Previous conferences
The International Conference on EcoBalance, organized by the Institute of Life Cycle Assessment, Japan (ILCAJ), has been held in Japan since 1994 as a biennial conference. Setting life cycle thinking as its core concept, EcoBalance is recognized as one of the world's premier conferences for academic, industry, and government professionals. EcoBalance serves as a forum for discussions on environmental performance evaluation, information disclosure regarding evaluation results, and for the development and implementation of discussed methods.
A history of EcoBalance conferences
1st EcoBalance – October 1994 – Tsukuba, Japan Life Cycle Assessment for Development of Materials and Technology |
2nd EcoBalance – November 1996 – Tsukuba, Japan The New Stage of LCA as a Common Language |
3rd EcoBalance – November 1998 – Tsukuba, Japan Progress in LCA for a Sustainable Society |
4th EcoBalance – October 2000 – Tsukuba, Japan Methodologies for Decision Making in a Sustainable 21st Century |
5th EcoBalance – November 2002 – Tsukuba, Japan Practical Tools and Thoughtful Principles for Sustainability |
6th EcoBalance – October 2004 – Tsukuba, Japan Development and Systematizing of EcoBalance Tools Based on Life Cycle Thinking |
7th EcoBalance – November 2006 – Tsukuba, Japan Designing Our Future Society Using Systems Thinking |
8th EcoBalance – December 2008 – Tokyo, Japan The Challenge of Creating Social and Technological Innovation Through System-Thinking |
9th EcoBalance – November 2010 – Tokyo, Japan Towards and Beyond 2020 |
10th EcoBalance – November 2012 – Yokohama, Japan Challenges and Solutions for Sustainable Society |
11th EcoBalance – October 2014 – Tsukuba, Japan to be scheduled Creating Benefit through Life Cycle Thinking |
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