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CIRCULAR REPUBLIC FESTIVAL 2025
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MAY 22-23

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What to expect at the CIRCULAR REPUBLIC FESTIVAL

Check out the trailer of the CIRCULAR REPUBLIC FESTIVAL 2025!

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#CRF25 at a glance

The event for circular economy innovation celebrates its second edition by the motto "build your competitive advantage" and brings together all visionaries to accelerate the circular transformation across all industries.

  • 2-day flagship event on circular economy

  • Five innovation and impulse areas

  • Top speakers and thought leaders in circular economy

  • 1000+ participants expected

  • 20+ panel discussions and key notes

  • 40 start-up pitches and 6 category awards

  • 4 hands-on workshops on circular business models

  • 4-day Circular Hackathon – collaborate, innovate, and drive change!

  • Networking and best practices


WHERE:
MUNICH URBAN COLAB | Munich + online

WHEN: May 22-23, 2025

Our Speakers

and many more to come

Speaker Circular Republic Festival Aurel Ciobanu Dordea European Commission

Aurel Ciobanu-Doreda

Director in charge of Circular Economy

European Commission
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Katharina Reuter

CEO

BNW e.V.
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Peter Seeberger

Director

Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
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Sandrine Dixson-Declève

Co-President

The Club of Rome
CIRCULAR REPUBLIC FESTIVAL Speaker Martin Stuchtey The Landbanking Group

Martin R. Stuchtey

Founder

The Landbanking Group
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Susanne Kadner

Co-Founder

CIRCULAR REPUBLIC
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Janez Potočnik

Co-Chair

UNEP International Resource Panel
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Niclas-Alexander Mauss

Co-Founder

CIRCULAR REPUBLIC
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Tim Breker

Founder

Vytal
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Helmut Schönenberger

CEO

UnternehmerTUM
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Christian Schiller

Founder & CEO

Cirplus
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Matthias Ballweg

Co-Founder

CIRCULAR REPUBLIC
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Kilian Kaminski

Founder

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Carl Warkentin

Founder Circular Textile Platform

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Michael Obersteiner

Director

Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
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Wolf Tiedemann

CEO

PreZero International
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Lisa Schebitz

Program Lead Venture Creator

XPLORE
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Canan Köllner

Project Manager Plastics & Packaging

Systemiq
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Robin J Stalker

Multiple Supervisory Board Member

Hugo Boss AG, Schaeffler AG and Schmitz Cargobull AG
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Andrè Lang-Herfurth

Co-Founder zerooo & Vorstandsmitglied

Mehrwegverband Deutschland e.V.
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Rubén D. Costa

Head of the Chair of Biogenic Functional Materials & Ambassador of the European Climate Pact

Technical University of Munich
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Manuel Häußler

Co-Founder & CSO

Aevoloop
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Gerben Meier

VP Global Product Development & Circular Design

LyondellBasell
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Christine Betz

Chief Sustainability Officer

BSH Home Appliances Group
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Sven Steinert

Partner

H&Z Management Consulting
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Tina Dreimann

Founder & Managing Director

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Circular Republic Festival Speaker Inge Hofkens Multimetal Recycling

Inge Hofkens

Chief Operations Officer Multimetal Recycling

Aurubis
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Steffen Gerlach

Managing Director

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Axel Berger

Chief Sustainability Officer

Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH
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Julia Haas

Projektmanagerin Circular Textiles

Interzero
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Kiri Trier

Sustainability General Manager DACH

L'Oréal Austria Germany Switzerland
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Karoline Reperich

Sustainability Manager (Circular Economy)

Tchibo GmbH
Andrea Schneller

Andrea Schneller

Co-Founder & CEO

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Christina Rosenberg

CEO & SB

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Our trusted moderators will guide you through the exiting program.

Circular Republic Festival Moderator Leonhard Nima

Leonhard Nima

Moderator

Circular Republic Festival Moderator Totinia Hoerner

Totinia Hörner

Moderator

Festival Program

Two days of inspiring key notes, panel discussions, presentations, exhibitions start-up pitches, and networking opportunities with other circular economy enthusiasts. (Please note: the program is preliminary and subject to change)

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Buy your Ticket now!

Don't miss out on getting your ticket for the CIRCULAR REPUBLIC FESTIVAL 2025. Purchase your ticket for May 22 & 23 here.

Please be aware of our General Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy.

Festival FAQs

  • The CIRCULAR REPUBLIC FESTIVAL takes place in the Munich Urban Colab again, located in the center of Munich, close to Leonrodplatz. Therefore, it is easily accessible by public transport. The nearest stops are:

    • “Hochschule München (Lothstraße)” - Tram 20, 21, 29
    • “Leonrodplatz” - Tram 12, 20, 21 and bus 53

    We recommend using a bike if possible. There are sufficient parking spots for bikes right outside the Colab. Munich also offers many rental bikes, such as the MVG bike.


    If you participate in the festival online, you will receive a participation link in advance.

  • When arriving at the Munich Urban Colab, please enter through the event entrance (marked by our beachflags) and register there with your ticket code or name. You will receive your personalized badge and lanyard, which gives you access to the event space.

    In case you have your own lanyard, you are welcome to bring it to the festival.

  • We encourage you to travel discounted and climate-friendly to the CIRCULAR REPUBLIC FESTIVAL by train. You can use the DB and get a DB Event Ticket for your ride to the festival in Munich. The following one-way prices are valid until 30.06.2025.

    • Event Ticket one-way and specific train (subject to availability):
      • 1st class: 95,00 € (seat reservation incl.)
      • 2nd class: 59,00 €


    • Even Ticket one-way and fully flexible:
      • 1st class: 119,00 € (seat reservation incl.)
      • 2nd class: 82,00 €


    Book online now and get the lowest price for your preferred route - guaranteed.

  • We do not provide special hotel offers. However, several hotels in various price categories are available near the festival venue.

  • You can find the current version of our this year's program here. Please note, that the program is preliminary and subject to change.

    However, we will timely inform you about this year's detailed program and panel participants.

  • We are making this event as climate-friendly as we can. Some of the actions we take are:

    • We reduce printed posters, signs, and flyers to a minimum.
    • We design beachflags, banners, lanyards and moderation cards neutral to enable reuse and to minimize waste.
    • The food will be organic, saisonal and partly from rescued food and we will only use reusable or compostable dishes.
    • We will prohibit give-aways and other single use items in the Start-up Area.
    • We will use the lanyards from the last festival. Originally the lanyards are produced from SEAQUAL YARN, sourced from ocean plastic. SEAQUAL INITIATIVE collects ocean, beach, and river waste, recycling what they find. If you won't use the lanyard post-event, kindly return it to us at the entrance so we can use it again. You can also bring your own lanyard if wanted.
    • We will use the beachflags and banners from the last festival.
    • We will borrow all the plants that we use decoratively at the festival.
    • Our team shirts are rented from re-shirt, who work with reversible print. We are able to save 175 000 liters of water and 700 kilos of carbon dioxide compared to buying new cotton t-shirts.
    • You can fill your own bottle or the rented reusable cups with tap water or at our re-drink station.
    • With a special event ticket we motivate people to travel by train.
    • Our chairs are made from yogurt pots.

    The external event agency ECENT GmbH, who focuses on implementing sustainability holistically into events, helped determine and implement these measures.

  • Our media partner, FOCUS Online Earth, will be present at the festival. We also have a photographer on site and you will get access to the pictures afterwards.

    We greatly appreciate it if you share your impressions online and use the hashtag #CRF25. For promotional purposes we are also providing a Festival Mediakit for Start-ups and Corporates including a Style Guide as well as LinkedIn Post Captions.


    We can’t wait to see all your thoughts, pictures, and posts! Feel free to tag CIRCULAR REPULIC as well.

  • Follow us on LinkedIn to stay updated! We appreciate it if you spread the word about our festival in your personal network - make sure to tag us and use the hashtag #CRF25.

    If you have any questions or need help with anything regarding the festival, please do not hesitate to reach out! You can also contact our festival email address festival-circularrepublic@unternehmertum.de anytime for guidance.

Get inspired by the CIRCULAR REPUBLIC FESTIVAL 2023 !

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Our Partners of the #CRF25

Impact Partners

BDI Circular Economy Logo
BNW Logo
TU Munich Logo
UnternehmerTUM Logo
ECENT Logo
Langer IT Solutions
IFAT
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Industry Partners

BMW Group Logo
Aurubis Logo
PreZero Logo
SAP Logo
Ebm pabst Logo
L Oreal Logo

Media Partner

Focus Online Earth
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Do you have any questions about the CIRCULAR REPUBLIC FESTIVAL?

Feel free to send us a message to the following email address.

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