MobilKreis conference
Following a successful launch last year, we are hosting the 2nd MobilKreis Conference in Dortmund on September 23 and 24, 2025. This year's theme is "Shaping the circular economy together: innovations between science and practice“. The conference is a platform for exchanging experiences, gathering valuable suggestions, developing new ideas, and engaging in interesting discussions. You can expect presentations, workshops, and keynote speeches that will provide inspiration for a sustainable future. Topics include the optimization of dismantling processes, the reuse of automotive components, information exchange in circular production networks, intelligent and variable process planning, and many more.
We look forward to your participation!
Key Facts
- When: 23 - 24 September 2025
- Where: TU Dortmund University, Seminar Room Building 1 (Friedrich Wöhler Weg 6)
- Objective: Make innovations in the circular economy accessible to the general public
- Primary language: German, Secondary language: English
- Address of the evening event: Brauturm in the Dortmunder U, Leonie-Reygers-Terrasse, 44137 Dortmund
The conference places a strong focus on practice-orientated approaches. The aim is to prepare scientific findings and research results in such a way that they are understandable and accessible to the general public. The papers. to be prepared and the presentations .at the conference should fulfil the following criteria:
- Expressiveness: The content of the papers and presentations should be clear and concise. Complex research results are presented in an understandable way in order to offer readers and listeners added value.
- Public accessibility: The papers and presentations will not only be made available to conference participants, but also to the general public on the MobilKreis Hub (https://hub.mobilkreis.de/). This enables an additional and long-lasting transfer of knowledge beyond the conference.
General conditions:
- Contributions: Paper with 4 - 10 pages of text (references and biographies excluded) or corporate strategies related to circular economy
- Language: Conference language is German, submissions in English are also possible
- Focus: Practical transfer of results based on scientific findings from your project or company
- Template: Word-Template (download)
Time course:
- Deadline for the contribution (Word und PDF): Extended until 13.06.2025, to benjamin.koch@mb.tu-chemnitz.de
- Feedback on the article: 04.07.2025
- Submission of the revised contribution: 28.07.2025
- Deadline for the presentation (PowerPoint + PDF): 09.09.2025, also to benjamin.koch@mb.tu-chemnitz.de
Additional notes:
- Both the contribution and the presentation will be published on the MobilKreis Hub, please note any confidentiality agreements with your partners.
- The contribution can have more depth than the presentation, but the presentation should be meaningful on its own (e.g. on the MobilKreis Hub).
- The paper and presentation should be prepared in such a way that they can also be understood by non-scientists.
- For the practical transfer of results, it is advisable to derive concrete basic ideas and recommendations for action for companies - especially SMEs.
We look forward to a lively exchange and a successful event!
