First international Spring School on Industrial Product-Service Systems
On 25 – 29 February 2008 the first international Spring School on Industrial Product-Service Systems (IPS²) took place in Bochum. The week long event within the CIRP working group Industrial Product-Service Systems created by the collaborative research project TR29 the was organized by the participating chairs from the Ruhr-University Bochum, the TU Berlin, the University of Cranfield (UK) and the TU Kaiserslautern. |
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| During the Spring School 19 participating PHD-students from the involved chairs in the research field of Industrial Product-Service Systems had the opportunity to expand their knowledge and get to know new perspectives on the topic. Via technical presentations and group work sections, besides imparting broad knowledge especially the international network between the participating chairs could be improved. |
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| The presenting lecturers illustrated the current state of the art in IPS² research as well as various fundamentals and applications. The focus was also on tools and methods from the neighboring sciences to support the further research in the field of Industrial Product-Service Systems. In addition to IPS²-specific lecturers the knowledge impart and transfer into IPS² research was completed by lectures from guest speakers in the range of marketing, management and design. |
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| The next Spring School is expected to take place on 23 – 27 February 2009 in Cranfield under the direction of Prof. Rajkumar Roy. Involving international experts the main focus will be on Industrial Product-Service Systems in microtechnology. The coming event will be accessible for all CIRP Research Affiliates as well as the research assistants and PHD-students of the working group members. |