8:30 – Welcome and workshop opening
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 – 16:00 – Research/Technical talks
16:00 – Break
16:20- 17:30 – Research/Technical talks
8:45-9:30 – Adewale Bashir Ikotun – Automation and Engineering (Nigeria) – Chair of Nigerian Engineering Society
9:30-10:15 – TBC
Research/Technical talks
1. Business models
Use case from small Italian company. Viewpoint of industrial companies (e.g. WayPoint Circular-in-linear model)
Use case from bigger European company
Viewpoint of African entities
Viewpoint of logistic company and/or core collection consortium. Still deciding about suitable people to invite.
2. Funding mechanisms
African funding ventures (TBD)
APRE (European funding schemes)
Italian granting organisation (TBC)
Point of view of commerce chambers (TBD)
David Fitzsimons (Director – European Remanufacturing Council)
3. Standardisation
Chair of 473 Technical Committee (CT)
UNI/CEN – Technical Committee Member
British standard (BSI) 8887-221:2025
Open Discussion
4. Communication, training and societal adoption
Consumer perception of remanufactured products: research experience and survey preliminary results (Giuseppe Crapa)
Role of AI tools and Remanufacturing Comics development venture (Alberto Baesso and Comics school of Palermo)
Adewale Bashir Ikotun
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