SATURDAY |
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by Dexin Luo and Venkatesh Govindarajan (GRS Chair and Co-chair) |
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm | Keynote Address |
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm | Jeroen Guinée (Leiden University)
"Life cycle assessment: past, present and future" |
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm | Discussion |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Lifecycle Assessment and its Application |
| Discussion Leader: Vered H. Doctori Blass (UCLA Anderson School of Management) |
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Brandon Kuczenski (University of California, Santa Barbara)
"The role of LCA in Alternative-based Chemical Policy" |
7:45 pm - 7:55 pm | Discussion |
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm | Carl O. Vadenbo (ETH Zurich)
"Tool for Life Cycle Assessment of Utilization of Alternative Fuels and Raw Materials in Energy Intensive Industries" |
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm | Bhawna Singh (NTNU)
"Energy Scenarios and Lifecycle Assessment: Application to Post-combustion CO2 Capture" |
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
8:45 pm - 9:00 pm | Livision Mashoko (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research)
"Environmental Lifecycle Inventories in the South African Sugar Industry" |
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm | Catherine Izard (ISIE Student Chapter Meeting) |
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
SUNDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 11:10 am | Biofuel |
| Discussion Leader: Jennifer E. Baka (Yale University) |
9:00 am - 9:15 am | Kimberley A. Mullins (Carnegie Mellon University)
"Alternative to Corn Ethanol: Modeling Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Next-Generation Biofuel Production" |
9:15 am - 9:25 am | Discussion |
9:25 am - 9:40 am | Bret Strogen (University of California, Berkeley)
"Life-cycle Emissions From Liquid Fuel Distribution Systems" |
9:40 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
9:50 am - 10:05 am | Ghasideh Pourhashem (Drexel University)
"Reducing life cycle GHG emissions and costs of cellulosic ethanol through lignin-land application" |
10:05 am - 10:15 am | Discussion |
10:15 am - 10:30 am | Jungbeum Kim (University of Minnesota)
"U.S. Biofuels and Sustainable Infrastructure System" |
10:30 am - 10:40 am | Discussion |
10:40 am | Coffee Break |
11:10 am - 12:30 pm | Industrial Symbiosis |
| Discussion Leader: Weiqiang Chen (Yale University) |
11:10 am - 11:25 am | Stefan Paulik (NTNU)
"The Future of the Chinese Steel Cycle" |
11:25 am - 11:35 am | Discussion |
11:35 am - 11:50 am | Hongpin Mo (Tsinghua University)
"Exploring urban and industrial symbiosis through a GIS based model: A case study in Suzhou city, China" |
11:50 am - 12:05 pm | Discussion |
12:05 pm - 12:20 pm | Aaron H. Hoffman (Leiden University)
"Eco-Industrial Parks Worldwide: A Collaborative Database" |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Mentor Session |
| Sally Randles (The University of Manchester) |
3:30 pm | Gordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm. |