News and events


  1. 10th anniversary MELiSSA Pilot Plant

    The MELISSA pilot plant, the UAB ESA which develops technologies to make space missions self-sufficient, celebrated the 10th anniversary of the pilot plant with a review of the project so far. Speeche... More..
  2. Green Cities Málaga

    SEMiLLA

    Greencities is the meeting point of all the agents involved in Smart Cities construction. It is the forum to talk about future cities, and it is an initiative shared among institutions, municipalities... More..
  3. Workshop Rome 2018

    1st Joint AgroSpace-MELiSSA Workshop. The Workshop will highlight the research and development activity performed in the various matters related to regenerative systems and foster the collaboration an... More..
  4. Green Cities 2018

    Greencities is the meeting point of all the agents involved in Smart Cities construction. It is the forum to talk about future cities, and it is an initiative shared among institutions, municipalities... More..
  5. MELiSSA visit Romania February 2018

    On February 21-23, 2018 Dr. Christophe Lasseur (Project Manager of MELiSSA) and Rob Suters (Managing Director MELiSSA Foundation) visited Universities in Cluj Napoca and Iasi, Romania to discuss colla... More..
  6. Round Table Transfiere Conference

    MESA REDONDA TECNOLOGÍAS DEL CONSORCIO MELISSA DE LA AGENCIA ESPACIAL EUROPEA APLICADAS A LAS INDUSTRIAS AGROPECUARIAS 12:00 - 13:00 Trasladar las tecnologías espaciales a aplicaciones terrestres útil... More..
  7. Tech Transfer Circular Economy

    October 6, 2017. PTA and University of Málaga hosted an event at the Green Ray Building dedicated to space technologies. IPStar was invited to present examples of projects that deploy MELiSSA technolo... More..
  8. The MELiSSA PhD program is closed

    Call for Doctorate (Ph.D.) / Postdoc proposals The second MELiSSA Call for Doctorate and Postdoctoral Proposals (POMP II) is closed. For more information please visit: www.melissafoundation.org More..
  9. Innovative water treatment in New Delhi

    First stone New Delhi

    The foundation stone was laid for setting up of the on-site test laboratory and pilot plant to mark the beginning of work on cleaning the Barapullah drain under the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), ... More..
  10. Start-up zoekt een creatieveling!

    SEMiLLA Sanitation Hubs heeft een Sanitation-unit in ontwikkeling die klaar is voor de prototype-fase. De unit voorziet in eerste hulp bij rampen door in eerste instantie hygiënische toiletten en wasg... More..
  11. Press Release Dommel - IPStar

    Boxtel, April 10, 2017 Water Board De Dommel and IPStar BV enter into strategic partnership The world is witnessing a paradigm shift: the transition from a linear to a circular economy. This is the bi... More..
  12. AstroPlant Challenge

    On April 7 and 8, Border Labs, ESA and Blue City organise the AstroPlant Challenge at BlueCity. During this design hackathon, you have the opportunity to collaborate with scientists, engineers, biolog... More..
  13. University of Málaga, PTA and IPStar to collaborate on circular incubator

    Signature at UMA

    The University of Málaga, the Technology Park of Andalusia (PTA) and IPStar BV have signed an agreement with the objective of creating a Circular Economy Incubator based on technologies developed by t... More..
  14. Space for inspiration - ISS and beyond event

    Join us to learn about recent successes of the International Space Station and how research in space is creating new solutions to overcome key issues in energy, health and food production. We have an ... More..
  15. International Circular Economy, Resource Efficiency and Eco-innovation Brokerage Event

    Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) is working with the Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) and Innovate UK to organise a brokerage, matchmaking and information event. The event is focusing on Horizon 2020, ... More..
  16. SEMiLLA Sanitation Hubs

    IPStar subsidiary SEMiLLA Sanitation Hubs exhibits at the Hannover Messe 2017 to present progress regarding the mobile sanitation units. These units are desigend to provide clean water, sanitation and... More..
  17. CE100 Acceleration Workshop

    Château Saint Just Belle-Eglise, France | 26-28 April 2016 The principal aims of the Acceleration Workshops are to encourage the development of circular economy pilot incentives, build capacity, devel... More..
  18. Innovation Expo Amsterdam

    Together with Waterboard De Dommel, Biopolus, M.J. Oomen Groep, Wageningen University, IPStar will be present at the Innovation Expo, Amsterdam , 14 April 2016. More than 4000 innovators will gather i... More..
  19. MELiSSA Workshop Lausanne

    MELiSSA 21 January 2016 The MELiSSA Workshop from 8.-9. June in Lausanne is an open platform to share and discuss challenges, results and future research of the various MELiSSA scientific domains. Sci... More..