6th Australian Conference on Life Cycle Assessment

Life cycle assessment (LCA) has emerged in recent years as an vital tool in meeting the challenges of climate change, peak oil, drought, pollution and increasing competition for land resources. In particular LCA helps businesses respond positively to these issues by getting on the front foot with regard to supply chain and product stewardship issues.

The conference will run over three days with sector specific themes including carbon, water, buildings, waste management, energy and agriculture.

Abstracts for papers and posters are invited on the following subjects:

• Life cycle assessment
• LCA business opportunities and challenges
• Ecological footprints
• Life cycle management
• Energy and greenhouse life cycle studies
• Materials flow analysis
• Life cycle inventory initiatives
• Triple bottom line accounting approaches
• Input / output analysis
• Life cycle costing

The conference also aims to provide a forum for sharing LCA experience in different sectors such as:

· Building applications

· Waste Management

· Water issues

· Energy and fuel production system

· Products and packaging manufacture

· Food and Agriculture

Absract for Peer Review paper extended to 29th August 2008
Non peer review papers abstract submission 30 Septermber 2008

Paper Submission - Peer Review Process
Abstract submissions Extended to 29th August 2008
Notification of success 1st September 2008
Paper submission for review 10th October 2008
Comments on papers returned 10th November 2008
Final paper submission 10th December 2008

Please submit paper to papers@conference.alcas.asn.au