Join Our Workshop “Enabling Circular Electronics: Skills for Cities, Businesses, and Consumers” on 2 March 2022! Each year, more electronic internet-connected devices are produced than there are humans*, resource-wise a dead end. Join us on 2 March 2022 at the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Conference to discuss how we can make circular electronics a reality! Digitalisation surrounds us everywhere. This is accompanied by an immense increase in reliance on devices such as smartphones, tablets, and laptops and more. In Europe and other world regions, electronic devices and digital services are gaining more and more importance. For example, an average of 78% of people in Europe have a smart phone**. While digital networking is on the one hand of great advantage, the huge amounts of related devices bring along serious ecological risks, especially with regard to the use of resources. This is why the European Commission announced a Circular Electronics Initiative as part of its New Circular Economy Action Plan, calling for longer lifespans of electronic appliances. This can be achieved through various circular economy strategies, such as reuse and repair. For these strategies to work, they must be implemented along the whole lifecycle of the products – from design to manufacturing, retail, consumption and use, and end of life. However, there are still many open questions and challenges, some of which we will discuss during the workshop: Who can enable circular electronics and how can the re-skilling and upskilling work for different stakeholder groups? Could digitalisation be part of the solution? For example, through a digital product passport that can provide information on the composition of electronic devices so that reuse becomes easier? Date: 2 March 2022 Time: 11:30-12:45 CET Format: Online Language: English Join us by registering here! The workshop is part of the Circular Economy Stakeholder Conference, 1-2 March 2022. Further details on the conference programme can be found here. For further information, please contact Imke Schmidt.