Chris Ryan


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This picture shows Chris Ryan (left) during preparations of the workshops, explaining to Marco Susani what it's all about...

Chris Ryan was one of the speakers at the Launch Event at Doors 3 and also moderator of the workshop Urban Footprints.

Chris Ryan, director, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Australia, is the director of the National Key Centre for Design at RMIT, a position he has held since the Centre began in 1989. Educated in physics, he has worked for many years in science and technology policy and environmental strategy. Among his many roles as director, he is the principal investigator in EcoReDesignreg., a major research programme initiated by the Centre, which aims to improve the environmental performance of manufactured products. Mr. Ryan occupies the foundation Chair in Design and Environmental Studies at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and is Adjunct Professor to the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building at the University of Technology, Sydney. He has also served as a visiting Professor at the Environment Section of Industrial Design at the Technical University in Delft. Mr. Ryan was a member of the EUREKA Expert Design Committee and the UNEP Working Party on Sustainable Product Development. In November 1993 he was Chair of the O2 Event in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

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