Programme

– Day 1 –
7 October 2026

8:30 Emilio Campana – CNR head of Department of Engineering, ICT and Technologies for Energy and Transportation (DIITET)
8:45 Keynote talks
8:45-9:30 Winifred – Industrial global sustainability: importance and current barriers
9:30-10:15 David Fitzsimons – Global prospective of remanufacturing, including what is happening in China
10:15 Break
10:40-13:00 Research/Technical talks
13:00 Lunch
14:00-14:45 Keynote talk
14:45-16:00 Research/Technical talks
16:00 Break
16:20-17:30 Research/Technical talks

– Day 2 –
8 October 2026

8:45-9:30 Adewale Bashir Ikotun – Automation and Engineering (Nigeria) – Chair of Nigerian Engineering Society
9:30-10:15 TBC
10:15 Break
10:40-13:00 Research/Technical talks
13:00 Lunch
14:00-14:45 Medical equipment remanufacturing
14:45-15:05 Keynote perspective – Cormac
15:10-16:00 Research / Technical talks
16:00 Break
16:20-17:30 Research / Technical talks

– Day 3 –
9 October 2026









































8:45–10:15
Business models



Chair: Marco Gorini (ISO Technical Committee 279) (TBC)



Topics:

We need innovative business models

Are we allowed to apply remanufacturing?

Are current regulations a barrier to implementing/validating novel business models?

How do you achieve suitable core collection, depending on the selected business models?



Panelists / Specialists

Stefano Pietropaoli (Associate Professor of Philosophy of Law at the University of Florence, Italy) (TBC)

Alberto Baesso (WayPoint, Italy)

Adewale Bashir Ikotun (Automation and Engineering, Nigeria)

Ademoula Agoro (Protogy Global Services Limited, Nigeria)

Person from large European enterprise (TBC)
10:15Break
10:40–13:00

Capacity building (funding and training)



Chair: Winifred Ijomah (University of Strathclyde, UK)



Short presentations

10:40 – 10:50 – Alessandra Narciso (CNR-URE, Italy)

10:50 – 11:00 – Diego Coglitore (APRE) (European funding schemes)

11:00 – 11:10 – Francesca Stigliano (SIMEST, Italy)

11:10 – 11:20 – Edoardo Comparetto (SACE, Italy)

11:20 – 11:30 – Financial sector person (Banca Intesa, Italy) (TBC)

11:30 – 11:40 – Giorgio De Bin (Chamber of Commerce, Brussels)

11:40 – 11:50 – Francesco Cappello (European Enterprise Network)



Round table

(panel members are all the previous speakers)



Topics:

Are there any additional active funding schemes for joint initiatives not already presented?

Is anyone wishing to provide additional details?

TBC

13:00Lunch
14:00–15:30

Standardisation and certification



Chair: TBC



Topics:

From practice to standards

Open discussion will have to pave the way to digitalisation (DPP), traceability and certification aspects



Panellists / Specialists

Chair of CEN 473 Technical Committee (TBC)

Renato Ottone (ISONorm, Italy)

Cormac O’Prey (British Standards, UK)

CIRPASS 2 representative (TBC)

Author of book “Quando il prodotto parla: il DPP“ (TBC)

15:30Break
15:50–17:00

Communication and societal adoption



Chair: Biagio Semilia (Innovation Island, Italy) (TBC)



Topics:

What can be the best way to engage society and spread the importance of remanufacturing?

Innovative communication channels.



Panelists / Specialists

Giuseppe Crapa (SIR)

Francesca Immorlica or Alberto Baesso (WayPoint)

Representative from Comics school of Palermo (TBC)

Adewale Bashir Ikotun (Automation and Engineering, Nigeria)

Representative from Sole24Ore (TBC)

Representative from repair cafes (TBC)


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