A discussion paper on the Circular Value-added Productivity indicator (CVP), which visualizes the cost-effectiveness of the Circular Economy, has been published.

We participated in a lecture and panel discussion at the Circular Partners Information Sharing and Opinion Exchange Meeting on Corporate Activity Evaluation Criteria.

The Second Open Forum was featured on Hitachi Review.

Our lab director participated as a panelist in the panel discussion at the Mitsubishi Electric - University of Tokyo Future Design Conference Open Forum (at Tokyo Midtown Yaesu Conference).

H-AIST CE Lab. held the Second Open Forum.

We have published a report on 'Standardization Points Based on Research on the Transition to a Circular Economy and Its International Standardization'.

We gave a presentation at the Circular Partnership EXPO 2024 (@ Tokyo Big Sight).

Lab Director Miyazaki gave a lecture at the Symposium on Resource Recycling Technology (at the United Nations University).

We presented our lab's findings at EcoBalance 2024 (at Sendai International Center).

Lab Director Miyazaki gave a lecture at the Society of Automotive Engineers Japan, Recycling Technology Division Public Committee (at Toyota Tokyo Headquarters).

We participated in CEATEC 2024 (@Makuhari Messe) and held a talk show and panel exhibition.

We presented our lab's results at the 2024 Autumn Conference of the Japan Society for Precision Engineering (JSPE) held at Okayama University, Tsushima Campus.

H-AIST CE Lab. and UNIVERSITY of CREATIVITY hosted a science fiction prototyping workshop imagining a circular economy society.

H-AIST CE Lab. efforts were introduced by the Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan (online).

H-AIST CE Lab. lectured on its efforts at the Japan Techno-Economics Society's Lifecycle Maintenance Study Group.

H-AIST CE Lab. participated in a panel discussion at Waseda University CVC Consortium.

H-AIST CE Lab. efforts were introduced at the SPEED Research Conference.

H-AIST CE Lab. held an International Symposium on Standardization to Promote Transition to Circular Economy.

Event: Hitachi-AIST Circular Economy Cooperative Research Laboratory will hold an international standardization symposium for the transition to a circular economy. [Held on April 23, 2024]

H-AIST CE Lab. published a video on Consumer Styles in the Circular Economy Era.

H-AIST CE Lab. published the 2023 Activity Report.

The First Open Forum was featured on Hitachi Review.

An interview with Miyazaki Katsumasa, Director of H-AIST CE Lab., is featured in the Journal of the Japan Society for Precision Engineering.

A presentation on the state of development of digital solutions was given at the Second AIST Remanufacturing Symposium.

H-AIST CE Lab. held the First Open Forum.

Hitachi, AIST and AIST Solutions delivered a presentation on the results of past surveys on standardization trends and perspectives on its standardization strategy at the AIST Solutions Plastic Recycling Symposium.

Event: The Hitachi-AIST Circular Economy Cooperation Research Laboratory will hold its First Open Forum: Toward the realization of a circular economy society and its methodology (on February 5, 2024).

H-AIST CE Lab. explained its activities and delivered presentations on its achievements in its past activities at EcoDesign 2023.

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