The Centre for Sustainable Design

MISSION

The Centre for Sustainable Design (CfSD) has built world class knowledge and expertise of sustainable innovation and product sustainability. The Centre researches, develops and disseminates understanding of present and future sustainability impacts and solutions related to innovation, products, technologies, services and systems through projects, training, events, networks and information. CfSD works with partners in Europe, North America and Asia to deliver high quality results. The Centre is an internationally recognised centre of excellence.

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INNOVATION

GreenThink! © Innovation Workshops

EVENTS

Blue Circular Economy (BCE): SpeedNET: SME Speed Networking Event viz Zoom: 10th May 2021 3.00 – 4.00 PM BST (4.00 – 5.00 PM CET)
Online: Complimentary Webinar
Creative Industries Foresight 2030: 27th April 2021 11.00 – 12.00 BST (12.00 – 1.00 CET)
Setting-up and Managing Repair Cafes: Perspectives from UK and Sweden: 23th April 2021, 18.00 – 19.00 PM CET (17.00 – 18.00 PM BST)
Farnham Repair Café: An Introduction: 22nd April 2021, 19.00 – 20.00 PM GMT
Accelerating Sustainability in Fashion, Clothing & Apparel: Twenty Lessons & SpeedNET Speed Networking Event: 21st April 2021 17.00 – 18.30 BST (19.00 – 20.00 CET)
Sustainable Innovation 2021: Accelerating Sustainability in Fashion, Clothing, Sportswear & Accessories: Online Conference: 15th-21st March 2021
Business School for the Creative Industries University for the Creative Arts
Epsom
UK
G20: Accelerating the transition to a global Circular Economy: 1st December 2020
Online webinar (Europe & North/South America)
G20: Accelerating the transition to a global Circular Economy: 24th November 2020
Online webinar (Europe & Asia)
Transforming Waste Fishing Gear into Business Opportunities, BCE International Conference: 5th October 2020 9.00 AM GMT (10.00 AM CET)
Online: International Conference
Farnham Repair Café: Online Repair
Circular Business Models and Circular Design related to Fishing Gear: 27th July 2020 3.00 PM BST
Managing Repair Cafes #sharerepair: 25th July 2020 10.00 AM BST
Repair Cafes in Lockdown #sharerepair: 14th July 2020 18.00 PM BST
Creative Industries Foresight 2030: 7th July 2020 3.00 PM BST
Repair Learning #sharerepair: 4th July 2020 10.00 AM BST
Managing Repair Cafes #sharerepair: 6th June 2020 10.00 AM GMT (11.00 AM CET)

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Forthcoming conference presentations by Martin Charter
Product Circularity (Finland – 10th-11th December 2019)
IF2019 – Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna – Aula Magna Storica (Italy – 10th – 11th October 2019)
EU-China Circular Economy Seminar (China, 21st October 2019)
Designing for the Circular Economy (Denmark – 4th October 2019)
12th International Conference on Responsibility Extension and Recycling Technologies for Producers of Electrical and Electronic Products (China – 8th-10th May 2019)

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