🏭 Circular Industry Forum 2026

‍3^rd Circular Industry Forum

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♻️ Theme:

Accelerating industrial adoption of circular innovations:

from eco-design to supply chain transformation

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The forum brings together innovators and industry leaders to accelerate the transition toward circular, resilient and competitive industrial systems.

🎯 Why Participate

• Discover innovative technologies developed by startups to advance circular industry.
• Explore practical solutions through presentations and workshops on circular design and business models.
• Discuss how to scale circular innovations and accelerate the transition to a regenerative economy.
• Connect with key players across science, business and industry to foster impactful collaborations within Switzerland’s innovation ecosystem.
• Celebrate the closing of Tech4Regen’s 3rd season and discover disruptive technologies that have evolved into market-ready solutions.

👤 Who Should Attend

• Business leaders and SME managers seeking to future-proof their businesses.
• R&D engineers, industrial designers, and sustainability and supply chain managers exploring circular solutions.
• Startups and scale-ups developing circular technologies.
• Researchers and policymakers advancing the transition to sustainable industry.
• Investors and ecosystem enablers interested in ClimateTech and circular business models.

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👉 Participation is free of charge but registration is required

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👉 Partnership, Exhibition and Sponsoring Opportunities:

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📅 Agenda & Speakers: (More details coming soon...)

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13:30 | Doors Open & Registration

14:00 | PART 1: Designing circular products for industrial adoption

Interactive keynotes:

Rethink products and services through circular economy principles and ecodesign to create both environmental and business value.

Nadine Wolf Lead Innovation & Circular Business Design Milani Design & Consulting AG

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Using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to Guide Design Decisions

Jonathan Ouziel Senior sustainability Consultant eqlosion

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Industry Case Studies:

• Real-world examples from startups and industrial companies.

Roundtable Discussion:

• How can we accelerate the industrial adoption of sustainable, eco-designed solutions?

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15:30 | Coffee break

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16:00 | PART 2 : Transforming supply chains for circularity

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• Welcome and Introductory remarks

Bertrand Klaiber Program lead, Tech4Regen EPFL Innovation Park

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• Case studies: Presentation of collaborations between startups, industrial companies and consulting firms

16:30 | Tech4Regen closing ceremony and 2027 call for applications

17:00 | Exhibition & Networking Cocktail 🥂

Continue the conversation during the networking cocktail at the Innovations Booth, where cutting-edge technologies for circular industries are on display!

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Solutions Exhibition

Meet different startups, SMEs and Industrial Companies with cutting-edge technologies and solutions

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Forum Sponsors & Exhibitors

Sipchem InnoVent is the Swiss-based innovation and venture capital arm of Sipchem, an international petrochemical company headquartered in Saudi Arabia.

At Sipchem InnoVent, innovation focuses on the internal development of cutting-edge technologies that promote the circularity of plastic materials, such as Meras®, an expanding portfolio of high-performance compounds based on post-consumer recycled PET.

NeoChemurgy GmbH is an ETH spin-off aiming to develop new ways to work responsibly and sustainably with and for chemical products and materials.

NeoChemurgy advocates the industrial valorization of biomass and agricultural by-products through innovative, unconventional approaches.

Resilio will be attending the Circular Industry Forum to present its various initiatives and research projects related to the electronics and semiconductor industries.

In particular, Resilio is one of the founding members of naKnow, an international collaborative platform that generates environmental intelligence for the electronics and semiconductor sectors.

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In-kind Sponsors

The first Swiss Kombucha brand born in 2013!
A tasty alcohol-free sparkling tea, organic, natural, and traditionally fermented.

With Urban Kombucha, thanks to over 10 years of R&D and expertise, we've made a simple promise: to offer a traditionally delicious fermented kombucha, with bold but accessible flavors, low in sugar, consistent in taste, and ALWAYS guaranteed alcohol-free.

La Cave de la Crausaz is a family-run business located in the heart of the Féchy vineyards. For five generations, the Bettems family has been cultivating its vines with passion, producing authentic wines that reflect the terroir of Féchy. Committed to the environment, the winery has been reusing bottles for nearly a century. Today, around 85% of the bottles sold are collected, washed directly on-site at the winery, and then reused. A sustainable practice that reduces waste while supporting short supply chains.

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Program Sponsors

The Service de la promotion de l'économie et de l'innovation (SPEI) supports and advises companies and entrepreneurs based in the canton of Vaud.

The Valery Foundation positions itself as a philanthropic venture partner with the goal of bridging the gap between traditional philanthropy and early-stage impact investors.

As a conviction-driven investment house founded upon the belief that wealth should be used to build the world of tomorrow, Edmond de Rothschild specialises in Private Banking and Asset Management.

The Hirschmann Foundation aims to contribute to the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals through its grants in the areas of youth education, the promotion of science, and social welfare.

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WHY IT MATTERS

Turning Circularity into a Competitive Advantage for Swiss Industries

to address climate change, resource scarcity and evolving sustainability goals and regulations.

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