When
08 - 10 Sep 2027
1st Sustainable Materials Summit · Call for papers open
The materials behind a climate-neutral industry.
The international conference on sustainable materials - low-carbon production, circular design, recycling, and the life-cycle data that decides all three. Hosted at the Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials in Düsseldorf.
International Conference
Where
Düsseldorf & online
From Experts, for Experts
Materials decide how much energy and raw material a product consumes over its life - and whether anything can be recovered at the end of it. SuMAT 2027 brings the people who design, produce, test and recycle those materials into one program.
Pure science
Alloy and polymer design, processing routes, and characterisation for materials that can be made and recovered with less energy.
Industrial reality
Green steel, aluminium, cement, composites - what scales today, what it costs, and where the process still emits.
Open exchange
Compare methods, life-cycle data and recycling routes with researchers and engineers working on the same problems.
The Conference Topics
From low-carbon production routes and circular design to recycling, substitutes for critical raw materials, and life-cycle assessment - the official scope of the SuMAT 2027 program.
From Abstract to Program
Every DGM Conference follows a transparent path from submitted abstracts to a curated scientific program. The review and program work is carried by members of the materials community.
Where SuMAT 2027 Takes Place
Lectures, posters and the exhibition all happen under one roof at the Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials in Düsseldorf - about 12 minutes from the main station on bus 834.
Conference venue
Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials
Lectures, posters and the exhibition take place at the institute on Max-Planck-Straße, about 12 minutes from Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof on bus 834.
Max-Planck-Institut für Nachhaltige Materialien GmbH
Max-Planck-Straße 1
40237 Düsseldorf