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MatER Study Center organizes its 7th MatER Meeting that will be held in Piacenza from 9th to 11th of June 2025. In line with the spirit of MatER, the event aims at providing a thorough and objective representation of technologies and policies for material and energy recovery from waste, thereby contributing to moving toward sustainable waste management. The Meeting will present an update on the latest trends in Sustainable Waste Management, dealing with regulatory, strategic, and technical-scientific aspects and will be an opportunity for connection between universities, associations and companies operating in the field of waste treatment.
The event is organized by LEAP – Laboratorio Energia Ambiente Piacenza with the scientific support of DICA (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering) and Energy Department of Politecnico di Milano.
The Meeting, on 9th and 10th June, will comprise oral and poster presentations over these indicative subjects:
- Waste prevention and management
- Material & Energy recovery from waste
- Innovative technologies and digital solutions
- Circular Economy and End-of-Waste
- Normative and Economic framework
Thanks to the collaboration with our industrial partners, for the last day of the event (Wednesday, June 11th) there will be the opportunity to attend a technical visit that will both include a material recovery and an energy recovery from waste facility, according to the nature of the MatER Study Center.
With the 7th edition of the conference it is our ambition to provide a comprehensive and objective representation of the Italian national context in the field of Waste Management for Ecological Transition, dealing with regulatory, strategic, and technical-scientific aspects. Explore the list covering the TOPICS to be presented at the MatER Meeting and partecipate in the call for abstract. The meeting aims to strengthen the link of the applied research with industry: both scientific & technical contributions are extremely appreciated, as well as works from an industrial perspective or involving existing plants and technologies.
KEY DATES
1st October 2024 – CALL for Abstracts OPENING
31st January 2025 – CALL for Abstracts CLOSING
5th April 2025 – Participants Registration OPENING
30th April 2025 – Early-Bird Registration CLOSING
9th-10th– 11th June 2025 – MatER MEETING 2025
The scientific committee, who will evaluate and select the abstracts collected through the call, is composed by representatives of different universities, in accordance with the prospect of a national and international collaboration of the MatER Study Center.
The members of the scientific committee have an heterogeneous background and a multi-year experience in the field of waste recovery research, aimed to carry out a exhaustive review of the work.
The 7th MatER Meeting will be held at the Piacenza Campus of the Politecnico di Milano,
located in via Scalabrini 76, Piacenza.



Opportunity for interested company
Please find the sponsorship proposal and contact us at mater@polimi.it

The MatER Study Center is a project of LEAP established in 2010 with the fundamental goal of providing a thorough, unbiased representation of technologies and policies for material and energy recovery from waste, thereby contributing to move toward sustainable waste management.