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SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT |
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| 2002 International Conference on EcoDesign and Green Procurement | |
| (Environmental Networking and Benchmarking) | |
| September 9-10, 2002 | |
| Howard Plaza Hotel, 160 Jen Ai Road, Section 3, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC | |
Sponsors |
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| Industrial Development Bureau (IDB), MOEA, ROC Industrial Technology Department, MOEA, ROC |
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Co-Sponsors |
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| Environmental Protection Administration (EPA), ROC NGO Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ROC |
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Organizers |
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| Business Council for Sustainable Development (BCSD-Taiwan),
ROC Electronic Testing Center (ETC), Taiwan Taiwan Environmental Management Association (TEMA) |
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Co-organizers |
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| Center for ESH Technology Development, Industrial Technology
Research Institute, Taiwan, ROC Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association China External Trade Development Council (CETRA) |
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Preface |
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| The two-days' conference will provide a forum for business leaders, industrialists, researchers, NGOs, and government policy makers to discuss strategies, management and design tools related to ecodesign and green procurement. Participants will benefit from the opportunity to share experiences of international experts from countries around Asia, Europe and US. Ultimately, the conference goal is to create a network between industry, government and research organizations to join together to work on ecodesign and green procurement, not only locally, but also regionally. The conference plans to offer business leaders and industrial participants roadmap, tools, guidelines, case studies, programs and action plans to help ensure enhance productivity and competitiveness through ecodesign and green procurement. | |
| The conference GOALS are: | |
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| The TOPICS of this two-days' event will include: | |
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| The distinguished SPEAKERS will include industrial and governmental experts from Japan, Korea, US, UK and Taiwan. This event will be a very good opportunity for the participants to communicate with experts on ecodesign and green procurement. Participants from Asia will share their country perspectives in the roundtable discussion. We will have experts from The Sustainable Design Institute of UK to present topics on sustainable design. | |
| Conference fees: Registration fee USD100/participant | |
| Hotel: As shown in the registration form. | |
| Contact: Dr. Niven Huang, Secretary General, BCSD-Taiwan Tel: 886-2-2550-1792 Fax: 886-2-2550-6309 Email: bcsd.roc@msa.hinet.net |
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| SPEAKERS | |
| Martin Charter | |
| Director of Center for Sustainable Design, Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College | |
Topic 1: Sustainable supply chain management: myth or reality? Topic 2: Sustainable value |
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| Martin Charter is the Director and Visiting Professor of Sustainable Product Design at The Centre for Sustainable Design at the Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College. Since 1988, he has worked at director level in 'business and environment' issues in consultancy, leisure, publishing, training, events and research. Martin is the former co-ordinator of one the UK's first green business clubs for SMEs and presently also directs a regional network focused on 'producer responsibility' issues. Martin is presently editor of the Journal of Sustainable Product Design and was the previous editor of The Green Management Letter and Greener Management International (where he retains Editorial Board involvement). | |
| Tom Clark | |
| Center for Sustainable Design Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College. |
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| Topic 1: Green map: an routemap for the Taiwanese electronics
sector Topic 2: Eco-design management and tools |
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| Tom has wide environmental and management consulting experience across many industry sectors (including electronics) and countries, and specific experience in eco-design. He has a high level of knowledge of environmental and sustainability issues gained from many years' experience, such as producing guidelines on eco-design for the electronics and electrical industry for the Centre for Sustainable Design (CfSD) as part of its ETMUEL work; also carrying out a sector review of eco-design application in the UK , identifying case studies and trailing the design guidelines. | |
| Dr Joon-Yong Sung | |
| President LG Institute of Environment, Safety & Health Yonsei Engineering Research Center LG Group, Korea |
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| Dr. J. Y. Sung is the president of LG Institute of LG Institute of Environment, Safety & Health since 1999. He worked for LG-Caltex Oil Corp. during 1998-1997 as the director of several divisions, including Technical R&D Center, Production, and Production Service. Dr. Sung now is also the adjunct professor of the School of Environmental Engineering, Pohang University of Science, and the Department of Chemical Engineering, Technology and Kyounghee University, in Korea. He is the co-author of two books, "Energy and Environment" and "Overcoming National Crisis Through Technological Development". Dr. Sung is the Chair of Environment Division, Korean National Expert Council, of Policy Group, Green Purchasing Network, and of Counterplan Division on Climate Change Convention, Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry. | |
| Beatrice K. Otto | |
| Freelance Consultancy UK |
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| Beatrice is an energetic and versatile consultant with a particular interest in showing how business and sustainability can work together profitably through the intelligent use of design. Renowned for clarity, integrity and an ability to write and communicate in a lively, lucid manner while offering incisive analyses, she is a lateral, independent thinker, with a humorous personality at ease in diverse cultural climates. | |
| Patrick Hung | |
| Manager China External Trade Development Council |
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| Application of Eco-Design in Taiwan's Industry | |
| Patrick Hung is the Project Manager at the Design Promotion Center of CETRA. Since 1995, Patrick has worked with over 35 local companies to help them improve the environmental performance of their products. He has also provided green design information, guidelines, and case studies on the Internet for the members of Design Promotion Center. He is now executing a research project for the EPA of Taiwan, planning future DFE projects for the Taiwan Design Center which will be established in the middle of 2003, and has academic and business interests in design strategy, sustainable product design, creativity & innovation of product and service, eco-design methods for SMEs. | |
| Raymond Leung | |
| Executive Secretary Taiwan Environmental Management Association International Green Productivity Association |
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| Development of Eco-Design and Green Purchasing in Taiwan | |
| Dr. Hong C. Zhang | |
| Professor and Director of The Center for Advanced Manufacturing
Department of Industrial Engineering Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX 79409-3061 |
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| A web-based electronic product materials recovery and recycling management system | |