Products at the End-Of-Life constitutes a very complex burden which is responsible for serious environmental impacts. Furthermore, the way these products are managed does not allow to benefit from the economic opportunities to the residual value of components and materials that are disposed. The reason is that available technologies and business models do not make sustainable the industrial treatment of products. The role of de-production is becoming more and more important asking for a systemic approach where new laws, and new industrial practices need to be ABSTRACT put in place. Moreover they have a role in supporting the employment in Europe since they represent a unique occasion to recall many workers to manufacturing activities increasing the value on the GDP. Materials for a sustainable energy system in Europe: industry will largely benefit from new opportunities providing an advantage w.r.t. international competition. The aim is to advance knowledge in the fields of new materials for renewable energy, storage, grids and power plant applications. 1 Advanced technologies for Material recovery and treatment POSSIBLE 2) Process optimization for Scrap reduction TOPICS 3) Technologies for disassembling (Hlsc it) 4) Design for de-production, by taking into consideration in early phases of product design the recycling and upgrading aspects. STRUCTURE (e.g. traditional talks, panel discussion with moderator, face-to-face, …) MENTOR Tullio Tolio(Chris de Kuber), Carmen Costantinescu SUGGESTED CHAIRPERSON / SPEAKERS (maximum 4 + 4 possible substitutes) [to be contacted only after HLSC validation] SPEAKERS Suggested during the HLSC meeting: KopaceK, Chris Decubber Reason of the choice Affiliation (SME, Male Contact (email, Speaker Name Organisation Country who they are and why it Topic industry, University, etc) /Female phone, …) has been proposed Chairman 1
ABSTRACT Products at the End-Of-Life constitutes a very complex burden which is responsible for serious environmental impacts. Furthermore, the way these products are managed does not allow to benefit from the economic opportunities to the residual value of components and materials that are disposed. The reason is that available technologies and business models do not make sustainable the industrial treatment of products. The role of de-production is becoming more and more important asking for a systemic approach where new laws, and new industrial practices need to be put in place. Moreover they have a role in supporting the employment in Europe since they represent a unique occasion to recall many workers to manufacturing activities increasing the value on the GDP. Materials for a sustainable energy system in Europe: industry will largely benefit from new opportunities providing an advantage w.r.t. international competition. The aim is to advance knowledge in the fields of new materials for renewable energy, storage, grids and power plant applications. POSSIBLE TOPICS 1 Advanced technologies for Material recovery and treatment 2) Process optimization for Scrap reduction 3) Technologies for disassembling (Hlsc it) 4) Design for de-production, by taking into consideration in early phases of product design the recycling and upgrading aspects. STRUCTURE (e.g. traditional talks, panel discussion with moderator, face-to-face, …) MENTOR Tullio Tolio(Chris de Kuber), Carmen Costantinescu SPEAKERS SUGGESTED CHAIRPERSON / SPEAKERS (maximum 4 + 4 possible substitutes) [to be contacted only after HLSC validation] Suggested during the HLSC meeting: KopaceK, Chris Decubber Speaker Name Organisation Affiliation (SME, industry, University, etc) Male /Female Country Reason of the choice who they are and why it has been proposed Topic Contact (email, phone, …) Chairman 1
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