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DAY 1: Monday 1 December 2025
17:00
Registration
18:00
Networking reception
DAY 2: Tuesday 2 December 2025
8:30
Registration and welcome coffee
9:30
Opening announcements
Session One: New Approaches to Fire Resistance: Compliance Challenges, Sustainability and Material Selection
9:40
The importance of flammability compliance in modern aviation
- A brief history of flammability related accidents
- Evolution of modern aircraft cabin interiors
- A brief presentation of flammability regulations and challenges faced by the industry to demonstrate compliance
Amar Subramanya, Airworthiness and Lead Flammability Engineer, Expliseat, France
10:10
Application relevant test methods for characterising materials in thermal runaway conditions
- The critical role of fire behaviour in EV battery casing integrity and the importance of testing material systems under real-world conditions
- Comparative performance of material systems under fire and particle blast exposure
- Application-specific challenges to rate material compatibility for EV battery casing design
Ravi Bhairi, Head of Fire Testing, E-mobility, AZL Aachen, Germany
10:40
Networking break
Session Two: Innovations in Chemistry and Sustainable Future Flame Retardants
11:20
Sustainability features future flame retardancy: microalgae phosphorus-enriched in wastewater and polylimonencarbonate
- Towards sustainability beyond "partly bio carbon"
- Cleaning wastewater to produce flame retardants
- New polymers using CO2 monomer
Bernhard Schartel, Professor, Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Germany
11:50
Advancing Brominated Polymeric Flame Retardants for an Environmentally Safe and Sustainable Future
Sander Kroon, Director of Advocacy Europe, ICL, representing The International Bromine Council (BSEF), The Netherlands
12:20
Halogen free and low halogens solutions for HIPS, PA and PA30GF. Reactive halogen-free flame retardants concept and projects
- Flame retardant’s today context: bromine and antimony trioxide
- Reactive halogen-free flame retardant concept
- Low halogen and antimony-free HIPS for E&E applications
Micaela Lorenzi, CEO, Greenchemicals, Italy
12:50
Networking lunch
14:20
Burning issues for flame retardants: regulation and innovation in Europe
Thomas Futterer, Chairman, PINFA, Belgium
14:30
Flame retardant compound solutions with recycled plastics
- New generation flame retardant for PP UL 94 V2
- Combining non-food competitive organic filler with flame retardant formulations
- Halogen free flame retardant solutions for PP unfilled / filled for UL 94 5VA
Erhan Karaman, R&D Manager, Tisan, Turkey
15:00
Exploring mechanochemistry for sustainable synthesis of bio-based flame retardants
- Overview of mechanochemistry principles, key advantages over conventional chemistry, and commonly used equipment
- Case studies illustrating how mechanochemical approaches enable solvent-free synthesis and improved reactivity
- Development of sustainable, halogen-free flame retardant systems through mechanical activation and reactive processing
Fouad Laoutid, R&D Scientific Leader, Materianova, Belgium
15:30
Networking break
16:10
Phosphorus-based flame retardants for thermoplastic polyurethane
- Liquid and solid phosphorus-based flame retardants for thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU)
- Halogen-free solutions for flame-retardant TPU compounds
- Effect of additional components in phosphorus-based flame retardant systems for TPU
Ginevra Vongher, Materials R&D Chemist, IPOOL, Italy
16:40
Novel flame retardants for technical applications
- Overview of current challenges for sustainable flame retardants
- Tailor-made (bio-derived) flame retardants for applications in polyolefines, polyamides, and coatings for plastics
- Novel flame retardants for polyamide fibres in textile applications
Frank Schönberger, Head of Department Synthesis and Formulating, Fraunhofer Institute, Germany
17:10
End of day two sessions
19:00
Networking dinner* at a local restaurant
DAY 3: Wednesday 3 December 2025
8:30
Registration and welcome coffee
9:00
Opening announcements
Session Three: Safety and Testing
9:10
Getting composite windows and doors fire resistant
- Fire resistance testing
- Fire safety
- Windows and doors
Harm Leenders, Head of Laboratory for Fire Safety, Peutz, The Netherlands
9:40
Impact of supply-chain disruptions on UL Recognition
Eben Solomon Rajan Thangaraj, Global Product Manager, Engineered Materials, UL Solutions, The Netherlands
10:10
Networking break
10:50
Panel session: Testing and compliance of new products and the Fire Retardants industry
- Hear from the customer and across the supply chain: challenges currently being faced in the fire safety industry in terms of testing and compliance
- Exploring the use of a variety of flame retardants across multiple applications
- Tackling evolving codes for fire safety compliance and the impact on the plastics industry and test methods
Moderator: Chris Smith, Independent Consultant, AMI, UK
Panellists:
- Harm Leenders, Head of Laboratory for Fire Safety, Peutz, The Netherlands
- Ravi Bhairi, Head of Department Synthesis and Formulating, AZL Aachen, Germany
- Viktor Tuček, Senior Product Engineer, TE Connectivity, Czechia
- Adrian Beard, Vice Chair, PINFA, Germany
More panellists to be confirmed
Session Four: Sustainable and Alternative Cross Industry Applications for Fire Retardant Technologies
11:50
New N-P-based flame retardant as reactive monomers and additives for polymers
- New acrylate based fire retardant
- New polyol based fire retardant
- Application for PU Foams and 3rd printing
Thomas Mayer-Gall, Head of Chemistry and Nanotechnology, DTNW, Germany
12:20
Networking lunch
13:20
Beyond fire safety: Recyclable and re-processable plastics via smart phosphorus chemistry
- Integrating phosphorus into resins: from polyester resins to epoxies and beyond.
- Introduction to recyclable and re-processable thermosets using phosphorus-chemistry
- Ongoing industrial projects showcasing versatility of such phosphorus-chemistries.
Arvindh Sekar, Scientist, Additive and Chemistry Group, EMPA, Switzerland
13:50
Fire retardant materials in unconventional fire
- Intumescence
- Oxygen-rich atmosphere and low pressure
- Hydrogen jet fire
Serge Bourbigot, Professor, Universite de Lille, France
14:20
Closing announcements
14:30
Event ends
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