The EcoDesign 2001 organizing committee is pleased to announce EcoDesign 2001, the Second International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, to be held on December 11-15, 2001 at Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan.
This symposium is organized by Union of EcoDesigners (Association of EcoDesign Societies, Japan), follow up on the first, successful "EcoDesign '99" (Tokyo, February 1999). The Union comprises of 50 scientific societies, foundations and associations in Japan. The symposium is held in "Going Green" : Global collaboration with IEEE Technical Committee on the Electronics and the Environment, USA, and CARE Electronics, Europe.
The technical program of EcoDesign 2001 comprises three plenary speeches, 10 keynotes addresses, and 10 invited speeches along with approximately 225 contributed papers (including 17 posters) from EU and 23 countries around the world, which are based upon six pillars of categories and nine special themes as follows.
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You can expect to learn state-of-the-art of these domains by attending the sessions.
Category A:
Environmentally Conscious Product Design
Topics: EcoDesign Case Studies, Modular Design, Industrial Design, Life Cycle Design,
EcoDesign Processes, EcoDesign Methods, Design for X, Integration of EcoDesign and CAD,
Information Sharing for EcoDesign, Tools for X, LCA Case Studies, Design for Disassembly
Sessions: 19
Oral presentations: 69 (included one keynote speech made by Prof. E. Manzini, Italy)
Category B: Process
Technologies and Elemental Technologies
Topics: Eco-Materials, Long Fatigue Life (Giga-cycle) of Materials, Maintenance,Cleaner
Processes and Energy-Saving Processes
Sessions: 6
Oral presentations: 23 (included one keynote speech made by Dr. C. Bathias, France)
Category C: Inverse
Process Technologies
Topics: Reuse and Recycling (Strategies and Technologies), Inverse Process System Design
Sessions: 7
Oral presentations: 24 (included one Invited speech)
Category D: Business
Strategies
Topics: Environmental Conscious Market and Corporate Strategies, Servicification for
Dematerialization
Sessions: 2
Oral presentations: 8 (included one keynote speech made by Prof. H. Brezet, The
Netherlands)
Category E:
Sustainable Social Systems
Topics: Environmental Education, Environmental Accounting, Social System Design, Labelling
and Logistics
Sessions: 5
Oral presentations: 17 (included one keynote speech made by Prof. M. Charter, UK)
Category F:
Environmentally Conscious Management
Topics: Supply Chain Management, Management System, LCA
Sessions: 4
Oral presentation: 22
Following specific sessions created by leading experts from around the globe.
Special Theme 1:
Factor 10 (Resources Productivity)
Sessions: 1
Oral presentations: 7
Special Theme 2:
Promotion of DFE (Design for Environment)
Sessions: 2
Oral presentations: 5 (included one keynote speech made by Prof. P. Eagan, USA)
Special Theme 4:
Industrial Ecology (Invited Session)
Sessions: 4
Oral presentations: 10 (including nine invited lectures)
Special Theme 5:
Recycling of Individual Products (Current and Future)
Sessions: 1
Oral presentations: 4
Special Theme 6:
Research Trends in Lead-free Soldering
Sessions: 1
Oral Presentations: 6 (including two keynote speeches made by Prof. K. Nimmo, Italy and
Dr. C. Handwerker, USA)
Special Theme 8:
EcoDesign and Chemical Engineering
<Organized by The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan>
Sessions: 3
Oral presentations: 13 (including two keynote speeches made by Mr. Y. Yasui, Japan and
Prof. J. Petrie, Australia)
Special Theme 9:
Advanced Technology for Electronic Packaging : JIEP Session
<Organized by Japan Institute of Electronics Packaging>
Sessions: 2
Oral presentations: 9 (including one keynote speech made by Mr. H. Hayashi, Japan)
Special Theme 10:
Low-temperature Lead-free Solder
This session reports the current status of the Low-Temperature Tead-Free Soldering Project
organized by Japan Institute of Electronic Packaging
Sessions: 1
Oral presentations: 6
Special Theme 11: IMS
Project on Lead-Free Soldering EFSOT
Organized by IMS (Intelligent Manufacturing System) Project on Next Generation
Environment-Friendly Soldering Technology (EFSOT)
Sessions: 1
Oral presentations: 6
As another important feature, three tutorials are scheduled on the first day of the symposium, December 12 morning, inviting international lectures to provide participants with their enlightening ideas. Additional interesting events are exhibition held by a variety of 350 companies, NPO, NGO, universities, and special projects displaying their unique products and latest environmentally conscious technologies from around the globe, and, specially arranged for overseas participants, technical tours (December 11) which introduce them to the recycling facilities of two Japanese firms and two interesting architectures.
Abundant in topics and nationalities of the speakers, EcoDesign 2001 will produce a stimulating and productive moment for all participants. We welcome you to the symposium and hope you find this opportunity useful.
Tadatomo Suga , Technical Committee Chair
Prof. Dr., The Univ. of Tokyo
RCAST (Research Center for Advanced Science & Technology)
(C)1999-2001 Sec, EcoDesign
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