Keynote speakers
Tadao Ando | Architect / Emeritus Professor, The University of Tokyo / CEO, Tadao Ando Architect & Associates
"Earth as One"
photo by Shoji Onuma
Akira Minagawa | Designer / Founder
"Things & Memories"
Singh Intrachooto | Associate Professor of Building Innovation, architect and design principal of OSISU, Thailand
"Eco-design needs a Circular Ecosystem"
Tullio Tolio | Full Professor of “Manufacturing and Production Systems” at Politecnico di Milano, Italy
"Rethinking assembly systems and their business model in a circular economy perspective"
Abstract: Circular economy for assembly systems is deeply intertwined on one side with the redesign of system architectures to take into account the opportunity of giving multiple lives to each system, and on the other hand with new business models which can be introduced to guarantee a continuous reutilization of the system and its components in multiple applications. The key element at the center of the analysis is the reutilization of the functions of the machine/components where most of the value resides. Based on the functions and their reuse, continuous configuration of production systems is needed therefore the configuration activity becomes a key activity for the success of the company.