The 2025 Filk leatherdays concluded on May 22.

With more than 20 presentations, the programme covered a wide range of industry-related topics, including the use of livestock to enhance biodiversity, the role of artificial intelligence, and advances in tanning technologies and updates on related chemistries.

The organisers announced that the next edition of the annual event—usually held in Freiberg in alternate years—will take place in the German city of Münster on July 1 and 2, 2026. The exact venue will be confirmed at a later date.

At the close of the event, it was also announced that this would be the final edition overseen by Christin Zingelman, who is set to leave the institute in June.

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