Sustainable Innovation 06
Global challenges, issues and solutions

Towards Sustainable
Product Design 11
11th International Conference
23rd - 24th October 2006
Stuart Graduate School of Business, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA

Reviewed papers: five parallel sessions
Programme and abstracts


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Topics, Chairmen, Papers and Authors
Market Transformation

New Business Models

Innovation
Processes

Organisational Dimensions, Tools and Techniques

Case Studies

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JohnPaul Kusz, Center for Sustainable Enterprise, US

Kevin Brady, Five Winds International, Canada

Peter Nicolson, Executive Director, Foresight Design Initiative, US

Philip White, Assistant Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Design, Arizona State University,US

Joseph Fiksel, Co-Director, Center for Resilience, The Ohio State University , US

09.30

Designing Low and Zero Carbon (LZC) Products and Systems:
Will Consumers Adopt them and Do They Really Reduce Emissions?

Professor Robin Roy & Dr Sally Caird, Research Fellow, Design Innovation Group, The Open University, UK

User Behaviour in Product-Service Systems Understanding User Roles/Users and the Environmental Impact of Product-Service Systems

Edgar Ramírez Rodríguez, Industrial Designer, School of Design,Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Sustainable Design Solutions – Changing the Mindset

M McMahon, Department of Manufacturing and Operations Engineering, University of Limerick, Ireland & Professor Mark Hadfield, Department of Design, Engineering and Computing, Bournemouth University, UK

The Dialogue Between Organisations and Individuals –
A Design for Sustainability Challenge

Emma Dewberry, Senior Lecturer, Department of Design and Technology Loughborough University & Margarida Monteiro de Barros, Doctoral Researcher, Department of Design and Technology
Loughborough University, UK

The V-Cycle for System Innovation: Translating a Broad Societal Need into Concrete Product Service Solutions, the Multifunctional Centre Apeldoorn Case.

Peter Joore, TNO Science & Industry, The Netherlands.

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10.00

A Classification Scheme for Understanding and Guiding Consumer Behavior for Sustainability

Russell G. Derickson, The Innovation Affinity Group, & Presidio School of Management, US

Developing a Software Application Facilitating the Design of Integrated product-Service offerings

Erik Sundin/Mattias Lindahl/Johan Östlin, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Linköping University, Sweden, Gunilla Ölundh, Department of Machine Design, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden & Anna Öhrwall-Rönnbäck, Department of Economics, Linköping University, Sweden

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Monica Touesnard, Managing Director, BOP Learning Lab ™ & Sustainable Innovation Learning Lab, Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise, Cornell University, US


Corporate Modeling Tool to Assess the Profit - Environmental Footprint Linkage Within a Large Company

Dwight Collins, Presidio School of Management, US


The Neo-Capsul Story - protecting premature babies and the environment

Neil Tierney, Director and Product Design Engineer, Lightweight Medical Ltd, UK

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10.30

EcoTopTen – Innovations for Sustainable Consumption

Rainer Griesshammer, Eco-Institute, Freiburg, Germany

Innovation Communities: The Role of Networks of Promoters in the Emergence of Sustainable Innovations, R esults and Insights from Four Case Studies

Dr Klaus Fichter, Director, Borderstep Institute for Innovation and Sustainability, Germany & Dr Severin Beucker, Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO, Germany

Philanthropy by Doing: Contributing to Sustainable Development by Creativity and Design

Simona Rocchi, Design Director, Philips Design, & Yasu Kusume, Vice President, Philips Design, The Netherlands

 

Sustainability Index of ICT Services, Considering Triple Bottom Line Effects

Masayuki Tsuda, Kazue Ichino Takahashi, Jiro Nakamura, Shiro Nishi, Mika Takaoka, NTT, Japan

Sustainable Products, Sustainable Profits

Daianna Rincones, Business Support and Development Manager, Business in the Environment, Business in the Community, UK

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11.00

Low Carbon Goods and Services: How to Accelerate Development

Mike Oddo, Principal Chemical Engineer & Founder,WasteMinCo,
US

How are we Changing our Business Models?

Speaker-TBC, Armstrong Building Products, JohnsonDiversey Inc, SC Johnson, US & Five Winds International, Canada

The Better by Design Project

Fran Kurk, Pollution Prevention Team Leader,
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Environmental Economic Development, US

Sustainability Assessment Tools and their Application in the Construction Sector

Louis Brimacombe, Nick Coleman, Peter Hodgson, Colin Honess, Iain Millar,Corus Research Development & Technology, UK

Sustainable Innovation Case Studies From India, China and SE Asia

Darrell Mann, Director, Systematic Innovation Ltd, UK, Joseph Poon, Director, Hong Kong Productivity Council, Hong Kong, Matthew Driver, Director, Network China Ltd, UK

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11.30

Today's Moves
Towards Eco-innovation in the Medical Electronics

Jamie O'Hare, Researcher, Dr Elies Dekoninck, Design Lecturer, Professor Chris McMahon, Design Lecturer Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Bath, UK, Dr Aidan Turnbull, Environmental Consultant, ENVIRON UK Ltd – WEEE, RoHS & Eco-Design Practice, UK

Energy as a Service: Designing ‘Systems Level Change’ and New Business Models Within the Domestic Energy Market

Tamara Giltsoff, Livework Studio Ltd, UK

How to Accelerate the Design and Development of Low Carbon Technologies?

Mari Ratinen, Department of Management and Organisation, Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland

The Biomimicry Portal: A Tool For Sustainable Innovation

Jeremy Faludi, Designer and Consultant, The Biomimicry Guild, US

Exploring Sustainable Systems for Energy Production in Forest and Desert

Dr Edilson S. Ueda, Associate Professor, Chiba University – Faculty of Engineering – Product Design Department, Japan

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12.00

Designing for Climate Friendly Energy Technologies

Philip White, Assistant Professor, School of Sustainability , College of Design , Arizona State University,US

Conscience Clothing Research Project-The Emotional Episode

Dr Joan Farrer Royal College of Arts (RCA), UK & Dr Petar Goulev, Imperial College, UK

Sustainable Innovation from an Art-and-Design Perspective

Håkan Edeholt, Malmö University, Sweden

 

Developing a Sustainability Assessment Framework and Tool for Biobased Products and Technologies

Duncan Noble, Senior Consultant, Jenn Clipsham, Consultant & Kevin Brady, Director, Five Winds International, Canada, Matthew Schacker & Terry McIntyre, Head, Senior Project Officer, Environment Canada - Biotechnology Applications Division, Canada, Maria Wellisch, Program Coordinator, Natural Resources Canada, CANMET Energy Technology Centre (CETC), Canada

The Rise of Sustainable Art and Fashion

Chris Love, Artist /Designer, UK

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