Sunday
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Resource Use for a More Prosperous, Healthy and Equitable World
Discussion Leader: Julia Steinberger (University of Leeds, United Kingdom)
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:20 pm
Narasimha Rao (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria)
"Decent Living for All: Energy Needs and Climate Impacts"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:10 pm
Thomas Graedel (Yale University, USA)
"Might Materials Availability Impede Achieving the SDGs?"
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Industrial Ecology's Contribution to Remain Within Planetary Boundaries and Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Discussion Leader: Marina Fischer-Kowalski (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:45 am
Gang Liu (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)
"Decoding UN Sustainable Development Goals in a Socioeconomic Metabolism Framework"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:35 am
Coffee Break
10:35 am - 11:10 am
Jooyoung Park (Korea University, South Korea)
"Putting Industrial Ecology into Practice in an Emerging Economy: Opportunities and Challenges"
11:10 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 12:00 pm
Heinz Leuenberger (School of Life Sciences, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland)
"Industry's Contribution and Responsibility to Achieving the SDGs"
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Group Photo / Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Power Hour
The GRC Power Hour is an optional informal gathering open to all meeting participants. It is designed to help address the challenges women face in science and support the professional growth of women in our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizer: Anu Ramaswami (University of Minnesota, USA)
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Sustainable Use and Governance of Natural Resources
Discussion Leader: Jo Dewulf (Ghent University, Belgium)
6:00 pm - 6:05 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:05 pm - 6:40 pm
Saleem Ali (University of Queensland, Australia / University of Delaware, USA)
"Mineral Enterprise to Meet Development Targets Through Industrial Ecology Paradigms: Analyzing the Case of Cobalt"
6:40 pm - 6:55 pm
Discussion
6:55 pm - 7:30 pm
Elias T. Ayuk (United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa, Ghana)
"Rethinking Global Natural Resources Governance for Sustainable Development: The Case of the Extractive Sector"
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Discussion
7:45 pm - 8:00 pm
General Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
The Role of the Circular Economy in Creating Responsible Production and Consumption
Discussion Leader: Anthony Shun Fung Chiu (De La Salle University, Philippines)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:45 am
Janez Potocnik (International Resource Panel, Belgium)
"SDGs - The Importance of Sustainable Production and Consumption and the Role of the Circular Economy"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:35 am
Coffee Break
10:35 am - 11:10 am
Elsa A. Olivetti (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Data Mining for Urban Mining: Towards Improved Use of Industrial Byproducts"
11:10 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 12:00 pm
Nancy Bocken (Lund University, Sweden)
"Experimentation and Slow Consumption: Two Key Strategies in the Transition to a Circular Economy"
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Life on Land and Below Water - Recent Developments in Assessing Biodiversity Loss
Discussion Leader: Edgar Hertwich (Yale University, USA)
6:00 pm - 6:05 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:05 pm - 6:40 pm
Francesca Verones (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
"Whales, Waste and Sea Walnuts"
6:40 pm - 6:55 pm
Discussion
6:55 pm - 7:30 pm
Michael Obersteiner (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria)
"Assessing Wicked Trade-offs Between Land and Water Related SDGs"
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Discussion
7:45 pm - 8:00 pm
General Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Clean Energy for All: The Role of Technology Innovation and Systems Thinking
Discussion Leader: Valerie Thomas (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:45 am
Claudia Binder (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)
"Transition Towards More Sustainable Energy Systems: A Resilience Perspective"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
Coffee Break
10:20 am - 10:55 am
Paulina Jaramillo (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
"Energy for Development of the Global South in a Carbon Constrained World"
10:55 am - 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am - 11:45 am
Rishee Jain (Stanford University, USA)
"Urban Energy Informatics: Harnessing Data to Understand the Socio-Technical and System Dynamics of Urban Energy Efficiency"
11:45 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Data and Metrics to Inform Progress Toward Sustainable Development
Discussion Leader: Ming Xu (University of Michigan, USA)
6:00 pm - 6:05 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:05 pm - 6:40 pm
Sybil Derrible (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA)
"Using Network Frequency Analysis to Detect Trends and Cluster World Countries to Track Sustainable Development"
6:40 pm - 6:55 pm
Discussion
6:55 pm - 7:30 pm
Cássia Ugaya (Federal University of Technology - Paraná, Brazil) and Llorenç Mila i Canals (United Nations Environment Programme, France)
"Life Cycle Knowledge Towards Sustainable Development: Status and Challenges"
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Discussion
7:45 pm - 8:00 pm
General Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Sustainable Cities, Communities and Infrastructure Innovations in an Urban Planet
Discussion Leader: Weiqiang Chen (Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:45 am
Josephine Musango (Stellenbosch University, South Africa)
"Building Sustainable Cities in an Urban Planet: Co-Designing with Communities"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:35 am
Coffee Break
10:35 am - 11:10 am
Karen Seto (Yale University, USA)
"Recent Trends in Urbanization: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainability"
11:10 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 12:00 pm
Jessika Trancik (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Evaluating New Mobility Technologies for Sustainability"
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Implementing Industrial Ecology Solutions in Practice
Discussion Leader: Liselotte Schebek (Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany)
6:00 pm - 6:05 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:05 pm - 6:40 pm
Urs Walter Schenker (Nestlé / World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Switzerland)
"Business's Role and Contributions to Sustainable Food Systems"
6:40 pm - 6:55 pm
Discussion
6:55 pm - 7:30 pm
Leo Morf (Office of Waste, Water, Energy and Air, Switzerland) and Melanie Haupt (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
"Developing Industrial Ecology Technologies in a Full Scale Laboratory"
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
General Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure