EVENTS
The Centre for Sustainable Design ® (CfSD) organises the internationally recognised ‘Sustainable Innovation’ series of conferences which is in its 25th year (Sustainable Innovation 2025) and has attracted over 3000 delegates from over 50 countries.
CfSD has organised and co-organised conferences in Europe, North America and Asia covering sustainable innovation and product sustainability. In addition, events have been organised with partners on new or emerging issues eg. major European and Asian conferences on sustainable consumption & production (SCP), ecodesign and product-service-systems (PSS).
CfSD has also set up and facilitated a range of expert workshops related to sustainable innovation and product sustainability with a particular focus on green electronics, packaging, marketing, corporate social responsibility (CSR), electronic reporting, ‘producer responsibility’ legislation and product policy.
EVENT |
VENUE |
DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Sustainable Innovation 2025 | In person | October 2025 | Farnham Repair Cafe | The Spire Church, Farnham | 11th January 10.00 – 12.30 |
| Circular Cricket | Online via Zoom | 31st July 2024 12.00 – 13.30 |
| Product Circularity, Fashion, Clothing and Textiles (PC4Fashion) | Online via Zoom | 29th July 2024 2.00 – 3.00 BST |
| Createch and Creative Industries: Networking and Knowledge Exchange for Sustainability | Online via Zoom | 24th July 2024 10.00 – 11.30 BST (11.00 – 12.30 CET) |
| European Repair Café Conference | Online via Zoom | 12th July 2024 16.00 – 18.15 CET |
| Circular Cricket | The Kia Oval SE11 5SS |
10th July 2024 |
| 3rd UK Repair Café Conference | University for the Creative Arts Farnham |
21st June 2024 |
| Circular and Regenerative Design | Online via Zoom | 16th May 2024 2.00 – 4.00 PM CET |
| Product Circularity – Insights from Industry | Online via Zoom | 25th April 2024 15.00 – 16.00 |
| Circular and Regenerative Design – Accelerator Session | Online via Zoom | 18th April 2024 15.30 – 17.00 |
| Createch: Peer to Peer Networking (P2P) and Knowledge Exchange – Online Knowledge Sharing | Online via Zoom | 17th – 19th April 2024 |
| Accelerating Sustainability in Fashion, Clothing and Textiles | Artworkers Guild, London | 6th March 2024 13:30 –17:30 GMT |
| Setting Up A Cricket Gear Reuse Scheme | Online Via Zoom | 5th March 2024 19.00 – 20.00 GMT |
| Repair Cafés – Fully funded PhD Opportunity | Online: Zoom | 29th February 2024 15:00 – 16:00 GMT |
| 3rd European Repair Café Conference | Online via Zoom | 26th January 2024 16.00 – 19.00 |
| Circular Cricket Gear: Findings & Recommendations | Online: Zoom | 27th September 2023 15:00 – 16:30 GMT |
| Book Launch – Accelerating Sustainability in Fashion, Clothing and Textiles | Online: Zoom | 25th September 2023 16:00 –17:00 GMT (17.00 – 18.00 CET) |
| Createch Sustainability: A New Tool | Online via Zoom | 1st September 2023 2.00 – 3.30 GMT |
| 3Rs: Reuse, Repair, Refurbishment and Resale of Cricket Gear | Online via Zoom | 20th July 2023 15.00 – 16.30 |
| Circular and Regenerative Design | Online via Zoom | 11th July 2023 14.00 – 15.30 |
| European Repair Café Conference | Online via Zoom | 7th July 2023 16.00 – 19.00 |
| Repair Cafe Conference | UCA Epsom, UK |
9th June 2023 |
| Circular Cricket Gear | Online: Zoom | 8th June 2023 10.00 – 11.30 AM GMT |
| Vegan Leather Cricket Gear | Online: Zoom | 5th June 2023 10.00 – 11.30 AM GMT |
| Regional Createch Clusters: Unleashing Opportunities and Tackling Challenges | Online: Zoom | 2nd June 2023 3.00 – 5.00 PM GMT (4.00 – 6.00 PM CET) |
| Sustainable Innovation 2023 | UCA Epsom, UK |
20th-26th March 2023 (Online) |
| Farnham Repair Café Webinar | Online | 18th January 2023 1.00 – 2.00PM |
| Createch in the UK | Online: Zoom | 12th July 2022 4.00 – 5.00 PM GMT (5.00 – 6.00 PM CET) |
| Sustainability and Sports Clothing | Online: Zoom | 11th July 2022 3.00PM – 4.30PM (4.00 PM – 5.30 PM CET) |
| Sustainability, Cricket Gear and Clothing: New Research Findings and Insights | Online: Zoom | 6th July 2022 10.00AM – 11.00AM (16.00 – 17.00 PM CET) |
| European Repair Café Webinar | Online: Zoom | 30th June 2022 3.00 – 6.00 PM BST (4.00 – 7.00 PM CEST) |
| Circular economy, fishing gear and technology | Online: Zoom | 22nd June 2022 3.00 – 4.00 PM GMT (4.00 – 5.00 PM CET) |
| Product Social Issues – Insights from Industry | Online: Zoom | 23rd May 2022 3.00 – 4.00 PM GMT (4.00 – 5.00 PM CET) |
| Product Circularity – Insights from Industry | Online: Zoom | 19th May 2022 3.00 – 4.00 PM GMT (4.00 – 5.00 PM CET) |
| Sustainability, Cricket Gear and Clothing: New Research | Online: Zoom | 12th May 2022 10.00AM – 11.00AM (16.00 – 17.00 PM CET) |
| Circular Design and Circular Business Models | Online: Zoom | 22nd March 2022 3.00 – 4.00 PM GMT (4.00 – 5.00 PM CET) |
| Local Innovation Systems: Waste and “End of Life” Fishing Gear | Online: Zoom | 15th March 2022 3.00 – 4.00 PM GMT (4.00 – 5.00 PM CET) |
| PASIC Webinar #4: Sustainability & Cricket Gear | Online | 21st February 2022 |
| PASIC Webinar #3: Stakeholder Workshop: Sustainability, & cricket equipment, clothing & apparel | Online | 15th July 2021 |
| EU focus on Extended Producer Responsibility schemes for fishing gear | Online: Complimentary Webinar | 29th June 2021 9.00 – 10.00 AM BST (10.00 – 11.00 AM CET) |
| Blue Circular Economy (BCE): Business Opportunities from Waste Fishing Gear | Online: Complimentary Webinar | 9th June 2021 3.00 – 4.00 PM BST (4.00 – 5.00 PM CET) |
| PASIC Webinar #2: Introduction & Bamboo Cricket Bats | Online | 27th May 2021 |
| Blue Circular Economy (BCE): SpeedNET: SME Speed Networking Event viz Zoom | Online: Complimentary Webinar | 10th May 2021 3.00 – 4.00 PM BST (4.00 – 5.00 PM CET) |
| Creative Industries Foresight 2030 | Online | 27th April 2021 11.00 – 12.00 BST (12.00 – 1.00 CET) |
| Setting-up and Managing Repair Cafes: Perspectives from UK and Sweden | Online | 23th April 2021, 18.00 – 19.00 PM CET (17.00 – 18.00 PM BST) |
| Farnham Repair Café: An Introduction | Online | 22nd April 2021, 19.00 – 20.00 PM GMT |
| Accelerating Sustainability in Fashion, Clothing & Apparel: Twenty Lessons & SpeedNET Speed Networking Event | Online | 21st April 2021 17.00 – 18.30 BST (19.00 – 20.00 CET) |
| PASIC Webinar #1: Sustainability, & cricket equipment, clothing & apparel: opportunities and challenges | Online | 14th April 2021 |
| Sustainable Innovation 2021: Accelerating Sustainability in Fashion, Clothing, Sportswear & Accessories | Business School for the Creative Industries University for the Creative Arts, Epsom, UK | Online Conference: 15th-21st March 2021 |
| G20: Accelerating the transition to a global Circular Economy | Online webinar (Europe & North/South America) | Online webinar: 1st December 2020 |
| G20: Accelerating the transition to a global Circular Economy | Online webinar (Europe & Asia) | Online webinar: 24th November 2020 |
| Transforming Waste Fishing Gear into Business Opportunities, BCE International Conference | Online: International Conference | 5th October 2020 9.00 AM GMT (10.00 AM CET) |
| Creating Business Opportunities from Waste Fishing Nets, Complimentary Webinar | Online | 27th July 2020 3.00 PM BST |
| Managing Repair Cafes #sharerepair | Online | 25th July 2020 10.00 AM BST |
| Repair Cafes in Lockdown #sharerepair | Online | 14th July 2020 18.00 PM BST |
| Creative Industries Foresight 2030 | Online | 7th July 2020 3.00 PM BST |
| Repair Learning #sharerepair | Online | 4th July 2020 10.00 AM BST |
| Managing Repair Cafes #sharerepair | Online | 6th June 2020 10.00 AM GMT (11.00 AM CET) |
| Creating Business Opportunities from Waste Fishing Nets, Complimentary Webinar | Online | 28th May 2020 4.00 PM GMT (5.00 PM CET) |
| Creative Industries Foresight 2030 | Online | 5th May 2020 3.00 PM BST |
| Repair Cafés Conference | University for the Creative Arts, Farnham | 12th March 2020 |
| Accelerating Sustainability in the Clothing and Fashion Business, Researcher workshop | Business School for Creative Industries, UCA Epsom | 29th January 2020 |
| Converting waste fishing nets into products, Stakeholder workshop | Galway, Ireland | 22nd January 2020 |
| Alesund: Local Innovation Systems, Stakeholder workshop | Teft Lab, NTNU, Alesund, Norway | 27th November 2019 |
| Creating Business Opportunities from Waste Fishing Nets, Complimentary Webinar | Online | 25th November 2019 4.00 PM GMT (5.00 PM CET) |
| Creating Business Opportunities from Waste Fishing Nets | Online | 16th October 2019: 18.00 CET (17.00 GMT) |
| Webinar: Designing for the Circular Economy | Online | 9th September 2019 – 18.00 GMT |
| Creating Business Opportunities from Waste Fishing Nets | Online | 2nd September 2019: 18.00 GMT |
| Creating Business Opportunities from Waste Fishing Nets | Online | 29th July 2019: 18.00 GMT |
| Creating Business Opportunities from Waste Fishing Nets | Online | 1st May 2019: 14.00 GMT |
| Alesund: Local Innovation Systems | NTNU, Alesund, Norway | 25th April 2019: 10.00 – 13.00 GMT |
| Webinar: Designing for the Circular Economy webinar | Online | 18th April 2019 |
| Sustainable Innovation 2019 | Business School for Creative Industries, UCA Epsom | 4th-5th March 2019 |
| Webinar: Designing for the Circular Economy webinar | Online | 18th February 2019 |
| Webinar: Designing for the Circular Economy webinar | Online | 28th January 2019 |
| Webinar: Designing for the Circular Economy webinar | Online | 15th October 2018 |
| NFRC Innovation workshop | UCA Epsom | 25th September 2018 |
| Webinar: Eco-Innovation & waste fishing nets | – | 10th September 2018 |
| Repair Cafés | UCA, Farnham, UK | 17th October 2017 |
| Circular Ocean Innovation Conference 2017 | Reykjavik, Iceland | 17th-18th July 2017 |
| Sustainable Innovation 2016 | University for the Creative Arts, Epsom, UK | 7th-8th November 2016 |
| #Net_Hack_Challenge | UCA Farnham | 26th-27th October 2016 |
| Makers, Modifiers & Fixers | UCA Farnham, Farnham | 1st February 2016 |
| Sustainable Innovation 2015 | University for the Creative Arts, Epsom, UK | 9th-10th November 2015 |
| Sustainability: ‘Real World Projects’ | Farnham, UK | 6th & 8th May 2015 |
| UCA Swishing Party | Farnham, UK | 7th May 2015 |
| UCA Pop-up Repair Café | Farnham, UK | 5th May 2015 |
| GREENTHINK! : JAMMING REPAIR | UCA Farnham, Farnham, Surrey | 21st November 2014 |
| Sustainable Innovation 2014 | KADK, Copenhagen, Denmark | 3rd-4th November 2014 |
| ReUCA: Re-use and Re-imagination for a more Sustainable Future FUSION | UCA Farnham, Farnham, Surrey | 24th September 2014 |
| Funding for Eco-innovative SMEs | UCA Farnham, Farnham, Surrey | 6th June 2014 |
| Makers & Fixers: Circular Economy & Grassroots Innovation | UCA Farnham, Farnham, Surrey | 3rd June 2014 |
| Circular Economy & Industrial Networks | UCA Farnham, Farnham, Surrey | 24th March 2014 |
| #GreenHack_Challenge | UCA Farnham, Farnham, Surrey | 4th-5th March 2014 |
| Sustainable Innovation 2013 | University for the Creative Arts, Epsom, UK | 4th-5th November 2013 |
| Business Opportunities and the Circular Economy FUSION | UCA Farnham, Farnham, Surrey | 16th October 2013 |
| Walking the Talk FUSION | UCA Farnham, Farnham, Surrey | 4th October 2013 |
| Design Challenges for a Circular Economy FUSION | UCA Farnham, Farnham, Surrey | 1st August 2013 |
| TSB Resource Efficiency Funding Briefing FUSION | UCA Farnham, Farnham, Surrey | 11th March 2013 |
