Workshop
Workshop
8:00 am – 5:00 pm on Sunday April 20, 2025
Technologies for a Circular Economy
A one-day hybrid workshop included with SusTech registration, sponsored by the IEEE Technical Activities’ Future Directions SusTech Initiative
For details see https://sustech.ieee.org/circular-economy
Registration includes access to the workshop, breakfast, lunch and coffee breaks.
Building a circular economy is becoming increasingly recognized as a means of achieving a variety of sustainability goals. From the long-term availability of natural resources, to the protection and recovery of ecosystems from global pollution, the benefits of such a system of production and consumption can be far-reaching, if implemented judiciously. This workshop will introduce the topic of circular economy and examine several areas where technological advances or scaling are needed. Expert presentations and discussion topics will include:
1. At the beginning of the economic cycle: the important topic of the availability of critical mineral resources used in electronics and battery products, including design for reuse/recycling;
2. During the manufacturing and consumption phases of the economic cycle: technologies to track components and products through, for example, “digital passports”;
3. At the end of the economic cycle: solutions for managing widespread waste and pollution, including the carbon emissions which now cripple our planet’s climate.
Our aim is to expand your knowledge, build connections, and brainstorm ideas which can help the IEEE build communities and resources to develop the solutions that are urgently needed.
Participants who complete this workshop and elect to return a feedback form will be awarded 8 Professional Development Hours (PDH) and an IEEE certificate. Hardcopies of the form will be available at the workshop, or you can download it here: PDH Evaluation Form_Circular Economy [PDF, 76KB]
Timeline
For speaker details see https://sustech.ieee.org/circular-economy
Time | Speaker | Title |
8:00 – 8:15 | Carole Graas | Welcome and Logistics |
8:15 – 8:35 | Maike Luiken | Introduction to Circularity |
8:35 – 8:55 |
Wei-Jen Lee
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Workshop Organization |
8:55 – 9:00 | Q&A | |
9:00 – 9:45 | Alan Booker | Learning from Nature’s Approach to a Circular Economy |
9:45 – 10:15 | Ravinder Dahiya | Circular Electronics |
10:15 – 10:30 | Break | |
10:30 – 11:00 | Babu Chalamala and Wei-Jen Lee | Fireside chat on Lithium Batteries Recycle and Reuse |
11:00 – 11:30 | David Snyder | Carbon Dioxide Pollution |
11:30 – 12:30 | Lunch | |
12:30 – 1:45 | All Authors, Wei-Jen Lee moderating | Q&A / Panel about Circularity |
1:45 – 2:00 | Form breakout Groups / stretch break | |
2:00 – 3:30 | Breakout Groups | |
3:30 – 3:45 | Break | |
3:45 – 4:30 | Group Reports | |
4:30 – 4:45 | Ed Perkins | Introduction to the SusTech 2025 Conference |
4:45 – 5:00 | Maike Luiken and Wei-Jen Lee | Conclusion and Next Steps |