We like to thank our committee for their great support for DECHEMA Forum 2026:
Dr. Christoph Blöcher, Covestro Deutschland AG, Head of Infrastructure Processes, Materials & Corrosion
Dr. Carsten Bornhövd, WACKER Chemie AG, Technologie Scout
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hannsjörg Freund, TU Dortmund, Reaction Engineering and Catalysis
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Marcus Grünewald, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Institute for Thermodynamics and Fluid Dynamics
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dirk Holtmann, KIT, Head of Chair Electrobiotechnology
Dr. Florian Huber, hte GmbH, Head of New Technologies & Incubation and Senior Scientist
Dr. Ralph Kleinschmidt, ThyssenKrupp Uhde GmbH, Head of Technology and Innovation
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Norbert Kockmann, TU Dortmund, Equipment Design
Guido König, Samson Group, Head of Focus Industries Management und Segment Manager Sustainable Industries
Prof. Dr. Udo Kragl, University of Rostock, Technical and Analytical Chemistry
Dr.-Ing. Manfred Nagel, Evonik Industries AG, Vice President
Dr. Kathrin Rübberdt, DECHEMA e.V. ,Head of Department Science and Industry
Dr. Rüdiger Schneider, Siemens Energy, Head of Chemical Processes
Dr.-Ing. Stephan Schunk, hte GmbH / BASF SE, Executive Expert / Vice President
Dr. Karsten Schürrle, DECHEMA e.V., Topic Spokesperson Biotechnology / Bioeconomy
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ralf Takors, University of Stuttgart, Institute of Biochemical Engineering
Dr. Ildikó Terebesi, Managing Director INVITE (für Bayer AG)
Prof. Dr. Roland Ulber, TU Kaiserslautern, Chair of Bioprocess Engineering
Dr. Caroline von Wulffen, DECHEMA e.V., Pharma
Dr. Bernhard von Vacano, BASF, Vice President, Executive expert in the field of closed loop Polymer Recycling
NaWuReT: Jens Friedland, Christoph Hahn
YoungGeCatS: Asad Asadli, Lukas Killinger, Patrick Schuehle
YoungFluidSeps: Nicole Lutters, Maria Polyakova, Lena Raenger, Jonas Schulz
