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Polymer25

5. november 2025 AarhusEarly bird -250 DKK
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Polymer25, a technical conference that takes sustainability strategies all the way to solution mode! This year, we are proud to present new findings and innovative solutions as well as showing how leading companies are working to meet ambitious strategic goals.

Who are you?

If you're a specialist or manager in charge of R&D, CSR, or innovation, Polymer25 is relevant to you. The conference will bring tangible solutions viewed from both a technical and business perspective into focus.

Join us in Aarhus

Polymer25 takes place on 5 November 2025 at Danish Technological Institute, Kongsvang Allé 29 in Aarhus, Denmark - Building 1, The Conference Room

Udbytte

  • Expand your network, learn, and improve.
  • Enrich your network with peers spanning the full polymer value chain - from design and production to collection, sorting, and recycling.
  • Expand your knowledge and get updated on the newest solutions.
  • Obtain unique insight into the latest findings and solutions - and inspire your own organization towards circularity and increased competitiveness.

Program

09:30 Check-in, breakfast, and networking
10:00 Welcome
Lars Haahr Jepsen, Project Director, Danish Technological Institute
10:10 Resilience Meets Circularity: How a Changing World Shapes Sustainable Polymers
Simon Frølich, Technology Director, Danish Technological Institute & Per Sigaard Christensen, Business Manager, Danish Technological Institute
  • Tap into expert knowledge as Simon Frølich and Per S. Christensen uncover how an increased focus on resilience is influencing the latest trends and developments in sustainable polymers. Discover how circularity and resilience go hand in hand—driving new approaches to technology, raw materials, production, and recycling in an ever-evolving landscape.
10:40 Advanced Recycling Technologies at Trinseo from Invention to Global Scale
Pascal Lakeman, Research Fellow, Trinseo
  • Discover how Trinseo is advancing circularity by bringing advanced recycling technologies all the way to industrial scale. Explore the company’s evolution—from mechanical recycling in linear systems to innovative solutions enabling closed-loop recycling of complex, end-of-life material assemblies.
11:05 Networking
11:50 Material Innovation and Legislation – Navigating Change in the Textile Industry
Kristina Vigen, Chief Sustainability Officer, Sports Group Denmark A/S
  • Join Kristina Vigen as she shares how Sports Group Denmark – like many companies – is responding to the dual challenge of upcoming EU legislation and the need for material innovation. Get insights into the company’s current efforts, cross-sector collaborations, and the practical hurdles of transforming products and processes in a fast-moving regulatory and technical landscape.
12:20 Lunch break and networking
13:20 Plastic Recycling from End-of-Life Vehicles: Overcoming Challenges via Value Chain Partnership
Vibeke Jacobsen, Product Area Manager, Plastic and Composites, STENA RECYCLING A/S, Ole Møller Andersen, CEO, Ørbæk Autogenbrug and Nemdele & Frank Toenniges, Director Engineering BPI, Head of Sustainable Product Design, Adient
  • Value chain cooperation: Learn about the RACE project to increase the reuse and recycling of plastic materials from cars. Explore the challenges and lessons learned from a value chain cooperation to develop circular solutions for the car industry of the future and comply with the coming EU-regulation. Hear the learnings and perspectives from companies of all sizes.
13:50 Recycling, Biobased and CCU-based Polypropylene and Polyethylene – New Solutions and Opportunities
Annika Huomo, Business Development Manager, Renewable and Bio-based Polyolefins, Borealis Polymers Oy
  • Join Borealis on its journey toward a more sustainable future with its Circular Economy Solutions. Discover how the company advances design for recycling, reusable products, and sustainable feedstocks — utilizing carbon from the atmosphere, from biomass, and recycling technologies.
14:15 Networking
14:45 Mass Balancing and Traceability Along Complex Supply Chains
Peter Hawighorst, Program Manager, ISCC System GmbH
  • Delve into the complexities of mass balancing and traceability in modern supply chains as Peter Hawighorst provides a concise overview of ISCC PLUS certification for voluntary markets. Explore the latest regulatory developments and discover how polymers are certified under the ISCC framework, ensuring accountability and transparency throughout the value chain.
15:10 Closing session
Lars Haahr Jepsen, Project Director, Danish Technological Institute
15:15 Networking and farewell

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Location

Polymer25 takes place on 5 November 2025 at Danish Technological Institute in Aarhus, Denmark.

Please note

The conference starts at 10:00 a.m.

Between 09:30 and 10:00 there will be check-in, breakfast and networking

Price

  • Early bird price 750 DKK (until 19 September)
  • Normal price 1,000 DKK (after 19 September)
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Lars Haahr Jepsen

Lars Haahr Jepsen, Project Director, Danish Technological Institute. Since joining Danish Technological Institute in 2016, Lars Haahr Jepsen has played a key role in developing strong partnerships and cross industry collaborations by creating and driving strategic innovation projects. By virtue of his role as Project Director, Lars too has great knowledge of current industry trends and developments within the circular economy, plastics, and textiles.

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Simon Frølich

Simon Frølich, Technology Director, Danish Technological Institute. With a wealth of knowledge of materials, technology development and tech-transfer across industries, Simon is an unparalleled expert in the field of sustainable technologies. As an example, Simon has headed the development of new technologies to disassemble and recycle wind turbine blades in the CETEC-project, leading to new patents and a publication in the prestigious scientific journal, Nature.

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Per Sigaard Christensen

Per Sigaard Christensen, Business Manager, Danish Technological Institute. In his role as Business Manager at Danish Technological Institute, Per Sigaard Christensen drives strategic industrial partnerships and innovation within circular economy and plastics recycling. Drawing on over a decade of experience in recycling technologies, Per currently leads initiatives such as the CRISP project, which pioneers large-scale solutions for food packaging recycling and circular plastics in Denmark.

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Pascal Lakeman

Pascal Lakeman, Research Fellow, Trinseo. As a Research Fellow at Trinseo, Pascal Lakeman focuses on growth opportunities at the intersection of application performance, chemical process technology, and sustainability. Chief technology advisor to the CTO and ELT, he has shaped sustainability programs for plastics and engineered materials, and initiated key discoveries in sustainably advantaged materials and circularity for Trinseo’s markets.

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Kristina Vigen

Kristina Vigen, Chief Sustainability Officer, Sports Group Denmark A/S. With over 25 years’ experience in the textile industry, Kristina Vigen is a seasoned ESG project and change manager. Her wideranging expertise spans communication, stakeholder engagement, and sustainable business transformation. As Chief Sustainability Officer at Sports Group Denmark, Kristina is dedicated to integrating sustainability into core business operations and driving long-term change across the organisation.

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Vibeke Jacobsen

Vibeke Jacobsen, Product Area Manager, Plastic and Composites, STENA RECYCLING A/S. As Head of product area Plastic at Stena Recycling A/S, Vibeke leads the Danish plastic recycling, including setting strategic direction, growth of the plastic recycling capabilities and support to the organization, covering 5 plastic branches. Her focus is to secure solutions for recycling of a broad spectrum of plastic waste from public and industrial customers.

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Ole Møller Andersen

Ole Møller Andersen, CEO, Ørbæk Autogenbrug and Nemdele. As CEO and founder of Ørbæk Autogenbrug and Nemdele, Ole wants to lead the Danish industry of dismantlers towards a more modern way of scrapping cars. Ole promotes a shift towards data-driven reuse before recycling, working closely with stakeholders to improve efficiency, reduce CO2 emissions, and set new standards for sustainable practices in automotive recycling.

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Frank Toenniges

Frank Toenniges, Director Engineering BPI, Head of Sustainable Product Design, Adient. Frank Toenniges leads Adient’s drive toward decarbonizing automotive seating by advancing sustainable product design and circular economy solutions. He champions business process improvements in engineering, focusing on people, processes, and tools to maximize impact and innovation.

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Annika Huomo

Annika Huomo, Business Development Manager, Renewable and Bio-based Polyolefins, Borealis Polymers Oy. As Business Development Manager at Borealis, Annika Huomo leads circular economy projects and innovation in renewable polyolefins, championing solutions like polyolefins based on renewable feedstocks. With deep industry roots across sourcing, customer engagement, and strategic partnerships, she draws on her industrial engineering background to shape the future of sustainable plastics.

Underviser

Peter Hawighorst

Peter Hawighorst, Program Manager, ISCC System GmbH. Drawing on a background in agricultural and forest sciences, Peter Hawighorst brings hands-on experience and scientific insight to his role as Program Manager at ISCC System GmbH. Known for advancing sustainability certification and complex supply chain traceability, Peter helped shape the ISCC PLUS certification scheme and continues to push the boundaries in mass balancing and further the development of the scheme.

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Aarhus
5. november 2025
Early bird -250 DKK