The project team proposed and organized on November 10th 2023 the workshop “Technology and society: sustainability challenges” in the frame of the 14th International Conference TIMA23 on “Innovative Technologies for Joining Advanced Materials” (https://www.isim.ro/tima/index.php).
The conference is organized by the National R&D Institute for Welding and Material Testing – ISIM Timisoara in collaboration with Politehnica University Timisoara and the Technical Sciences Academy of Romania – Timisoara Branch. Erik Engh, Adina Palea, Mariana Cernicova-Buca, Gabriel-Mugurel Dragomir, Vasile Gherhes and Lucia Teodor proposed a discussion on the importance of sustainability in technology and in the for-profit sector, eliciting from the participants their opinion on the hierarchy of ecological impact, resource management, social responsibility, and long-term viability of the current technological solutions.
Since education for sustainability needs to start early, to train the future citizens and professionals that resonate with the needs of the 21st century, Adina Palea, as the moderator of the workshop, presented the key results obtained so far in the implementation of the USE-REC project in Politehnica University.