Circular Economy for (Service) Design Thinkers

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Room Capacity: 300 people

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Low Level of Interactivity: Keynote Input followed by Q&A chat via Slido

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Slido Link for Questions during Session: Slido Event #96542

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Session Description

What do the following business cases have in common apart from being viable business models or products that created international buzz?

• Modular mobile phones (Fairphone)
• Full-service car leasing (Volvo Care)
• Remanufactured engines (Caterpillar)
• To-Go cup deposit (Recup)
• Lifetime furniture buy-back option (IKEA)
• Used passenger aircrafts (Airbus)
• Light-as-a-service (Philips)

All these examples are the result of circular economy thinking. A circular economy aims to be restorative by design. At the core, the objective is to move away from the “take, make, waste” linear system by designing, using and optimising product-service-systems and business models for multiple cycles of disassembly and reuse before conventional recycling. In this session I will present The Basics of Circular Economy (Business Models and Building Blocks), industry snapshots and background intelligence, comments on the limits and "Dark Side" of the Circular Economy.

Tags: #circular economy, #designthinking, #anthropocene, #cradle2cradle, #productservicesystems

Additional Session Information

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Video Tool This Session Will Use

I will use a browser-based tool. So, no need to download anything. But please make sure that you have updated your browser and switch off all No-Script or Anti-WebRTC plugins before joining. I recommend Chrome. You will receive a mail with our entry link to the video tool 24h, 1h, and 10min before the session starts. If you are not able to join (technical issue or 300 people limit), please follow my session live on Youtube: Circular Economy Session Livestream

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