Speakers

How can design stimulate people to take care of products? – The development of a toolkit for designers

Session C.6: Exploring Consumer-Product-Relations
20th September 13:30 - 15:30

Laura Ackermann has a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Kassel University, Germany. Since 2013, she is working as a researcher at Salzburg University of Applied Sciences. In 2016, she started her PhD project at TU Delft as an external PhD student. Her research interests lie in product design and services for a more sustainable way of consumption, especially from the consumers’ perspective.

Circularity in business: a framework for assessing the circularity potential of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and its relation to product lifetime extension

Session E.2: Circular Business Model Dynamics
18th September 16:30 - 18:30

Natalia has set-up and manages the Advance London Advisory programme for SMEs for the London Waste and Recycling Board since 2017. Currently managing a team of six advisors working with 150 London based SMEs to promote circularity and new business models. Previously she worked for 8 years as an Environmental Advisor, specialising in sustainable businesses and green finance in emerging economies. She has helped businesses develop sustainability strategies and resource efficient business plans. Her entrepreneurship guide on ‘How to start your waste/sanitation business’ has been used in more than ten countries. She has designed waste collection and delivery plans for municipalities across Europe and Africa and has analysed and restructured internal processes for organisations in the retail, packaging, banking, textiles, recycling and sanitary sectors. International clients have included Philips, IFCO Systems S.A., Textile Enterprises, IBM, the World Bank, the EU, the UNDP, Water.org and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.’

Smart products as enabler for circular business models: the case of B2B textile washing services

Session E.1: Data Intelligence in Business Model and Product Design
18th September 14:30 - 16:00

Hello world! I am a doctoral candidate and research associate on the intersection between the Circular Economy and the Internet of Things at the Institute for Integrated Quality Design (IQD) at the Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU), Austria. I am a graduate in business administration and hold a master's degree in International Information Systems. My research focuses on the challenges and opportunities of smart products for life cycle management and business model innovation. I aim to understand further innovative business practices related to implementing digital technologies and circular systems and to explain the consequences of novel value chain architectures for quality and environmental management systems.

Information requirements to enable the repair or upgrade of products: the case study of computers in EU policy tools and other voluntary labels.

Session B.3: Strategies and Structures to Faciliate Repair I
19th September 11:00 - 12:30

Felice Alfieri, PhD in Chemical Engineering, with almost 10 years of experience in the field sustainability and circular economy. Currently, as Scientific Officer at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, I'm supporting the development and implementation of product policy tools as Ecodesign and Green Public Procurement. With a multidisciplinary background (Environmental Science, Chemistry for Sustainable Development and Chemical Engineering), I have gained expertise in different areas, including ICT products, biofuels and waste.

Cigar box guitar forums: fostering competency, creativity and connectedness in communities of practice and performance

Session B.4: Strategies and Structures to Faciliate Repair II
19th September 16:30 - 18:30

Paul Atkinson is Professor of Design and Design History at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. He has published widely on Do-it-Yourself and amateur versus professional design, and has authored two books on the design history of computers (Computer, Reaktion, 2010 and Delete: A Design History of Computer Vapourware, Bloomsbury Academic, 2013) and a forthcoming design history of the electric guitar for Reaktion.

Ten golden rules of design for sustainability

Session B.5: Design for Sustainable Products I
20th September 11:00 - 12:30

Conny Bakker is professor of Design Methodology for Sustainability and Circular Economy at TU Delft, faculty of Industrial Design Engineering. Her research field is the development of design methods for products that have multiple lifecycles. She explores strategies such as product lifetime extension, reuse, remanufacturing and recycling, and the business models that enable these strategies. A second research interest is the field of user centred sustainable design, which focuses on exploring the relationships between consumer behaviour, sustainability and design. Conny co-leads the European H2020 project ReCiPSS, that helps designers and manufacturers understand how collection, remanufacturing and reuse of products can lead to more profitable, resource-efficient and resilient business practices. She coordinates and teaches several courses in Sustainable Design and Design for the Circular Economy, including a popular MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) which has attracted over 30,000 learners so far.

Circular fashion archetypes: a feasibility study exploring how maker spaces might support circular innovation, within the context of fashion and textiles.

Session E.4: Circular Business Model Development in Fashion and Textiles
19th September 16:30 - 18:30

Dr. Jen Ballie is a Research Manager and leads research and innovation for a design-led business support programme titled ‘Design for Business’ - positioned within the V&A Dundee – a Design Museum in Scotland. Jen's journey began within textile design but has organically become more interdisciplinary over time, drawing upon the fields of user experience, interaction and service design. Within a world proliferated with too much stuff, Jen's passionate about the role and responsibilities of the design professional and seeks to explore how we can add value to our everyday lives through design. Jen has a BDes in Textile Design and Masters of Design with distinction from Duncan of Jordanstone, College of Art and Design, Dundee University (2008). During her Masters she was successful for a PhD scholarship call linked to Textile Futures Research Consultancy (TFRC), funded by Neal's Yard. This research was undertaken at Chelsea College of Art & Design within the Textiles Environment Design (TED) Research Unit now the Centre for Circular Design.

A performance and consumer based lifespan evaluation for T-shirt eco-design

Session C.1: The Lifetime of Textiles I
18th September 14:30 - 16:00

Romain Benkirane received the Master degree in textile engineering from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Industries Textiles (ENSAIT) in 2011. He then was an R&D engineer in Sigvaris, a French medical devices company. He is currently conducting his research, in GEMTEX laboratory, for the award of PhD in automation from Lille University. His research mainly focuses on clothing lifespan estimation and integrates products and consumer knowledge, quality testing, data mining techniques and life cycle assessment. He had the opportunity to share his research in national and international conferences such as avniR and LCM

Analyzing circular economy aspects in ISO type I ecolabelling criteria

PPB: Poster Pitches B
19th September 14:30 - 15:20

María D Bovea is full professor at the University Jaume I in Spain. Her research is focused around ecodesign and sustainability.

Sustainability assessment of product lifetime extension through increased repair and reuse

Session D.2: Assessing the Impact of Repair and Repairability
18th September 16:30 - 18:30

Ir. Ellen Bracquené is currently a research engineer at KU Leuven. Previously she was employed as an environmental consultant for 8 years. She has worked on a broad range topics, such as Product Stewardship, Life Cycle Management, Environmental footprint assessments and monitoring of Environmental and Product related regulations and policies.

Too many shoes? An exploratory study of footwear and sustainability

Session A.5: Product Lifetimes at the Production-consumption Interface
20th September 11:00 - 12:30

Naomi is a Senior Lecturer in Fashion Marketing and Branding at Nottingham Trent University. Her research explores the intersections between fashion, material culture, identity and sustainable consumption. Naomi previously worked in the international designer shoe industry and has a PhD in Material Culture that explored creativity in shoe design. She currently leads a large scale project that investigates teenage attitudes towards footwear. An exhibition of images from the first phase of this project was selected for the 2017 Being Human Festival, led by the School of Advanced Study, University of London, in partnership with the Arts & Humanities Research Council and the British Academy.

Quantifying the circular economy potential of prolonging lifetime in energy using products: the washing machine case

Session D.1: Assessment Questions Exemplified by EEE Cases I
18th September 14:30 - 16:00

Gianmarco Bressanelli is a PhD candidate at the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering of the University of Brescia, Italy. He obtained an Industrial Engineering master’s degree in September 2016, and now he is a member of the RISE Laboratory, where he does research in Circular Economy and its implications on Operations and Supply Chain Management, especially in the household appliance industry. At the same time, he collaborates with IQ Consulting to carry out advisory projects.

Circular design tools: (how) do they understand the consumer?

PPA: Poster Pitches A
19th September 14:30 - 15:20

Ph.D. candidate at the Circ€uit Marie Sklodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network on Circular Economy. My area of research is user acceptance for circular resource efficiency. The research focuses on how consumer requirements such as (perceived) convenience for the end user and fulfilling requirements for circularity can be balanced.

Spark joy and slow acquisition: the KonMari method and its impact on moments of consumption

Session A.2: Sustainable Consumption and Lifetime Enhancing Practices I
18th September 16:30 - 18:30

Lucy Chamberlin is a PhD student at the Design Department of NTNU in Trondheim, Norway. Her work focuses on communication and consumer behaviour change in the context of a circular economy, and she previously worked at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and the Royal Society of Arts in London on issues of designing out waste.

Understanding consumer disposal behaviour with food to go packaging in a move to circular, zero waste packaging solutions.

PPA: Poster Pitches A
19th September 14:30 - 15:20

With a first class BA (Hons) + DPS Industrial Design and Technology from Loughborough University Nikki went straight onto become a creative designer at Benson Group, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of carton board food and pharmaceutical packaging. During her time at Benson Group she developed a Design Department. Following completion of a CIM Marketing Diploma she developed a Marketing Department, managing both departments. Benson Group was bought out by Global carton manufacturer Graphic Packaging International and she became Marketing Manager for Europe. Nikki also has experience in primary thermoformed plastic packaging after working for LINPAC Packaging (now Klockner Pentaplast) to develop and manage their inhouse European marketing team, including a Conceptual Designer. This experience allowed Nikki to learn about rigid and flexible plastic packaging and broaden her food packaging knowledge. A member of the Packaging Society and a judge for the Industry Starpack Awards, Nikki is well connected in the UK’s Packaging Industry. Throughout Nikki’s professional career within the packaging industry she has wanted to reduce the environmental impact of packaging to a greater degree than she has been able to. Being able to focus on this area for her PhD research will allow Nikki to contribute to this important agenda. In May 2019 Nikki obtained Fellowship in HEA, showing her commitment to teaching within HE.

Benefits and pitfalls of better lifetime data – the case of batteries in mobile electronic equipment

Session C.4: Lifetime of Electric and Electronic Equpiment
19th September 16:30 - 18:30

Christian Clemm studied environmental sciences at the Universities of Copenhagen and Hohenheim with a focus on environmental management. Between 2013 and 2017 he worked as a researcher at the Technische Universität Berlin and led several studies at the cross-cutting topic of evaluation and optimization of electronics from an environmental point of view. Since 2017 he is part of the Environmental and Reliability Engineering department at Fraunhofer IZM. One of his major research interests has been the durability and environmental impacts of lithium-ion batteries in mobile electronic devices. Besides, he conducts research on hazardous substances and life cycle assessment together with partners from the electronics industry and academia.

New-old jeans or old-new jeans? Contradictory aesthetics and sustainability paradoxes in young people’s clothing consumption

Session A.4: Clothing Consumption and the Lifetimes of Textiles
19th September 16:30 - 18:30

The economic implications of increased product longevity

Session D.6: Assessments from Micro and Macro Perspectives
20th September 13:30 - 15:30

Tim Cooper is Professor of Sustainable Design and Consumption at Nottingham Trent University. For the past 25 years he has undertaken multidisciplinary research on issues relating to product lifetimes. He is editor of Longer Lasting Products (Routledge, 2010) and initiated the biennial PLATE (Product Lifetimes and the Environment) conferences in 2015. His research work has been funded by the European Commission, EPSRC, Defra and WRAP and has included collaborative projects with industry in the clothing and electronic goods sectors.

Trialling the preparation for reuse of B2C ICT WEEE in Ireland

Session C.4: Lifetime of Electric and Electronic Equpiment
19th September 16:30 - 18:30

Dr Damian Coughlan currently works as a Post-doctoral Researcher in the Department of Electronic & Computer Engineering at the University of Limerick, Ireland. Damian has a BSc (Hons) in Product Design & Technology (UL) and a PhD on End of Life strategies and WEEE (UL). Prior to this Damian has fulfilled various technical roles within the ICT sector in manufacturing, repair and support for over 15 years. Damian’s research centres on product lifetime extension and the management of WEEE. Damian’s current role is on the EEE2WEEE project. This project is an EPA funded investigation into WEEE Arising and Not Arising in Ireland.

Designing useful fashion: a new conceptual model of the garment lifetime

Session B.6: Design for Sustainable Products II
20th September 13:30 - 15:30

Jo Cramer is a fashion practitioner and lecturer in the School of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT University, Melbourne. Her PhD research project The Living Wardrobe employed practice as a method to investigate and advance sustainable design within fashion and related design disciplines. The research produced a comprehensive garment lifetime diagram and a series of ‘self-scripting’ garments, to advance sustainable fashion as practice, predicated upon a relationship of mutual responsibility across the garment’s lifetime.

Economic consequences of consumer repair strategies for electrical household devices

Session A.1: Repair Practices and User Perspectives
18th September 14:30 - 16:00

Yoko Dams is innovation team lead and expert at VITO. As a member of the sustainable materials team, she uses economic models (such as a CGE model), life cycle cost assessment methods, statistical methods and data science to generate evidence based insights in the dynamics of circular economy strategies for public authorities and for industry. As research team lead, she is responsible for setting up and realizing the research roadmap on datafication. Currently she is working in the European Topic Centre on Waste and Materials in a Green Economy to support the EEA by quantifying economic impacts from consumption-production trends of electronic products. For the H2020 research project METGROW+, focusing on the metal recovery from low grade ores and waste, she coordinates the work package on impact assessments of the metallurgical systems applied to raw/secondary materials. Yoko graduated in 2009 as researcher in advanced economics, with specialization in quantitative methods.

What businesses might benefit from product repair? Insight from different stakeholders

Session A.1: Repair Practices and User Perspectives
18th September 14:30 - 16:00

He is a PhD research student in product longevity at Nottingham Trent University, funded by the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council’s Centre for Industrial Energy, Materials and Products (CIE-MAP). His research interests are in the ​sustainable supply chain, ethical consumer behaviour, product longevity and repairability.

Circular economy business requirements

Session E.5: Prerequisites for Circular Business Model Formation
20th September 11:00 - 12:30

Leendert Jan de Olde is Director Ecodesign & Sustainability for Philips. In his role as business partner for Philips Personal Health businesses he drives sustainability improvement in the consumer product portfolio.

Data-driven decision making instruments to support circular product design

Session E.1: Data Intelligence in Business Model and Product Design
18th September 14:30 - 16:00

2018 - 2021 PhD candidate at Universität Graz – Early Stage Researcher at CRESTING Innovative Training Network PhD topic: Sustainable product lifecycle management in a circular economy 2014 - 2018 MSc. Environmental Systems Analysis – Wageningen University & Research (The Netherlands) Msc. thesis: Comparative performance of technological innovations operating at different scales to improve the circularity of biogenic household waste flows: The case of Amsterdam (The Netherlands) – Wageningen University & Research (The Netherlands), Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions – AMS Circular economy consultancy projects at Enviu (Rotterdam) and Circle Econmy (Amsterdam) 2010 - 2014 BSc. Biotechnology – University of Barcelona (Spain) Bsc. thesis: Bioremediation of agricultural pollutants by soil bacteria - Helmoltz Zentrum für Umweltforschung – UFZ (Germany)

The legend of the circular tire: lessons learned from collaboration in a tire business ecosystem

Session C.5: Waste as a New Product
20th September 11:00 - 12:30

Derek Diener is a senior researcher in the Sustainable Business group at RISE. He has 8 years experience in research and development with manufacturing companies and focuses on building understanding about how the obsolescence of individual components (or subsystems) are influenced by the product systems and people around them and ultimately, how more resource-productive end-of-use outcomes can be achieved. He finished his doctorate at Chalmers University of Technology, Division of Environmental Systems Analysis (Scrap happens, but does it have to? Göteborg 2017).

Co-creation – a facilitator for circular economy implementation? A case study in the kitchen industry

Session E.5: Prerequisites for Circular Business Model Formation
20th September 11:00 - 12:30

Giliam Dokter is a product designer from the Netherlands and holds an MSc degree in Integrated Product Design from the Technical University of Delft in 2015. He has previously worked several years in the industry, including as lead designer for a e-health startup in Malmö, Sweden. Currently he is a PhD student at the faculty of Architecture & Civil Engineering at Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg. In his research, he uses research through design methods to explore design solutions for a circular economy, especially in the context of the kitchen and home.

WOT? Insights into the flows and fates of e-waste in the UK

Session C.5: Waste as a New Product
20th September 11:00 - 12:30

Sarah is responsible for a varied portfolio within REPIC Ltd. She developed the specification for and project managed REPIC commissioned work undertaken by Lancaster University, to improve forecasting on WEEE generated. Sarah has worked very closely with the WEEE Forum over the last seven years including being part of the project team that developed the actions for WEEE in the EC Raw Materials Strategic Implementation Plan. She was Project Leader for the ProSUM project – Prospecting Secondary raw materials in the Urban mine and Mining wastes – a €3.5 million EC funded project consortium involving 17 partners from across Europe.

Fun for life – designerly opportunities for lifetime extension in toys

PPB: Poster Pitches B
19th September 14:30 - 15:20

In 2009, Els Du Bois started her PhD as one of the first researchers within the department of product development, at the Artesis university college of Antwerp. Executing these pioneering research activities in the department, she had to take the responsibility to create a context and find support and expertise in order to generate the necessary knowledge on design research for my PhD. In order to achieve this she searched for an additional supervisor at the TU Delft and found a good match with prof. Imre Horvath of Industrial Design Engineering. Continuing in a joint doctorate, she successfully defended her PhD at the TU Delft on October 24, 2013. Meanwhile, she coached bachelor and master students in both design and research assignments and was involved in other design research projects. After her PhD, she got the opportunities to continue working at the department of Product Development at the University of Antwerp, first, as a researcher on a specific project and later on, as a post doc assistant to extend the research on design for a circular economy.

Designing for garment repair-ability: an exploration of future possibilities

Session B.4: Strategies and Structures to Faciliate Repair II
19th September 16:30 - 18:30

Marium Durrani is a Doctorate Candidate working in the Fashion/Textile Futures Research Group, Aalto University. Durrani holds an M-Phil from the University of Oslo, Norway in Culture, the Environment and Sustainability and is a Social Anthropologist by training. Durrani’s current research explores everyday user practices of garment mending, situated within communal mending events, as sites for stimulating alternative ways of using garments that challenge mainstream fashion systems.

Focus on reparability

Session D.6: Assessments from Micro and Macro Perspectives
20th September 13:30 - 15:30

Christian Dworak (CD) holds a diploma in business administration with focus in sustainable investments and logistics from University of Stuttgart. CD has worked for BOSCH since 2007, first in the field of corporate health safety environment in the BOSCH headquarters in Stuttgart. From 2009 on he was focused on the integration of Eco-Design aspects into the product development process. In 2011 CD moved to BSH, BOSCH household appliance division, focusing on recycling activities, circular economy and related standardization activities. Since 2016 CD chairs CENELEC TC111X committee and is a member of different EU wide committees and association working groups dealing with the EU Circular Economy Package.

Green consumption, green divestment? Ethical consumers in the light of divestment practices

Session A.2: Sustainable Consumption and Lifetime Enhancing Practices I
18th September 16:30 - 18:30

Ana has a background as industrial designer and a MA in Social and Humanistic research. Currently, she is doing a PhD in Design at the University of Leeds, UK. Her research topics are centred in design, material culture and sustainable consumption.

Smartphone reparability scoring: assessing the self-repair potential of mobile ICT devices

Session D.2: Assessing the Impact of Repair and Repairability
18th September 16:30 - 18:30

Bas Flipsen is senior researcher at iFixit and a university lecturer in the field of Circular Economy assessment. Together with iFixit we have researched repairability and make it quantifyable. Assessment is the first step towards improved product architectures for more repairable and sustainable consumer electronics.

Everything that went wrong: challenges and opportunities in prototyping long-life garments in a circular economy

Session C.2: The Lifetime of Textiles II
18th September 16:30 - 18:30

Laetitia Forst is a multi-technique textile designer trained at ENSAD Paris in skills covering weave, knit, print and other textile embellishment techniques. Her practice explores the tension between technical challenges and creativity in sustainable design for textiles. Combining traditional techniques with new technologies, her designs explores the creative potential of juxtaposing contrasting materials and allowing for flexibility in the future lives of the material or objects, whether this be as modular textiles or fabrics that evolve through time to eventually reach an optimal end of life treatment in a circular economy. Laetitia’s ongoing PhD research project at the Centre for Circular Design at University of the Arts London aims to explore design driven solutions for incorporating ease of recyclability into textiles. The project takes a pro-active approach to developing alternatives to the unsustainable status-quo in the creation of blends through the use of design for disassembly, the design of products and materials that can be taken apart to divert their components from waste streams. This strategy is adapted to the scale of textiles and to the specifics of creative textile design practice in an effort to design waste out of our systems from the very first stages of materials creation.

A multi-hierarchical “Design for X” framework for accelerating circular economy

Session B.5: Design for Sustainable Products I
20th September 11:00 - 12:30

Alessio Franconi (MA, University of Camerino, IT) is a designer, researcher and educator focused on the intersection of circular economy, product-service systems, and design for sustainable behavior. Currently, Alessio is a doctoral candidate at University Iuav of Venice's faculty of Design and Planning for Complex Environments, working on the classification of “Design for X” strategies to create a collaborative and multidisciplinary tool to accelerating the circular economy. He was the 2018/19 recipient of the Fulbright - Fondazione Simone Cesaretti at the Rochester Institute of Technology, NY. He has industrial design consulting experiences at Indesit Company, JP Industries, and different Startups; and international academic experience at Technical university of Delft, NL, and at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, TR. Alessio was recognized as one of the first experts of Blue Economy worldwide at University of Pécs, H, in 2016 from professor Gunter Pauli.

Positioning textile repair: viewing a culture of perfection through surface imperfections

Session C.2: The Lifetime of Textiles II
18th September 16:30 - 18:30

Experience October 2018- Ongoing PhD candidate, Design School, Loughborough University, • AHRC- Design Star supported September 2017- October 2018 Private Tutoring, Workshop Leader, East of England • Design and deliver private lessons for informal and formal learners (GCSE, A level, undergraduate). • Run workshops covering art and design methods and textile techniques. Subjects include; observational drawing, identity development and material exploration. August- September 2017 All the Kings Men, East of England Artist and Project Worker • The Project ‘All the Kings Men’ funded by the Arts Council focused on increasing the involvement of isolated rural men in the arts. • The project encouraged the development of a community by hosting weekly creative sessions aimed at offering a safe communal space for conversation and expression. July 2016 – August 2016 National Citizen Service, East of England Team Leader • Supported a team of 15 young people through NCS project development and delivery. • Worked with a creative charity to highlight and promote conversations and awareness surrounding mental health issues, achieved local press coverage increasing charities profile September 2014 – July 2016 West Suffolk College, Bury St. Edmunds Lecturer in Art and Design and Fashion and Textiles • Lecturer in general art and design and fashion and textiles to post 16 students. Teaching across UAL (University of the Arts London) curriculum, level 1 to foundation students. Education MSc Textiles, Merit – University of Leeds – 2017 PGCE – University Campus Suffolk, Suffolk New College – 2015 BA (Hons) Textile Design, 2:1 – University of the Arts London, Chelsea College of Art and Design – 2012 BTEC Foundation Diploma in Art and Design (Textiles), Distinction – West Suffolk College – 2008

The role of unused storage phases (hibernation) in the overall lifetime of a mobile phone – an evaluation of simulation-based scenarios including their environmental impacts

Session D.3: Assessment Questions Exemplified by EEE Cases II
19th September 11:00 - 12:30

Simon Glöser-Chahoud holds a diploma degree in industrial engineering from TU Berlin and he has passed his PhD studies at TU Munich and TU Clausthal. Before joining IIP/KIT (Institute for Industrial Production (IIP) within Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)), where he currently holds a position as the head of research group “Sustainable Value Chains”, he has worked as a project manager and research associate for Fraunhofer ISI (Institute for Systems and Innovation Research). His current research focuses on industrial value chains in a circular economy. In this context, he develops simulation models of material and product cycles as well as entire raw material markets. Further aspects are the assessment of raw material supply security as well as the optimisation of closed-loop supply chains including aspects of reverse logistics. In order to assess the economic feasibility of innovative technologies, he performs techno-economic evaluations of industrial processes at an early development stage, mainly in the field of recycling and processing of renewable resources.

Objects, things and stuff; exploring the awareness of materiality in longer everyday product relationships

Session A.2: Sustainable Consumption and Lifetime Enhancing Practices I
18th September 16:30 - 18:30

Clare Green is a British designer based in Paris, France. She has worked as designer for a wide variety of companies including Louis Vuitton, SEB, Moulinex, Mitsubishi Electric Japan, both as in-house designer and as consultant. She currently teaches in product and service design in the ISD, Valenciennes and at the University of Nimes. She is will present a PhD in design and aesthetics at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes in September 2019.

The use of system dynamics to verify long-term behaviour and impacts of circular business models: a sharing platform in healthcare

Session E.1: Data Intelligence in Business Model and Product Design
18th September 14:30 - 16:00

Daniel Guzzo is a PhD researcher at USP and lecturer at Insper. He is a 2017 Schmidt MacArthur Fellow and was a visiting PhD researcher at TU Delft. Daniel applies System Dynamics to verify and potentialize the impacts of circular business models.

Self-healing materials within a circular economy

Session C.3: Material Innovation
19th September 11:00 - 12:30

Merryn is a researcher at Cranfield University working on the EPSRC funded consortium ‘Manufacturing Immortality’ where she is investigating the design opportunities and Circular Economy implications of implementing self-healing materials within product development. This position builds on her experience from her PhD, which was an AHRC funded research collaboration between Philips Lighting and University of Brighton exploring the integration of Emotionally Durable Design thinking into the new product development process of consumer lighting. Before beginning in academia, Merryn worked as a Designer for an innovation consultancy which solidified her knowledge and experience in innovation methodologies.

Turning utopias into material: the case of an open space for experimentation in Helsinki

Session B.1: Living Labs and Open Spaces
18th September 14:30 - 16:00

Philip Hector is a third year doctoral candidate. His thesis studies the increasing Do-it-yourself culture found in e.g. repair cafes, open workshops or neighbourhood centres. Within these, the focus is on initiatives which rely on narratives of sustainability, openness and new ways of collective organising and well-being. The objective of this research is to better understand how the sites take shape and endure, and how and by whom the social and material infrastructure is created

Understanding and practicing wood waste qualities in Norway: a case of adaptation work in circular bioeconomy

Session C.5: Waste as a New Product
20th September 11:00 - 12:30

Atle Wehn Hegnes is a researcher at NIBIO - the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research. He holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Oslo and has worked at the National institute for consumer research. He has experience with qualitative and interdisciplinary research on local food, food culture, agriculture, bio-energy, wood waste, consumption, policies and regulations. In particular his interest is on the interlinkages of practices and their transformative potential to socio-cultural change within the frames of bioeconomy.

Apparel as a resource – results of a literature review and laboratory textile tests of garments subjected to the laundry care process

PPB: Poster Pitches B
19th September 14:30 - 15:20

Claudia Heller studied Clothing Technology from 2010-2015 at the Albstadt-Sigmaringen University with a focus on knitted fabric. During this time, she worked for two years as a clothing technician at Closed GmbH in Hamburg, where she wrote her bachelor thesis in vendor management. In 2016, she obtained a Master's degree in Clothing Technology from the University of Applied Science Berlin. In her master thesis, written in cooperation with BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, she analysed how the laundry care process can become part of Smart Home. After a period as a research assistant in the Kooperation Wäschepflege and a research project on the digitisation of clothing, she has been working on her doctoral thesis since 2018. As part of the graduate programme Digital Transformation (DiGiTal), she is researching the ageing behaviour of clothing.

Resisting obsolescence? The role of a 'culture of repair' for product longevity

Session B.2: Cultures and Communities of Repair
18th September 16:30 - 18:30

Sabine Hielscher joined SPRU as a Research Fellow in October 2010. Her work has mainly focused on studying novel activities derived from groups in civil society, for instance, community energy initiatives and community-based digital fabrication workshops. Since 2015, Sabine has also taken a Research Fellow position at the Technical University of Berlin, where she continues her work on civil society activities and sustainable consumption in everyday life. Sabine co-convened a course on ‘Ecology and Design’ at Goldsmiths College, London (2014-2015). Prior to joining SPRU, Sabine completed a EPSRC funded PhD in Art and Design at Nottingham Trent University, drawing on social practice theory to examine hair care routines in relation to sustainable design/consumption ideas and before that, she completed a BA (Hons) in Eco-Design at Goldsmiths College, London, and worked for design studios (such as the Thomas Heatherwick Studio) and research units.

Modelling of useful life based on social practices

Session A.3: Sustainable Consumption and Lifetime Enhancing Practices II
19th September 11:00 - 12:30

Tamina Hipp is a PhD candidate at Technische Universität Berlin. She is part of the research group “Obsolescence as a challenge for sustainability” which is funded by the BMBF. Between 2010 and 2016 Tamina Hipp was a Senior Research & Consultant at Sinus Markt- und Sozialforschung GmbH mainly focusing on studies in the field of environmental sociology. In 2009 she graduated from the University of Potsdam and Free University Berlin with a Master’s degree in sociology and religious studies. Her major research interests are sustainable consumption, social practices, environmental consciousness, milieus, qualitative social research

Exploring organizational dynamics towards circular-sufficiency-based value creation systems

Session E.2: Circular Business Model Dynamics
18th September 16:30 - 18:30

Florian Hofmann is a researcher at the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration (IZM) in Berlin. His research focuses on circular reinventions and systemic management of social-ecological-oriented corporations. In addition, he explores the reciprocity and duality between enterprises and society against the backdrop of sustainability transitions. Since October 2017, Florian Hofmann has been doing his doctorate in the research group “Obsolescence as a challenge for sustainability”, which is a five year transdisciplinary project consisting of scientists from the Fraunhofer IZM, Center for Technology and Society as well as the department Nano Interconnected Technologies (both Technische Universität Berlin). Florian Hofmann is financially and ideationally supported by the Heinrich-Böll Foundation, the green political foundation in Germany.

Circular economy of plastics: analysis of flows and stocks of plastic in Europe

Session E.5: Prerequisites for Circular Business Model Formation
20th September 11:00 - 12:30

Wan-Ting is currently a doctoral researcher at UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources. She is working on a project of Plastic Circular Economy in the EU. Her research addresses the circularity of plastics in the EU by using material flow analysis and dynamic stock modelling in order to provide an assessment of Circular Economy opportunities for plastics in Europe. Prior to starting the PhD, she obtained an MSc in Environmental Planning and Management at National Taiwan University. She worked for a Taiwanese circular economy research action group, building circular strategies for Taiwan's government and industries. She previously worked in Epson Taiwan Technology & Trading Ltd. as a writing editor for the annual sustainability report. In the past, She worked as an environmental journalist in the Taiwan Environmental Information Association (TEIA).

Transforming Berlin towards a community-led circular economy

Session D.6: Assessments from Micro and Macro Perspectives
20th September 13:30 - 15:30

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Towards developing a framework for circular business model scalability analysis: evidences from fashion retail value chain

Session E.4: Circular Business Model Development in Fashion and Textiles
19th September 16:30 - 18:30

Emelie Hultberg is a doctoral student in textile management since January 2019, with focus on circular business model scalability in the fashion industry. She has a Bachelor's degree in textile technology from Swedish School of Textiles at University of Borås and a master's degree in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management from KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Before starting her doctoral studies, she worked in the fashion retail industry for several years. Most recently at H&M as quality manager for footwear and bags in Asia.

The influence of product lifetime labelling on purchase decisions

Session D.4: Legal Framework for Product Longevity
19th September 16:30 - 18:30

Circular society – from a self-destructive to a self-sustaining metabolism

Session D.6: Assessments from Micro and Macro Perspectives
20th September 13:30 - 15:30

Melanie Jaeger-Erben is Professor of Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research in Electronics at Technische Universität. Her research interests are sociological engineering reserach, sustainable consumption and production, material culture and grassroots innovation.

The REFER project – engaging with the general public on critical raw materials through the medium of electronic repair workshops

Session B.2: Cultures and Communities of Repair
18th September 16:30 - 18:30

Michael is a post-doctoral researcher in sustainable electronics in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering at the University of Limerick, Ireland. Research areas include Waste Electronics (WEEE), Recyling, Re-use and Critical Raw Materials.

Circular design of composite products: a preliminary framework based on insights from literature and industry

Session C.3: Material Innovation
19th September 11:00 - 12:30

Jelle Joustra (Msc.), is doing his PhD. research at the faculty of Industrial Design Engineering of TU Delft, the Netherlands on design strategies for composite products in a Circular Economy. The research is embedded in the Horizon2020 project Ecobulk, which brings together partners from industry and academia to close the resource loop for composite materials. Current research includes the End-of-Life scenarios for wind turbine blades and design evaluation of products in the automotive, furniture and building industry. Building on his research and experience in product development, he will translate the findings into strategies for the initial design of composite products.

Online collaborative clothing consumption = “business as usual”? A look at female practitioners of redistributed ownership

Session A.6: Consumers in a Circular Economy
20th September 13:30 - 15:30

Dr. Joyner Armstrong is Associate Professor in the Department of Design, Housing and Merchandising at Oklahoma State University where she teaches visual communication and sustainable design. Her research specializations include sustainable design and consumption as well as sustainability education.

Modularity as one principle in sustainable technology design – a design case study on ICT

Session B.6: Design for Sustainable Products II
20th September 13:30 - 15:30

Ines Junge is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Sustainable Technology Design at University of Oslo, Department of Informatics, Section Digital Entrepreneurship. Ines graduated Dipl.-Ing. (M. Sc.) in Industrial Design Engineering from University of Technology Dresden, Germany in 2009. She has collected work experience as research engineer at University of Technology Berlin, Germany and research assistant at Technologiestiftung Berlin, Germany, as well as freelance designer and EdTech-entrepreneur in Oslo, Norway. Her general research area is Design, with a special interest in sustainability both for material “things” and the immaterial in the design of (information) systems.

Deconstructing the clothing design process for a circular economy

Session C.2: The Lifetime of Textiles II
18th September 16:30 - 18:30

Essi Karell is a doctoral candidate at Aalto University. Her research focuses on recyclability of clothing textiles in a circular economy context, providing an investigation on possibilities and limitations of closed loop textile recycling from the perspective of design. Karell is a member of Fashion/Textile Futures research group at Aalto University.

The community of transformative repair

Session B.2: Cultures and Communities of Repair
18th September 16:30 - 18:30

Guy Keulemans is a experimental designer and researcher. His research areas include transformative repair and reuse, critical design and generative design with a concern for environmental sustainability. Guy has a Masters in Humanitarian Design from the Design Academy Eindhoven and a PhD from the University of New South Wales Art & Design, where he also lectures. He has exhibited in museums and galleries in the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Poland, including Ars Electronica, the Marres Centre for Contemporary Culture, COCA Torun and Platform 21, and in Australia, at Object, Craft ACT and Craft Victoria. The National Gallery of Victoria has four of his works in their permanent collection.

Wardrobe sizes and clothing lifespans

Session A.4: Clothing Consumption and the Lifetimes of Textiles
19th September 16:30 - 18:30

Resech professor Klepp works with sustainable textile, clothing, wool, and laundry consumption and has written numerous articles and books of these themes. The relationship between Cultural, physical characteristics and how these are woven together is at the core of her interest and she loves popular dissemination and new methods.

Estimation of lifespan distribution of motorcycles in Vietnam

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19th September 14:30 - 15:20

Mr. Daiki Kurogi is a graduate student of Science and Engineering in Ritsumeikan University. He obtained Bachelor of Engineering in Ritsumeikan University in 2019, working on Estimation of lifespan distribution of motorcycles in Vietnam.

Global differences in consumer practices affect clothing lifespans

Session A.4: Clothing Consumption and the Lifetimes of Textiles
19th September 16:30 - 18:30

Kirsi Laitala is a senior researcher at Consumption Research Norway (SIFO) at OsloMet. Her educational background is in textile engineering and she holds a PhD in Product design. Her main research area is clothing consumption and sustainability.

The story of product quality and its present day meaning

Session C.6: Exploring Consumer-Product-Relations
20th September 13:30 - 15:30

Deepti Mahajan is a PhD candidate with the Nottingham Trent University, in the third year. Before pursuing PhD, she was working as a consultant with The Energy and Resource Institute in India. She is MSc in Physics and MBA with specialisation in business sustainability from India. She has also worked with other multinational companies such as Encyclopaedia Britannica and Google India. Her research interests are business sustainability, corporate responsibility and product longevity.

Lifetime extension by design and a fab lab level digital manufacturing strategy: tablet case study

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19th September 14:30 - 15:20

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Taking producer responsibility out of waste law: a new legal framework for the circular economy

Session E.6: Policies for the Circular Economy
20th September 13:30 - 15:30

Eléonore Maitre-Ekern graduated in Law from the University of Geneva (2005) and holds a Master in European Law from the College of Europe (2007). After some work experience notably at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg and at ClientEarth, an environmental lawyers’ organisation based in Brussels, she joined the University of Oslo in 2012. In May, she submitted her PhD thesis entitled ‘Towards a Circular Economy for Products: A legal analysis of Europe’s policy and regulatory framework from an ecological perspective’. Her latest publications include a co-edited book ‘Preventing Environmental Damage from Products’ (Cambridge University Press, 2018) and a journal article ‘Towards a Hierarchy of Consumption Behaviour in the Circular Economy’ (2019).

What is my share? Using market data to assess the environmental impacts of secondary consumption

Session D.3: Assessment Questions Exemplified by EEE Cases II
19th September 11:00 - 12:30

Tamar Makov is a recent PhD graduate from the center for industrial ecology at Yale University. Makov investigates how stakeholder’s perceptions, preferences, and behavior, affect the potential to address social and environmental challenges via entrepreneurship and sustainable business practices. Drawing from industrial ecology, behavioral economics, and public policy, she combine methods such as neural language processing, network analysis, psychological experiments, and life cycle assessment (LCA), to investigate topics including planned obsolescence, corporate social responsibility (CSR), the sharing economy, and food systems.

From speed to volume: reframing clothing production and consumption for an environmentally sound apparel sector

Session C.1: The Lifetime of Textiles I
18th September 14:30 - 16:00

Irene Maldini is a researcher at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (Fashion Research and Technology) and a PhD candidate at VU University Amsterdam. Her PhD research explores the possibility of reducing the volumes of clothing produced and consumed through design. This possibility is examined critically through three different perspectives: a fashion history and theory approach, an empirical approach, and a research-through-design approach.

Hide and seek − a systemic approach to sustainability in product

Session B.6: Design for Sustainable Products II
20th September 13:30 - 15:30

Dr. Max Marwede studied econo-physics and philosophy at the University of Ulm and the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He worked at the “Institute for Future Studies and Technology Assessment” in Berlin from 2007 until 2010 amongst others engaged in technology roadmapping projects. In the year 2010 He joined the Technical University Berlin, where he currently holds a PostDoc position in the Junior Research Group „Obsolescence as a challenge for sustainability – causes and alternatives“.In 2013 he received a doctor's degree for his thesis “Critical Raw Material Flows of Thin-Film Photovoltaics” from the University of Augsburg. For this research he visited the School of Environment of the Qinghua University (Beijing) as research fellow in 2011 with a scholarship of the German Exchange Service. Since 2017 he is also Research Fellow at the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration (Fraunhofer IZM) As part of the department “Environmental and Reliability Engineering” of the Fraunhofer IZM he supports companies in designing sustainable products and consults German and European public authorities on future eco-design requirements. He has experience with technology roadmapping, inderdisciplinary stakeholder cooperation and project management in industry-oriented research projects in various technology fields (automation technologies, renewable energies and electronics). Part of his work is to facilitate and moderate eco-innovation processes and train engineers and designers how to develop sustainable products.

Emotional fashion: understanding youth generations and what values drive their consumer behaviors

Session A.3: Sustainable Consumption and Lifetime Enhancing Practices II
19th September 11:00 - 12:30

Rebekah Matheny is an Assistant Professor of Interior Design in the Department of Design at The Ohio State University. She holds a Masters of Architecture from the University of Oregon where she also received a Technical Teaching Certificate with a concentration in Sustainable Design Strategies for Interior Architecture focused in Interior Finish Materials and Lighting Design. Additionally, she holds a Bachelor of Science in Interior Design and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Cincinnati. With over a decade of industry experience in brand experience and consumer strategy, Matheny bridges academia and design practice. She brings this expertise to her work as both an educator, researcher, and consultant, integrating a developed process based on her research for sustainable brand strategy to the areas of retail, hospitality, and corporate office design. Leveraging her background in Sustainable Design Strategies, Matheny’s academic research investigates the sensory experience of retail environments to create emotional connections between people, product, brand purpose, and physical place to forge meaningful memories and foster stronger relationships. Her current research project focuses in the translation of slow fashion principles into what she terms as “slow retail” experience design. Establishing a slow retail vernacular can nurture these relationships, redefining the purpose of retail to create a more environmentally and socially sustainable retail culture. Matheny publishes in academic journals and presents at both academic and professional conferences around. Most recently presented a paper title “Slow Fashion + Retail Design: Designing experiences to influence sustainable consumers behaviors” at the Global Fashion Conference in London. She is also a contributing author to the VMSD Magazine’s Blogs and Perspectives and in 2016 gave a TEDx talk “Creating Meaningful Memories Through Sensory Experiences”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4bGOvkkHcM Royce Epstein is the A&D Design Director for Mohawk Group. As the face to the architecture and interior design community, Royce shares her passion and vision for design, cultural trends, and the meaning of materials in a broad context. Her role is to evolve and share Mohawk Group’s Design Vision within the industry, and to leverage product design with what A&D desires in the field. Constantly on the watch for new trends in all aspects of design and culture, Royce feeds this insight to all our industry’s touch points. A veteran materials and product specialist, Royce spent two decades working in design firms before working with Mohawk. She was named the 2015 Designer of the Year by Interiors and Sources Magazine, and received a HiP award for Rising Star from Interior Design Magazine in 2016. Royce lives in Philadelphia where she is active in the design, art, and music scenes. She is a board member of Collab at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and on the advisory board for the NJIT College of Architecture and Design.

Influence of usage patterns on ecoefficiency of battery storage systems for electromobility and home storage

Session D.3: Assessment Questions Exemplified by EEE Cases II
19th September 11:00 - 12:30

Johanna F. May studied electrical engineering at the University of Ulm, Southern Germany and the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. She holds a phD in microsystems engineering and has worked more than 10 years in research and development at Robert Bosch GmbH. During her time there, she was appointed project leader for a research project on photovoltaic home storage systems. Afterwards, she led a project on the development of a wire bonding process for automotive ECU parts. Furthermore, she gained experience in a national German funding agency in the field of integrating renewable energy in the grid. In 2017 she was appointed as a professor in the field of energy efficiency at the University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, Germany. Her current research interests include sustainability of renewable energy systems.

Is there a need to legally define and criminalize practices of premature obsolescence?

Session D.4: Legal Framework for Product Longevity
19th September 16:30 - 18:30

Anaïs MICHEL (°11 June 1992, Liège) studied at UC Louvain, where she obtained her Master of Laws degree in 2015. During her studies, she attended one semester as an Erasmus student at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. From September 2015 until August 2016, she specialised in European Law at Universiteit Leiden. Since September 2016, Anaïs has been a fulltime researcher at Consumer Competition Market (CCM) at the Faculty of Law of the KU Leuven, Campus Brussel. With the support of Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO), she is preparing a PhD thesis on "Premature Obsolescence: In Search of a Refined Legal Framework" under the supervision of prof. dr. Bert Keirsbilck and the co-supervision of prof. dr. Yves De Cordt (UCL).

Repair or replace? Is it worth repairing an old device from a consumer perspective?

Session D.2: Assessing the Impact of Repair and Repairability
18th September 16:30 - 18:30

Dr Axel Neisser holds a PhD in physics. Prior to joining Stiftung Warentest, he acquired deep insights into product lifetimes and reliability assessments in the field of R&D and product development of secondgeneration photovoltaic modules as R&D director of two innovative start-up companies. Axel Neisser joined Stiftung Warentest in 2015 as Head of Research in the department ‘Home, Energy, Leisure and Travel’. He leads a team is in charge of more than 45 comparative product tests per year covering all sorts of household appliances, DIY equipment and leisure products.

Get your phone out of the drawer: revealed and stated preferences

Session A.3: Sustainable Consumption and Lifetime Enhancing Practices II
19th September 11:00 - 12:30

Austin Nichols is an economist and Principal Scientist at Abt Associates who has published on applied econometrics, education, health, poverty, income volatility and inequality, labor market interventions, disability and unemployment insurance, and social and behavioral change interventions. Dr. Nichols has in recent years focused his research on social insurance programs and tax expenditures, such as the Earned Income Tax Credit and federal disability insurance, on empirical methods, and on educational interventions. He currently leads empirical work for projects focused on postsecondary education, early learning, and academic language interventions in fourth and fifth grades. He is also leading projects on disability policy, and some international development work. He previously worked at the Urban Institute for 10 years, and holds degrees from the University of Michigan, Harvard, and the University of Chicago.

Constructing an assessment framework for environmental and economic impacts of product price increase associated with product lifetime extension design policy

Session D.5: Assessment Questions Exemplified by EEE Cases III
20th September 11:00 - 12:30

I am a lecturer of Faculty of Symbolic System Science in Fukushima University, Japan. My research topic is environmental analysis of production and consumption based on engineering system approach focusing on product lifetime. I currently try to integrate some engineering and economic models to analyze environmental and economic impacts of circular economy strategies especially for encouraging longer product use and product lifetime extension.

A product lifetime model for assessing the effect of product lifetime extension behavior by different consumer segments

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19th September 14:30 - 15:20

Masahiro Oguchi is a senior researcher at Center for Material Cycles and Waste Management Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies in Tsukuba, Japan. He obtained his Ph.D. from Yokohama National University in Japan in 2007 and joined his current institute in 2008. The scientific fields of his concern include: a) chemical management in waste treatment and recycling processes, b) material and substance flow analysis of consumer durables and contained valuable and/or hazardous substance, c) product lifetimes and product longevity in a circular economy. He has advised to the government on policies related to chemical management, WEEE management, POPs/mercury-containing waste management, etc. as a member/advisor of committees, working groups, and study groups mainly for the Ministry of the Environment, Japan. He is a member of International Society for Industrial Ecology, the Japanese Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management, the Institute of Life Cycle Assessment, Japan, and Society of Environmental Science, Japan.

Centres for urban remanufacture: lessons from the CURE pathfinder project

PPA: Poster Pitches A
19th September 14:30 - 15:20

Isabel is a Chilean Industrial Designer that has focused her research on ways of increasing material recovery from waste streams. In teaching she has specialized in sustainable design and environmental evaluation tools for designers in early product development stages.

Alternative consumption: a circular economy beyond the circular business model

Session A.6: Consumers in a Circular Economy
20th September 13:30 - 15:30

Isaac Arturo Ortega Alvarado is a PhD candidate at the Department of Design, Faculty of Architecture and Design, at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). He is working on the project "Everyday life in circular futures", this project is about the future implications of a transition to a circular economy.

Investigating user perspectives related to product repair towards a circular economy

Session A.1: Repair Practices and User Perspectives
18th September 14:30 - 16:00

Nazlı Özkan is a post-doc researcher at Linköping University. She completed her PhD at Royal College of Art in 2017. During her PhD she explored the possibilities of visible repair using a design-led methodology. She has been working in L4IDS EU project since 2018 October. Nazlı’s expertise areas are product repair, circular economy and sustainable product design. Through designing workshops, objects and writing, Nazlı investigates the ways to inspire and encourage people to change the current throw-away mentality.

Demystifying process-level scalability challenges in fashion remanufacturing business models

Session E.4: Circular Business Model Development in Fashion and Textiles
19th September 16:30 - 18:30

Rudrajeet is an Associate Professor within the field of Textile Management at Swedish School of Textiles, University of Borås. His research primarily focuses on operations and supply chain management and business models, covering an eclectic mix of topics, such as resilient organizations, circularity, digital production and sustainability. Rudrajeet holds a PhD in Engineering Science from Tampere University of Technology, Finland. Previously, he has worked in both textile and software sectors. Rudrajeet is also an expert in European Textile Flagship on Digital Fashion and Swedish Government's National Platform for Sustainable Fashion.

The CE analyst – a tool to estimate the environmental benefits of circular business strategies

PPB: Poster Pitches B
19th September 14:30 - 15:20

Rainer Pamminger, PhD in Mechanical Engineering, senior researcher at TUW. Research foci: development of tools and methods for environmental assessment of products and services, for product improvement and environmental communication. Experience in leading research projects, evaluating research projects for the European Commission.

Behavioral change for circular electronics

Session A.6: Consumers in a Circular Economy
20th September 13:30 - 15:30

Biographical Statement Dr. Keshav Parajuly holds a master’s degree in waste process engineering from the University of Stuttgart and a PhD degree in circular economy and e-waste management from the University of Southern Denmark. Following his master’s and prior to his PhD, Dr. Parajuly earned research experience from Palo Alto Research Center, California and was also involved in consulting and implementation projects around waste management and resource efficiency in Nepal and Bhutan. In his PhD work, Dr. Parajuly focused on the techno-economic aspects of e-waste management including reuse and recycling as well as the relevant organizational and legislative provisions. The PhD thesis also documented product and material flows in the end-of-life material recovery chain in order to identify the hotspots for resource losses and their relation to product design. Dr. Parajuly continued to work on circular economy in his postdoctoral research with a focus on business model development for reuse and remanufacturing of end-of-life products. Besides research, Dr. Parajuly has also been active in grassroots activities and knowledge dissemination. During his stay in Denmark, Dr. Parajuly founded and served as the president for the non-profit organization ‘Repair Café Odense’. Inspired by the ‘Repair Café International’ initiative and by the result of his own research (that significant fraction of the discarded items are reusable), Dr. Parajuly started the initiative with the goal of reaching out to the public in order to promote waste reduction. Since June 2018, Dr. Parajuly is a visiting scholar at SCYCLE as a part of his research project “Behavioral Change for the Circular Economy” funded by the Irish Research Council Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) COFUND Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme entitled CAROLINE – ‘Collaborative Research Fellowships for a Responsive and Innovative Europe’. The project seeks to explore the area of sustainable consumer behavior with a focus on electrical and electronic products (e-products) and the resulting e-waste. The project aims at bringing the behavioral element in the ongoing research on the circular economy for e-products. The research investigates the rationale behind users’ actions and the significance of user behaviors in product lifecycle and e-waste management, and explores possibilities of matching and influencing user behaviors through interventions.

Environmental impacts of smart bulbs: a discussion paper reviewing the current issues and research.

Session D.1: Assessment Questions Exemplified by EEE Cases I
18th September 14:30 - 16:00

Miles Park is an Industrial Designer with thirty years experience in product design practice and education. Miles is senior lecturer in Industrial Design at the University of New South Wales, Australia and has served in various leadership positions. He contributes to a range of collaborative interdisciplinary research projects. Recent research includes: product repair, e-waste, design prototyping ,digital sensors and networked devices. Recent successful grants include a series of smart cities collaborative projects with industry partners.

Time in markets: using data mining technologies to measure product lifecycles

PPB: Poster Pitches B
19th September 14:30 - 15:20

Erik Poppe is working at the TU Berlin and is an associate member of the research group "Obsolescence as challenge for sustainability" which is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education from 2016-2021. In his doctorate he follows a software-based approach to the automated collection and evaluation (data mining) of product data from German Internet shops. The aim of his work is to analyse trends and time in markets (TIM) of products.

Instances of the circular economy in Australian commercial furniture production

Session E.3: Circular Business Models in Different Industries
19th September 11:00 - 12:30

An active researcher and lecturer in various aspects of Industrial Design for Sustainability, Dr Ramírez has authored over 50 publications in his area of expertise. His research has been presented in over 30 conferences globally. He held Visiting Professor roles in universities in China, India, Mexico, Hong Kong, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Perú, and the Philippines, and is a Higher Degree Examiner in three Australian universities. He has regularly contributed to various international academic journals and conferences on Design for Sustainability as scientific committee reviewer and author. His research projects include the integration of environmental and social sustainability aspects in industrial design, optimization of product lifetimes, enabling sustainable consumption behaviours through product design, and product-service systems design for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Living labs for product circularity: learnings from the ‘innovation network aiming at sustainable smartphones’

Session B.1: Living Labs and Open Spaces
18th September 14:30 - 16:00

Ferdinand Revellio is a research associate at the Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM), Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany and doctoral candidate at Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU), Austria. His research is located at the intersection of technology, sustainability and organizational science with a focus on circular strategies in the electronics industry. Ferdinand is an industrial engineer by training with experience in the German machine building industry and received a master’s of science degree in sustainability science with a focus on sustainability management from Leuphana University of Lüneburg.

Drivers, barriers, and stakeholder roles in repair: a case study of Southern Sweden

Session B.2: Cultures and Communities of Repair
18th September 16:30 - 18:30

Jessika Luth Richter is a PhD researcher at the IIIEE at Lund University. She researches in the area of product policy, with particular focus on waste electrical and electronic products and critical materials. She explores how questions related to design, repair, disposal, collection, labels and procurement can be addressed in a synergistic way. This has involved working with policy and life cycle analysis across several research projects. She is also involved in teaching in Masters programmes in environmental policy and developing massive open online courses - the latest: “Circular Economy: sustainable materials management” freely available from coursera.org.

Material eco-replacement: correlating product lifespan and material durability when evaluating the substitution of plastic with novel circular materials

Session C.3: Material Innovation
19th September 11:00 - 12:30

Romina Santi is a PhD student from the Design Department of Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy. Before starting the Doctoral path, Romina graduated in Product Design and subsequently earned a Master Degree in Design Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Milan. After a first period as graduate research fellow carried out at INSTM: National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science, Romina decided to start a PhD in Design with the title: "MATERIALS DRIVEN BEHAVIOURAL SUSTAINABILITY: The impact of materials and surface finishes on users' behaviour. The case of packaging ". Romina enjoys the activities of workshops, co-design, design and 3D printing labs with students, but is also an entertainer of recreational activities with children. You can reach Romina at romina.santi@polimi.it

Promoting life cycle thinking: a training of public officers for green public procurement

PPB: Poster Pitches B
19th September 14:30 - 15:20

I am a Sustainability professional with more than 15 years wide-ranging experience promoting RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION and PRODUCTION in NGOs, the public and the private sectors (through research, networking, education, training, information, communication, project management, evaluation and advising). I believe that the success of Sustainability, Social Responsibility or Energy saving and efficiency strategies, depends on people's engagement and social change. My main RESEARCH INTERESTS are: - The processes of organizations (companies, public bodies…) toward sustainability. - People (employees, citizens…) involvement in Sustainability, especially motivational aspects and methods to promote change and engagement. - Education for Sustainability and in particular adults Education and Training for Sustainable Consumption and Production and a Circular Economy. I developed diverse training skills for adults’ engagement in sustainability, thanks to: - MULTICULTURAL background and HOLISTIC VISION. Fluent English, Spanish, Italian and continuous update in 3 languages. - CROSS-DISCIPLINARY professional skills with a blend of SCIENTIFIC-DIDACTIC-RESEARCH expertise: Sustainability Science and PhD studies on the processes towards sustainability of 3 companies and their Education for Sustainable Consumption and Production. - Great motivation and creativity. TRAINING TOPICS: Sustainable Consumption and Production: energy saving and efficiency, renewable energy, bio-architecture, sustainable transport, tourism and food; fair trade; life cycle and waste, eco-design and eco labels, ecological, water and carbon footprints. Green procurement, sustainable events, CSR, eco-innovation. Environmental-socio-economic challenges: climate change, inequalities, health, natural resources, migrations… PERSONAL PROFILE: My mother grew up in Kenya and my father in South Africa. I was brought up between Rome and Mombasa (Kenya) in a positive blend of Italian, English and African cultures. This experience from a young age contributed to my dedication to work for the wellbeing of people and Planet.

Ecodesign spinning towards the circular economy – the contribution of new standards on resource efficiency

Session E.6: Policies for the Circular Economy
20th September 13:30 - 15:30

Since 2015, I am advising the Federal Government on questions of energy efficiency and energy efficiency labelling of energy-related products. This includes the preparation of position papers of the Federal Government on measures of the European Commission for the preparation and revision of European directives and regulations as well as the representation of the German Government in relevant advisory bodies, consultation forums and regulatory committees. In addition, I represent the GermanGovernment in national and european market surveillance committees and co-chair a working group of the standardization mandate M/543. Current employer: Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) University degrees: BSc - Earth Science, 2007 MSc - Material Science, 2009 PhD - Analytical Chemistry, 2012

Optimizing second hand clothing stores based on consumer preferences

Session E.4: Circular Business Model Development in Fashion and Textiles
19th September 16:30 - 18:30

CV Prof. Dr. Jan Schoormans Jan Schoormans (1956) is a Professor of Consumer Behavior at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands. His research focuses on consumer preferences and behavior towards (the design of) new products. He has published on these topics in marketing journals like the International Journal of Research in Marketing, Psychology and Marketing, the Journal of Product Innovation Management, in psychological journals like Perception and the British Journal of Psychology, in engineering journals like Applied Energy, Journal of Cleaner Production, and in design journals like Design Studies, Journal of Engineering Design and the Design Journal.

Using an emotionally durable design approach to develop knitted prototypes for women living with Raynaud’s syndrome

Session C.2: The Lifetime of Textiles II
18th September 16:30 - 18:30

Lisa Shawgi is a Fashion Designer, lecturer and researcher at Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom. She has a background in the fashion and textile industry where she founded and directed her own successful independent fashion knitwear label and worked as a freelance designer. Lisa Shawgi moved to the UK to undertake an MA in Fashion Knitwear Design in 2015 at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) and has remained at NTU to continue her studies as a PhD candidate. Her current research investigates supporting women living with Raynaud’s syndrome through knitwear developments.

Exploring social, economic and environmental consequences of collaborative production: the case of bike repair maker spaces in four European countries

Session B.4: Strategies and Structures to Faciliate Repair II
19th September 16:30 - 18:30

Dr. Jagdeep Singh is a postdoctoral researcher at the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) at Lund University Sweden. His current research addresses two crucial research questions concerning collaborative economy: (1) how sharing and collaborative production schemes are organised and contribute to circular economy in diverse urban contexts?; and (2) what are the social, economic and environmental impacts of sharing economy or collaborative consumption in mobility, housing and physical goods sectors? Previously, Jagdeep has worked as a Research Fellow in Sustainable Business at Nottingham Trent University, England and he was a member of the Centre for Industrial Energy, Materials and Products (CIE-MAP) in the United Kingdom. Jagdeep has experience in evaluating and providing feedback as part of project appraisal committee. He served as a member of project appraisal committee for IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Stockholm. He is currently serving as an Environmental Advisor for Pantapåsen a digital platform for operationalising circular economy for plastic bags in Stockholm. Jagdeep has a very diverse educational and professional profile. He has pursued his Doctor of philosophy and Licentiate of Engineering (Industrial Doctorate) in Industrial Ecology at KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, Sweden.

Software applications adopting computer vision for repair, reuse and recycling

Session B.4: Strategies and Structures to Faciliate Repair II
19th September 16:30 - 18:30

PhD candidate at the University of Leuven, Belgium. Performing research on how we can apply today's state-of-the-art in computer vision to electronic devices in order to streamline recycling and reuse. Obtained his Master's degree in Electromechanical Engineering at the University of Leuven in 2018.

Has the durability of white goods changed between 1998 and 2017? In what direction and why?

Session C.4: Lifetime of Electric and Electronic Equpiment
19th September 16:30 - 18:30

Mag.art in Sociology 1987, PhD in Sociology 2007, (thesis on product durability). Worked at Consumption Research Norway since 1992.

Accessing sustainability through the wardrobe

PPA: Poster Pitches A
19th September 14:30 - 15:20

Verena Strebinger studied Cultural and Transcultural Studies at the University of Bremen. Currently she is doing her PhD as a research assistant under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Heike Derwanz at the University of Oldenburg. In the collaborative project "Textile Minimalism. Pioneering Sustainable Action" they research on the multiplicational function of minimalists in the German-speaking area concerning the spreading of knowledge about sustainable everyday practices with clothes.

A systematic method to qualify the repairability of technical products

Session D.2: Assessing the Impact of Repair and Repairability
18th September 16:30 - 18:30

Dr. Franz Streibl is an engineer with a focus on ecodesign of products and the respective change management in organisations. He is a co-founder of the German Round Table Repair, Runder Tisch Reparatur e.V.

Towards a circular photovoltaic economy: the role of service-based business models

Session E.3: Circular Business Models in Different Industries
19th September 11:00 - 12:30

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How do the revisions of the Nordic and EU ecolabel criteria reflect circular economy?

Session E.6: Policies for the Circular Economy
20th September 13:30 - 15:30

Johanna Suikkanen is a Researcher at the Finnish Environment Institute and a PhD student at the Jyväskylä School of Business and Economics. Her research in recent years has focused on ecolabels, circular economy and the Product Environmental Footprint.

Design competencies for a circular economy

Session B.5: Design for Sustainable Products I
20th September 11:00 - 12:30

Deborah Sumter is a third year PhD candidate part of the Circular Product Design research group at the Delft University of Technology (DUT). Within her research she focuses on design competencies for a circular economy and the role design plays in the transition towards a circular economy. She holds a Master degree in Strategic Product Design from the DUT. During her education she took part in several design projects in the global south, which reflect her interest in social sustainability and have shaped her practical experiences. She has been a Schmidt MacArthur Fellow in 2017/2018.

Consumers’ engagement in the circular economy: results from a large-scale behavioural experiment and survey in the EU

Session A.6: Consumers in a Circular Economy
20th September 13:30 - 15:30

James Suter is a Divisional Director in the Consumer Behaviour and Protection team at LE Europe. James is also a senior member of the Behavioural Economics team. James leads studies with a focus on consumer behaviour and consumer protection. He specialises in the understanding of consumer behaviour, behavioural science, cognitive biases and nudge theory. He furthermore has in depth knowledge and extensive practical experience of techniques such as willingness-to-pay analysis, contingent valuation, choice modelling as well as behavioural experiments. He has more than 10 years of consulting experience and has managed and delivered projects for a wide range of high-profile private and public sector clients including numerous UK regulators and the European Commission. He holds both a postgraduate degree in economics and development economics and a joint honours undergraduate degree in mathematics and economics from the University of Nottingham.

Diffusion of access-based product-service systems: adoption barriers and how they are addressed in practice

Session E.2: Circular Business Model Dynamics
18th September 16:30 - 18:30

Vivian is a PhD candidate at TU Delft in The Netherlands, researching how circular business models can help achieve sustainable consumption. She is a Marie Curie research fellow in the European Project Circ€uit.

Developing hybrid business models in the reuse and repair sector: a case study

Session E.2: Circular Business Model Dynamics
18th September 16:30 - 18:30

Benjamin Tyl is an eco-innovation research engineer at APESA, a French research center. He obtained a PhD in Mechanical engineering for his work on eco-innovation, and more specifically on the contribution of creativity in the eco-innovation processes. His current work concerns the eco-innovation process, the development of territorial repair networks, as well as the integration of degrowth issues in design.

Consuming the million-mile electric car

Session D.5: Assessment Questions Exemplified by EEE Cases III
20th September 11:00 - 12:30

Dr Alan-Miguel Valdez began his career as a software engineer, went on to become a technology journalist, and is currently working as a Research Associate in the School of Engineering and Innovation at the Open University. His PhD applied the Strategic Niche Management framework to study sustainable transport pilots in Milton Keynes, with a particular focus on the sensemaking activities that took place in organizations considering the adoption of electric vehicles under the Plugged-in Places programme. He further developed this understanding of cities as experimental spaces within the transport work package of MK:Smart, a £16 million smart city programme. Through his career, his research has focused on how the experimental spaces in Milton Keynes have facilitated the development of new knowledges about sustainable innovation, and on how such knowledges coalesce and travel. This research has been based on the qualitative study of policy and trade literature and on interviews and participant observation involving citizens, lead users, industrial actors and policymakers in local and national government.

Building a sustainable wardrobe: Quality over quantity? – Survey of students wardrobes and consumption habits

Session A.4: Clothing Consumption and the Lifetimes of Textiles
19th September 16:30 - 18:30

Johanna Valkola is a first-year doctoral student at the University of Helsinki. She has been working in fashion retail since 2013 and that sparked her ambition to examine clothing consumption issues. As a researcher and a qualified craft teacher, Johanna is determined to find sustainable clothing consumption practices that would make consumers more satisfied with their wardrobe. Outside academia, she is an author and textile expert for the popular Finnish clothing maintenance website Arkivé Atelier.

Co-creating circular product-service systems for long-lasting washing machines.

Session E.3: Circular Business Models in Different Industries
19th September 11:00 - 12:30

Sonja van Dam obtained both her bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design Engineering as well as her master’s degree in Design for Interaction at the Delft University of Technology. In 2013, she defended her doctoral thesis on the topic of smart energy management for households. During this research, she focused on design for sustainable behavior change by conducting case studies with home energy management systems (HEMS). Factors that may influence the use and effectiveness of HEMS in reducing the energy consumption of households were analyzed and developed into insights and guidelines concerning the design, use, and implementation of HEMS. These covered a range of areas including the type of intervention, usability of the HEMS, technological barriers, family dynamics, and how HEMS are incorporated into people’s daily lives. After having lived in Laos for three years, she returned to the Delft University of Technology in 2016 as researcher in circular product design, working on several EU-funded educational and research projects including ResCoM, ReCiPSS, and SusCritMat. Within the ongoing project ReCiPSS, she is tasked with co-creating the circular product-service systems in order to ensure user acceptance. She has research experience in usability testing, co-creation, design for sustainable behavior change, behavior change interventions, household energy consumption, and circular product development & business models. Additionally, she coordinates the Design for Sustainability course.

Sustainable product lifecycles: a systemic approach to the regulation of e-waste

Session D.4: Legal Framework for Product Longevity
19th September 16:30 - 18:30

Maja van der Velden is an Associate Professor in the Digitalisation & Entrepreneurship research section at the Department of Informatics at the University of Oslo. She is the research director of the Sustainability and Design Lab. This paper is based on research in a Horizon2020-financed project "Sustainable Market Actors for Responsible Trade", in which her focus is on design as a mode of regulatory and on the role of repair in the extension of product lifespans.

Test strategy for thermo-mechanical ageing effects in polymeric materials

PPB: Poster Pitches B
19th September 14:30 - 15:20

Marius van Dijk finished his Master of Science degree in 2011 at the University of Technology in Eindhoven (Netherlands) were he was studying Mechanical engineering, with a focus on Mechanics of Materials . Since 2013 he is working at the Fraunhofer institute for “Reliability and Microintegration” at the department of “Environmental and reliability engineering”. Main focus of his work is about numerical simulations of not only thermo and thermo-mechanical problems, but also on moisture diffusion and swelling.

Can refurbished products feel like antiques? The role of the neoretro design style on consumers' evaluation of refurbished products

Session A.5: Product Lifetimes at the Production-consumption Interface
20th September 11:00 - 12:30

Theresa is a PhD candidate at the Department of Product Innovation Management at the Delft University of Technology. Her PhD is on Consumer Behaviour in a Circular Economy, in particular, the consumer acceptance of refurbished products.

A comparative and exploratory study of toy products in the circular economy

Session C.6: Exploring Consumer-Product-Relations
20th September 13:30 - 15:30

Dr Matthew Watkins is a Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University with research interests in Sustainable Design, Sustainable Mobility and Road Safety. Matthew's doctorate concerned the Social aspects of Sustainable Product Design.

Assessing potential environmental benefits of planned product obsolescence based on individual user behaviour by life cycle assessment and scenario analysis

Session D.5: Assessment Questions Exemplified by EEE Cases III
20th September 11:00 - 12:30

Daniel Wehner (M.Sc.) is a chemical and environmental engineer working as business development manager at the Department Life Cycle Engineering (GaBi) of the Fraunhofer IBP. His main expertise is in eco-design, life cycle assessment in the aviation and automotive sector and development of digital services. The focus of his current work is to transfer the institute's vast historic know-how in building physics and life cycle assessment into the digital world of tomorrow.

Circular economy policy at a crossroads: driving business models for durable products, or enabling faster recycling of short-lived products?

Session E.6: Policies for the Circular Economy
20th September 13:30 - 15:30

Katherine is in her final year of PhD studies at Lund University where she researches business aspects of circular economy in MISTRA REES, a Swedish research program on circular economy. She is involved in education and teaches courses on eco-design to undergraduate and master’s students. Her interests include business model innovation, entrepreneurship, and game-based learning. She also hosts Getting In the Loop, a weekly podcast featuring expert interviews that is dedicated to the circular economy (gettinginthelooppodcast.com).

How can US law extend product lifespans?

Session D.4: Legal Framework for Product Longevity
19th September 16:30 - 18:30

Philip White, IDSA, researches ecological and socially equitable design as Associate Professor of Industrial Design in The Design School and as Senior Sustainability Scientist at Arizona State University. He assists companies to conceptualize and develop products and services that support the Circular Economy as principal at Orb Analysis for Design. He won international design recognition (IF, IDEA) and fourteen patents when designing products at Philips Design (The Netherlands), IID (Tokyo), Ziba and Fiori (Portland, OR). He co-edited with Rita Schenck the college-level textbook Environmental Life Cycle Assessment: Estimating the Environmental Performance of Products (2014). He is also the primary author of Okala Practitioner: Integrating Ecological Design (2013, www.okala.net). Okala resulted from a partnership that he coordinated between the US EPA and the Industrial Designers Society of America. He was a student and confidant of Victor Papanek, a designer, educator and advocate of socially and ecologically responsible product, tool and community infrastructure design. Professor White enjoys helping design teams to understand the environmental implications of their work and identifying new paths to robust ecological performance.

Electronic textiles and product lifetimes: tear downs

Session C.1: The Lifetime of Textiles I
18th September 14:30 - 16:00

Rachael Wickenden is a textile innovation designer with over 10 years’ experience working in multinational textile manufacturing companies developing materials for transport and commercial interiors. She is a PhD candidate at Nottingham Trent University researching electronic (E)-textiles, a member of NTU’s Advanced Textiles Research Group and a former NTU research assistant investigating E-textiles and sustainability. Rachael studied in Barcelona and the UK, obtaining her degree in Textile Design from the University of Manchester.

Challenges in obsolescence management and system engineering using the example of the German supplier industry

Session C.4: Lifetime of Electric and Electronic Equpiment
19th September 16:30 - 18:30

Dr. Janis Winzer studied Industrial Engineering at the University of Kaiserslautern. He wrote his PhD (on “What kind of policy mix have to be established in order to support the market penetration of the – internationally – most efficient products and technologies while assuring the highest possible material efficiency and resource efficiency?”) in an interdisciplinary research program in cooperation with the University Leuphana and the German Federal Environment Agency while working at the Federal Agency and Fraunhofer IZM. During his studies he worked for the Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Environment for four years and at the Festo AG for two years. At the Fraunhofer IZM Janis Winzer works in the department Environmental & Reliability Engineering. His current research activities include Environmentally Conscious Design, Design for Recycling, EcoDesign, EcoReliability and recycling of economically strategic materials. Since 2005 he is active in the research field of product-related environmental protection and environmentally conscious design and manufacturing.

Laptop use patterns research on product lifetime and obsolescence aspects

Session D.1: Assessment Questions Exemplified by EEE Cases I
18th September 14:30 - 16:00

Joerg Woidasky graduated in Environmental Engineering from the Berlin Technical University, focusing on waste management and environmental chemistry and received his Ph. D. (Dr.-Ing.) in mechanical engineering from the Stuttgart University. He started his career with the Fraunhofer-Institute for Chemical Technology (ICT) in Pfinztal near Karlsruhe/Germany in the environmental engineering department, of which he became deputy head in 2006. Moreover, in 2006 he became head of the waste management and recycling group within the environmental engineering department. From 2008 to 2012 he served as co-leader in the Clean Sky EcoDesign Project, supervising more than 20 partners from the aircraft industry and co-ordinating the efforts of five Fraunhofer research sites in parallel. In September 2012 he was appointed Professor with the Pforzheim University, where he teaches sustainable product development. Moreover, he is active in applied research and development, working as primary investigator and co-ordinator in projects focusing on environmental friendly processes and product development, on waste management and plastics recycling.

Consumer’s perceptions toward longer product use and their influence on product lifespan

Session A.2: Sustainable Consumption and Lifetime Enhancing Practices I
18th September 16:30 - 18:30

Haruhisa Yamamoto is a 2nd year PhD student in Murakami Laboratory, Department of Systems Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo. His main research theme is to understand how consumer behaviors and one’s social/psychological characteristics have influence on product lifespans, using quantitative analysis based on consumer questionnaire surveys.