SAM 5

SAM seminars are special occasions to exchange ideas and to liaise with people who are working on the connection between society and materials, from the standpoint of social sciences, economics, life cycle thinking methodologies and material flow approaches. They are organized in parallel and in support of a series of research proposals to the European 7th Framework Program, under the umbrella of SOVAMAT.

SAM5 is the 5th edition of a seminar series, which has been bringing together experts from various disciplines to exchange on the soft and hard issues related to the connection between society and materials. Since 2007, these annual meetings have provoked lively interactions between socio-economists, sociologists, historians, process engineers, industrial ecologists, nature ecologists, LCA practitioners, ecodesign experts and political scientists interested, for example, in the Sustainability Assessment of Technologies and more.

The next conference  will be held on MAY 2011, 11th and 12th  in Metz (France).