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 |


























