Advisory and Programming Group

APG Chairs

Patrick Pammer
APG Chair
CHASE
Franz Hörzenberger
APG Vice-Chair for Climate Neutrality
ArcelorMittal, Sector: Steel
Richard Heyn
APG Vice-Chair for Circularity & Materials
SINTEF
Lia Voermans
APG Vice-Chair for Competitiveness & Autonomy
Brightlands Chemelot Campus, Sector: Chemicals
Ludo Diels
Portfolio Leader (support to APG Chair and Vice-chairs)
VITO

WGs Chairs and Co-chairs

Alper Akdag
Chair of WG 1 – Energy and CO₂,
ABB, Sector: Engineering
Rob Van Der Meer
Co-chair of WG 1 – Energy and CO₂
Cement Europe, Sector: Cement
Carlos Escudero
Chair of WG 2 – Reduction of emissions & harmful substances
Institute for Energy Technology
Nico Schmitz
Co-Chair of WG 2 – Reduction of emissions and harmful substances
RWTH Aachen University, Sector: Engineering
Bernd Wittgens
Chair of WG 3 – Use of bio-based feedstock
SINTEF
Heleen De Wever
Co-Chair of WG 3 – Use of bio-based feedstock
VITO
Christophe Pinck
Chair of WG 4 – Materials circularity & efficiency
Eyde-cluster, Sector: Non-Ferrous metals
Anna Tenhunen-Lunkka
Co-Chair of WG 4 – Materials circularity & efficiency
CLIC Innovation, Sector: Engineering
Witold Kurylak
Chair of WG 5 – Materials, products & processes innovation
Lukasiewicz Institute
Simona Pace
Co-Chair of WG 5 – Materials, products & processes innovation
RINA
Antonius Schröder
Chair of WG 6 – Innovation for competitiveness and sustainability
TUDO
Charalampos Manousiadis
Co-Chair of WG 6 – Innovation for competitiveness and sustainability
ICCS
Andrea Rubini
Chair of WG 7 – Support for the strategic autonomy of Europe
Water Europe, Sector: Water
Sebastian Engell
Co-Chair of WG7
TU Dortmund, ZEDO e.V., Dortmund

Transversal Leaders

Arend de Groot
Foresight Leader
TNO
Tom Granström
Digital Leader
VTT
Mehrzad Lavassani
Digital Team Co-Chair
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden AB

A.SPIRE APG Members

Walter Vermeiren
Total Energies OneTech Belgium, Sector: Refining
Johan Elvnert
CEPI - Forest Platform, Sector: Pulp & Paper
Ines Ferrao
Cerame-Unie, Sector: Ceramics
Pascal Di Croce
IMA-Europe, Sector: Minerals