This conference was held on 3 March 2020 in the INTROMAC Assembly Hall on the Cáceres University Campus.

<p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: right;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WdKmd7bh2p4" width="560"></iframe></p> <p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Manuel Mart&iacute;n Castizo, Managing Director of INTROMAC, welcomed the participants and attendees, after which Santos Jorna, Coordinator of Local Action of the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development, Population and Territory of the Regional Government of Extremadura, presented the situation of the Circular Economy in Extremadura within the framework of the Regional Strategy 2030.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Later, Jos&eacute; Luis de la Cruz, Secretary of the Association for Sustainability and Progress of Societies (ASYPS), co-author of the <a href="http://cotec.es/proyecto/situacion-y-evolucion-de-la-economia-circular-en-espana/" target="_blank">COTEC 2019 report</a>, explained the situation and evolution of the Circular Economy in Spain.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://www.ctaex.com/icirbus/ficheros/imagenes/2020_06/2-mm.jpg" style="height: 200px; width: 373px;" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<img alt="" src="https://www.ctaex.com/icirbus/ficheros/imagenes/2020_06/1-santos.jpg" style="width: 380px; height: 200px;" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<img alt="" src="https://www.ctaex.com/icirbus/ficheros/imagenes/2020_06/3-econm-circular.jpg" style="width: 337px; height: 200px;" /></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p>The dissemination of the preliminary results of the LIFE iCirBus-4Industries project, the main objective of the conference, was carried out by Ascensi&oacute;n Ciruelos of CTAEX, who gave a general introduction about the project, Miguel Angel Bueno of DISAIM Ingenier&iacute;a, who explained the design of the prototype, and, the exhibition about the products resulting from the prototype was carried out by Angel Encinas of AQUALIA, who presented the sludge treated as fertiliser and Marisa Carmona of INTROMAC, who spoke about the ashes from biomasses conditioned for construction.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://www.ctaex.com/icirbus/ficheros/imagenes/2020_06/ascen.jpg" style="width: 450px; height: 290px;" />&nbsp; &nbsp;<img alt="" src="https://www.ctaex.com/icirbus/ficheros/imagenes/2020_06/marisa.jpg" style="width: 463px; height: 290px;" /></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The event culminated in networking with other projects, with Esther Gamero and M&oacute;nica Ruiz-Roso from the Directorate General for Architecture and Building Quality of the Regional Government of Extremadura of the <a href="http://www.liferenatural.com/" target="_blank">LIFE&nbsp;ReNaturalNZEB project - <em>Recycled and Natural Materials and Products to develop Nearly Zero Energy Buildings with low carbon footprint</em></a>, Alejandro Oreja, technician from PROMEDIO (Badajoz Provincial Council) of the <a href="http://circrural.com/" target="_blank">Interreg SUDOE CircRuRaL40 project - <em>Towards a circular and intelligent concept of wastewater management in rural areas</em></a>, and Almudena Leyton, technician from the Department of Innovation and European Projects of the Badajoz Chamber of Commerce of the <a href="http://cemowas2.com/" target="_blank">Interreg CEMOWAS2 project - <em>Circular and ecosystem management of organic waste and wastewater services.</em></a></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://www.ctaex.com/icirbus/ficheros/imagenes/2020_06/4enea.jpg" style="width: 346px; height: 220px;" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<img alt="" src="https://www.ctaex.com/icirbus/ficheros/imagenes/2020_06/5-circrural.jpg" style="width: 371px; height: 220px;" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<img alt="" src="https://www.ctaex.com/icirbus/ficheros/imagenes/2020_06/cemowas.jpg" style="width: 366px; height: 220px;" /></p>