IEEE EcoDesign'99 Inverse Manufacturing Forum
Preliminary Announcement

EcoDesign'99 : 1st International Symposium on
Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing

February 1-3, 1999
Tokyo

Sponsored by
IEEE EHS Committee
Inverse Manufacturing Forum
Japan Environment Management Association for Industories (tentative)

The IEEE EHS and the Inverse Manufacturing Forum are pleased to announce EcoDesign'99 : the First International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing to be held on February 1-3, 1999 at Tokyo, Japan. Recent needs for environmentally Consciousness force us to establish closed-loop life cycles of products. Inverse Manufacturing concept for environmentally consciousness, which integrates indispensable elements for developing closed-loop product life cycles (especially product remanufacturing and component reuse), such as life cycle design (product design and process design), maintenance methodologies, advanced reuse and recycling technologies, enterprise strategies, and public policies. The objectives of this symposium are to present these topics pertinent to engineers, managers, and others engaged in research, development, and manufacture of electronics, electrical and mechatronics products. In addition to new approaches in research, this symposium emphasizes practical case studies from the industry related to technical, strategic, economic dimensions.

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Conference Organization (tentative)
- Environmentally Conscious Design Methodologies / Tools Conference Chair: Hiroyuki Yoshikawa (Univ. of Tokyo)
- Life-cycle Design Methodologies/ Tools Organizing Committee Co-Chairs: Ryoichi Yamamoto (Univ. of Tokyo)
- Information Technologies for Life-cycle Management Fumihiko Kimura (Univ. of Tokyo)
- Advanced Reuse & Recycling Technologies Erin Craig (IEEE EHS Vice-Chair)
- Maintenance Technologies Technical Committee Chair: Tadatomo Suga (Univ. of Tokyo)
- New Manufacturing Paradigms
- Reuse and Recycling Strategies EcoDesign'99 Secretariat:
- Public Policies Noriko Uehara
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