Objective: Are you interested in finding out how to design for a more sustainable world using digital technologies? Are you interested in learning a new methodology to think and create in a collaborative, fair and innovative way? Are you interested in co-designing real tech-solutions for the island of Madeira, and work within an international and multidisciplinary environment?  Well, we have a fantastic workshop for you!  The first DC4DM Learning Lab will happen in Funchal and will focus on food, intended as the whole food chain system, from production, to distribution, consumption and regulation. To design new sustainable food systems, the participants will be invited to embrace the theme from different perspectives by considering the role of producers, consumers, and policy makers. They will have to identify a design challenge that would consider the application of one of the proposed digital technologies to shift to more distributive and regenerative systems for the island of Madeira. Method: A Learning Lab is a 10-days design-led workshop where students from design, engineering and management will work collaboratively to design new tech-solutions for more sustainable and ethical futures. Multidisciplinary teams would explore the potentialities of selected digital technologies proposed by five selected tech-SMEs or start-ups and will be supported by a group of international mentors with experience in different disciplinary fields. Learning Labs are part of the DC4DM methodology, one of the outputs of the ERASMUS+ funded project titled Digital Creativity for developing Digital Maturity future skills. 

Content: At the Learning Lab "Feed Madeira' you will meet and work with students and experts from different disciplinary fields in three different countries " Italy, Portugal, and France. Each team will design new sustainable systems by introducing and using one of the proposed digital technologies. When talking about systems, teams must take into consideration the whole food chain, by possibly focusing on one particular aspect or phase such as production, distribution, consumption, regulation /policymaking. These new food chain systems should be distributive and regenerative both for local communities, natural ecosystems, and their organisms.  Teams will design new services by identifying the potential of the proposed digital technologies. Teams will visit some local sites - from organic farms to production/monitoring centres, to local natural landscapes - in order to understand the context of their design challenge, meet real food producers/distributors/ policymakers and observe the issues and obstacles to the sustainable development of the island. More info will be soon available here: www.dc4dm.eu

dal July 2022 a July 2022