How Could Digital Product Passport be Applied to Digital Health Devices?
Date: 29 October 2024
Time: 14:00–15:00 CET
Location: Online (Zoom)
Join us for a joint webinar between the Circular Economy Resource Information System (CE-RISE) and Digital Health in the Circular Economy (DiCE) projects to explore how Digital Product Passport (DPP) can support the circular transition in healthcare. As the healthcare sector faces unique challenges due to stringent regulations and the need to ensure patient safety, this session will focus on designing an ideal information-sharing system for digital health devices.
We will discuss how data sharing can enhance circularity and improve value chains, with insights from real-life case studies and sector experts.
Agenda
14:00 – 14:05 | Welcome and aim of the webinar James Horne (WEEE Forum)
14:05 – 14:20 | Introduction to DiCE and CE-RISE projects Els Ducheyne (Johnson & Johnson) Cristina Guerreiro (NILU)
14:20 – 14:45 | How should an ideal information sharing system for the healthcare sector look like? General DPP challenges – Elena Fernandez (UNITAR) Specific healthcare challenges explained through the value chain overview with the real-life case of the digital paper label – Marion Junique (Johnson & Johnson)
14:45 – 14:55 | Q&A with Audience
14:55 – 15:00 | Closing Remarks James Horne (WEEE Forum)
About the Webinar
The Digital Product Passport (DPP) is a groundbreaking tool for the electronics industry, designed to improve circularity by sharing data across the entire value chain. It supports strategies like reuse, repair, remanufacturing, and recycling. But when it comes to the digital healthcare sector, unique challenges arise due to strict regulations and the critical need to ensure patient safety. Questions arise such as: What data should be shared to improve circularity? Who will benefit from it? How can information systems be standardized for healthcare?
By bringing together the CE-RISE and DiCE projects, both funded by the EU’s Horizon Europe Programme, we will explore solutions for these challenges. CE-RISE focuses on creating an information-sharing system for electronic products, while DiCE addresses digital health devices’ lifecycle—from design to disposal—helping to shift from a linear to a circular model. If circularity can be achieved for healthcare devices, it sets a precedent for other sectors.
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about the future of data sharing for circularity in healthcare!
