BEM 2014 Congress

Basque Ecodesign Meeting is an international event on ecodesign which will bring together leading companies with proven track records in the application of ecodesign, the public administration as the driving force of this methodology, universities and numerous experts in this field.

It is held every two years and it follows on from previous events:

Programme Basque Ecodesign Meeting 2014

• Bilbao Ecodesign Meeting 2011, 9 November 2011 - Euskalduna Conference Centre
• Environmental Product & Building Innovation 2010, 22 April 2010 - Euskalduna Conference Centre – Bilbao
• Environmental product & building Innovation 2008, 26 November 2008 - BEC, Barakaldo

The Basque Ecodesign Meeting is aimed at the mangers entrusted with strategic decision-taking in their companies, interested in introducing ecodesign in the policies of their organisation to obtain competitive advantages. It is also aimed at technicians and designers of products and services.

• Industrial companies, (Machine, electrical and electronics, transport and mobility, packaging and food, construction materials, furniture sectors, etc.).
• Organisations from the world of eco-innovation.
• Engineering and design companies
• Clusters and business associations.
• Certification agencies and environmental consultancy firms.
• Universities and vocational training centres.

In 2014, and in keeping with the consolidation of the Basque Ecodesign Center as a benchmark in Ecodesign in southern Europe, a new organisation approach was introduced, which is now entrusted to Ihobe and the Basque Ecodesign Center working together, in order to reach out to the Basque industrial companies that do not belong to that centre.