Christina Frederhausen
Associate Partner
McKinsey & Company
Michael Freiherr
CTO Global
Güntner
Samuel George
Director
Bertelsmann Foundation Documentaries
Max-Frederick Gerken
Co-founder & CEO
Optocycle
Steffen Gerlach
Managing Director
eeden
Jela Götting
Chief People Officer
Tengelmann Twenty-One
Inga G. Grieger
Managing Director & Business Development Manager
BMW i Ventures
Julia Haas
Projektmanagerin Circular Textiles
Interzero
Martin Hauser
Director Circular Solutions
Aurubis
Manuel Häußler
Co-Founder & CSO
Aevoloop
Sophie Herrmann
Partner
SYSTEMIQ
Linda Hinz
Director
Focus Online Earth
Carina Hoffmann-Wellenhof
Electronics & ICT
CIRCULAR REPUBLIC
Susanne Kadner
Co-Founder
CIRCULAR REPUBLIC
Kilian Kaminski
Founder
refurbed
Hans-Peter Kleebinder
Director of Studies
Institute for Mobility, University of St. Gallen
Stefan Kleindienst
Managing Consultant Sustainability
Siemens Mobility
Andreas Klesse
CTO
E.ON Energy Infrastructure Solutions
Julia Knobloch
Deputy Head of Packaging Development
Werner & Mertz GmbH
Pascal Köhler
Director Business Innovation & Marketing
ebm-papst neo GmbH & Co. KG
Canan Köllner
Project Manager Plastics & Packaging
Systemiq
Daniel Koschade
Head of Circular Economy network and requirements
BMW Group
Ansgar Kriwet
Member of the Management Board Research & Development
Festo
Benjamin Kühl
Engagement Manager
McKinsey & Company
Marianne Kuhlmann
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Circularity
Marius Lanuschny
Lead AI Engineer
SAP Responsible Design & Production
Jörg Lederbauer
Vice President Circular Economy, Spare Parts Supply High Voltage Battery and Electric Powertrain
BMW Group
Sebastian Lins
Managing Director
Solvd Group
Florian Lintl
Operational Director Sustainability
TUM Venture Labs
Friederike von Loeper
Senior Project Manager - Circular Futures
ProjectTogether
Achim Löffler
Global Business Leader
Gore
Max Grosse Luttermann
General Manager Europe
Trove Recommerce
Niclas-Alexander Mauss
Co-Founder
CIRCULAR REPUBLIC
Gerben Meier
VP Global Product Development & Circular Design
LyondellBasell
Marie Nawrocki
Legal Advisor Product Conformity & Sustainability
DECATHLON Deutschland
Michael Obersteiner
Director
Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
Dr. Claas Oehlmann
Managing Director
BDI Initiative Circular Economy
Jens Oellrich
Teamlead RE-USE
Bergzeit
Tobias Ortmaier
Strategic Lead
voraus robotik GmbH
Matt Peterson
Recommerce Program Lead, Future Team
Gore Fabrics
Katharina Peterwerth
Vice President of Business Strategy for Grid Technologies
Siemens Energy
Janez Potočnik
Co-Chair
UNEP International Resource Panel
Marie Queneuille
Founder & Managing Director
CHANGESthatMATTER
Florian Reiter
Chief Editor
Focus Online Earth
Gina Rembe
Mission Lead Circular Futures
Project Together
Karoline Reperich
Sustainability Manager (Circular Economy)
Tchibo GmbH
Katharina Reuter
CEO
BNW
Eva Riesenhuber
Global Head of Sustainability
Siemens AG
Christina Rosenberg
CEO & SB
innotail (CEO) & Hugo Boss (SB)
José Saenz
Group leader Assistance, Service and Industrial Robotics
Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF, Business Unit Robotic Systems
Lisa Schebitz
Program Lead Venture Creator
XPLORE
Christian Schiller
Founder & CEO
Cirplus
Andrea Schneller
Co-Founder & CEO
koorvi (Circular Systems UG)
Christoph Schön
Senior Innovation Manager
LKQ Europe GmbH
Helmut Schönenberger
CEO
UnternehmerTUM
Christina Schulte
Impact Investor
Betterventures
Kilian Schwaiger
Managing Director
Association of German Metal Traders and Recyclers (VDM)
Peter Seeberger
Director
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
Anja Siegesmund
President
BDE
Robin J Stalker
Multiple Supervisory Board Member
Hugo Boss AG, Schaeffler AG and Schmitz Cargobull AG
Richard Stechow
Managing Innovation Consultant & Circular Economy Lead
BMI Lab
Sven Steinert
Partner
H&Z Management Consulting
Martin R. Stuchtey
Founder
The Landbanking Group
Rebecca Tauer
Team Lead Circular Economy
WWF Germany
Leonhard Teichert
Enablement
CIRCULAR REPUBLIC
Wolf Tiedemann
CEO
PreZero International
Kiri Trier
Sustainability General Manager DACH
L'Oréal Austria Germany Switzerland
Vanessa Tschapke
Board Member & Circular Economy Coordninator
Rehab Republic e.V. (Board Member) & City of Munich (Circular Economy Coordinator)
Patric Tullio
Project Lead Circular Economy
BMW Group
Tilmann Vahle
Chemicals Lead Germany
Quantis
Carl Warkentin
Founder Circular Textile Platform
CIRCULAR REPBULIC
Verena von Weiss
VP General Manager Site Lünen
Aurubis
Birgit Wintermann
Program Manager Sustainable Social Market Economy
Bertelsmann Foundation
Miki Yokoyama
Managing Director
Aurum Impact
Rebecca Zhu
Head of Growth
Circu Li-ion
And a special thank you to our trusted moderators who guided us through the exciting program.
Leonhard Nima
Moderator
Totinia Hörner
Moderator
Festival Program
Two days of inspiring key notes, panel discussions, presentations, exhibitions start-up pitches, and networking opportunities with other circular economy enthusiasts. Find the detailed program with all information about the festival agenda, including panel discussions and other festival highlights.
Fr, 23.05. I 08:00 Breakfast sponsored by h&z/SUSTAINX - separate registration via this LINK: https://t1p.de/jgba3
Thanks to our Partners of the #CRF25
Impact Partners
Industry Partners
Media Partner
