Inno­va­tions for Sus­taina­bi­li­ty 💡

On Decem­ber 17, 2024, the Tech­ni­cal Uni­ver­si­ty of Munich (TUM) hos­ted the Evo­nik-MChG Sym­po­si­um, an inspi­ring event cen­te­red on

“Appli­ed Sus­taina­bi­li­ty: Pro­mi­nent Con­tri­bu­ti­ons from Tri­bo­lo­gy and Syn­the­tic Bio­tech­no­lo­gy.”

Orga­ni­zed by the Munich Che­mi­cal Socie­ty (MChG), Evo­nik Indus­tries AG, TUM Inter­na­tio­nal GmbH — The Uni­ver­si­ty Com­pa­ny, and the TUM School of Natu­ral Sci­en­ces, the sym­po­si­um brought tog­e­ther lea­ding experts from aca­de­mia and indus­try to dis­cuss inno­va­ti­ve approa­ches for a sus­tainable future.

The event was ope­ned by Dr. Chris­toph Weck­be­cker, Head of Crea­vis at Evo­nik, and Prof. Dr. Richard Fischer, Coor­di­na­tor Muni­Cat, TUM. Prof. Dr. Tom Nil­ges, Head of TUM’s Che­mis­try Depart­ment, also shared wel­co­ming remarks, set­ting the tone for an enga­ging event of dis­cus­sions and know­ledge sha­ring.

Fea­tured pre­sen­ta­ti­ons included:

Prof. Dr. Tho­mas Brück (Wer­ner Sie­mens Chair for Syn­the­tic Bio­tech­no­lo­gy, TUM):
“Who­le cell con­ver­si­on of green­house gases and indus­tri­al was­te bio­mass into plat­form com­pounds for the che­mi­cal indus­try”

Phil­ipp Kili­an (Evo­nik Ope­ra­ti­ons GmbH):
“PEEK for ener­gy-effi­ci­ent and silent trans­mis­si­ons”

Ste­fan Reit­schus­ter, M.Sc. (Insti­tu­te of Machi­ne Ele­ments, TUM):
“High-per­for­mance pla­s­tic gears to run bat­tery-elec­tric vehic­les?”

Prof. Dr. Andre­as Lie­se (Tech­ni­cal Bio­ca­ta­ly­sis, TUHH Ham­burg Uni­ver­si­ty of Tech­no­lo­gy):
“Bio­ca­ta­ly­sis-Dri­ven Sus­taina­bi­li­ty in Fine Che­mi­cal Syn­the­sis”

Dr. Jakob Mül­ler (Evo­nik Ope­ra­ti­ons GmbH):
“Bio­tech­no­lo­gy as a game chan­ger for the clea­ning and cos­me­tic indus­try”

This sym­po­si­um stands as a tes­ta­ment to the thri­ving part­ner­ship bet­ween Evo­nik Indus­tries AG and Tech­ni­cal Uni­ver­si­ty of Munich (TUM), dri­ving inno­va­ti­on and col­la­bo­ra­ti­on for a sus­tainable future.