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Sustainable Design and Manufacture for Medical Devices
Sustainability in medical technology, as in all industries, is increasingly no longer an option. It’s not a question of “if” – it’s a question of “how”. This free webinar will give you a high level of understanding of what sustainability options exist, what the benefits are and what drives them.
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Overview
Sustainability in medical technology, as in all industries, is increasingly no longer an option. It’s not a question of “if” – it’s a question of “how”. This webinar will give you a high level understanding of what sustainability options exist, what the benefits are and what drives them.
Who should attend
Medical industry leaders, sustainability leaders, product owners, manufacturing managers and design heads, business development managers and anyone interested in sustainable design and manufacture.
Why you should attend
Downloading this free webinar will introduce you to the concepts and provide a good foundation for the following more detailed and focused one day workshop, which will help you identify opportunities for sustainable manufacture that turn the requirement for more sustainability into an opportunity for growth.
What to find out more?
Download our Free Insights Report into Sustainability in the Medical Devices Industry here.
To get a more in depth understanding, find out how to choose which approach will work for your company and how to implement these fundamental changes, attend our one day seminar on this topic. Click here for more detail and to register.
Programme
Sustainable Design and Manufacture for Medical Devices
- Introduction to sustainable design and manufacture – where it fits in
- Why it matters – drivers for change and market expectations. What are the priorities (CO2 / waste / energy / water)?
- Current state of the art and who is doing what
- Options for improvements – what can be learned from other medical products and other industries
- Standards, frameworks and regulatory support
- Conclusions – what needs to happen, how to start and what needs to be done to support it
- Q & A session
Presenter
Cormac O'Prey (More...)
Cormac O'Prey is Principal and Director in the Kestrel Consultancy
Group.
He has experience in effective Business Development, Project
Management and Product Development, with proven innovation capability. As part
of the Kestrel Consultancy Group Ltd., he works on technology and product
development projects with a range of UK-based and multi-national client
companies.
In his role as a BSi BS8887 committee member and project lead on the sustainable medical devices subcommittee, he contributes to steering
international standards and best practice on design for manufacture, assembly,
disassembly and end of life - vital for developing our capacity to respond to
the demands of circular / spiral economy and optimise our resources in an increasingly
unstable world!
His specialist capabilities include: Development of
strategic partnerships with multiple international organisations including
customers, manufacturers, users, financiers, and regulatory bodies; Product
development in diverse industrial sectors including Smart Grid and Smart
Metering, Medical Devices, Industrial, Consumer and other industries including
project management, risk analysis, technical review, etc.
He has a special interest in technology transfer and
innovation with a focus on sustainable design and manufacture, and lectures at ARU Cambridge in Global Busines Environment and International Strategy, and Engineering Design.
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