Registration & coffee

PDS16 Welcome address

Prof. Niels Henrik Mortensen, Head of Section, DTU MEK

Day Introduction: Sustainable Product/Service-Systems and the Circular Economy

Tim C. McAloone, Professor of Sustainable Product/Service-Systems, DTU MEK

Tim McAloone works closely with Danish and international industry, creating new methods and models for a wide range of product development issues, such as PSS, sustainable design and eco-innovation.

Circular Economy and the New Industrial Paradigm?

Nancy Bocken, Associate Professor at TU Delft and Senior Researcher Associate, University of Cambridge

Author of the newly released and highly acclaimed book “Circular Business – Collaborate and Circulate”, Nancy has over a decade of experience in creating sustainable business models with industry and researching into design and innovation towards a circular economy.

Break

Accelerating a Transition to Circular Economy

Raphael Stermann, Program Leader, Global Sustainability, Steelcase, USA

Raphael is Program Leader within Steelcase's Global Sustainability team, where he leads initiatives to advance the company's sustainability strategy, to integrate sustainable systems thinking into the innovation culture and to unlock new value creation opportunities. His expertise includes sustainable design, research, stakeholder engagement, new business model development and experience design.

The New Face of Circular Economy – More Than Just Hype?

Mark Goedkoop, Founder, PRé Sustainability

Mark is widely recognized as an international thought leader in the field of sustainability metrics and methodology development. His primary goal is to help companies create value from sustainable products and services. While with PRé, Mark has developed pioneering methodologies for impact assessment (Eco-indicator 95/99 and ReCiPe). He has also published seminal studies on sustainable consumption, rebounds, and product service systems methodology, as well as initiating development of the world’s most widely used LCA software, SimaPro.

DTU Research Pitches on Sustainable Product/Service-Systems

Ellen Brilhuis Meijer, Vinicius Picanco Rodrigues, Aris Pagoropoulos,
Louise Laumann Kjær,
Daniela C. A. Pigosso

The Sustainable Product/Service-Systems research group carries out research projects covering the areas of sustainability, innovation, life cycle engineering, product/service-systems and product development methodology. With strong focus on the implementation of innovation strategies and product development competencies/methodologies, the group’s research is carried out in close collaboration with industry.

Lunch

Workshop: Maturing Abilities to Boost Circular Economy Implementation

Essensus supports companies to mature their sustainability integration into business & product development. By measuring current maturity, ambition levels are translated into structured action plans.

Break

From Bricks to Business: Experiences from LEGO’s Sustainability Journey

Tim Guy Brooks, Vice President, Corporate Responsibility at LEGO Group

Tim leads LEGO Group’s activities in the areas of global sustainability strategy, sustainability performance, and the impact of LEGO Group’s products. Tim has more than 15 years’ experience in sustainability, focusing on corporate sustainability strategy with particular knowledge of renewable energy technologies, sustainable buildings, and product manufacturing.

Grundfos Lifelink: sustainable and scalable solutions through partnerships and business model thinking

Rasoul Dashtbani Mikkelsen, Director, Global Partnerships, Grundfos LIFELINK A/S

With more than 15 years of experience in creating strategic partnerships, development policy, project financing plans and investment projects for developing countries, Rasoul is an expert in sustainable business models. His main responsibilities span BoP, water-access in developing countries, public affairs, and global development issues, such as green growth and water security. Rasoul’s career over a period of 20 years has mostly been spent with the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2000-2006), United Nations (UNOPS 2006-2010) and the private sector.

Service and sustainability as innovation drivers for the maritime industry

Sergio Semplici, Naval Vessels Business Unit – After Sales, Vice President Program Management, Fincantieri A/S

With 15 years’ experience in project management, turnaround projects, strategic capital expenditures, industrial assets management, Integrated Logistic Support and Life-Cycle Support, Sergio is a senior manager in private industry. Expert in B2B sector, Sergio built his career within global players in different fields of heavy industry, from steelmaking to shipbuilding where he actually serves as VP in After Sales division. His responsibilities span over program management, strategic relationships an Life-Cycle solutions for private and governmental customers.

Panel discussion

Closing Statement & Wine reception