History

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

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
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