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Institute for Industrial Production (IIP)
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Chairs at the IIP
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As an expert, Dr. Sonja Rosenberg participated in a panel discussion on March 24, 2026, at the Food Forum “Crisis Proof” event organized by the German Food Association (Lebensmittelverband Deutschland e. V.). Together with experts from politics and industry, she discussed key issues related to food security.
The event provided numerous new ideas and food for thought - particularly on how to make the food supply more resilient even in times of crisis.
On March 24, 2026, the networking event "GetReady!" took place at the MAFINEX Technology Center in Mannheim. Within the framework of the BioCyclesRN project, implemented by the City of Mannheim and the KIT-IIP (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), stakeholders from agriculture and industry were brought together in a structured "search-offer" matchmaking process to identify potential for the circular use of biogenic residual and by-product streams in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region. The focus was on material flows from industry and agriculture, including their quantities, qualities, current utilization, and potential development prospects. Many thanks to all participants for their contributions.
The IIP congratulates Uwe Langenmayr, who successfully completed his doctoral examination on „Techno-economic and Environmental Assessment of Electricity-based Renewable Hydrogen and its Derivatives“ on March 17th, 2026.
The IIP congratulates Leandra Scharnhorst, who successfully completed her doctoral examination on „Behavioral and Structural Drivers of Energy Demand Flexibility“ on March 16th, 2026.
The IIP congratulates Vivian Anthony Britto, who successfully completed his doctoral examination on „Optimal Consumer Adoption of Energy Efficiency“ on March 6th, 2026.
The IIP was pleased to host Prof. Carlos Oliveira from the University of Lisbon for a colloquium based on his recent publication, “Investing in Carbon Transportation under Volume Uncertainty and Scaling Flexibility: A Case of Transporting CO₂ to the Norwegian Continental Shelf” (joint work with Sveinung Andersen, Verena Hagspiel, and Jan Magnus Røsbjørgen). The paper and the talk presented an innovative and timely application of real options theory to the challenge of infrastructure investment for carbon transportation and sequestration. The presentation was followed by a lively and engaging discussion.
In the KoRPSA project, regional strategies for carbon management and negative emissions are being developed in Baden-Württemberg to help pave the way to climate neutrality. The policy brief "Carbon Management in Baden-Württemberg – Setting the Course for Climate Neutrality and Industry" has just been published.
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The IIP congratulates Elena Vollmer, who successfully completed her doctoral examination on „Towards Automatic Thermography-based Leak Detection in District Heating Systems“ on February 12th, 2026.
On the evening of December 10, 2025, the Bioeconomy Innovation Award 2025 took place at the State Gallery in Stuttgart. Minister Peter Hauk (Ministry of Food, Rural Affairs, and Consumer Protection, Baden-Württemberg (MLR)) honored five companies that are actively contributing to the transformation. Just a few meters away, at the Ministry of the Interior, the second network meeting of the “Initiatives for the Further Development of the Leading Region for Sustainable Bioeconomy in Baden-Württemberg” began the following morning. The BioCyclesRN project was on-site and presented its current progress in this context. During the status presentations and discussion rounds, seven funded projects exchanged information about their objectives, results, and next steps.
Highlights of the meeting included ideas for bioeconomy monitoring from Fraunhofer ISI, workshops on the new EU bioeconomy strategy and the further development of the “Leading Region Initiatives” program, and information on current funding measures from the MLR.
On November 25, 2025, the workshop “Residual Material Potentials – Building Bridges Between Agriculture & Industry” took place at the KLIMA ARENA in Sinsheim as part of the BioCyclesRN project. The workshop was organized by the IIP in cooperation with the Green Industry Cluster of the City of Mannheim.
The aim of the event was to bring together key stakeholders from agriculture and industry and to align possible agricultural production programs as well as by-product and residual material streams with the needs of industry.
In an initial matching process, starting points for potential material flow collaborations were identified and discussed. The workshop marked the beginning of further networking activities and provided important impulses for the BioCyclesRN project.
The IIP congratulates Sandra Huster, who successfully completed her doctoral examination on „Modeling the Demand and Supply of Reconditioned Electric Vehicle Batteries under Consideration of Stakeholder Interests“ on November 18th, 2025.
The IIP congratulates Katharina Eberhardt, who completed successfully her doctoral examination on "Strengthening Resilience for Critical Supply Chain Networks: Strategic Optimization and Decision Support“ on November 11th, 2025.