About the conference
The InnoRenew CoE International Conference 2025 “From lab to life: innovative solutions for a healthier and greener built environment”, will take place 16-17 September 2025, and will provide a forum to explore renewable materials and their use for creating healthy, sustainable buildings during different thematic sessions:
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Information processing
- Creativity & Society
- Buildings
- Health
- Materials
We invite you to submit your doctoral research, ongoing research, methodology discussions, or preliminary results. Especially early career researchers are welcome!
IRIC2025 is an opportunity to share and discuss emerging science and innovations in renewable materials that can be used in the built environment to enhance human and environmental well-being.
#IRIC2025
Important dates
30 June 2025: Abstract submission deadline
1 September 2025: Registration deadline
1 September 2025: Payment deadline
16–17 September 2025: InnoRenew CoE International Conference 2025
Call for abstracts
IRIC2025 welcomes 300-word abstracts for presentations in different sessions:
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Information processing
- Creativity & Society
- Buildings
- Health
- Materials
Please follow the IRIC2025 abstract template and submit through the conference portal. Submit an abstract here.
Abstract submission closes on 30 June 2025.
Venue
InnoRenew CoE will host IRIC2025 at its building in Izola, Slovenia.
Livade 6a, 6310 Izola, Slovenia
Registration
Registration will be open soon.
Accommodations and travel
Hotels in Izola:
Hotel Belvedere (Cliff and Villa): Dobrava 1a, 6310 Izola
Hotel Haliaetum: Morova ulica 6a, 6310 Izola
San Simon Resort: Izola (multiple locations)
Hotel Delfin: Tomažičeva 10, 6310 Izola
Hotel Marina: Veliki trg 11, 6310 Izola
Hotel Keltika: Cesta v Jagodje 1, 6310 Izola
DeGrassi Boutique Garni Hotel: Drevored 1.maja 9, 6310 Izola
Airports:
Trieste Airport (TRS), 55-minute drive from Izola
Ljubljana Airport (LJU), 1 hour 20-minute drive from Izola
Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE), 2-hour drive from Izola
Treviso Airport (TSF), 2-hour drive from Izola
Zagreb Airport (ZAG), 2 hour 30-minute drive from Izola
Shuttle service:
The easiest way to travel to Izola from the airports above is to take a shuttle service like GoOpti transport. Reservation for transfer can be made directly to your hotel. Prices are lower if the shuttle is booked well in advance (1-2 months).
Bus or train:
Travel by bus to Izola is possible. Once in Izola, public transportation is available to move around the city.
You can travel by train from most European countries via connection to Koper (Slovenia), Trieste (Italy) or Ljubljana (Slovenia). From these locations, you need a bus transfer or other transport to reach Izola.
Conference sponsors
Would you like to increase your visibility within the interdisciplinary field of renewable materials for healthy built environments? Become an IRIC2025 sponsor.
Contact us at conference@innorenew.eu for more details.
Scientific committee
Richard Acquah, Michael Burnard, Anja Černoša, Ana Gubenšek, Niki Hrovatin, Andreja Kutnar, Han Lei, Sasikala Perumal, Lea Primožič
Organizing committee
Gertrud Fabian, Lea Primožič, Amy Simmons
Conference organizers
The conference is organized by the InnoRenew CoE and the University of Primorska.
Contact information
Please send questions or comments to conference@innorenew.eu.