Sustainability Collider & Tech4Regen Ceremony
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Co-organized by the Vice Presidency for Responsible Transformation (VPT) and EPFL’s Innovation Park “Tech4Regen” startup accelerator, this forum serves as a platform for dialogue between EPFL research labs, startups from its innovation ecosystem, industries active in materials production or processing into products, and governmental agencies.
Next up, Tech4Regen and its partners will present the program’s startups and their contribution to the regenerative economy, as well as launch a new call for applications!
The event will conclude by a cocktail dinner and startups & labs poster exhibition, providing an opportunity for participants to network.
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Startups Exhibition
(with poster/booth numbers)
CIRCULAR ECONOMY & INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES
S1. Grensol
Recycling what is usually incinerated and landfilled
S2. Composite Recycling
Recycle composite material waste into saleable products
S3. SolidWatts
Advanced microwave and radio frequency heating for industrial processes, replacing fossil fuels
S4. LaGrange.ai
Leverage AI for resilient & sustainable supply chain networks
REGENERATIVE SOURCING & AGRICULTURE
S5. GaiaTech
Extracts useful bio-compounds from agricultural waste and resell them to the cosmetics and food industries
S6. Biomede
Maps pollutants in soils and naturally remove them using plants so-called hyperaccumulation to regenerate soils
S7. Databaum
AI-based disease prediction tool helping farmers to secure yields, harvest quality and save on pesticides.
BIODIVERSITY & BIOLOGICAL CARBON CAPTURE
S8. Synature
Bioacoustics technology and AI to improve biodiversity monitoring and aid conservation projects
S9. Space4Good
Unlock, accelerate and scale nature protection and regeneration through reliable earth observation insights
S10. Open Forest Protocol
Blockchain-based platform democratizing carbon credit markets for forest projects globally, ensuring transparency and integrity
S11. Inverto Earth
Helps businesses to become nature positive by restoring coastlines by leveraging innovative robotics and AI
CARBON-FREE RENEWABLE ENERGY
S12. Neology
Revolutionizing Hydrogen Supply with decentralized and clean Ammonia Cracking
S13. Voltiris
Combine high-tech glass greenhouses surfaces with renewable energy production
S14. SoHHytec
Co-generation systems for the cost-effective onsite generation of renewable fuel (hydrogen +oxygen) and Power (electricity+ heat)
S15. Planeto
Digitalise the design of district heating and cooling (DHC) networks, using machine learning to accelerate the energy transition.
S16. Emissium
Tracks, benchmarks, monitors and reduces electricity emissions.
S17. Swistor
Eco-friendly, ultra-fast charging devices combining high energy storage with high-power delivery.
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Poster Exhibition — Research projects
P1. Reimagining Chemical Manufacturing: High-Value Chemical Products from Biomass
Laboratory of Organometallic and Medicinal Chemistry
P2. Simplifying the production of polymers from plants
Laboratory of Sustainable and Catalytic Processing
P3. Stimuli-responsive nano fertilizer for a sustainable agriculture
Polymers Laboratory
P4. Glyoxylic Acid (GA)-Lignin Barrier Coatings for Paper-Based Food Packaging Applications
Polymers Laboratory
P5. The role of process integration in the decarbonization of aluminium industry and the urban district heating
Industrial Process and Energy Systems Engineering
P6. Renewable energy integration and waste heat valorization in aluminum remelting for co-producing kerosene and methanol
Industrial Process and Energy Systems Engineering
P7. A web-based decision support tool for the design and integration of industrial high-temperature heat pumps
Industrial Process and Energy Systems Engineering
P8. Sustainable Biofuels Via Biomass Gasification Towards Fossil-Free Aluminium Production
Industrial Process and Energy Systems Engineering
P9. Integration of renewable energy and reversible solid oxide cells towards decarbonizing the secondary aluminium production and urban systems
Industrial Process and Energy Systems Engineering
P10. Integration of Life Cycle Impact Assessment in Energy System Modelling
Industrial Process and Energy Systems Engineering
P11. Continuing education program: process engineering for the decarbonization of the Swiss industry
Industrial Process and Energy Systems Engineering
P12. Sustainable composites for structural applications
Laboratory for Processing of Advanced Composites
P13. Materials from fungal mycelium
Sustainable Materials Laboratory
P14. Packaging materials: Exploring the versatile properties of soy waste okara
Sustainable Materials Laboratory & Supramolecular Nano-Materials and Interfaces Laboratory
