Plate Keynotes 2017
Keynote speakers:
Kirsi Niinimaki, Associate Professor in fashion research, Aalto University, Finland)
James Pierce (Lecturer at UC Berkeley and the Georgia Institute of Technology, USA),
Deepali Sinha-Khetriwal (Associate Programme Officer at the United Nations University)
Ruud Balkenende (Professor in Circular Product Design, TU Delft, Netherlands).
Themes
PLATE 2017 embraced a multi-disciplinary perspective including design, geography, history, anthropology and culture, technology, business, economics, marketing, consumer behavior, law and public policy. Contributions addressed the following and related themes:
- Design for product longevity
- The role of product lifetimes in resource efficiency
- Product lifetimes optimization
- Cultural perspectives on the throwaway society
- Circular economy and product lifetimes
- Business opportunities, economic implications and marketing strategies
- Consumer influences on product lifetimes, including repair and reuse
- Policy, regulation and legislation