SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION 2012 (Event)

Sustainable Innovation 12 is subtitled, Resource Efficiency, Innovation and Lifestyles. It is part of the ‘Towards Sustainable Product Design’ series of conferences The 17th International Conference will take place on 29th-30th October 2012 at Alanus University in BonnGermany. The event is being organized by the Centre for Sustainable Design with CSCP serving as the event s strategic partner. Venue partners include Alanus University (English) and Alanus University (German). Other partners for the event include Wuppertal Instititute, Borderstep Institute, Eco-innovation Observatory and World Resources Forum.

The 2012 programme is as follows:

Day 1 – 29th October 2012

Chair: Martin Charter, Director, The Centre for Sustainable Design ®, University for the Creative Arts, UK

08:30

Registration

09:30	Introduction and Opening Remarks Martin Charter, Director, The Centre for Sustainable Design ®, University for the Creative Arts, UK
09:45	Keynote: Resource Efficient Europe Dr Harry Lehmann, General Director, Division – Environmental Planning and Sustainability Strategies, Federal Environmental Agency (UBA), Germany
10:25	Keynote: Eco-innovation Action Plan & Resource Efficiency Luca Venerando Giuffrida, Unit E.4 LIFE Environment & Eco-innovation, Directorate-General for Environment, European Commission, Belgium
10:55	Keynote: Materials Security, Productivity & New Business Models Nick Morley, Director, Oakdene Hollins, UK
11:25	Coffee/Tea and Networking
12:00	Resources, Innovation & Lifestyles: Global Business Perspective Jack de Bokx, Senior Director, Worldwide Environment, Health & Safety, Johnson & Johnson, UK
12:30	Resource Management and Technological Innovation Sascha Hermann, Director, VDI Zentrum Ressourceneffizienz GmbH, Germany
13:00	Lunch
14:00	Resources, Innovation & Lifestyles: 2050 Michael Kuhndt, Director, CSCP, Germany
14:45	Resources, Innovation & Lifestyles: Personal Visions, Perspectives and StoriesProduct Redesign: Ramon Arratia, Sustainability Director, InterfaceFlor Europe, UK Innovation Tradition: Bernd Draser, Lecturer – Philosophy & Cultural Studies, ecosign and Akademie für Gestaltung, Germany Sustainability Labs: Lorenz Erdmann, Senior Researcher, Fraunhofer ISI – Institute for Systems and Innovation Research, Germany Green Ocean: Søren Femmer Jensen, Director, Co-Creative, Denmark Eco Venturing: Professor Dr Klaus Fichter, Innovation and Sustainability Management, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany Households 2050: Michael Lettenmeier, Consultant, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, Germany Book Print: Michal Miedzinski, Senior Consultant, Technopolis, Belgium Foresight Sustainability: Fabiana Scapolo, Team Leader, Foresight and Horizon Scanning, European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC), Belgium Corporate Change: Ole Schilling, Creative Direction, Product Design, Deutsche Telekom AG, Germany Intelligent Design: Dr Chris Thorpe, Director, IDeA Limited, UK
16:00	Coffee/Tea and Networking
16:30	Panel: Open ‘Green’ Innovation Chair: Martin Charter, Director, The Centre for Sustainable Design ®, University for the Creative Arts, UK Panel: Trevor Davis, Futurist, IBM, UK Maarten Ten Houten, Sustainability Manager, Global Commerce, Heineken, Netherlands Wouter Kersten, Manager, Research and Innovation, Enviu, Netherlands Christian Löwe, Senior Researcher, Federal Environmental Agency (UBA), Germany
17:30	Summary Martin Charter, Director, The Centre for Sustainable Design ®, University for the Creative Arts, UK
17:45	Drinks and Entertainment: Quatsch ‘Live’ – the Natural Resource of the 21st Century The Quatschtronauts
20:00	Dinner

Day 2 – 30th October 2012

Chair: Michael Kuhndt, Director, CSCP, Germany

08:30	Registration
09:00	Introduction and Opening Remarks Martin Charter, Director, The Centre for Sustainable Design ®, University for the Creative Arts, UK
09:10	Keynote Stefan Seidel, Deputy Head, PUMA Safe Global, PUMA, Germany
09:45	Refereed Papers – ‘Top 30′ Papers
13:15	Lunch
14:15	New Business Models Professor Ursula Tischner, Program Coordinator – Design for Sustainability, Savannah College of Art and Design, US
14:45	The Elvis & Kresse Story Kresse Wesling, Co-founder & Director, Elvis & Kresse, UK
15:15	Coffee/Tea and networking
15:45	Panel: Resources, Innovation & Design: Tools and Techniques Chair: Martin Charter, Director, The Centre for Sustainable Design ®, University for the Creative Arts, UK Panel: Garrette Clark, Programme Officer, Business and Industry Unit, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), France Dr Constantin Herrmann, Principal Consultant, PE International, Germany Dr Jamie O’Hare, Senior Consultant, Granta Design, UK Professor Ursula Tischner, Program Coordinator – Design for Sustainability, Savannah College of Art and Design, US
16:45	Conference Summary Martin Charter, Director, The Centre for Sustainable Design ®, University for the Creative Arts, UK
17:00	Close