About EcoBalance
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
| 16th EcoBalance | November 3- November 7, 2024. Sendai, Japan Life Cycle Thinking - Beyond Carbon |
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| 15th EcoBalance | October 30 - November 2, 2022. Fukuoka, Japan + ONLINE Shifting Paradigms with Life Cycle Thinking |
| 14th EcoBalance | March 4-5, 2021. ONLINE Materializing Sustainability Visions: Fostering Partnerships with Life Cycle Thinking |
| 13th EcoBalance | October 2018 Tokyo, Japan Nexus of ideas:Innovation by linking through life cycle thinking |
| 12th EcoBalance | October 2016 Kyoto, Japan Responsible Value Chains for Sustainability. |
| 11th EcoBalance | October 2014 - Tsukuba, Japan Creating Benefit through Life Cycle Thinking |
| 10th EcoBalance | November 2012 - Yokohama, Japan Challenges and Solutions for Sustainable Society |
| 9th EcoBalance | November 2010 - Tokyo, Japan Towards and Beyond 2020 |
| 8th EcoBalance | December 2008 - Tokyo, Japan The Challenge of Creating Social and Technological Innovation Through System-Thinking |
| 7th EcoBalance | November 2006 - Tsukuba, Japan Designing Our Future Society Using Systems Thinking |
| 6th EcoBalance | October 2004 - Tsukuba, Japan Development and Systematizing of EcoBalance Tools Based on Life Cycle Thinking |
| 5th EcoBalance | November 2002 - Tsukuba, Japan Practical Tools and Thoughtful Principles for Sustainability |
| 4th EcoBalance | October 2000 - Tsukuba, Japan Methodologies for Decision Making in a Sustainable 21st Century |
| 3rd EcoBalance | November 1998 - Tsukuba, Japan Progress in LCA for a Sustainable Society |
| 2nd EcoBalance | November 1996 Tsukuba, Japan The New Stage of LCA as a Common Language |
| 1st EcoBalance | October 1994 - Tsukuba, Japan Life Cycle Assessment for Development of Materials and Technology |