Do you want to learn more about ecodesign and meet business partners to enhance your network in that field? Then attend this networking event in Brussels, hosted by Circular Wallonia on 18 February 2025. That event will provide a unique insight into the opportunities offered by ecodesign.
Networking Event RE:DESIGN - Making the Circular Economy Happen
Discover how ecodesignEcodesign allows a product design to be adapted in view of its repair or a full or partial repurposing of its components at the end of its useful life. and circular practices can transform your business by combining innovation, sustainability, and profitability. This event will offer concrete case studies and discussions with experts to integrate circularityCircularity describes the quantity of materials managed in a closed loop. into your activities.
Why participate?
Ecodesign is a strategic circular approach that enables you to make your products and services more sustainable while remaining competitive. By adopting those practices, you can:
- create repairRepair is making a faulty product work again, allowing its use to be extended without the user parting with it, or with a view to reuseReuse designates all operations by which substances, materials or products that are not waste are used again in an identical way to their originally intended purpose. (donation, second-hand sale).able, scalable products compatible with business models such as the sharing economy or Product-as-a-Service;
- access concrete tools and feedback to turn your challenges into opportunities;
- strengthen your network by meeting designers, experts, and pioneers of the circular economyThe circular economy is a restorative and regenerative economy. By maintaining the value of the products, materials and resources in the economy through smart product design, repurposing and/or shared use of products, it reduces the extraction of natural resources by using resources already present in the economy..
An inspiring and rich programme
The afternoon will begin with captivating presentations by two renowned experts:
- Karine Van Doorsselaer, Associate Professor in Materials Science and Ecodesign (UAntwerp)
- Olivier Wathelet, Founder and Director of Users Matter
During a roundtable, essential topics such as the impact of legislation and tools for measuring circular initiatives will be explored, followed by practical workshops in small groups on themes like:
- ecodesign in manufacturing,
- modular design and repair,
- ecodesign tools and materials, and
- the role of designers and ecosystem approaches.
A networking cocktail will close the event, offering plenty of opportunities to engage with other key players in the sector.
Practical Information
Date and Time: Tuesday 18 February 2025, from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Location: Marie-Elisabeth Belpaire Building, Boulevard Simon Bolivar 17, 1000 Brussels
Participation: Free of charge, but registration is required
Language: English
Find out more about the programme and themes.