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Digital Enablers for a Circular Economy Workshop

28 June 2023, 12:00 pm–5:00 pm

workshop attendees and speakers

Loughborough University, part of ICEC-MCM, hosted a workshop on identifying barriers and enablers for digitisation in the built environment.

Event Information

Open to

All

Organiser

Dr. Ramya Venkataraman

Location

U006
Brockington Building
Loughborough University, Margaret Keay Rd
Loughborough
LE11 3TU
United Kingdom

The ICEC-MCM is funded by UKRI and EPSRC as part of the £30 million NICER Programme which supports new initiatives to increase sustainability, improve resource efficiency and reduce waste in sectors such as materials, textiles, chemicals and metals.The ICEC-MCM brings together 7 academic institutions (25 academics, 15 post-docs, 15 PhD students) and more than 40 industry partners across the UK Construction sector. ICEC-MCM and Loughborough University hosted a half day workshop on Digital Enablers for a Circular Economy on 28 June 2023 which included 3 keynote presentations and a workshop on identifying barriers and enablers for digitisation in the built environment.

About the Speakers

James Robbins

Director of Data & Digital Enterprise Architecture at Jacobs

Keynote presentation 1: Digital leadership: thoughts on circular economy and sustainable technologies

Helen Frape

Verifi Business Development Manager at UK and Ireland Saint-Gobain Construction Chemicals

Keynote presentation 2: Behavioural change to enable digitisation in the built environment.

Peter Demian

Reader in BIM at Loughborough University

Keynote presentation 3: Why Information Management is the ideal enabler for Circularity.