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2026 REMADE® Circular Economy Tech Summit & Conference Will Take Place March 11-12, 2026

We are pleased to announce that the 2026 REMADE® Circular Economy Technology Summit & Conference is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, March 11-12, 2026. The event will once again take place at the National Academy of Sciences Building located at 2101 Constitution Ave., N.W., in Washington, D.C.

A Call for Papers has been released, and registration for the conference is expected to open shortly. Sponsorships will be available soon as well.

We look forward to seeing you in D.C. next spring!

The REMADE Institute, in partnership with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and with support from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), thanks everyone that recently attended the 2025 REMADE Circular Economy Technology Summit & Conference, which took place Thursday and Friday, April 10-11, 2025, at the National Academy of Sciences Building, 2101 Constitution Ave., N.W., in Washington, D.C. A special thank you to all those that presented papers and spoke at the conference.

REMADE members were also invited to join us for our annual Member Meeting that took place the day before the conference on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, at the National Press Club, 529 14th Street, N.W., also in Washington D.C.

Our annual conference attracted 300+ attendees and this year featured presentations on nearly 70 peer-reviewed research papers.

There are photos available to view on dropbox, by clicking here. 

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CALL FOR PAPERS!Abstracts are due October 14, 2025!

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2025 Conference Highlights:

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The Venue

National Academy of Sciences BuildingLocated at 2101 Constitution Ave., N.W., in Washington, D.C.

REMADE’s 2026 Conference is open to members, non-members, and university students from across the U.S. and around the world. Those interested in accelerating the transition to a Circular Economy are strongly encouraged to attend. Members of the media are also welcome.

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

April 10-11, 2024 in Washington DC

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