Panel discussion:
Circular Economy: Wishful Thinking or the Future of Value Creation?
Thursday, 26th March 2026, 6 p.m. (free admission)
Atrium in InformatiKOM, KIT Campus Süd, Geb. 50.19, Adenauerring 12
The panel discussion is public and can be attended without registration.
Please note that the panel discussion will be held in German. We will provide a written live translation via the Lecture Translator for all English-speaking participants.
Programme
Moderation
Martin Besinger
SWR
Panelists
- Dr. Michael Dieterle, Development Engineer for Circularity & Product Sustainability, SEW-Eurodrive GmbH & Co KG
- Philipp Krohn, Business editor, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
- Prof. Dr. Sven Matthiesen, Co-Speaker of the Collaborative Research Center 1574 "Circular Factory for the Perpetual Innovative Product" and Head of Institute at IPEK - Institute of Product Engineering, KIT
- Anna Reiners, Co-founder and managing director of Circular Black Forest gGmbH