SWMMS2026: Sustainable Waste Management in Materials Science 2026 Poznan University of Technology Poznan, Poland, September 21-23, 2026

Dear friends and colleagues, 

We are pleased to invite you to join the forthcoming Sustainable Waste Management in Materials Science (SWMMS 2026) conference, taking place at Poznań, Poland, from September 21 to 23, 2026.

The issue of waste management is extremely important and actual bearing in mind the current pathway to sustainability and circularity. For this reason, the scientific community is undertaking many activities aimed at developing methods for efficient waste utilization. Scientific research is one of the factors that can bring about significant changes in waste management policy and the establishment of new legal regulations, including European Union directives. It is therefore very reasonable to undertake interdisciplinary and international activities to solve the growing problems associated with the overproduction in multiple sectors. Among the methods of inducing such activities, including establishing research cooperation, building research networks, and exchanging experiences, are scientific conferences, such as SWMMS 2026.

SWMMS will bring together scientists from different areas of materials science focused on the pathway to sustainability and cover a wide range of topics related to the comprehensive waste characterization using modern research techniques, automation of waste collection and sorting processes, and valorization of various by-products and waste materials in development of novel materials and sustainable solutions addressing today’s environmental challenges.

We look forward to meeting you in Poznań next September.

Aleksander Hejna

Chair of the SWMMS2026 Organizing Committee

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:

• Oral presentatition
• Poster

Please submit at the following link using EasyChair platform: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=swmms2026

Instructions and template for abstract submission available on the SWMMS2026 website: https://swmms2026.com/ 

List of Topics

• Comprehensive waste characterization
• Automation of waste collection
• Sorting processes
• Valorization of various by-products and waste materials
• Novel waste-based materials
• Sustainable solutions
• Recycling and Circular Economy in materials science

Committees

Program Committee

• Annamaria Visco, Messina University, Italy
• Aurelio Bifulco, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
• Beata Dudziec, Adam Mickiewicz University. Poland
• Henri Vahabi, University of Lorraine, France
• Jacek Ryl, Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland
• Lubos Kristak, Technical University in Zvolen, Slovakia
• Mohammad Reza Saeb, Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland
• Tairong Kuang, Zhejiang University of Technology, China
• Zaida Ortega, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
• Giovanni Perotto, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy
• Giulia Fredi, University of Trento, Italy
• Katarzyna Skórczewska, Bydgoszcz University of Technology, Poland
• Maria Kurańska, Cracow University of Technology, Poland
• Petar Antov, University of Forestry, Bulgaria
• Sandra Paszkiewicz, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Poland
• Anna Masek, Lodz University of Technology, Poland
• Kinga Stuper-Szablewska, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poland
• More to come

Organizing committee

• Aleksander Hejna, Poznan University of Technology - Chair
• Mateusz Barczewski, Poznan University of Technology
• Joanna Aniśko-Michalak, Poznan University of Technology
• Jacek Andrzejewski, Poznan University of Technology
• Justyna Trojanowska, Poznan University of Technology
• Kamila Czerniak, Poznan University of Technology
• Grzegorz Musioł, Foundation for the Development of Poznan University of Technology
• GPaulina Rewers, Foundation for the Development of Poznan University of Technology

Plenary Speakers

• Gianfranco Romanazzi, Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy
• More to be announced

Invited Speakers

• Sandra Paszkiewicz, Department of Materials Technologies, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Poland
• Aurelio Bifulco, Department of Chemical, Materials and Production Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
• Zaida Ortega, Departamento de Ingeniería de Procesos, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
• Giulia Fredi, Department of Industrial Engineering and INSTM Research Unit, University of Trento, Italy
• Giovanni Perotto, Smart Materials Group, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy
• More to be announced

Venue

The conference will be held in Lecture Centre of Poznan University of Technology, Piotrowo 2, 60-965 Poznań, Poland.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to Aleksander Hejna - aleksander.hejna@put.poznan.pl