2nd European Repair Café Conference
7th July 2023
16.00 – 19.00 CET (15.00 – 18.00 GMT)
Via Zoom
Organised by:
Background
Since the 1st Repair Café was set up in the Netherlands in 2009, the number of Repair Cafes has expanded significantly. The Repair Cafe International Foundation (RCIF) highlights that over 2700 Repair Cafes now operate. With the ‘Right to Repair’ becoming a policy issue in Europe and a Repair Directive being recently published there are potential future implications for repair cafes. In addition, to the environmental benefits, Repair Cafes are reinforcing the importance of social and community dimensions of repair. As the concept of Circular Economy evolves, Repair Cafes will play an increasingly important role at a local level.
This will be the 2nd European Repair Café conference. The 1st was held in June 2022 with over 110 Repair Cafes attending from throughout Europe, US and Israel.
Target audience
The conference is focused on practical issues being faced by Repair Cafes and is targeted at trustees, managers, repairers and other volunteers; and will be suitable for those that are in start-up or more experienced Repair Cafes.
Event objectives
To highlight and discuss key issues that are emerging in relation to organising Repair Cafes including lessons learnt and best practice examples.
Agenda
The conference is co-chaired by:
Professor Martin Charter, Director and Chair, Board of Trustees, Farnham Repair Café, The Centre for Sustainable Design (®), Business School for the Creative Industries, University for the Creative Arts (UCA)
Martine Postma, Founder and Director, Repair Café International Foundation
16.00 Welcome and Introduction
Professor Martin Charter, Director, The Centre for Sustainable Design ®, UCA and Chair, Board of Trustees, Farnham Repair Café
Martine Postma, Founder and Director, Repair Café International Foundation
16.15 Repair policy: Implications of proposed EC Repair Directive for Repair Cafes
Ada Preziosi, Legal Officer, Unit B2 – Consumer law, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers, European Commission
Feedback from Repair Cafes
Open for discussion
17.00 Engaging younger people
Open for discussion
17.45 Break
18.00 Managing growth
Open for discussion
18.45 Summary
19.00 Close
** The programme may be subject to change
Registration
The event is free of charge but please email your name, position and Repair Cafe to Ros on rcarruthers@uca.ac.uk.
Further information
For more information contact:
Ros Carruthers
The Centre for Sustainable Design ®
Business School for the Creative Industries
UCA
+44 (0) 1252 892772
Funding
Funding received from Research England QR Strategic Priorities Fund. Research England is part of UK Research and Innovation, a public body funded by the UK government. For more information visit www.ukri.org or re.ukri.org