October 2012, Germany
The conference will be organised by The Centre for Sustainable Design
Background
Rio +20 in June 2012 will focus on the ‘green economy’ with resource consumption, innovation and behavioural change being central to discussions.
Resource productivity and efficiency in production and consumption are moving up the global agenda as increasing raw material costs and emerging concern associated with security of supply of critical metals essential for the production of eco-innovative technologies has increased. Discussions in Europe have shifted towards the practicalities of transitioning to low carbon and resource efficient economies and societies. Materials and water alongside energy and food are now being positioned at the heart of the resource productivity debate. Developing products, services and technologies to enable recycling, remanufacturing, reconditioning, product extension and dematerialisation will become an essential element of innovation.
Conference topics
Sustainable Innovation 12 welcomes conceptual and research-based papers focused on sustainable innovation related to resource productivity and lifestyles. Papers should cover sustainability, product, service and technology design, development and commercialisation issues related to for example the following topics:
Radical change, Product Service Systems (PSS), User centred design, Collaborations & partnerships and Case studies
Submission details
Conference papers: please email, fax or post 500 words describing your proposed paper by 31st March 2012. Authors will be given feedback by the end of May 2012. The highest rated papers will be invited to present at the conference.
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