S3 Congress 2025 – Smart, Safe & Sustainable Polymers

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S3 - Smart, Safe and Sustainable Polymers
Join us in Lyon on November 5–6, 2025 for the 7th edition of S3 Congress, bringing together Europe’s experts on bio-based materials, recycling, AI and modeling.
Two days of cutting-edge insights, networking, and a unique technical visit to Syensqo and Axel’One. 

Day 1 – Wednesday 5 November 2025

09:15 – 10:00 – Welcome coffee & networking
10:00 – 10:10 – Opening remarks – Polymeris

Session 1 – Bio-based Materials and Innovations

10:10 – 10:30 : NAFILAB: the Science behind hemp-reinforced compound’s hidden potential – Materi’Act, Thibaud DEBUISSY & Laure BOUQUEREL
10:30 – 10:50 : From the sea to the material: algae in biomaterials – Eranova, Philippe MICHON
10:50 – 11:10 : Notpla's Advances in Bio-based, Home Compostable Packaging – Notpla, Andre GADUAN
11:10 – 11:30 : Phyli, the bio-based alternative to leather and soft plastics – La Tannerie Végétale, Marc CESTARI & Sixtine de CHATEAUNEUF RANDON
11:30 – 11:50 : Goodbye bioplastics? Limitations and opportunities of a circular economy – FKuR, Niklas VOß
11:50 – 12:10 : Biosourced biomolecules and polysaccharides as raw material platform – Université d'Artois, Nicolas JOLY

12:10 – 13:40 – Lunch & networking

Session 2 – Recycling and Circular Economy

13:40 – 14:00 : Regeneration of thermoplastic composite materials – Polyloop, Gabriel FAYSSE
14:00 – 14:20 : Recycling advanced composites with CURTI technology: turning end-of-life waste into high-value resources – Curti, Mirco CANTELLI
14:20 – 14:40 : Textiles to Plastics – Mapea, Jean-Michel DUIVON
14:40 – 15:00 : Radiation processing for circular economy: sterilize, secure, valorize – Ionisos, Sophie ROUIF
15:00 – 15:20 : Biodegradation and compostability: basics, solutions, EU regulations and research  – Normec, Steven VERSTICHEL
15:20 – 15:40 : End-of-life solutions of polyurethane elastomers through mechanical and chemical recycling  – Covestro, Hélène VIGOUROUX

15:40 – 16:00 – Coffee break & networking

Session 3 – AI, Simulation & Digital Tools

16:00 – 16:20 : Closed-chambers respirometry: innovative system for compostability and biodegradation testing  – BPC Instruments, Elton MELO
16:20 – 16:40 : How simulation helps anticipate the impact of recycled material variability: virtual design of experiments – Sciences Computers Consultants, Laurent RATTE
16:40 – 17:00 : Real-time optimization of recycled materials using AI: the FAVIA project  – Materi’Act, Michael LEMOINE
17:00 – 17:20 : Designing the Hidden Molecular Scale to Advance Sustainable Polymer Production and Recycling – Polinivo, Thomas PINTELON
17:20 – 17:40 : University of Lorraine – What Can AI Do for Polymers? Insights from the DetectNano Framework  – LCPM, Khalid FERJI
17:40 – 18:00 : Optimizing Lab-scale Polymer Synthesis with Flow Chemistry and Machine Learning - LCPO – University of Bordeaux, Simon HARRISSON

18:00 – 18:45 – Speed-meeting session

18:45 – 20:00 – Networking cocktail

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Day 2 – Thursday 6 November 2025

08:15 – 08:40 – Welcome to the day – Polymeris

Session 4 – Europe, Innovation & Standardisation

09:00 – 09:10 : Project presentation  – BioUptake, Nicolas LONGHITANO
09:10 – 09:30 : Biobive European collaborative project  – Guerin Plastiques, Estelle COURT
09:30 – 09:50 : Introducing Syensqo Scientific Services – Syensqo, Jean-Claude MASTEAU
09:50 – 10:10 : The Role of the ESM Pilot in Sustainable Manufacturing – AFIL, Paolo VERCESI
10:10 – 10:30 : Real time monitoring and optimization of extrusion process using optical spectroscopy – Axel’One, Manis GHEGIANI

10:30 – 13:00 – Industrial visits

• Syensqo – Presentation & site tour
• Axel’One – Presentation & platform tour

13:00 – Closing of the congress & Lunch to go for participants