Call for Papers

submission WINDOW IS NOW CLOSED.

REMADE recently issued a Call for Papers in preparation for our 2026 REMADE Circular Economy Tech Summit & Conference. The final deadline for abstracts was Oct. 14, 2025. Abstracts are no longer being accepted for our 2024 event.

Please reference the Anticipated Schedule and Deadlines section below to see where we are in the process. Thank you!

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2026 Topics

  • Design for Reuse, Remanufacturing, Recovery, and Recycling (Re-X)
  • AI Integration into Re-X
  • Emerging Textile Recovery & Recycling Technologies
  • Recovery & Recycling of Electronic Scrap, Metals, and/or Critical Minerals
  • Critical Materials Recovery & Recycling
  • Innovative Remanufacturing Technologies
  • Recovery & Recycling of Packaging Materials
  • Recovery & Recycling of Tires and Rubber
  • Mechanical Recycling Technologies
  • Chemical and Solvent-Based Recycling Technologies
  • Building a Circular Economy for Products and Materials
  • Technologies for Transforming Materials Recovery Facilities (MRFs)
  • A Systems Approach to Overcoming Supply Chain & Logistics Challenges
  • Systems Analysis – Techno-economic Analysis, Material Flow Analysis, & Life-cycle Analysis
  • Circular Economy Business Models & Approaches

Call for Papers

REMADE is issuing a Call for Papers on the topics listed below. Submissions from academic researchers, industry innovators, and others, including international experts, are strongly encouraged. Papers will be peer-reviewed and published in the months following the event. 

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Call for Papers Topics

  • Design for Reuse, Remanufacturing, Recovery, and Recycling (Re-X)
  • AI Integration into Re-X
  • Emerging Textile Recovery & Recycling Technologies
  • Recovery & Recycling of Electronic Scrap, Metals, and/or Critical Minerals
  • Critical Materials Recovery & Recycling
  • Innovative Remanufacturing Technologies
  • Recovery & Recycling of Packaging Materials
  • Recovery & Recycling of Tires and Rubber
  • Mechanical Recycling Technologies
  • Chemical and Solvent-Based Recycling Technologies
  • Building a Circular Economy for Products and Materials
  • Technologies for Transforming Materials Recovery Facilities (MRFs)
  • A Systems Approach to Overcoming Supply Chain & Logistics Challenges
  • Systems Analysis – Techno-economic Analysis, Material Flow Analysis, & Life-cycle Analysis
  • Circular Economy Business Models & Approaches

Abstracts are due 10/14/25and must be submitted via form on this page

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Anticipated Schedule & Deadlines

Call for Papers Announced

Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Deadline for Abstracts

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Deadline for Submission of Papers

Friday, November 21, 2025

Papers Selected

Tuesday, JAnuary 6, 2026

Presentation of Papers

Wednesday & Thursday, March 11-12, 2026

Conference Chair

Nabil Nasr, REMADE Institute

Organizing Committee

Kevin Anderson, Brunswick Corporation – Mercury Marine Division

Magdi Azer, REMADE Institute

Ed Daniels, REMADE Institute

Jill Martin, Dow Chemical

John Kreckel, REMADE Institute

Barbara Reck, Yale University

Michael Thurston, Rochester Institute of Technology

Program Committee

Mohamed Aboukhatwa, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Bhavik Bakshi, Arizona State University

Alessandro Bernardi, Braskem

Bert Bras, Georgia Tech

Daniel Cooper, University of Michigan

Subodh Das, Phinix LLC

Jonathan Doan, A3 Global

Sean Kelly, Solvus Global

Jennifer Lake, Goodwill of the Finger Lakes

Kecheng Li, Western Michigan University

Alan Luo, Ohio State University

Tim McAloone, Technical University of Denmark

Brajendra Mishra, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Nenad Nenadic, Rochester Institute of Technology

Robert Radulescu, Michelin

Tomohiko Sakao, Linköping University

Jeffery Spangenberger, Argonne National Laboratory

Meng Tao, Arizona State University

Hilal Ezgi Toraman, Pennsylvania State University

Mark Walluk, Rochester Institute of Technology

Wencai Zhang, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University

Peggy Zwolinski, University Grenoble Alps / France

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