REACT Cluster Event: Circular Economy in Action: Rethinking Resources for a Greener Future at EU Green Week 2025 (Brussels, in-person)
We are pleased to announce that the ALCHIMIA Project will be actively participating in EU Green Week 2025 as part of the REACT Cluster event titled:
🔁 Circular Economy in Action: Rethinking Resources for a Greener Future
📅 Date: 4 June 2025
🕐 Time: 13:30 – 17:00 CET
🌍 Format: In-person event
🔗 Register here to attend in Brussels
Organised under the umbrella of EU Green Week, this event will showcase pioneering digital and AI-driven solutions developed by EU-funded projects aiming to enhance sustainability, reduce waste, and drive strategic autonomy across various industrial sectors. From metallurgy and food production to waste management, wood reuse, and water treatment, the session will highlight how technological innovation is shaping the future of the circular economy in Europe.
Hosted by the REACT Cluster, moderated by Anna Brékine, Project Manager, Mandat International on behalf of ALCHIMIA Project
Resource Efficiency and Automation for Circular Transformation (REACT) is a cluster of six forward-looking European projects: ALCHIMIA, CLARUS, DARROW, GRINNER, RECLAIM, and Wood2Wood.
These initiatives collectively promote advanced circular solutions enabled by AI, robotics, and digitalisation, demonstrating how European research is transforming environmental challenges into industrial opportunities.
Agenda Highlights
- ALCHIMIA Project
Intelligent Scrap Management for Enhanced Circularity to Produce Quality Steel
🗣 Irene García Martínez (CELSA Group) & Bernd Kleimt (VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH) - RECLAIM Project
Next-Gen Decentralised Waste Sorting with a Portable Robotic MRF
🗣 Michalis Maniadakis (FORTH) - GRINNER Project
How Can AI Tackle the Challenge of Battery-Related Fires in E-Waste Recycling Facilities?
🗣 Antonis Porichis (University of Essex) - CLARUS Project
Promoting AI-Driven Sustainability and Traceability in the Food Industry
🗣 Ludovica Miele & Francisco Fraile (CIGIP-UPV) - DARROW Project
AI-Based Tools for Everyday Operation of Water Resource Recovery Facilities
🗣 Beñat Elduayen-Echave (Ceit-BRTA) - Wood2Wood Project
A Wood-to-Wood Cascade Upcycling Valorisation Approach
🗣 Akrivi Korba (ICCS-I-Sense)
Join us in exploring how these groundbreaking initiatives are contributing to a greener, more resource-efficient Europe.
This event is part of the official programme of EU Green Week 2025, the European Commission’s annual opportunity to debate and discuss European environmental policy.
🔗If you can’t secure a spot in person, you can register here to attend online.
Follow the REACT Cluster projects on social media:
@ALCHIMIA Project | @CLARUS Project | @RECLAIM Project | @DARROW Project | @GRINNER Project | @Wood2Wood Project
