Organized by The Institute of Life Cycle Assessment, Japan
The Japan World Exposition 1970
Kyoto City and the Kyoto Convention & Visitors BureauThe 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.
| 1st EcoBalance - October 1994 - Tsukuba, Japan Life Cycle Assessment for Development of Materials and Technology |
| 2nd EcoBalance - November 1996 - Tsukuba, Japan The New Stage of LCA as a Common Language |
| 3rd EcoBalance - November 1998 - Tsukuba, Japan Progress in LCA for a Sustainable Society |
| 4th EcoBalance - October 2000 - Tsukuba, Japan Methodologies for Decision Making in a Sustainable 21st Century |
| 5th EcoBalance - November 2002 - Tsukuba, Japan Practical Tools and Thoughtful Principles for Sustainability |
| 6th EcoBalance - October 2004 - Tsukuba, Japan Development and Systematizing of EcoBalance Tools Based on Life Cycle Thinking |
| 7th EcoBalance - November 2006 - Tsukuba, Japan Designing Our Future Society Using Systems Thinking |
| 8th EcoBalance - December 2008 - Tokyo, Japan The Challenge of Creating Social and Technological Innovation Through System-Thinking |
| 9th EcoBalance - November 2010 - Tokyo, Japan Towards and Beyond 2020 |
| 10th EcoBalance - November 2012 - Yokohama, Japan Challenges and Solutions for Sustainable Society |
| 11th EcoBalance - October 2014 - Tsukuba, Japan Creating Benefit through Life Cycle Thinking |
| 12th EcoBalance - October 2016 Kyoto, Japan to be scheduled |
