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8 June 2010

 
Short Courses
 
14.00-18.00 See programme Short Courses
 
More Short Courses will be added to the programme soon.
 
18.00-20.00 Registration and Welcome reception
 



9 June 2010

 
Putting Eco-Efficiency to work: creating Eco-Innovation
 
Plenary session
Chair: Paul Ekins
 
09.00-09.10 Conference opening 1 Paul Ekins, Energy and Environment Policy, University College London, U.K.
09.10-09.20 Conference opening 2 Rietje van Dam, Vice Rector Magnificus Leiden University, The Netherlands
09.20-09.30 Conference introduction:Win-win is not enough Gjalt Huppes, CML, Leiden University, The Netherlands
09.30-09.50 Leapfrogging examples from industry Kurt Vandeputte / Wouter Ghyoot, Umicore, Belgium
09.50-10.10 "The best way to use energy is not to use it." Gert Jan Kramer, Shell Global Solutions
10.10-10.30 Recent debates on socially sustainable economic degrowth Joan Martínez Alier, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain
 
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
 
11.00-11.20 Incentives for a revolution in eco-innovation and eco-efficiency Hermann Scheer, German Parliament, World Council on Renewable Energy
11.20-11.40 Creating strong incentives for eco-innovation, in China and the World Zhou Guomei, Deputy Director Policy Research Center, Ministry of Environmental Protection, China
11.40-12.00 Long term strategy for eco-innovation Robin Miège, Director Strategy, DG-Environment, European Commission
12.00-12.20 U.S. long term sustainability policy Derry Allen, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S.A. (to be confirmed)
12.20-12.40 Setting policy targets at a global level William Moomaw, Tufts University, U.S.A.
12.40-13.00 Innovation for sustainability Roland Clift, University of Surrey, U.K., President Int. Soc. for Industrial Ecology
 
13.00-14.00 Lunch
 
Parallel sessions
 
14.00-15.30
Leapfrogging examples from industry Setting policy targets Creating incentives Degrowth for 80% reduction Innovation for sustainability Sustainability performance measured
- Chairs introduction -
- Presentations -
 
15.30-16.00 Coffee break
 
16.00-17.00
Conference statement discussion 1
 
17.00-18.00 Poster session
 
Dinner Zuiderduin (tickets to be acquired)
 



10 June 2010

 
Meeting the Challenges – Reaching 80% Reduction
 
Parallel sessions
 
9.00-12.30
Green Transport Renewable energy Circular economy / Industrial symbiosis Degrowth & consumption Food & biomass for a prosperous world Innovation policy Designing sustainable consumption
Chair:
Jing Linbo & (to be confirmed)


Chair:
Huub de Groot & Gert Jan Kramer

Chair:
Rusong Wang & Masanobu Ishikawa

Chair:
Anil Markandya, Giorgos Kallis, François Schneider
Chair:
Geert de Snoo & Sangwon Suh

Chair:
Paul Ekins & René Kemp


Chair:
Arnold Tukker & Bas de Leeuw


- Chairs introduction -
- Presentations -
 
12.30-13.30 Lunch
 
Can we realise decoupling?
 
Plenary session
 
13.30-15.00
Session presentation of key issues, 10 minutes with 5 minutes questions for clarification
 
15.00-15.30 Coffee break
 
15.30-16.00 Panel commentary round: can we get all improvements combined?
16.00-16.30 Discussion with the floor
16.30-16.45 Innovation Policy: how to get moving, fast enough?
 
16.45-17.45
Conference statement discussion 2
 
17.45-18.15 Speed presentations
 
19.30 Conference dinner (tickets included)
 



11 June 2010

 
Connecting diverging approaches to sustainability analysis of technologies and products
 
Invited presentations and moderated discussion
Chair: Gjalt Huppes
 
09.30-10.30
Framing questions to approaches: silly questions not to be answered?Jeroen Guinée
Life Cycle Assessment based technology evaluation: dead end alley or stepping stone?Bo Weidema
Impact Assessment type policy/technology evaluation: closing the future or opening it?Arnold Tukker
Techno-economic versus procedural analysis of eco-innovationRené Kemp
Economic policy/technology evaluation: input for discussion or converging to conclusions?Anil Markandya
 
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
 
11.00-12.30
Neoclassical economic valuation of externalities: building block or stumbling block?Rainer Friedrich
Ecological-economic type of evaluation of societal options: technology development and degrowth recombined?Joan Martinez Alier
Ecological-economic policy evaluation for 80% reduction; piecemeal decisions versus grand schemes?Paul Ekins
Industrial ecology full systems approach: can the world be improved basically or only marginally?Ester van der Voet
Industrial ecology limitations approach: do we touch real boundaries or only soft and temporary ones?René Kleijn
 
12.30-13.30 Lunch
 
Scientific societies for sustainability analysis: Merger? Cooperation? Competition?
 
Moderated discussion
Chair: Roland Clift
 
13.30-13.45 Introduction by chair
13.45-14.30 Options for cooperation surveyed
14.30-15.00 Strategies for fruitful aligning?
15.00-15.30 Actions on how to proceed?
 
15.30-16.00 Coffee break
 
Research programming for sustainability decision making.
 
Moderated proposals discussed
Chair: Jeroen Guinée
 
16.00-16.15 Introduction by chair
16.15-17.00 Gathering proposals; discussing options
17.00-17.30 Joining forces in programming
 
17.30-18.00
Final version Conference statement
 
18.00-19.00 Closing reception
 

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