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27 mars 2008

International Conference on Future Products, Technologies and Industries (27-28/10/2008, Sweden)

Par Marie-Anne Bernasconi le 27 mars 2008 | (0) Commentaires

Sustainable Innovation 08
Part of the Towards Sustainable Product Design series of conferences

A conference organized by The Center for Sustainable Design will take place in Malmö in Sweden in October 2008. You are welcome to submit conceptual and research-based papers covering future solutions.

13th   International Conference
  27th - 28th October 2008
  Malmö University
  Malmö
  Sweden

Background
  Sustainability is a global imperative. Climate change is now 'top of mind' due to widespread daily media coverage, growing stakeholder   consensus on the science, highlighting of the economics by the Stern Review and increased visibility associated with Al Gore's recent Oscar and Nobel Prize. This is leading to growing discussion over the need for a transformation towards low carbon economies and technologies. Coupled to this there are increasing pressures for significant leaps in resource productivity and a movement to 'closed loop' solutions.
 
 
  A recent book 'The Clean Tech Revolution' highlights a range of drivers for   innovation:

 

• Costs: increasing price of oil
• Capital: growing investment flows
• China: massive energy and resource pressures       
• Customers: significant consumer interest

 

Opportunities are starting to emerge.
 
  The market for sustainable technologies has been projected to be worth $800 billion by 2015. However, this figure undervalues the market as it does not account for the growing integration of renewable materials and alternative energy generation into products, technologies and buildings. Areas that will see significant growth include wind, solar, biomaterials, bio-energies, green   buildings, sustainable mobility, smart grids, water filtration, and energy   monitoring products and technologies.

 

The clarion call is for innovation, innovation, innovation - short, medium and   long-term. However, what do future sustainable products, technologies and industries look like? There is a need for a new narrative. Sustainable Innovation 08 will address this imperative with new visions, thinking and solutions.
 
  Concept
  Sustainable   Innovation 08 will provide a platform to discuss in the future opportunities and challenges   related to sustainable innovation, technology, product and service design and   development. Sustainable Innovation 08 will include invited and refereed papers from academics, consultants, entrepreneurs, investors, technology providers, designers, sustainability, environment and Corporate Social   Responsibility(CSR) managers as well as other business functions. The event will be a unique learning experience, networking space and an opportunity to think or even jump 'out of the box'. Delegates will come globally from large   companies, entrepreneurs, as well as academia, government and non-governmental organisations (NGOs). The conference is supported by an international Advisory Board.
 
  Conference topics
  Sustainable   Innovation 08 welcomes conceptual and research-based papers covering future solutions and thinking related to sustainable innovation, technology, product and service design and development. Papers that create new visions, scenarios and stories focused on sustainable innovation covering the following topics are particularly welcomed:

 

• Radical change
• Market transformation
• New scenarios
• Disruptive technologies
• Sustainable Consumption & Production
• Low carbon economy
• Regional approaches
• Product policy
• Sustainable public procurement
• New business models
• Collaborations and partnerships
• Sustainable technologies
• Innovation processes
• Eco-entrepreneurship
• Supply chain management
• Product-service-systems (PSS)
• Management systems
• Organisational dimensions
• Case studies

 

Benefits to delegates
  Sustainable Innovation   08 will provide a range of benefits to speakers and   delegates:

 

• Unique: forum for new ideas and concepts
• Leading-edge: presentations from key international researchers, practioners and policy-makers
• Content: new research, results and thinking       
• Networking: opportunities to meet business, government and academia
• Track-record: over 1400 delegates from over 40 countries have attended previous ' Towards Sustainable Product Design' conferences

 

Submission details
  Conference papers:   please email, fax or post 500 words describing your proposed paper by 31st March 2008. The   paper will then be sent to the Advisory Board for evaluation and authors will   be given feedback by the end of April   2008. The highest rated papers will be invited to present at   the conference.

 

IMPORTANT NOTICE
  Please only submit abstracts if you have:
  1. Budgets to register for the conference.
  2. Budgets for travel and accommodation at the conference.

 

Contact
  For more   information on Sustainable Innovation 08 please contact:
  Martin Charter
  Director
  The Centre for Sustainable Design
  University College for the Creative Arts at Farnham
  Falkner Road, Farnham, Surrey
  GU9 7DS
 
  Tel:          + 44 (0) 1252 892772      
  Fax: + 44 (0) 1252 892747
  Email: mcharter@ucreative.ac.uk   
  Website: http://www.cfsd.org.uk/

Sponsored   by:
The   City of Malmö
Region Skåne
Malmö University

Supported   by:
  green.tv
network for eco-Innovation

Download: Sustainable   Innovation Report