The following Topics concerning sustainability will be covered by the upcoming GCSM:
Sustainable Materials & Products
- Low carbon materials and critical raw materials
- Material recycling
- Product design, redesign and innovation
- Product recovery, reuse and remanufacturing
- Product life cycle, information and knowledge management
- Database for materials and processes, data management for sustainability
- Life cycle assessment, risk assessment
- Safe-and-sustainable-by-design approaches
- Product category rules, environmental product
declaration
Sustainable Manufacturing Processes
- Manufacturing processes, tools and equipment
- Energy and resource efficiency
- Resource utilization and waste reduction
- Maintenance, repair and overhaul for machines and equipment
Sustainable Manufacturing Systems
- Manufacturing system design
- Simulation tools for manufacturing system design/layout testing
- Sustainable supply chain
- Data usage and sustainable manufacturing/production planning
- Metrics for sustainable manufacturing systems
Crosscutting Topics in Sustainable Manufacturing
- Industry 4.0 and sustainable manufacturing
- Circular economy
- CO2 neutral production
- Regional integration for sustainability
- Sustainable energy transition / Sustainable energy development
- Policy design for sustainability
- Engineering education towards sustainable development
- Sustainable business models
For this year’s conference, we are planning up to 3 student sessions. In these student sessions, we would like students to present the results of semester-projects related to sustainability. If you are a professor at a university and your’re interested in participating in the student sessions, please contact us for more information.