Scientific Committee
Prof. Dr. M Lehner, Montanuniv. Leoben, Austria (Chair)
Dr. Tohru Kamo, National Inst. of Adv. Ind. Sci. & Tech., Japan (Co-Chair)Prof. Dr. M J Antal, Hawaii Natural Energy Inst., USA
Prof. Dr. R Baumgartner, TU Graz, Austria
Dr. T Bhaskar, CSIR – Indian Inst. of Petroleum, India
Prof. Dr. M Blazso, Hungarian Acad. of Scien., Hungary
Prof. Dr. A Buekens, Free Univ. of Brussels, Belgium
Prof. Dr. Motonobu Goto, Nagoya University, Japan
Dr. W Himmel, Styrian Regional Government, Austria
Dr. E Jakab, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
Mr. M. Ida, Plastic Waste Management Institute, Japan
Dr. JMN van Kasteren, Eindhoven Energy Inst., Netherlands
Prof. Dr. Joo-Sik Kim, University of Seoul, Korea
Prof. Dr. F P La Mantia, University of Palermo, Italy
Dr. S Venkata Mohan, CSIR-IICT, India
Prof. Dr. Anja Oasmaa, VTT, Finland
Prof. A Pandey, CSIR-NIIST, Thiruvananthapuram, India
Prof. Dr. R Pomberger, Montanuniv. Leoben, Austria
Prof. Dr. Thomas Pretz, RWTH Aachen, Germany
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Rommel, BIFA GmbH, Germany
Hon. Prof. Dr. Christoph Scharff, ARA GmbH, Austria
Prof. Dr. R Schledjewski, Montanuniv. Leoben, Austria
Mr. S. Seki, Vinyl Environmental Council, Japan
Prof. Dr. David Serrano, Univ. Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
Prof. Dr. Michael Stocker, SINTEF, Norway
Prof. Dr. C Vasile, Romanian Academy Iasi, Romania
Prof. Dr. Yu-Zhong Wang, Sichuan University, China
Prof. Dr. Paul T. Williams, University of Leeds, UK
Prof. Dr. Toshiaki Yoshioka, Tohoku University, Japan
Prof. Qian Zhou, Sichuan University, China

Second Circular

Venue Details
Montanuniversität Leoben is located in the city centre ofLeoben. Leoben train station and all accommodations
are in walking distance. The lecture hall building of theuniversity, recently modernized, is equipped with stateof-the-art facilities suitable for hosting international scientific conferences. Leoben is easily accessible by train
from Vienna and also Styria’s capital city Graz.

Registration
Online registration is mandatory to participate in 8th
ISFR 2015. Only electronic payment will be accepted. Inorder to avail the benefit of reduced registration fee,
please get registered by April 30, 2015.
Registration Fee Structure
Early bird (until April 30, 2015)
Regular (until August 15, 2015)
On Spot350 €450 €550 €Registration fee includes symposium documentation,
welcome reception, brewery tour, gala dinner, lunches
and tea/coffee during the symposium.
Special rates for students are available on request.
Please contact the symposium secretariat for applicationconditions.

Accommodation
thPlease visit the 8 ISFR website for information on thehotel facilities (isfr.unileoben.ac.at/de/4124) at Leoben.
Symposium visitors can book the specified offers andprices by indicating the key word: ISFR 2015 to the receptionist at the hotels. Please book the hotels directly
and at your earliest convenience, because the room
contingent is limited!

7th – 10th September 2015
Montanuniversität Leoben
Austria
isfr.unileoben.ac.at

CALL FOR PAPERS
Organised by:Dept. of Environmental & Energy Process
Engineering, Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria

Research Association for Feedstock
Recycling of Plastics (FSRJ), Japan

8th ISFR 2015, Austria

Scope of the SymposiumAwardsThe International Symposium on Feedstock Recycling of Polymeric Materials (ISFR) is a biennial international symposium
focusing on the various processes for the valorisation of polymeric wastes. It aims at bringing together scientists, engineers
and other industrial experts across the world to brainstorm on
the recent developments in the fields of waste plastic, e-waste
and biomass conversion processes.
The non-biodegradable nature of the plastic waste poses serious problems to the environment and hence, recycling andrecovery of polymeric residues is the need of the hour. Alsobiomass, particularly residues of agriculture and forestry, is apotential source for the sustainable production of hydrocarbons. Furthermore, recycling techniques for precious metals
and noble earth, originating mainly from e-waste, play a significant role in future raw materials supply. The increasing industrial utilization of polymer compounds, like carbon fibre reinforced plastics, demands appropriate recycling techniques.
thWith this background, the 8 International Symposium on
thFeedstock Recycling of Polymeric Materials (8 ISFR 2015)
will be held at Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria during Septh
thtember 7 – 10 , 2015.

The symposium encompasses all topics related to therecycling and recovery of polymeric wastes like waste
plastics (municipal, industrial, production, process, ewaste) and biomass.

Awards would be announced under the various categories such as technical contribution, oral presentation andposter presentation.

Dates to Remember
Deadline for Abstracts Submission:

Feb. 13, 2015

Notification of Acceptance:

March 30, 2015

Deadline for Early Bird Registration:

April 30, 2015

Submission of extended abstracts:

June 30, 2015

Release of Technical Program:

August 1, 2015

• Polymer waste management around the world• Polymeric waste availability and conversion methods– statistics and strategies• Mechanical recycling of waste plastics• Thermo-chemical routes (pyrolysis, gasification etc.)
for industrial, municipal plastic waste and biomass• Biological routes for industrial, municipal plastic waste
and biomass• E-waste treatment techniques• Metal recovery from polymeric waste• Recycling techniques for precious metals/noble earths• Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) recycling –recycling of polymer compounds• Recycling of solar batteries and panels• Sustainability – LCA studies – socio-economic questions of recycling

Programmeth

8 ISFR 2015 will be a premier global forum for exploring the opportunities in the science and engineering ofwaste plastics including compounds, e-waste, biomass
and precious metals/noble earths recycling for researchers, academicians and industrialists. The detail technicalthth
programme for 8 ISFR will be updated on 8 ISFRwebpage.
Presentations are scheduled for September 7-9, 2015. A
technical tour program will be offered for September 10,
2015. Details will be published on the webpage.
Official language of the symposium will be English.

Tentative Speakers
Dr. Tohru Kamo, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Dr. Thallada Bhaskar, CSIR – Indian Inst. of Petr., India

Abstract Submission
Interested authors are invited to submit an abstract
online. The abstract (400 words and max. 2 figures ortables), should be made according to the template available on the symposium webpage (isfr.unileoben.ac.at).
All submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the scientificcommittee and selected papers will be considered forthe oral or poster sessions.
Deadline for Abstract Submission: 13 February 2015

Symposium Proceedings
All participants will receive a book of abstracts as well as
the extended abstracts of all contributions to the symposium in electronic format.

Dr. Guido Grause, Tohoku University, Japan
Prof. Dr.-Ing. A Herrmann, CTC, Stade, Germany
Prof. Dr. Joo-Sik Kim, University of Seoul, Korea
PD Dr. S Luidold, Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria
Prof. Dr. David Serrano, Univ. Rey Juan Carlos, Spain

Symposium Secretariat
Prof. Dr. Markus Lehner, Montanuniversität Leoben,
Franz-Josef-Str. 18, A-8700 Leoben, Austria
Web: isfr.unileoben.ac.at ; Email: vtiu@unileoben.ac.at
Phone: + 43 3842 402 5001; Fax: +43 3842 402 5002