{"id":7133,"date":"2022-09-06T12:10:35","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T10:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wanderful.stream\/events\/conference-circular-economy-in-the-furniture-sector\/"},"modified":"2022-09-06T12:10:35","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T10:10:35","slug":"conference-circular-economy-in-the-furniture-sector","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.wanderful.stream\/en\/events\/conference-circular-economy-in-the-furniture-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"Conference: Circular economy in the furniture sector"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Products, services, manufacturing processes, strategic choices (raw materials, transport, energy, etc.) will have to change rapidly.<br\/>Today, more virtuous solutions must be developed in response to rising costs, changes in legislation, resource depletion and consumer expectations.<\/p>\n\n<p>Furniture manufacturers, suppliers, designers, architects, technical experts&#8230; How to initiate these changes?<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Wallonie Design and Fedustria offer a morning of discovery and exchange on approaches and topics related to trends, practices and tools that facilitate the transition to a circular economy.<br\/>The focus will be on design and its expertise in guiding these changes. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Program <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n<p>PART 1 <strong>|<\/strong> 10:00 \u2013 11:30<\/p>\n\n<p><em><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n<ul><li><em><strong>Designing for the circular economy <\/strong><\/em><br\/>\u2014 Sara BOXUS, Project Leader cellule Design &amp; \u00c9conomie Circulaire \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walloniedesign.be\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wallonie Design<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul><li><em><strong>Trends in the furniture sector: highlighting new developments on the international market<\/strong><\/em><br\/>\u2014 Susanna CAMPOGRANDE, Research and Innovation Manager \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wood.be\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wood.be<\/a><\/li><li><em><strong>Sustainable design is a must<\/strong><\/em><br\/>\u2014 Frederik DELBART, Designer \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frederikdelbart.be\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Frederik Delbart Design Studio<\/a><\/li><li><em><strong>Overview of the evolution of business models<\/strong><\/em><br\/>\u2014 Perrine MERCENIER, Experte en \u00e9conomie de la fonctionnalit\u00e9 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/eklo.be\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EKLO<\/a><\/li><li><strong><em>Circularity: what challenges for the supply chains?<\/em><\/strong><br\/>\u2014 Luc GENOT, Expert Logistique circulaire \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.logisticsinwallonia.be\/fr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Logistics in Wallonia<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n<p><strong><br\/>\u2615 P<\/strong><strong>ause-Caf\u00e9<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n<p>PART 2<strong> | <\/strong>11:45 \u2013 13:00<\/p>\n\n<ul><li><strong><em>OpenStructures, a shared standard as a principle of sustainable design<\/em><\/strong><br\/>\u2014 Thomas LOMM\u00c9E, Designer \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.openstructures.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Open Structures <\/a>  <\/li><li><em><strong>Achieving circularity in the mattress industry through Digital Identification, in practice!<\/strong><\/em><br\/>\u2014 Stefaan COGNIE, Head of Strategy and Business Transformation \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bekaertdeslee.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bekaert Deslee<\/a><\/li><li><strong><em>Towards a circular economy brand in the hospitality industry<br\/>A look back at the progress of EcyTwin<\/em><\/strong><br\/>\u2014 Guy DE MUELENAERE, Head of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fedustria.be\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fedustria Wallonie<\/a><\/li><li><em><strong>The circular economy as a business priority: steps and challenges<\/strong> (working title)<\/em><br\/>\u2014 Dominique AMODEI, Designer \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobitec.be\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mobitec<\/a><\/li><li><em><strong>Panel discussion and questions\/answers<\/strong><\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n<p><strong><br\/>\ud83c\udf74 13:00 :<\/strong> <strong>networking lunch<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wallonie Design and Fedustria inform and inspire about the circular transition, trends and tools in the furniture industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7124,"template":"","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderful.stream\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/7133"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderful.stream\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderful.stream\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderful.stream\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/7133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7134,"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderful.stream\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/7133\/revisions\/7134"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderful.stream\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderful.stream\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}