The Autumn Events Programme is here
We’ve got some great events lined up over the next 6 months. From online lunchtime webinars, to in-depth national events, we will cover several different work areas of the CE-Hub and wider NICER Programme. We kick off with a lunchtime Webinar on Circular Economy Systems and a National Seminar on Measuring the Circular Economy in October, exploring several work areas of the CE-hub and NICER Programme, before bringing it all together in the first ever CE-Hub National Annual Symposium on 2nd – 3rd March 2022.
More details including registration are below:
October 2021
01/10/2021 – Circular Economy Systems: NICER Programme Webinar – 12:30 – 13:30
In this, the first in a series of NICER webinars, speakers will provide insight and prompt discussion on how to structure, model, analyse and implement whole system enablers and solutions. The webinar will be led by Professor Peter Hopkinson and Professor Fiona Charnley, Co-directors of the NICER CE-Hub with additional inputs from the NICER Centres. The series is designed to prompt discussion and debate, share learning from the NICER programme, and promote engagement and insights from across the wider CE community.
Register on Eventbrite here.
15/10/2021 – Measuring the Circular Economy: NICER Programme Seminar – 14:00 – 16:30
Measuring the Circular Economy has been repeatedly ranked as the most important topic that the NICER community would like explore. This multi-dimensional topic encompasses matters such as increased access to data, tools, and the latest research thinking and evidence. This event will focus specifically on the challenge of measuring CE at scale – in terms of National economy and value chain – and will discuss the potential system level interventions, metrics, and indicators to guide action, outcome, and impact evaluation.
Register on Eventbrite here.
28/10/2021 – Circular Design: NICER Programme Webinar – 12:30 – 13:30
Design is a critical enabler of a Circular Economy, and influences the entire value chain. In this 2nd NICER Programme Webinar we will hear from both international thought leaders on the implementation of Circular Design, and from some of the UKRI Circular Economy Centres on how their research is addressing key challenges relating to product, service, and system level design. The webinar will include time for Q&A on this important topic.
Register on Eventbrite here.
November 2021
19/11/2021 – Creating and Capturing Value from Circular Economy: NICER Programme Seminar – 14:00 – 16:30
A Circular Economy is an alternative to a traditional linear economy (make, use, dispose) in which we keep resources in use for as long as possible, extract the maximum value from them whilst in use, then recover and regenerate products and materials at the end of each service life. Creating and capturing value via processes such as remanufacturing, refurbishment, repair and direct reuse, i.e. the tighter loops of the circular economy, are key enablers to optimise the value retained in products and materials through the extension of their useful life and form an essential aspect of meeting the challenges in transitioning to a circular economy.
In this event we will discuss approaches to value creation across the resource flows associated with the NICER Programme as well as providing examples of how value is being created at organisational, national and international levels.
Register on Eventbrite here.
30/11/2021 – Business Models for Circular Economy: NICER Programme Webinar – 12:30 – 13:30
In this 3rd NICER programme webinar series, invited speakers from the CE-hub and individual Centres will share their perspectives on what we mean by the term ‘business model’, as well as discussing some business model taxonomy, stating evidence on how and why CE BMs succeed or fail, and exploring some of the key research challenges related to design and implementation.
Register on Eventbrite here.
02/03/2022 – 03/03/2022 – NICER Programme Circular Economy Showcase
Join the CE-Hub and the NICER Programme for our first CE Showcase. Over the two days we will hear from the CE-Hub, NICER Programme CE Centres, industrial partners and international CE experts as we work towards a UK Circular Economy.
More details coming in January 2022.
