Programme

Conference Programme

Thursday 15, September 2011
11:30-12:00 Registration and coffee
12:00-12:30 Opening
                     • Lea Kauppi, Director General, SYKE
                     • Michael Hauschild, Chair, NorLCA
12:30-14:00 Keynote lectures and presentations: LCA as a tool for strategic decision making in companies
                    Keynote lectures
                     • Toni Hemminki, Director, Ruukki (FI): Use of LCT in Ruukki (title to be confirmed)
                     • Kimi Arima, Advisor, Business Development, Wärtsilä Power Plants (FI): Towards system level studies – case Wärtsilä
                     • Presentation by industry representative (to be confirmed)
14:30-16:00 Presentations: Ecodesign practices and tools
14:30-16:00 NorLCA Market Place & Posters
16:00-17:00 Presentations: Experiences with Carbon Footprint in LCA
Break
19:00 Symposium dinner at Ravintola Sipuli

Friday 16, September 2011
09:00-10:00 Keynote lectures and presentations: Future challenges in LCA research
                    Keynote lectures                     
                     • Magnus Enell, Environmental Manager, Vattenfall (SE): Use of LCT in Vattenfall (title to be confirmed)
10:00-10:45 Coffee and posters
10:45-12:30 Presentations: Sustainable food and agriculture
                     10:45-11:55 Information and communication technology
                     11:55-12:30 Industrial case studies for improving green economy
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:30 Presentations: Ecodesign practices and tools  
14:30-15:00 Keynote lecture
                    • Claus Stig Pedersen, PhD, Head of Sustainability Develop-ment, Novozymes A/S (DK): Industrial requirements to sustainability assessment
15:00-15:30 Closure of the symposium
                    • Michael Hauschild and Jyri Seppälä, NorLCA

Invited Speakers (keynote lectures) 
Claus Stig Pedersen, PhD, Head of Sustainability Development, Novozymes A/S (DK)
Kimi Arima, Advisor, Business Development, Wärtsilä Power Plants (FI)
Magnus Enell, Environmental Manager, Vattenfall (SE)
Toni Hemminki, Director, Ruukki (FI)

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