Keynote
Speakers
Dr Gjalt Huppes
Dr Gjalt Huppes, political scientist turned
environmental scientist, is head of Section
Substances & Products at CML, Leiden University. He sees environmental
systems
analysis and Industrial Ecology (IE) as keys for
environmental sustainability. Operational IE
models, as tools, increasingly allow a balanced
integration of environmental considerations in public and private decision
making.
Dr Greg Norris
A mechanical engineer by training, Dr Greg
Norris obtained his Ph.D in 1994 from the
University of New Hampshire. Since then, he has been working as a consultant
on LCA. He is also a visiting scientist at Harvard University
and Adjunct Research Professor at the University of New Hampshire, teaching
and
leading research in LCA and Industrial
Ecology. Director of US operations for Athena
Sustainable Materials Institute. Developer of decision support software,
such as PTLaser, LCNetBase, TCAce, and Baseline Green. Member
of the Steering Group of the
UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative. Member of the Editorial Board of the
International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment.
Mr Phil Berry
Phil Berry has been with Nike since 1996 and is currently Director of
Nike’s Footwear Sustainability group. Previously, Phil started and
managed the Global Sustainability Engineering group, where he was in charge
of pollution prevention programs in Nike’s 47 footwear factories
throughout Asia. When hired into his current position, his boss simply
said that is was Phil’s mission to: “completely eliminate the
concept of waste within Nike Footwear – waste in processes, waste in
energy use and waste shoes at the end-of-life”.
Phil began his career doing pollution prevention projects in 1978.
Phil has spent most of the last twenty-two years designing and implementing
raw material conservation, waste reduction, pollution prevention and Total
Quality Management, and sustainability programs for a wide range of
businesses and governments. Phil has worked with United States-Asia
Environmental Partnership (USAEP), The World Bank, the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (US EPA), the United States Air Force, a wide range of
state and local governments in the U.S. and Asia, and a diverse group of
large and small corporations.
Prior to Nike Phil worked as a consultant developing environmental projects
in Thailand and India. Phil also spent five years working for the
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). At DEQ, Phil helped
develop and implement the Oregon Toxics Use Reduction Act; the first law in
the US to require industrial facilities to develop pollution reduction
plans. He also served as Pollution Prevention Coordinator for Oregon
DEQ’s largest and most populous region. In that role, Phil co-wrote
the first air pollution permit (Title V) to require an industry to implement
a pollution prevention plan as a part of the permit conditions.
Prior to his work at Oregon DEQ, Phil worked for the United States Air
Force (USAF) Systems Command where he managed environmental programs in
Southern California. Phil ha also spent over ten years managing
environmental programs for manufacturing companies in the semiconductor,
aeronautics, aerospace, computer, and paint & chemical coatings.
In accomplishing this work, Phil has visited more than 400
manufacturing facilities on five continents.
Dr Henry King
Dr Henry King is a senior member of Unilever's Corporate Safety, Health and
Environment
Group. For the past four years he has led a team responsible for providing
support to Unilever's global businesses in the areas of LCA, ecodesign,
environmental management and reporting. He is currently working on economic
cost modelling, scenario development and strategic leadership issues in the
area of life cycle management.
Venue
and Accomodation
The Conference will be held on the Gold Coast in Southern
Queensland, Australia at the Grand Mercure Hotel, Broadbeach. Located on
Broadbeach Mall, 50 metres from Kurrawa Beach, the
Grand Mercure Hotel is a 5 minute walk from Pacific
Fair Shopping Centre and Jupiters Casino. Excellent
facilities including swimming pools, tennis courts,
and comfortable surroundings for the
conference.
A special conference rate is available at the hotel for
conference participants, but only if you use the conference
hotel booking form in word format or PDF
format.
Getting
There
For interstate and overseas participants, the hotel can be
accessed by train and bus from Brisbane Airport via the Air train.
For detailed options on getting to the hotel from the airport click
here.
Registration
To Register for the Conference download the registration
form and mail or fax it to:
Judy Nankiville
School of Geography, Planning and
Architecture
The University of Queensland
Qld 4072
Fax: (07) 3365 6899
All registration enquiries to Judy on
Tel: (07) 3365 6536
E-mail: j.nankiville@uq.edu.au
Note If you would like to become an ALCAS members and
claim the membership discount for the conference, fill out the membership form
attached to the registration form . If you
haven't got other ALCAS members available as proposers of you membership - just
send the form in and the committee will find proposers for your application.
Guide
for Authors
Papers
are due by 18th of May 2002.
Guidelines
for authors are available here in a word format (which can be used as a template)
and Adobe PDF format.
Email Papers to papers@lca-conf.alcas.asn.au
Conference Organising Committee
John Pullen (Alcoa)
Tim Grant (Centre for Design at RMIT)
Sven Lundie (Centre for Water and Waste
Technology (UNSW)
Bob Pagan (Queensland University)
Marguerite Renouf (Queensland University)
Kees Sonneveld (Victoria University)
Secretariat - Judy Nankerville
(University of Queensland)
UNEP/Setac
Life Cycle Initiative