Conference Agenda
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Agenda Overview | |
| Location: Conference Hall Ragusa |
| 5:45pm - 6:15pm |
D1-O: Opening Session Location: Conference Hall Ragusa Chair: Mario Štorga, University of Zagreb FSB, Croatia
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| 6:15pm - 7:00pm |
D1-P: Plenary Session 1 Location: Conference Hall Ragusa Chair: Sandro J. Wartzack, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany BALANCING BREAKTHROUGH INNOVATION AND OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE WITH CLOUD-NATIVE ENGINEERING TOOLS Darren Henry Senior Vice President of General Operations at PTC |
| 8:45am - 9:45am |
D211: BEHAVIOURAL ASPECTS OF SUSTAINABLE DESIGN SYSTEMS Location: Conference Hall Ragusa Chair: Tim C. McAloone, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark Understanding and preventing behavioural rebound effects: a design tool for sustainable design across contexts Technical University of Denmark, Denmark Encouraging sustainable consumption through digital provisioning platforms: insights from Turkey Koç University, Turkey Retrofit as ecological citizenship towards participatory resilient and regenerative design 1: Stockholm Environment Institute, United Kingdom; 2: Royal College of Art, United Kingdom Exploring sustainable practices in smart product development: a field study and analysis in Quebec’s entrepreneurial ecosystem École de technologie supérieure, Canada |
| 10:15am - 11:15am |
D221: UNDERSTANDING AND PREVENTING REBOUND EFFECTS IN DESIGN Location: Conference Hall Ragusa Chair: Bernard Yannou, CentraleSupélec, France Anticipating and preventing rebound effects by design: an action research study of refillable packaging at Beiersdorf 1: DTU Construct, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark; 2: Beiersdorf AG, Germany Diagnosing the future social impacts of biowaste treatment facilities during the pre-design phase Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, UMR SayFood, France Design for circular behaviour: a literature-based conceptual model Heinz Nixdorf Institute, Paderborn University, Germany Designers’ challenges in anticipating and preventing rebound effects: insights from industry interviews Technical University of Denmark, Denmark |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm |
D231: ORGANISATIONAL AND PROCESS INTEGRATION IN DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITY Location: Conference Hall Ragusa Chair: Daniela C. A. Pigosso, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark Implementation of sustainability in the product development process: a case study in the aerospace industry 1: GKN Aerospace, Sweden; 2: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden From assessment to agency: designing a learner-led activity to map sustainable transformation in manufacturing organisations Politecnico di Milano, Italy Driving product innovation for greenhouse gas reduction: insights from European manufacturing 1: University of Sao Paulo, Brazil; 2: State University of Campinas, Brazil; 3: Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, Brazil; 4: Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil Embedding transdisciplinary conversation in design processes: a method for sustainability-oriented product design University of Stuttgart, Germany |
| 2:00pm - 2:45pm |
D2-P: Plenary Session 2 Location: Conference Hall Ragusa Chair: Stanko Škec, University of Zagreb FSB, Croatia FROM DATA TO DESIGN: RETHINKING ENGINEERING DESIGN WITH NEXT-GEN AI Dr Faez Ahmed Associate Professor, Doherty Chair of Ocean Utilization, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 3:15pm - 4:15pm |
D241: DESIGN FOR WELLBEING, INCLUSIVITY AND SOCIETAL IMPACT Location: Conference Hall Ragusa Chair: Sophie I. Hallstedt, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden Addressing wellbeing, health, and inclusivity in sustainable design for mobility: Paris and Cairo 1: Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France; 2: CentraleSupélec, France; 3: The American University in Cairo, Egypt Transition design for cultural inclusivity: a systemic service design perspective on the halal ecosystem 1: Department of Strategic Design, Faculty of Design, Kyushu University, Japan; 2: Graduate School of Design, Kyushu University, Japan Designing an interregional innovation community for the circular economy Saarland University of Applied Sciences, Germany Cultivating sustainable conditions for citizen(s)… through ‘engaging design’ 1: Royal College of Art, United Kingdom; 2: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 8:45am - 9:45am |
D311: CONCEPTS, FRAMEWORKS AND PRACTICES IN CIRCULAR DESIGN Location: Conference Hall Ragusa Chair: Göran Broman, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden Analysis of product life cycles in the context of the circular economy and its strategies University of Stuttgart, Germany Circular design meets environmental sensing: a comparative study University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom Towards collaboration in circular ecosystems: barriers, enablers, and insights from European projects 1: Division of Product Development, Department of Industrial and Materials Science, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden; 2: Department of Design, Politecnico di Milano, Italy A systematic review on the implementation of Cradle to Cradle in product development 1: Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany; 2: Siemens Healthineers AG, Germany |
| 10:15am - 11:15am |
D321: DESIGN FOR CIRCULARITY AND REMANUFACTURING Location: Conference Hall Ragusa Chair: Flore Vallet, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France Understanding the growing need for design for circularity – investigating remanufacturing profitability barriers in an automotive industry case Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden Operationalising sustainability in engineering design – towards a methodological framework for design for R Leibniz University Hannover, Germany LCA simplification in the context of packaging reuse loops Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, UMR SayFood, France How do design-related remanufacturing barriers and enablers affect business models? A retrospective analysis of remanufacturing cases Technical University of Denmark, DTU Construct, Denmark |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm |
D331: SUSTAINABILITY METHODS, METRICS AND DECISION SUPPORT Location: Conference Hall Ragusa Chair: Yuri Borgianni, Free University of Bozen|Bolzano, Italy Designing within planetary boundaries: a systematic review and development of requirements for a design support tool University of Technology Chemnitz, Germany Evaluating two approaches for sustainability criteria identification and assessment in support of early product development decisions Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden Systematic identification of components suitable for additive manufacturing to enhance product circularity and reduce environmental impacts 1: Institute of Product Engineering, Saarland University, Germany; 2: Institute of Production and Informatics, University of Applied Sciences Kempten, Germany Digital product passports and the challenge of product structure granularity: a decision-making framework for the level of DPP integration 1: Paderborn University, Germany; 2: Associação Data CoLAB - Laboratório Colaborativo Para Serviços de Inovação Orientados Para Os Dados, Portugal |
| 2:00pm - 3:15pm |
D3-DD: DESIGN Debate (6th edition) Location: Conference Hall Ragusa Chair: P. John Clarkson, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| 3:45pm - 4:45pm |
D341: METHODS AND TOOLS FOR PRODUCT CIRCULARITY ASSESSMENT Location: Conference Hall Ragusa Chair: Luke Gooding, Stockholm Environment Institute - York, United Kingdom Holistic product circularity assessment of a balance bike Saarland University, Germany Circular Life Cycle Blueprint: a visual tool for circular product and component design Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore Hierarchical lifecycle modelling in circular product development 1: Institute of Human Factors and Technology Management (IAT), University of Stuttgart, Germany; 2: Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO, Germany Analyzing product circularity: a comparative assessment of existing approaches and development of a retention-option-weighted multi-criteria assessment tool 1: Saarland University of Applied Sciences, Germany; 2: ECO² Research Group, Fraunhofer IZFP, Germany |
| 5:00pm - 6:00pm |
D351: INTEGRATING LCA INTO DESIGN Location: Conference Hall Ragusa Chair: Mario Fargnoli, Sapienza Uiversity of Rome, Italy Implementation of LCA-based product design through semantic technologies Fraunhofer IPK, Germany A framework for evaluating CAD-integrated environmental assessment tools through the lens of LCA limitations 1: Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France; 2: CETIM, France Development of an LCA-based framework for environmental performance interpretation in energy-intensive industries Politecnico di Bari, Italy Development and validation of a parametric model for fast life cycle assessment in early embodiment design 1: Corporate Research Center ABB AG, Germany; 2: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany |
| 8:45am - 9:45am |
D411: DESIGN STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABILITY TRANSITIONS Location: Conference Hall Ragusa Chair: Christian Köhler, Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft des Saarlandes (htw saar), Germany Leveraging repair services as systemic interventions in sustainable fashion University of Antwerp, Belgium Mapping opportunities for systemic redesign: insights from the circular economy diagnosis of the Brazilian food-service sector 1: Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; 2: Vaus Consultoria, Brazil; 3: Trashin, Brazil Exploratory study of the integrations of low-tech approaches for sustainability in industrial contexts 1: Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, I2M, UMR 5295, France; 2: Arts et Metiers Institute of Technology, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, I2M, UMR 5295, France; 3: UTOPII, CNRS, AMU, ENSAM, ENPC, INSA Lyon, Sorbonne Université, France; 4: Research Unit InSyTE, University of Technology of Troyes, France; 5: Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology, LCPI, France Mitigate product obsolescence by design: exploratory review of adaptability, upgradability and flexibility Department of Product Development, Faculty of Design Sciences, University of Antwerp, Belgium |
| 10:15am - 11:15am |
D421: METHODS FOR CIRCULAR AND SUSTAINABLE DESIGN Location: Conference Hall Ragusa Chair: Ola Isaksson, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden The design for recycling of electronics guide: from recycling practice to design method Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Set-based design approach for renewable energy integration in social housing: design space mapping with a morphological chart 1: Université de Bordeaux, ESTIA-Institute of Technology, EstiaR, France; 2: Comité Ouvrier du Logement (COL), France Bayesian optimal experimental design for circular business models The University of Tokyo, Japan Towards a methodical framework for the design of functional surfaces in circular automotive engineering 1: Institute for Engineering Design, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany; 2: Institute for Surface Technology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm |
D431: CIRCULAR DESIGN FRAMEWORKS, TOOLS AND LONGEVITY STRATEGIES Location: Conference Hall Ragusa Chair: Jeremy Faludi, TU Delft, Netherlands, The Towards a reference architecture for digital product passports in engineering 1: Fraunhofer IEM, Germany; 2: Heinz Nixdorf Institute, Paderborn University, Germany Inside and outside perspectives on design for circularity: barriers across design producers, consultancies and SMEs Lund University, Sweden A circular economy-oriented early design and optimization approach for structural components of rechargeable energy storage systems 1: Institute for Engineering Design, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany; 2: ARRK Engineering GmbH, Germany; 3: Institute of Machine Tools and Production Technology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany The longevity trinity: a review and framework conceptualisation of design strategies and attributes for value retention and extended furniture life Linköping University, Sweden |
| 2:00pm - 2:45pm |
D4-P: Plenary Session 3 Location: Conference Hall Ragusa Chair: Julie Stal-Le Cardinal, CentraleSupélec, France INCLUSIVE DESIGN: WHO TO INCLUDE? Dr Hua Dong Professor of Design, Director of Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, Acting Pro-Vice Chancellor, Research & Innovation, Royal College of Art |
| 3:15pm - 4:15pm |
D441: AI METHODS FOR SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AND CIRCULARITY Location: Conference Hall Ragusa Chair: Stefan Zorn, University of Rostock, Germany Bridging LCA and design: an LLM-driven pipeline for generating sustainable design alternatives from LCA hotspot analysis 1: HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA, Germany; 2: Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany AI-assisted leading sustainability criteria development: a multiple case study Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden Human-AI collaboration for repair: designing interactive tools for sustainable consumer electronics Royal College of Art, United Kingdom Large language models for identifying repurposing opportunities: a systematic evaluation University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany |
| 4:30pm - 5:30pm |
D451: DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITY APPLICATIONS Location: Conference Hall Ragusa Chair: Gwenola Yannou-Le Bris, UMR sayfood, France Who drives sustainability in product design? A case study in aerospace 1: GKN Aerospace, Sweden; 2: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden Pure mycelium performance within the design process: an exploratory literature review on the state-of-the-art 1: Faculty of Design Sciences, University of Antwerp, Belgium; 2: Department of Architectural Engineering, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Modelling reuse potential of building end-of-life components: a territorial approach 1: Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment, France; 2: CentraleSupélec, France Effects of design decisions on sustainability in product development: a case study for machine tools 1: ISEM - Institute for Smart Engineering and Machine Elements, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany; 2: TRUMPF SE + Co. KG, Germany; 3: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany |
| 5:45pm - 6:30pm |
D4-C: Closing Session Location: Conference Hall Ragusa Chair: Tim C. McAloone, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
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