Progress in Modern Life Cycle Assessment: Practice and Research 14th SETAC Europe Annual Meeting, 19th - 22nd April 2004 in Prague, Czech Republic

摘要

Prague, the charming and pulsating capital of the Czech Republic was the host of this year's Annual Meeting of SETAC Europe. The life cycle assessment (LCA) sessions focused on the subsequent topics: 1. Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) 2. LCA and Electricity Markets 3. LCA and Input-Output (I/O) Analysis 4. LCA and Life Cycle Costing 5. LCA and Strategic Policymaking 6. LCA - OMNIITOX (special symposium) 7. Interactive posters: Uncertainty and Error Calculation in LCA A total of 38 platform presentations were given and debated both within the sessions and at the various social events, in addition to the interactive poster session, which included nine contributions. Conventional poster sessions, featuring around 60 papers in relation to the platform topics, completed the program. The LCA sessions of the conference were attended by around 150 scientists, practitioners, and students from Europe, America, and Asia. Meetings of the SETAC Working Groups on Life Cycle Costing, Input-Output LCA, and Electricity Markets, in addition to several meetings of the task forces of the UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative, contributed to a successful Annual Meeting.