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Startups entering manufacturing won't want to miss ACTION's webinar: "Ready for Manufacturing? Check your IP!", presented by our sponsor, McLane Law firm. See details and register here: https://lnkd.in/dNCxJdq

New speaker added -Shane Gilbertson, Chief Operating Officer, Genesis Dome! Join us for our final Winter Online Roundtable Series, co-hosted by ACTION Innovation Network and UMass Lowell Innovation Hub, on February 27th from10:30am-12:00pm, Designing for Reuse, Recovery, Reprocessing and Remanufacturing of Medical Device Plastics and Electronics: The Challenges Medical device manufacturers now understand the need for more sustainable design and manufacturing, but don’t know where to begin. In a risk-averse industry, manufacturers need to know how to reduce emissions and waste without compromising safety or damaging the business . Join our roundtable and hear how others have overcome real and imagined barriers to reduce their environmental impact without sacrificing their bottom line. Join this trio of experts as they discuss real-world challenges and recommendations for implementing circular strategies in the medical device industry. Moderator: Cormac O'Prey, Principal, Kestrel Technology Consulting (UK) and Chair of BSi committee on BS8887 national and international design standards for Manufacture Assembly and End of Life Processing Participants: Duncan Freake, Associate Director, Innovation Consulting, Physical Technology Group, EPAM Continuum Shane Gilbertson, Chief Operating Officer, Genesis Dome- developing, implementing, and commercializing scalable solutions in sustainable product disposition and material circularity. Register at https://lnkd.in/etf-tkXu Incubators, this is a great opportunity for your startups that are designing and manufacturing a product to hear from the experts. Greentown Labs UMassM2D2 Mansfield Bio-Incubator Berkshire Innovation Center New Bedford Research & Robotics MassRobotics FORGE WorcLab Blue Innovation Labs Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives (MBI) #remanufacturing #productdesign #recovery #reuse #reprocessing #circulareconomy #circularity #takebackprograms #manufacturing #recycling #packaging #demanufacturing #productdevelopment #sustainability #reuse #medicaldevice #medicalplastics #medicalelectronics #materialcircularity Help us spread the word! Cormac O'Prey Jeffrey Champagne Duncan Freake Cliff Emmons Mary Ann Picard Richard Meiklejohn Alexei Teague EPAM Continuum Genesis Dome Amit Limaye Mary Nitschke Mark Michalski

Join us for the last of our Winter Online Roundtable Series, co-hosted by ACTION Innovation Network and UMass Lowell Innovation Hub, on February 27 from10:30am-12:00pm, Designing for Reuse, Recovery, Reprocessing and Remanufacturing of Medical Device Plastics and Electronics: Challenges for medical device companies. Medical device manufacturers now understand the need for more sustainable design and manufacturing, but don’t know where to begin. In a risk-averse industry, manufacturers need to know how to reduce emissions and waste without compromising safety or damaging the business . Join our roundtable and hear how others have overcome real and imagined barriers to reduce their environmental impact without sacrificing their bottom line. Moderator: Cormac O'Prey, Principal, Kestrel Technology Consulting (UK) and Chair of BSi committee on BS8887 national and international design standards for Manufacture Assembly and End of Life Processing Participants: Jeffrey Champagne, Senior Director, MedTech Solutions, EPAM Systems Duncan Freake, Mechanical Engineer, Continuum Register at https://lnkd.in/etf-tkXu #remanufacturing #reprocessing #circulareconomy #sustainability #reuse #medicaldevice #medicalplastics #electronics Help us spread the word! Cormac O'Prey Jeffrey Champagne Duncan Freake Cliff Emmons Mary Ann Picard Richard Meiklejohn Alexei Teague EPAM Systems EPAM Continuum

We’re thrilled to partner with Massachusetts Clean Energy Center and FedTech to support the 2025 Massachusetts Climatetech Studio! If you’re a #climatetech innovator, don’t miss this chance to access world-class mentorship, resources, and funding opportunities. Apply now to help shape a more sustainable future. Deadline to apply is February 28, 2025! https://lnkd.in/etApkk5a #ClimateAction #CleanEnergy #Innovation #Massachusetts

Join us for our online winter roundtable series, Partnerships Enabling Innovations in Sustainability, co-hosted by ACTION Innovation Network and UMass Lowell Innovation Hub. The next roundtable, Leveraging the Innovation Ecosystem in Advancing?Sustainable Medical Plastics Towards Commercialization, will be held on January 30th from 10:30am-12:00pm. The online roundtable will introduce innovations in polymer science and cost-effective plastics recycling technologies from academic labs and entrepreneurs. The discussion will address how circular plastics and molecular recycling are advancing the development and commercialization of plastics recycling technologies with lower carbon emissions and promoting the use of environmentally friendly products. Pilots and partnerships that companies have developed to drive sustainable innovation will be highlighted. Participants are Wan-Ting (Grace) Chen, Associate Professor of Plastics Engineering, UMass Lowell, Conor Carlin, President, Clefs Advisory and Jan-Georg Rosenboom, Co-Founder and CTO, MacroCycle Technologies, . Register at https://lnkd.in/eGwB2r-s #plasticsengineering #sustainableplastics #circulareconomy #sustainablilty #medicalplastics #carbonemissionsreduction #plasticsrecycling #innovationecosystem #climatetech #circularplastics #plasticwaste Help us spread the word! Cliff Emmons Richard Meiklejohn Mary Ann Picard Cormac O'Prey Jeffrey Champagne Alexei Teague

Join us in the second of three online winter roundtables, Partnerships Enabling Innovations in Sustainability: Leveraging the Innovation Ecosystem in Advancing?Sustainable Medical Plastics Towards Commercialization, on January 30, 2025 from 10:30am-12:00pm. The roundtable series is co-hosted by ACTION Innovation Network and UMass Lowell Innovation Hub. The roundtable webinar will introduce innovations in polymer science and cost-effective plastics recycling technologies from academic labs and entrepreneurs. The discussion will address how circular plastics and molecular recycling are advancing the development and commercialization of plastics recycling technologies with lower carbon emissions and promoting the use of environmentally friendly products. Pilots and partnerships that companies have developed to drive sustainable innovation will be highlighted. Confirmed participants are Wan-Ting (Grace) Chen, Associate Professor of Plastics Engineering, UMass Lowell, Conor Carlin, President, Clefs Advisory and MacroCycle Technologies, Jan-Georg Rosenboom Stwart Pe?a Feliz. Additional participants to be announced. Register at https://lnkd.in/e_cAi6wF #plasticsengineering #sustainableplastics #circulareconomy #sustainablilty #medicalplastics #carbonemissionsreduction #plasticsrecycling #innovationecosystem #climatetech #circularplastics #plasticwaste Cliff Emmons Richard Meiklejohn Mary Ann Picard Cormac O'Prey Jeffrey Champagne Alexei Teague

Cheers to 2025! May the coming year bring new goals, fresh opportunities, exciting challenges, and big accomplishments.

Sending thanks and good cheer to our members, partners, friends and supporters!

Last Day to register! Interested in learning how to make your lab more sustainable and the latest innovations making this happen? Don't miss our online roundtable, Servicing Labs and Recycling Models for Medical Plastics. We'll discuss the latest advancements in medical plastic recycling with Gretchen Carey of Republic Services and MassRecycle, Noah Pyles of Polycarbin, Sam White of GreenLabs Recycling and Anushk Gupta of Research Recycling. Register for this informative webinar. https://lnkd.in/enm_EGYs #MedTech #Sustainability #LabTech #Greenlab #Polycarbin #ResearchRecycling This is the first in a series of Winter Roundtables on Partnerships Enabling Innovations in Sustainability. Save the Date for our 2nd Roundtable on January 30th! We will discuss Leveraging the Innovation Ecosystem in Advancing Sustainable Plastics Towards Commercialization. Watch for more information. Cliff Emmons Cormac O'Prey Mary Ann Picard Richard Meiklejohn Jeffrey Champagne