Dr. Sven Wolf, responsible for technology and markets at the Next Generation Group of Companies – a solution provider for advanced recycling - and CEO of Next Generation Elements, represents 25 years+ market and process experience in the plastics industry. He received a Master from University of Leoben and a PhD of the University of Linz in plastics processing. Together with his international experiences at MD level in various companies across the world such as Leistritz Extrusion Machinery, Starlinger & CO and Theysohn Extrusion, his expertise promotes process solutions in the recycling industry of plastics globally. His activities are completed as a technical expert of the EU for the Horizon Europe program and being the vice chair of the Board of Directors of the Competence Center CHASE @ the Linz Institute of Technology (LIT) on the Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria, a joint industrial/academic cooperation for chemical and system engineering.