EcoDesign 2005: 4th International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing

Call for Papers
EcoDesign 2005: 4th International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing
http://www.ecodenet.com/ed2005/index.htm

December 12-14, 2005 in Tokyo, Japan
Submission deadline: March 31, 2005

Organized by Union of EcoDesigners
(Association of EcoDesign Societies, Japan)

In cooperation with (tentative)
IEEE CS TCEE, USA
CARE Electronics, Europe

We are delighted to announce that the "EcoDesign 2005: Forth International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing" will be held on December 12-14, 2005 in Tokyo, Japan. This symposium is organized by the Union of EcoDesigners, Japan, under the unified subtitle "Going Green" that is commonly used among IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment, CARE/Electronics Goes Green, and EcoDesign. The third symposium EcoDesign 2003 gathered over 300 participants and about 180 presentations from Europe, U.S.A., and Asia.

Topics
$B!!!!!!(BMain topics of the symposium include the following categories. Among others, 4th EcoDesign Symposium set two special themes; EcoDesign of Social System and EcoDesign in Asia. Presentations related to these themes are strongly encouraged.
$B!!!!!!(BEcoDesign symposium expects presentations on both of practical case studies and novel theories. And the symposium covers wide variety of subjects: not only electric and electrical products but also various products (including automobiles, heavy machines, machine tools, furniture, etc.), buildings, and urban infrastructure, and society.

1) EcoDesign of Social System [Special Theme]
Design, evaluation, and management of social systems so as to change the social system into the sustainable society
2) Eco Life-style
Analysis and evaluation of customers' behavior, and new measures for achieving environmentally conscious life-styles
3) Sustainable Businesses
Development, design, evaluation of businesses for the reduction of the environmental load
4) Environmentally Conscious Products and Services
Development, design, management, and evaluation of products & services and their lifecycles
5) Sustainable Consumption and Recovery of Resource and Energy
Strategies, methodologies, and technologies of resource recovery (incl. reuse and recycling) and energy saving
Asia) EcoDesign in Asia [Special Theme]
Environmental legislation in Asia, EcoDesign practices in Asia, reuse and recycling in Asia, product & material circulation in Asia, etc.

Next Stage of EcoDesign
$B!!!!!!(BThe aim of EcoDesign is to construct the sustainable society by developing and deploying various environmentally conscious social systems, businesses, services, and products. While the movement of EcoDesign is successfully promoted by various legislative activities in many countries, innovative environmentally conscious businesses have not achieved majority yet, including, for instance, product & service system and servicization. In order to step forward, it is necessary to grasp the problem from a holistic viewpoint and to harmonize various enabling technologies under a clear strategy. EcoDesign 2005 includes a variety of topics such as environmentally conscious design, enabling technologies, business, social system, infrastructure and life cycle management.
$B!!!!!!(BEspecially, the 4th symposium focuses on two special themes; EcoDesign of social system and EcoDesign in Asia. The former reflects our recognition that the global environmental issues are getting worse although our EcoDesign activities. Therefore, we need integration of various EcoDesign actions into design of sustainable social system, in addition to individual EcoDesign activities. The latter, EcoDesign in Asia, comes from the fact that rapid industrialization, growing markets, and fast increasing living standards in Asia are becoming a pivot for the global sustainability and therefore one of the main concern of EcoDesign.
$B!!!!!!(BThe symposium welcomes presentations related to one or more aspects of these topics; practices, theories, strategies, and enabling technologies, from not only technical viewpoints, but also social, legal, economic, cultural viewpoints. As a result, EcoDesign 2005 hopes to encourage discussion and exchange information integrating these aspects among participants from various countries, various backgrounds, and various professions.


Symposium Chair
R. Yamamoto (The University of Tokyo, Japan)

Organizing Committee Co-Chairs (tentative)
Y. Furukawa (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan)
H. Koshibu (Green Purchase Network, Japan)
H. Griese (Fraunhofer IZM, Germany)
P. Eagan (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)

Technical Committee Chair
Y. Umeda (Osaka University, Japan)

Program Chair
K. Aoyama (The University of Tokyo, Japan)

International Advisory Board Chair
F. Kimura (The University of Tokyo, Japan)

Symposium Secretariat
NPO EcoDesign Promotion Network
Tel: +81-3-5452-5414
E-mail: ecodesign2005@ecodenet.com

Posted on March 03, 2005