Past Conferences
12th GCSM 2014 - Johor Bahru
11th GCSM 2013 - Berlin
On 23rd-25th September 2013, the 11th GCSM attracted representatives from science and industry from all over the world to the conference chair's scientific hometown Berlin, Germany. In 15 sessions 200 participants from more than 30 countries presented 135 contributions to the public.
A special highlight awaited our guests on the second day during our "Special Session CRC 1026", in which an insight into the German National Science Foundation (DFG) funded Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 1026 "Sustainable Manufacturing – Shaping Global Value Creation" was given by a walk through the Laboratory of Sustainable Manufacturing. Using the examples bicycle and turbo machine, the Laboratory for Sustainable Manufacturing showed how the CRC projects and connected projects advance the essential need for sustainability by technical innovation, new service systems and qualification processes.
On the last day of the conference examples of global research in sustainable manufacturing were discussed and in the evening the conference participants let the event end with a Berlin evening in the testing field of the Fraunhofer PTK.10th GCSM 2012 - Istanbul PDF
9th GCSM 2011 - St.Petersburg PDF
8th GCSM 2010 - Abu Dhabi PDF
7th GCSM 2009 - Chennai PDF
For the first time the "Blue Responsibility Award" (http://gcsm.eu/gcsm_award.html) has been awarded for outstanding engineering concepts covering a closed loop sanitation system.
A full day Post Conference Workshop on "Remanufacturing in Malaysia" was held at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur on September 25th. The workshop aimed to facilitate a personal discussion session with Malaysian remanufacturers on the issues and challenges they are facing for GCSM participants. The workshop also served as an exchange platform between the scientists and the Malaysian government to discuss on specific research projects between industrialized western countries and emerging countries in South East Asia for extended high-tech remanufacturing practices. Especially, newly established laws on producer responsibility demand innovative recycling solutions. Chances for reaching high disassembly depth through manual labor in countries with competitive salaries were identified. Furthermore, the technology transfer of highly automated remanufacturing and recycling systems was discussed.