[ecodesign] CfP: EcoDesign 2005

[Yasushi Umeda]

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Call for Papers
EcoDesign 2005: 4th International Symposium on Environmentally 
Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing
http://www.ecodenet.com/ed2005/index.htm

December 12-14, 2005 in Tokyo, Japan
Submission deadline: March 31, 2005

Organized by Union of EcoDesigners
(Association of EcoDesign Societies, Japan)

In cooperation with (tentative)
IEEE CS TCEE, USA
CARE Electronics, Europe

We are delighted to announce that the "EcoDesign 2005: Forth 
International  Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and 
Inverse Manufacturing" will be held on December 12-14, 2005 in Tokyo, 
Japan. This symposium is  organized by the Union of EcoDesigners, 
Japan, under the unified subtitle  "Going Green" that is commonly 
used among IEEE International Symposium  on Electronics and the 
Environment, CARE/Electronics Goes Green, and EcoDesign.  The third 
symposium EcoDesign 2003 gathered over 300 participants and about 180 
presentations from Europe, U.S.A., and Asia.

Topics
  $B!!!!!!(BMain topics of the symposium include the following categories. 
Among others, 4th EcoDesign Symposium set two special themes; 
EcoDesign of Social System and EcoDesign in Asia. Presentations 
related to these themes are strongly encouraged.
  $B!!!!!!(BEcoDesign symposium expects presentations on both of practical 
case studies and novel theories. And the symposium covers wide 
variety of subjects: not only electric and electrical products but 
also various products (including automobiles, heavy machines, machine 
tools, furniture, etc.), buildings, and urban infrastructure, and 
society.

1) EcoDesign of Social System [Special Theme]
Design, evaluation, and management of social systems so as to change 
the social system into the sustainable society
2) Eco Life-style
Analysis and evaluation of customers' behavior, and new measures for 
achieving environmentally conscious life-styles
3) Sustainable Businesses
Development, design, evaluation of businesses for the reduction of 
the environmental load
4) Environmentally Conscious Products and Services
Development, design, management, and evaluation of products & 
services and their lifecycles
5) Sustainable Consumption and Recovery of Resource and Energy
Strategies, methodologies, and technologies of resource recovery 
(incl. reuse and recycling) and energy saving
Asia) EcoDesign in Asia [Special Theme]
Environmental legislation in Asia, EcoDesign practices in Asia, reuse 
and recycling in Asia, product & material circulation in Asia, etc.

  Next Stage of EcoDesign
  $B!!!!!!(BThe aim of EcoDesign is to construct the sustainable society 
by developing  and deploying various environmentally conscious social 
systems, businesses,  services, and products. While the movement of 
EcoDesign is successfully  promoted by various legislative activities 
in many countries, innovative  environmentally conscious businesses 
have not achieved majority yet, including,  for instance, product & 
service system and servicization. In order  to step forward, it is 
necessary to grasp the problem from a holistic viewpoint  and to 
harmonize various enabling technologies under a clear strategy. 
EcoDesign 2005 includes a variety of topics such as environmentally 
conscious  design, enabling technologies, business, social system, 
infrastructure  and life cycle management.
  $B!!!!!!(BEspecially, the 4th symposium focuses on two special themes; 
EcoDesign  of social system and EcoDesign in Asia. The former 
reflects our recognition  that the global environmental issues are 
getting worse although our EcoDesign  activities. Therefore, we need 
integration of various EcoDesign actions into design of sustainable 
social system, in addition to individual EcoDesign  activities. The 
latter, EcoDesign in Asia, comes from the fact that rapid 
industrialization, growing markets, and fast increasing living 
standards  in Asia are becoming a pivot for the global sustainability 
and therefore  one of the main concern of EcoDesign.
$B!!!!!!(BThe symposium welcomes presentations related to one or more 
aspects of these topics; practices, theories, strategies, and 
enabling technologies, from not only technical viewpoints, but also 
social, legal, economic, cultural viewpoints. As a result, EcoDesign 
2005 hopes to encourage discussion and exchange information 
integrating these aspects among participants from various countries, 
various backgrounds, and various professions.


Symposium Chair
R. Yamamoto (The University of Tokyo, Japan)

Organizing Committee Co-Chairs (tentative)
Y. Furukawa (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan)
H. Koshibu (Green Purchase Network, Japan)
H. Griese (Fraunhofer IZM, Germany)
P. Eagan (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)

Technical Committee Chair
Y. Umeda (Osaka University, Japan)

Program Chair
  K. Aoyama (The University of Tokyo, Japan)

International Advisory Board Chair
  F. Kimura (The University of Tokyo, Japan)

Symposium Secretariat
NPO EcoDesign Promotion Network
Tel: +81-3-5452-5414
E-mail: ecodesign2005@ecodenet.com


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I've been transferred to Osaka Univ. from Feb. 1, 2005.
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Yasushi Umeda (umeda@mech.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp)
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Professor
Dept. of Mechanical Eng. & Systems, Graduate School of Eng.,
Osaka University
Yamada-oka 2-1, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
tel/fax: +6-6879-7260
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