What to expect at the CIRCULAR REPUBLIC FESTIVAL
Check out the trailer of the CIRCULAR REPUBLIC FESTIVAL 2025!
Our Speakers
and many more to come

Aurel Ciobanu-Doreda
Director in charge of Circular Economy

Katharina Reuter
CEO

Peter Seeberger
Director

Sandrine Dixson-Declève
Co-President

Martin R. Stuchtey
Founder

Susanne Kadner
Co-Founder

Janez Potočnik
Co-Chair

Niclas-Alexander Mauss
Co-Founder
Tim Breker
Founder

Helmut Schönenberger
CEO

Christian Schiller
Founder & CEO

Matthias Ballweg
Co-Founder

Kilian Kaminski
Founder

Carl Warkentin
Founder Circular Textile Platform

Michael Obersteiner
Director

Wolf Tiedemann
CEO

Lisa Schebitz
Program Lead Venture Creator

Canan Köllner
Project Manager Plastics & Packaging

Robin J Stalker
Multiple Supervisory Board Member

Andrè Lang-Herfurth
Co-Founder zerooo & Vorstandsmitglied

Rubén D. Costa
Head of the Chair of Biogenic Functional Materials & Ambassador of the European Climate Pact

Manuel Häußler
Co-Founder & CSO

Gerben Meier
VP Global Product Development & Circular Design

Christine Betz
Chief Sustainability Officer

Sven Steinert
Partner

Tina Dreimann
Founder & Managing Director

Inge Hofkens
Chief Operations Officer Multimetal Recycling

Steffen Gerlach
Managing Director

Axel Berger
Chief Sustainability Officer

Julia Haas
Projektmanagerin Circular Textiles
Our trusted moderators will guide you through the exiting 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. (Please note: the program is preliminary and subject to change)
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Festival FAQs
- Where is the festival taking place?
The CIRCULAR REPUBLIC FESTIVAL takes place in the Munich Urban Colab again, located in the center of Munich, close to Leonrodplatz. Therefore, it is easily accessible by public transport. The nearest stops are:
- “Hochschule München (Lothstraße)” - Tram 20, 21, 29
- “Leonrodplatz” - Tram 12, 20, 21 and bus 53
We recommend using a bike if possible. There are sufficient parking spots for bikes right outside the Colab. Munich also offers many rental bikes, such as the MVG bike.
If you participate in the festival online, you will receive a participation link in advance.
- How to check-in for the festival?
When arriving at the Munich Urban Colab, please enter through the event entrance (marked by our beachflags) and register there with your ticket code or name. You will receive your personalized badge and lanyard, which gives you access to the event space.
In case you have your own lanyard, you are welcome to bring it to the festival.
- How to get to the #CRF25?
We encourage you to travel discounted and climate-friendly to the CIRCULAR REPUBLIC FESTIVAL by train. You can use the DB and get a DB Event Ticket for your ride to the festival in Munich. The following one-way prices are valid until 30.06.2025.
- Event Ticket one-way and specific train (subject to availability):
- 1st class: 95,00 € (seat reservation incl.)
- 2nd class: 59,00 €
- Even Ticket one-way and fully flexible:
- 1st class: 119,00 € (seat reservation incl.)
- 2nd class: 82,00 €
Book online now and get the lowest price for your preferred route - guaranteed.
- Event Ticket one-way and specific train (subject to availability):
- Are there any accommodation offers for the festival stay in Munich?
We do not provide special hotel offers. However, several hotels in various price categories are available near the festival venue.
- What's does this year's festival program look like?
You can find the current version of our this year's program here. Please note, that the program is preliminary and subject to change.
However, we will timely inform you about this year's detailed program and panel participants.
- How circular is the festival itself?
We are making this event as climate-friendly as we can. Some of the actions we take are:
- We reduce printed posters, signs, and flyers to a minimum.
- We design beachflags, banners, lanyards and moderation cards neutral to enable reuse and to minimize waste.
- The food will be organic, saisonal and partly from rescued food and we will only use reusable or compostable dishes.
- We will prohibit give-aways and other single use items in the Start-up Area.
- We will use the lanyards from the last festival. Originally the lanyards are produced from SEAQUAL YARN, sourced from ocean plastic. SEAQUAL INITIATIVE collects ocean, beach, and river waste, recycling what they find. If you won't use the lanyard post-event, kindly return it to us at the entrance so we can use it again. You can also bring your own lanyard if wanted.
- We will use the beachflags and banners from the last festival.
- We will borrow all the plants that we use decoratively at the festival.
- Our team shirts are rented from re-shirt, who work with reversible print. We are able to save 175 000 liters of water and 700 kilos of carbon dioxide compared to buying new cotton t-shirts.
- You can fill your own bottle or the rented reusable cups with tap water or at our re-drink station.
- With a special event ticket we motivate people to travel by train.
- Our chairs are made from yogurt pots.
The external event agency ECENT GmbH, who focuses on implementing sustainability holistically into events, helped determine and implement these measures.
- Will there be media presence at this year's festival?
Our media partner, FOCUS Online Earth, will be present at the festival. We also have a photographer on site and you will get access to the pictures afterwards.
We greatly appreciate it if you share your impressions online and use the hashtag #CRF25. For promotional purposes we are also providing a Festival Mediakit for Start-ups and Corporates including a Style Guide as well as LinkedIn Post Captions.
We can’t wait to see all your thoughts, pictures, and posts! Feel free to tag CIRCULAR REPULIC as well.
- How to stay updated about the festival in advance?
Follow us on LinkedIn to stay updated! We appreciate it if you spread the word about our festival in your personal network - make sure to tag us and use the hashtag #CRF25.
If you have any questions or need help with anything regarding the festival, please do not hesitate to reach out! You can also contact our festival email address festival-circularrepublic@unternehmertum.de anytime for guidance.
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