As part of the FREE-Alpes Federation, a seminar on the theme “Circular Economy, Waste, Regions, and Resources”will be held on January 25, 2019, from 8:45 a.m. to 3:10 p.m. in the L’Horloge building on the Bourget-du-Lac campus. It will bring together all researchers from the Federation working on this topic, as well as anyone else who is simply interested in these subjects.
On the agenda
- 9:15 a.m.: Introduction to the seminar
- 9:20 a.m.: Lecture
“An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Circular Economy: The Three ‘Ecologies’ of Urban Metabolism” by Dr. Jean-Baptiste BAHERS, CNRS Research Fellow (Interdisciplinary Section 52: Environments and Societies), Laboratory for Spaces and Societies (UMR ESO 6590 CNRS), University of Nantes
- 10:30 a.m.: Presentation of projects from the FREE-Alpes laboratories (Session 1)
- “New Methods for Recycling Wine Waste in the Savoie Mont Blanc Region: An Alternative to Open-Air Burning (VITIVALO Project)” (LCME)
- “Organizational Aspects of Short Supply Chains for Wood Utilization in the Alps” (EDYTEM)
- “Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE): Solutions for a Sustainable Future” (LCME)
- 11:25 a.m.: The Circular Economy and Local Governments (Session 1)
“Launch of the CODEC program by Grenoble Alpes Métropole: a methodology for modeling traffic flows at the metropolitan level”
- 11:45 a.m.: Presentation of projects from the FREE-Alpes laboratories (Session 2)
- “Recycling organic waste to develop new, sustainable, and local economic sectors: applications to invasive plants and waste from the agri-food sector (RENOUER and VALORWaste projects)” (LCME)
- “Characterization of end-of-life plastics using a multi-criteria approach involving a polymer/tracer/detector system to facilitate automated sorting” (EDYTEM)
- “Presentation of the Boat Project: How Should Different Types of Agricultural Biomass Be Managed and Utilized at the Regional Level: Segregation, Competition, or Integration?” (LESSEM)
- 12:15 p.m.: Buffet
- 1:30 p.m.: The Circular Economy and Local Governments (Session 2)
“A Look Back at the ‘Zero Waste, Zero Waste’ Initiative in the Pays de Savoie Region”
- 1:50 p.m.: Projects presented by external partners
- “Innovation, Regions, and the Circular Economy” (the Innovation for the Circular Economy Doctoral School)
- “The Chair in Circular Economy and Urban Metabolism in Brussels: A Bridge Between Research, Administration, and Practice” (Free University of Brussels, Chair in Circular Economy and Urban Metabolism)
- 2:10 p.m.: Presentation by the University Foundations
Initiatives by the UGA Foundation and the USMB Foundation
- 2:35 p.m.: Discussion and Q&A
Toward future collaborative projects? What are the needs? What are the themes? How should they be structured? What funding is available?
- 3:05 p.m.: Conclusions of the seminar
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Learn more
- [Register] Registration is required by January 18, 2019 (you may choose to attend only the 9:15 a.m. lecture, the entire seminar until 3:10 p.m., or half a day)
- Participants who attend the entire seminar will be invited to a lunchtime buffet to continue the discussions.
- Contact: Grégory Chatel
