NZSSES New Zealand Society for Sustainability Engineering and Science

ONE-DAY COURSE OVERVIEW AND PROGRAMME

Over-the-horizon Sustainable Product Design Friday, 16 November 2007 Garden Room, Auckland Conference Centre AUT Park, 585 Great South Road, Penrose.

Introduction The extent of the challenge implied by sustainability - the need for factor 20 to factor 50 (and more) improvements in eco- efficiency shows this challenge to be far beyond the range of improvement possible through end of pipe technologies and even most “environmental” technologies including so called integrated solutions. Thus it is inadvisable to follow the traditional route of studying present products and processes as a way of identifying areas for improvement. Rather it may be better to begin by accepting that sustainable technologies will most often consist of path-breaking approaches to meeting needs that are radically different from the solutions we have in place today.

Overview Dr Ron McDowall from The University of Auckland will head this workshop/course as a Frontier Design (Sustainable Technology Development) session, also called a “charrette” (any collaborative session in which a group of designers draft a solution to a design problem). We will be looking 50 years out, developing scenarios, ‘foresighting’ and then ‘backcasting’ to the present in order to define the path breaking research pathways.

Charrette participants will model and predict scenarios in the early design of a new sustainable product development. Workshop participants will be able to watch the design and analysis process and act as stakeholders in adding their perspectives to the development process and the subsequent product research and development.

Audience People who should be interested in this workshop/course are product designers and manufacturers who are wanting to be still in business in 50 years time producing real sustainable technology

Aim: To impart to designers and manufacturers a sustainable product design process

Objectives Educate designers and manufacturers

Course Content Sustainable Technology development processes Scenario mapping Foresighting Backcasting Pathbreaking product research pathways

Topic Key Words 1 STD Sustainable Technologies and product development processes 2 Scenario mapping Events and endstates, Simulated hindsight 3 Foresighting Products 50 years out 4 Backcasting Research pathways and milestone setting

Learning Outcomes By the end of the course participants will have a clear understanding of: Sustainable product development using frontier design principles. Backcasting Pathbreaking product design techniques

Programme

Time Activity Description Why there are no Sustainable Technologies existing 0:30 hr Introduction today. Incrementalism vs Pathbreaking 9:00 - 9:30 Presentation 1 hr 1 The Sustainable Product Development process 9:30 – 10:30 10:30 –10:45 Coffee Presentation 1:15 hr 2 Foresighting & Scenario Mapping 10:30 – 12:00 Simulated Hindsight, events and end states 12:00 – 13:00 Lunch 0:30 hr Participatory Modelling and predicting scenarios for Charrette 13:00 – 13:30 new product development 1 hr Charrette Development of research pathways 14:00 – 15:00 15:00 –15:30 Coffee Summary Final presentation of sustainable product 1 hr development model for sustainability 15:30 – 16:30

0:30 hr Wrap Up Summary on the context of the workshop. 16:30 – 17:00

Course Outcomes Linked to Competence Standards Eg: IPENZ Competence Standards for Professional Engineers, TIPENZ, AIPENZ: Elements 2, 9, 11. NZIA Continuing Professional Development Standards

Facilitator Dr. Ir. Ron McDowall. PhD. MPhil, BBS/BSc, F.NZIM, F,IPENZ. M.RSNZ,CP Eng, Int PE.

Ron is a senior lecturer with the faculties of Business and Engineering at the University of Auckland. He teaches and researches frontier sustainable product design and supervises several post graduate students in this area.

Costs: $295.00 including gst for members of NZSSES, IPENZ, and RSNZ $375.00 for non-members Special full-time student rates apply on application

25% late cancellation fee applies should you cancel within 5 working days prior to the course

Email: [email protected]

Vicky Adin Secretariat Office NZ Society for Sustainability Engineering and Science PO Box 305270, Triton Plaza, North Shore 0757, Auckland, NZ

Ph: +64.9.47 99 113 Mbl: +64 27.230.5365 www.nzsses.auckland.ac.nz