EcoDesign Japan 2011

7th International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing

Design for value innovation towards sustainable society

The purpose of EcoDesign 2011 is to bring together worldwide professionals interested in advancing the state of the art in EcoDesign for exchanging knowledge that encompasses a broad range of disciplines among various distinct communities.

EcoDesign 2011 symposium, to be held in the Japanese old capital city of Kyoto. Since the first EcoDesign symposium in 1999, this symposium has lead the research and practices of environmentally conscious design of products, services, manufacturing systems, supply chain, consumption, as well as economics and society.

As shown in the subtitle of 7th symposium design for value innovation towards sustainable society, it would like to discuss the way to achieve both drastic environmental consciousness and value innovation towards sustainable society. Professionals from industry, research laboratories, consulting, government, and academia are encouraged to attend.

Topics

Global Issues in EcoDesign
e.g., Supply chain green products of multinational companies, Region- and country-specific aspects of

EcoDesign, International EcoDesign, Global reverse logistics Social Perspectives in EcoDesign
e.g., Sustainable society vision and scenario, Environmental ethics, Environmental education, Human aspects in environmental management, Social life cycle assessment, Social impact of emerging technologies, Green innovation strategy

Economics of EcoDesign
e.g., Environmental economics, Material flow cost accounting, Economic impacts of environmental regulations, Input-Output analysis

Policy, Regulation, and Economic Incentives
e.g., Standards for EcoDesign, Carbon footprint, 3R legislation, Eco-label, Producer responsibilities, Energy related products directive, Substance bans, Environmental tax, Emission trading

EcoDesign of Products, Services, and their Life Cycles
e.g., Development of environmentally conscious products & services, Life cycle design, Evaluation and case study of EcoDesign, SME’ s EcoDesign, End-of-life (EOL) strategy, Standards for EOL, Life cycle assessment (LCA), Life cycle costing (LCC), Product Service Systems (PSS) , Service engineering, Eco-business design, Life cycle management, Closed-loop supply chain management

Energy Saving and New Energy Technologies
e.g., Energy management system, Energy conservation, Energy-efficient products and practice, Electric vehicles, Renewable energy, Photovoltaic technology, Advanced storage battery technology

3R Technologies
e.g., Recycling and disassembly technologies, Remanufacturing technologies, Maintenance engineering, Packaging and material technologies for reducing environmental load, RFID and other identification systems

Sustainable Manufacturing

e.g., Cleaner production systems, Green MEMS, Environmentally friendly microfabrication processes,Industrial ecology

International Resource Recycling
e.g., Resource scarcity problem, Transnational end-of-life product flow, Informal recycling in developing countries, Connection between EcoDesign and resource recycling, Vision and strategy for international resource recycling
Design for Sustainable Consumption and Practices
e.g., Social acceptance of EcoDesign products and services, Environmental consumer behavior, Green marketing, Sustainability through offering value to consumers, Sustainable life styles, Persuasive technologies in EcoDesign, Possibilities and limits of sustainable consumption

Sustainable Social Infrastructure Systems
e.g., Green city, Green building, Green ICT, Energy saving data center, Smart grid, Sensor-network for environmental monitoring system, Intelligent transportation systems In addition, organized sessions are planned for special themes.

April 30, 2011 Abstract deadline
Late June Notification of acceptance
September 22 Deadline for submission of full papers

Kyoto City, Japan
November 30- December 2, 2011

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