Activity and context
As part of the Vinnova1 funded STELLA project’s dissemination activities, the project team participated in Avancerad Digitalisering2 2026, held in Lund, Sweden, on 23 September 2026. The event brought together 338 participants from industry, academia, research institutes, and the public sector to exchange knowledge and demonstrate applications of advanced digitalization. Its program included a project exhibition, providing a relevant setting for presenting STELLA’s work on Digital Product Passports (DPPs).
Objectives and exhibition content
The purpose of the participation was to increase the visibility and communicate the practical relevance of DPPs to stakeholders beyond the project consortium.
At the exhibition space, the team displayed a chair alongside a poster presenting its Digital Product Passport and accompanying visual material. Combining a physical product with information about its digital representation provided a concrete illustration of the DPP concept. The display was intended to make the relationship between a product and its associated information accessible to both technical and non-technical audiences.
The activity focused on communicating the importance of product information, traceability, and information sharing across the furniture value chain, rather than presenting DPPs solely as a digital label or technological solution.
Connection with Forest 4.0
The dissemination topic also connects with Forest 4.0 through the relationship between forestry, wood-based materials, and furniture production. This connection provides an opportunity to position DPPs within a broader “forest-to-furniture” perspective, highlighting the importance of reliable information flows between upstream material suppliers and downstream manufacturers and other value-chain actors.
From this perspective, a furniture product can be presented not only as a finished item but also as part of a longer material and information chain. The chair displayed at the exhibition offered a concrete starting point for communicating how product information could connect different stages, from material sourcing and manufacturing to use, maintenance, reuse, and recycling.
STELLA and Forest 4.0 can therefore provide complementary perspectives on digital transformation: the furniture DPP example helps illustrate downstream product-information
2 https://www.avanceraddigitalisering.se/events/motesplats-avancerad-digitalisering-2026/
needs, while the forestry connection highlights the relevance of upstream information and traceability.
Outputs and follow-up
The activity comprised participation in the project exhibition and presentation of a chair, a DPP poster, and supporting visual material. The exhibition format provided an opportunity to explain the DPP concept through a recognizable physical product rather than through technical descriptions alone. It also created a setting for connecting the project’s research focus with practical questions about product information, traceability, and cooperation across the value chain.
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