PROTEUS was participating in the 4th IPS2 conference on industrial product service systems in Tokyo/Japan', presenting two papers and participating in a research workshop.
PROTEUS was presenting the latest research results at the IPS2 2012 conference in Tokyo. This conference is one the vital conferences within industrial PSS. The first day after arrival in Tokyo, we were participating in a large research workshop on PSS, followed by the two days conference. The conference was covering many themes of inspiration for PROTEUS among others can be mentioned: Business models for PSS, Networking for PSS, Organisational issues for PSS, PSS Education and Training. We have been introduced to many different frameworks presenting how to; Structure the development process of PSS, organise, make PSS user-centred and many more. A theme appearing across many research contributions was sustainability, therefore the conference proceedings book are called: The philophers' stone for Sustainability.
The conference was organised by Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU) The national Institute of Advanced industrial Science and Technology (AIST).