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
Heli Helaakoski
Digitalisation Leader
VTT

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