Ecodiseño de productos para una economía circular

Industrial Engineer specialized in Mechanical engineering (1995) by the Faculty of Engineering in Bilbao. He works at the Department of Graphic Design and Engineering Projects since 1998. He was recognized as Full Professor since 2019. Head of the Department of Graphic Design and Engineering Projects since 2016. Chair of the board of studies of the Master's Degree 'Circular Economy: Business Application' of the University of the Basque Country. He joined Laval University in Québec in 2005 as a visiting scientist. He works in the Product Design Laboratory since its creation in 2005, and in the Life Cycle Thinking Group. His current research focuses on Product Life Cycle Assessment, Ecodesign and Circular Economy.

PhD in Environmental Engineering and professor in the ‘Environmental Technologies’ area in the Department of Chemical Engineering of the Environment at Bilbao Engineering School (UPV/EHU). From 2017 to 2025 she was the Director of Sustainability and Social Commitment at the UPV / EHU. She is a member of the Academic Committee of the Master Circular Economy: Business Aplication. Furthermore, she is the president of the Spanish Network for Sustainable Development (REDS). Currently, she is Deputy Director of Quality, Sustainability, and Dual Education at Bilbao Engineering School (UPV/EHU)

Iñigo graduated in chemical engineering – majoring in the environment – from the School of Engineering at the University of the Basque Country (EHU) and has a Master’s Degree in Climate Change from Exeter University. After a 12-year career as an international environmental consultant, he joined Ihobe as a circular economy technician in January 2019. Iñigo is currently the coordinator of the Basque Ecodesign Center and of the Basque Circular HUB, Ihobe platforms to generate circular skills in the Basque Country.

Director of Circular Economy at Ihobe and responsible for the Basque Ecodesign Center, a public-private collaboration initiative between the Basque Government itself and 8 of the most important industrial companies with their own products in the Basque Country for the promotion of Ecodesign and the integration of Life Cycle Assessment in industrial activity. Industrial Engineer from the Faculty of Engineering in Bilbao, he has more than 15 years of professional experience in private enterprise and administration. More than 10 years actively participating in different technical committees of the European Union in Brussels and in national and international committees in the field of product standardisation (UNE and ISO committees). Designated expert for Latin America and the Caribbean in Ecodesign, Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainable Building by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Industrial Engineer (2001) by the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and specialised in transformation and properties of polymers (Master by the ENSPM in France). He obtained his PhD in Chemical Sciences by the Catholic University of Leuven (KUL, Belgium) in 2010. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Physics at the School of Engineering of Bilbao, UPV/EHU, since 2019. He teaches Sustainability Criteria and Life Cycle Analysis in the Master in Research in Energy Efficiency and Sustainability in Industry, Transport, Building and Urban Planning of the UPV/EHU. His main line of research is the development and characterisation of new thermoplastic matrix composite materials, especially biocomposites.

Chemical Engineer (2006) by the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU. She obtained PhD degree in Material science and technology in 2014. She is Associate Professor at the Department of Graphic Design and Engineering Projects of the School of Engineering in Bilbao, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) since 2015. Maider is specialised in bioplastic technology and her research is dedicated to the design of new biobased and lightweight materials for engineering applications. She lectures Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methods in Master's Degree 'Circular Economy: Business Application' and ‘European Master in Project Management’ of the University of the Basque Country. LCA methodologies are also included in her research work pursuing a reduction of environmental impacts.

Erlantz Lizundia is Associate Professor at the School of Engineering in Bilbao, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). He received his PhD in Advanced Materials Engineering in 2011 at the UPV/EHU. Erlantz joined the University of British Columbia (Canada) and ETH Zurich (Switzerland) in 2016 and 2018 as a visiting scientist. His work aims to develop environmentally sustainable materials and technologies based on renewable and biodegradable materials such as cellulose, chitin or lignin, using green chemistry, biomimetic, bioeconomy, and circular economy approaches. Erlantz also works on the eco-design of batteries and their recycling, polymer upcycling, or biopolymer valorization through life cycle assessment (LCA).

Graduated in Chemistry from the University of the Basque Country and BSc (Hons) in Applied Chemistry from Strathclyde University. Ana’s whole professional career has been at Ihobe, which she joined in 1992.  She was initially involved in research, tasked with developing PCB and HCH destruction processes (from laboratory to industrial scales). She was subsequently involved in designing and developing tools, instruments and support services aimed at facilitating the environmental improvement of Basque industry.

Industrial Engineer specialized in Mechanical engineering (1995) by the Faculty of Engineering in Bilbao. He works at the Department of Graphic Design and Engineering Projects since 1998. He was recognized as Full Professor since 2019. Head of the Department of Graphic Design and Engineering Projects since 2016. Chair of the board of studies of the Master's Degree 'Circular Economy: Business Application' of the University of the Basque Country. He joined Laval University in Québec in 2005 as a visiting scientist. He works in the Product Design Laboratory since its creation in 2005, and in the Life Cycle Thinking Group. His current research focuses on Product Life Cycle Assessment, Ecodesign and Circular Economy.