Webinar: Sustainable, Social and Ethical Manufacturing
What is the course about?
Explore the transformative landscape of sustainable, social, and ethical manufacturing in this dynamic course taught by one of our partner universities, Mondragon University.
Understand the paradigm of Industry 5.0, emphasizing human-centered approaches that redefine industrial practices. Investigate the implications of an aging workforce and diversity on manufacturing strategies, fostering inclusive and resilient workplaces. Delve into the crucial aspects of usability, accessibility, and ethics, ensuring alignment with evolving workplace dynamics. Analyze the integration of ethics into strategic and management plans, fostering responsible decision-making and sustainable business practices.
Day1: 24 Oct 2024
Inclusive Design for an aging population: The aging of the population is both a challenge and an opportunity for companies and public administrations that can use it as an inspiration to develop new product and services that improve quality of life. Understand the market of the AgeTech and learn how to design products and services for the aging population.
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Inclusive Design for an aging workforce: The aging of the population affects every sector and the manufacturing sector is not an exception. The adaptation of the workplaces to the growing diversity of workers will be a challenge and an opportunity during the next years.
Day 2: 25 Oct 2024
Understanding the opportunities and resposibilities of being a purpose driven organisation: Embracing ethical manufacturing practices, companies can not only ensure the well-being of workers and minimize their environmental footprint but also enhance their brand reputation and build trust with consumers who increasingly prioritize ethical considerations in their purchasing decisions.
Management of Ethics in the Organisation: Understand how to include and manage ethics in the strategic and management plans of any organisation, whether social or not, to take theory to thorough reality in any organisation.
Additive Manufacturing as an Eco-innovation Tool: Learn about the discipline of ecodesign and how additive manufacturing accelerates the eco-innovation process.
Learning outcomes
- Recognize diversity in the aging workplace.
- Promoting skills and abilities thought Human Centered Design.
- Integrate diversity in the design of workplaces, and in the new human-machine interfaces.
- Comprehend the opportunities and responsabilities in a purpose driven organisation.
- Include and manage ethics in the strategic and management plans of any organisation.
- Gain essential insights and tools to navigate the complexities of modern manufacturing with integrity and purpose.
How to enroll?
LIMITED OFFER: 25% off on the below fee for the first 20 enrollments
Standard Webinar Fee: €89 | For EITM Partner University Students: €75 | EITM industry partners & startups supported by EITM: €75
Enroll to all 6 Manufacturing Innovation Webinars for 15% discount
Standard fee for all 6 webinars: €454 | For EITM partner university students: €385 | EITM industry partners & startups supported by EITM: €385
IMPORTANT: Students from EIT Manufacturing Partner Universities enrolling with discounted fees must send a document justifying the same to doctoralschool@eitmanufacturing.eu. Those who fail to do so will not be admitted to the webinar and the fee will not be reimbursed.
Our Partner Universities:
- Czech Technical University (Czech Republic)
- University of Trento (Italy), Mondragon University (Spain)
- SUPSI (Switzerland), TU Wien (Austria), FEUP (Portugal)
- University of Tartu (Estonia), Ecole Centrale Nantes (France)
- Aalto University (Finland), University College Dublin (Ireland)
- Slovak Technical University (Slovakia), Grenoble INP (France)
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