Conference programme
The conference is divided into four innovative sessions over two days, which includes presentations and case studies from leading-edge speakers, as well as a range of workshops discussion facilitated by PSS experts.

Day 1: PSS Demand-side Knowledge

Session A: PSS: Four Perspectives
There will be an introduction to PSS by four keynote speakers

Chair: Dr Colette Alma, Director, NIDO, The Netherlands

9:00 Registration

9:30 Introduction
Dr Arnold Tukker, Project Manager, SusProNet, TNO, The Netherlands

9:55 PSS: business perspective
Clive Grinyer, Director, Customer Experience, Orange, UK

10:20 PSS: policy makers perspective
Alexander Grablowitz, Sustainability Coordinator, BMBF (Federal Ministry: Research & Education), Germany

10:45 Coffee/networking

11:30 PSS: NGO perspective
Roberto Ferrigno, European Environment Bureau (EEB), Belgium

11:55 PSS: researchers perspective
Dr Tom Votta, Deputy Director, Chemical Strategies Partnership, US

12:20 Lunch

Session B: PSS: Company Best Practice and Research
Cases will be presented by SusProNet member companies. This will then be followed by five parallel sessions where conference delegates and twenty-five SusProNet industry members discuss examples of best practice and future research needs.

1:20 Research and methodology
Professor Ursula Tischner, Director, econcept, Germany

1:30 Company best practice
Speakers
Andy Wales, Sustainability Director (Europe), Interface Inc, UK
Heike Hartmann, Director, Apetito bv, Germany

Group 1: Blue
Chair: Cristina Rocha, INETI, Portugal

Group 2: Yellow
Chair: Tom van der Horst, TNO, The Netherlands

Group 3: Green
Chair: Theo Geerken, VITO, Belgium

Group 4: Red
Chair: Martijn Verkujil, econcept, Germany

Group 5: White
Chair: Graham Adams, Associate, The Centre for Sustainable Design, SIAD-UC, UK

3:30 Coffee/networking

4:00 Report-back and discussion

5:00 Drinks

8:00 Conference dinner

Day 2: PSS Supply-side Knowledge

Session C: 6 June, Morning: PSS: Research
Five parallel sessions will include papers on present leading-edge PSS research and projects. This includes ten invited presentations from all major EU-funded projects on PSS; five other invited presentations from leading-edge thinkers on PSS from Europe and Japan; and fifteen presentations selected via a call for papers.

Chair: Dr Arnold Tukker, Project Manager, SusProNet, TNO, The Netherlands

8:30 Registration

9:00 Introduction
Dr Arnold Tukker, Project Manager, SusProNet, TNO, The Netherlands

9:15 PSS projects and refereed papers
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Theme 1: Policy
Chair: Bas de Leeuw, Manager, Sustainable Consumption & Production Unit, UNEP, France

Theme 2: Sustainability
Chair: Dr Walter Stahel, Director, Product Life Institute, Switzerland

Theme 3: Tools & methodolgies
Chair: To be agreed

Theme 4: Networks
Chair: Professor Ezio Manzini, Politechnico Milano, Italy

Theme 5: Support infrastructure
Chair: Dr Wolfgang Wimmer, TU Vienna, Austria

11:45 Report-back
Chair: Dr Arnold Tukker, Project Manager, SusProNet, TNO, Netherlands

12:30 Lunch

1:30 Need areas: five visions

Session D: Visions on sustainable PSS
SusProNet consists of work programmes related to five need areas/sectors: Materials and chemicals; Office/workspace; Housholds; Information/communication; and Food and retail. In five parallel sessions each SusProNet work programme leader and SusProNet business partners will present results of R&D to date and will develop with delegates a vision of PSS opportunities in each need area, and how these contribute to sustainability.

Need area 1: Information and communication technologies
Chair: Graham Adams, Associate, The Centre for Sustainable Design, SIAD-UC, UK

Need area 2: Offices
Chair: Professor Ursula Tischner, Director, econcept, Germany

Need area 3: Materials and chemicals
Chair: Rui Frazao, INETI, Portugal

Need area 4: Food and health
Chair: Peter Joore, TNO, The Netherlands

Need area 5: Households
Chair: Theo Geerken, VITO, Belgium

3:30 Coffee/networking

4:00 Panel discussion
Chair: Arnold Tukker, Project Manager, SusProNet, TNO, The Netherlands

5:00 Close