Keeping global warming below the 2.0 °C threshold remains one of the main challenges of our time. Achieving this goal requires transparent, reliable data on product origins and lifecycles—shared seamlessly across the supply chain—to enable and accelerate a truly circular economy. Meet us at the CircularTech Forum on 22 September 2025 in Cologne, Germany, where leading voices from circular economy and digitalisation come together.
The aim of the CircularTech Forum is to connect these two transformative fields, diving into the latest innovations, barriers, and solutions. A special focus will be placed on financing circular transitions and harnessing digital tools—such as the Digital Product Passports.
At the summit, more than 350 pioneers will come together from across the circular economy value chain—including raw material suppliers, manufacturers, recyclers, standardisation bodies, the green tech ecosystem, policymakers, industry experts, and more. The event includes keynotes and panel discussions, hands-on workshops, an exhibition area, and high-impact networking.
This year, the CircularTech Forum will celebrate outstanding achievements in DPP innovation with a sector-first milestone, the global Digital Product Passport Awards.
The DPP Excellence Award honours excellence in 4 categories: Visionary Innovation, Maturity in Action, Impact Leader, and Champion of Global Collaboration.
The forum is organised by CircularTech, an international platform for the Digital Product Passport (DPP) community that aims to spark global dialogue among key stakeholders in the circular economy.
As in the previous years, the CSCP is a partner of the CircularTech Forum 2025, joining hands with key actors to accelerate the implementation of digitalisation processes that will shape the future of the Circular Economy.
Event: CircularTech Forum Date: 22 September 2025 Time: 09:30-20:00 Place: Cologne, Germany Language: English
To join the CircularTech Forum, please visit the forum’s website.
For further questions, reach out to the CircularTech Forum team.
Food waste is a pressing challenge across Europe, driving a surge of innovative solutions aimed at preventing and reducing it. However, one of the key questions remains: how can we work together to scale promising solutions? Join us at the final conference of our EU project CHORIZO and its sister project ZeroW to discover how cities, researchers, and businesses can collaborate to make real change happen – on 16 September 2025!
For the past three and a half years, the two projects have brought together key actors to co-create solutions for preventing and reducing food waste. At the conference “Let’s Fight Food Waste Together!” we will showcase hands-on tools, real-world examples, and offer opportunities to connect with others dedicated to addressing food waste from diverse perspectives.
The CHORIZO project took an innovative approach to tackling food loss and waste by gathering insights on social norms in a range of food-related settings and generating effective ways to apply behaviour change techniques in six real-life case study contexts. The six case studies included households, hotels, restaurants, schools, food banks, and date marketing. You can read more about them here.
ZeroW worked in 9 Living Labs across Europe to test innovative solutions, from better data sharing in food supply chains to apps that link surplus food with local charities.
At the final conference, you will hear directly from the project teams as they share insights, learnings, and suggestions for next steps.
The conference agenda includes interactive sessions, policy discussions, live demonstrations, and networking opportunities to build the connections needed to scale up successful solutions.
Whether you’re involved in local governance, food services, research, technology, or civil society, this is a chance to share ideas, explore new tools, and take the next step—together!
Event: CHORIZO and ZeroW Final Conference “Let’s Fight Food Waste Together” Date: 16 September 2025 Time: 09:30-18:00 Place: Brussels, Belgium Language: English Cost: Free of charge
For further details, please check out the full agenda. To join the event register here now!
For additional questions on the CHORIZO project, please contact Lea Leimann.
From maker spaces to main stages—this summer, we will be showcasing what circular transformation can look like in the Bergisch city triangle in Germany. The real highlight: our FAB Festival from 29–31 August 2025 across three cities, three innovation centres, and three themes, all hands-on and impact-oriented!
One year in and we’re moving from vision to reality in our FAB Region project. During summer 2025, we will showcase what regional circular economy looks like in practice and how everyone can engage.
In spring 2025, we’ve already taken the stage at several major events. At the Maker Faire in Wuppertal, we brought interactive formats on upcycling, sensor-based environmental monitoring, and repairing. At the Future Festival (Zukunftsfestival) in Wuppertal, we engaged children and families with science-based experiences. At the the POLIS Convention in Düsseldorf and the re:publica event in Berlin we brought the FAB Region message: circularity is not abstract, but rather something we can all learn about and practice.
What’s coming up next?
For actors in the Bergisch city triangle, don’t miss out on the Bergisch Länd Festival in Solingen on 5 July 2025, where FAB Region will be present. In July 2025, we will travel to the Fab Conference in the Czech Republic, where we’ll present our project to the global FAB community, share our learnings, and officially pledge to become a member of the Fab City Global Initiative. The mayors of the German cities of Wuppertal, Remscheid, and Solingen have signed the commitment letter and are officially on board.
Don’t miss our FAB Festival 29 to 31 August 2025!
From 29 to 31 August 2025, we will host the first FAB Festival in the Bergisch city triangle region. It’s our mid-term celebration and action-packed showcase of everything we’ve developed so far. In addition, the festival will give the floor to many great initiatives that have already been established successfully as this is what the FAB Region is all about: connecting actors and scaling existing solutions in addition to creating new ones.
Each day will spotlight one of our three innovation places with formats focused on one of our core sectors: food, textiles and buildings. Expect hands-on workshops, local initiatives, vertical farming, circular design labs, AI- and VR-supported learning journeys, and open repair and maker spaces—all set up in ways that invite the public to experience the FAB spirit of make, learn, share!
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Whether you are part of a local business, school, civil society initiative or just curious about circular solutions: you are invited!
You can find further information and learn how to participate on the FAB Festival website.
For further questions, please contact Nils Kreft.
The transition toward a circular and sustainable economy is not just a matter of intent—it requires smart tools, good data, and close collaboration. As part of the Competence Centre WertNetzWerke, we invite you to join two upcoming events that highlight the potential of digital technologies to drive sustainable transformation in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).
How can companies unlock the potential of digital technologies to enhance circularity? This workshop offers an interactive overview of practical digital tools that help businesses identify resource cycles, foster collaboration, and increase transparency across value chains. Participants will get insights into real-world applications and are encouraged to explore the tools hands-on.
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Event: Circular Economy and Digitalisation: An Overview of Digital Tools for CE Hosted by: Janna Prager & Stephan Schaller, CSCP Date: 8 July 2025 Time: 9:30 – 11:30 Location: Value Lab Creation at Gut Einern, Wuppertal
To join the workshop, please register here.
The workshop is organised by the Competence Centre WertNetzWerke project, which supports small and medium-sized enterprises in exploring digital innovations for a more sustainable and circular economy. As part of the centre, the CSCP specifically looks into how digitalisation can be used to enable more sustainable business models and production processes.
For further questions, please contact Janna Prager.