ANTHOS’26 Solutions session 1: Projects solutions to the needs of Initiators (EC)

Date: 10 March 2026
Time: 14:00-15:30h CET

 

Chair: Hubert Rauscher (EC JRC)
Co-chairs: Massimo Perucca (Project Hub-360), Alberto Katsumiti (GAIKER), Päivi Kivikytö-Reponen (VTT)

 

Description:

How to respond to the challenges of Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) operationalisation and uptake?

This session presents expert-driven solutions addressing the needs of initiators of the EC SSbD framework, showing the tangible benefits of SSbD adoption to meet diverse indicators requirements, and highlighting the implications of the necessary shift in innovation mind-set towards a holistic approach.

A panel discussion with the involvement of the audience will allow reflecting on the proposed solutions as well as addressing other challenges such as fast and effective screening of design options and cost-benefit evaluations.

 

Speakers & panellists:

• “From Compliance to Design: Making Safe and Sustainable by Design implementable through cost-effective screening and Early Decision Tools”, by Blanca Suárez Merino (TEMAS Solutions)
• “Rethinking Advanced Materials R&D: How SSbD can Transform the Innovation Mind‑set”, by Lya G. Soeteman-Hernandez (RIVM)
• “A quantitative based life cycle assessment methodology enabling a “by design” holistic approach to innovation, incorporating stakeholders’ perspectives”, by Stefania Truffa (Project Hub-360)
• “Mapping, Coordinating, and Structuring SSbD Innovation – From the Chemical Sector to Other Industries?”, by Sébastien Artous (CEA)
• “Bridging the Gap Between SSbD and Industrial Reality”, by Mónica Martínez Junquera (Avanzare)
• “Handling the Complexity of SSbD: Balancing the Need for Division and Interconnection in a Redox Flow Battery Case Study”, by Katharina Lang-Hogrefe (BNN)