2007 ISIE
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE) Conference, June 2007 (www.isie.ca )
The fourth international conference of the ISIE will be hosted at the University of Toronto from June 17 to 20, 2007. Submission of abstracts for oral and poster presentations are invited until October 1, 2006.
PROGRAM
The 2007 Conference program has a significant expansion in the range of topics and themes beyond those at previous ISIE conferences. Social science becomes a full partner with our more traditional technical perspectives. Sustainability takes on an explicit presence. The Chairs and Technical Committee promise to produce a coherent and exciting program that marries the old and the new. The four conference themes below emphasize the evolutionary process, but not to the exclusion of our more traditional areas, which will be covered in many of the sessions.
Sustainable Social Metabolism
Underlying unsustainable development are huge amounts, and specific qualities, of materials and energy used by contemporary industrial production and consumption systems. Analysing this social metabolism at different levels and finding ways to reorient it towards more sustainable paths has been a major topic in industrial ecology since its beginning. Latest developments in analytical methods such as material flow analysis, life cycle analysis, input- output analysis and possible links between them, will be presented. Attention will also be given to critical and upcoming issues, including future energy systems, climate change, sustainable water metabolism, and resource scarcity.
Infrastructure for Sustainable Cities
With close to half the world's population living in cities, the design of urban infrastructure may hold the key to a sustainable future. Sessions focus on areas of water, energy, transportation, buildings, waste management, housing and communities.
IE for Developing Countries
Developing countries face different issues to the developed world, suggesting different focus in the applications of IE. Issues addressed include transitions from agrarian to industrial economies; the future of water metabolism; and environmental impacts of world trade.
Transitions to Sustainability in a Complex World
The final theme brings transition management and complex systems theory together with other latest thinking on sustainability to point to some possible future directions for the discipline of IE. Sessions include integrated assessment, scenario methods, agent based models, and evolutionary models.
Abstracts from industrial participants are particularly encouraged for the following themes:
- Green Buildings
- Eco-industrial parks
- Case studies in green consulting
- Business strategy for the environment
- Ecological finance
HOSTS
The ISIE Conference 2007 is presented by:
University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering
-Department of Civil Engineering
-Division of Environmental Engineering
-Joint Program in Transportation
-Centre for the Environment
-Professional Development Centre
For more information, or to sign up, visit www.isie.ca or call 416-978-3481, toll-free: 1-888-233-8638.
Posted on May 31, 2006