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The Sustainability Consortium is a collection of over 100 industry, academic, government, and non-government stakeholders developing science and tools to improve decision making about product sustainability. The consortium is developing a Sustainability Measurement and Reporting System that will consist of product category rules, life cycle inventory databases, and information technology tools. Research is being done in areas such as electronics, home and personal care, and food, beverage, and agricultural products, and focuses on understanding the life cycle impacts of consumer products.
This seminar will provide an overview of The Sustainability Consortium mission, goals and activity. Our goal is to learn how The Sustainability Consortium can cooperate and collaborate with Japanese industry, academia, and government. Speaking will be Academic Director Dr. Kevin Dooley and Research Director Dr. Greg Thoma. Dr Dooley is a Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management at Arizona State University, and Dr. Thoma is Professor in Chemical Engineering at University of Arkansas.
| Date: | 2012 January 26 (THU) |
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| Venue: | JA Kyosai Conference Hall <Access：http://www.jankb.co.jp/conference-access.htm > |
| Sponsored and Organized:: | The Society of Non-Traditional Technology |
| The Sustainability Consortium | |
| Cooperated | The Institute of LCA, Japan, and The Society of LCA, Japan |
| Entrance fee | Free *simultaneous translation available |
| Secretariat: | The Society of Non-Traditional Technology |
| TEL:03-3503-4681 FAX:03-3597-0535 | |
| E-mail：TSC2011@sntt.or.jp |
Program (Tentative)
| 13:30 | Opening |
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Atsushi Inaba, Kogakuin University |
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| 13:35-13:55 | What is The Target of TSC |
Kevin Dooley, Arizona State University |
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| 13:55-14:25 | Activities of TSC |
Greg Thoma, University of Arkansas |
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| 14:25-14:40 | How to collaborate with TSC (1) |
Jeff Rice, Walmart |
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| 14:40-14:55 | How to collaborate with TSC (2) |
| Charlene Wall, BASF |
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| 14:55-15:10 | How to collaborate with TSC(3) |
Pete He, Henkel |
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| 15:10-15:25 | Break |
| 15:25-15:45 | Questions from Japanese Industry |
Koichi Syobatake, TCO2 |
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| 15:45-16:50 | [Discussion, Q&A] |
Moderator: Atsushi Inaba, Kogakuin University  (TSC) Kevin Dooley(TSC) Greg Thoma(Industry) Norio Takeyama, Toshiba(Industry) Tetsuro Ohba, Danon - Japan(Consultant) Yuichi Kishida, Mizuho Information & Research Institute, Inc.(University) Yasunari Matsuno, Tokyo University |
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| 16:50-17:00 | Closing |
Kevin Dooley and Greg Thoma |