Tampere city center, photo by Visit Tampere/Laura Vanzo
2nd International Conference on Circularity in the Built Environment

16-18 September 2025
Tampere Hall congress centre
Tampere, Finland
(street address Yliopistonkatu 55)

About the conference

The 2nd International Conference on Circularity in the Built Environment (CiBEn) brings together pioneering researchers from all over Europe and beyond to share knowledge on the state-of-the-art on circular construction. Organised in collaboration between Tampere University (Finland), TU Delft (the Netherlands), KTH (Sweden), Brandenburg TU Cottbus-Senftenberg (Germany), TU Eindhoven (the Netherlands), Circular Structural Design (Germany), Croatia Green Building Council and the Horizon 2020 project ‘Reusing precast concrete for a circular economy’ (ReCreate), CiBEn 2025 aims at becoming a major point of contact between researchers and practitioners dealing with all aspects of a sustainable circular economy in the built environment.

Main page image: Laura Vanzo, Visit Tampere

Important dates

Abstract/short paper submission
The submission is open here!
Please submit your contribution by April 30, 2025 (at the latest)
We encourage authors to submit early, for contributions are sent to peer review as soon as they are received.

Acceptance notifications
June 30, 2025 (at the latest)
Acceptance decisions are made as soon as the contribution has been peer reviewed and if needed, revised.

Presenters’ registration deadline
June 30, 2025 (early registration rate)
August 15, 2025 (late registration rate)

Conference
September 16-18, 2025