FINEST has reached its halftime.

So we thought it’s time to give a first public overview on the results so far, and get into a discussion.

The FINEST FORUM#1 “Beyond Recycling” aims to gather experts from industry, academia, authorities and
politics for an intense exchange on ways  to follow the path to a more sustainable circular economy for fine-grained residual material streams.

Date: June 11th, 2025 – 10 am to 5:30 pm
Venue: Hans-Grade-Saal, Forum Adlershof, Rudower Chaussee 24, Berlin

Registration: https://events.hifis.net/event/2262/

10:00 Welcoming – Bernd Rech (Director of HZB)

10:15 The FINEST Story – Jens Gutzmer (Director HIF)

10:30 FINEST Solutions – Stefanie Clauß, Rafael Bischof & MD Naziat Hossain

10:45  Keynotes 

10:45 The National Circular Economy Strategy – Holger Wilts (Wuppertal-Institut)

11:05 CRM Supply through Circularity – Britta Bookhagen (DERA/BGR)

11:25 Cradle to Cradle – the better CE? – Nora Griefahn (C2C)

11:45 Coffee Break

12:00 Plenary Session: Towards a more Sustainable Circular Economy of Fines

13:00 Lunch Break

14:00 Gallery Walk: Hall of FINEST Fame (Poster Presentations) – FINEST PhD Candidates

15:00 Transfer Session

15:00 Impulse Speech – Thies Johanssen (TU Berlin)

15:15 Industry Perspective 1 – NN

15:20 Industry Perspective 2 – NN

15:25 Industry Perspective 3 – NN

15:30 Coffee Break

16:00 Plenary Discussion: How to Implement CE Principles in Reality?

17:00 FINEST Get-Together with finest snacks & drinks

19:00 Anouncing the Poster Award & Wrap-up – Jens Gutzmer