Opening session

9:00 - 10:30 / Welcome Addresses:

• Raffaello Cossu, University of Padova (IT)

• Marion Huber-Humer, BOKU University (AT)

• Pinjing He, Tongji University (CN)

• Jurate Kumpiene, Luleå University of Technology (SE)

• Rainer Stegmann, Hamburg University of Technology (DE)

• Cristina Trois, IWWG President (ZA)

• Paolo Russo, President of Tavolo di Roma (IT)

• Rosanna Laconi, Regional Councilor for the Environment, Sardinia (IT)

10:00 - 10:30 / Opening Lecture:
Waste and the Image: The Lure of (Im)materiality, from Celluloid to AI slop
Matilde Nardelli, University of West London (UK)
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10:30 - 11:00 / Coffee Break

11:00 -12:30 / Introductory Lectures:

• Development of the Sardinia Symposia over the Years
  Raffaello Cossu, University of Padova (IT)
  
  
• Milestones in Waste Management over the Past Forty Years
  Rainer Stegmann, Hamburg University of Technology (DE)
  
  
• Environmental aspects of waste management during the Green Transition – The future of waste management in a fossil-free society
  Thomas Højlund Christensen, Technical University of Denmark (DK)
  
  
• Guest Country Lecture: South Africa
  Cristina Trois, University of Stellenbosch (ZA)
  
  
• Presentation of the IWWG Waste Vision 2100 Award and the 2025 Winner