2003 International Society for Industrial Ecology Second International Conference June 29 - July 2, 2003 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

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Short Courses Click here for Online Registration Click here forFax/Mail Registration form To register for any of the four full-day Short Courses, make your selection at the time of registration. Space is limited in each course, so please register early. Pre-Conference Short Courses: Full-day Sunday Short Course $ 100, includes lunch Each full-day course runs from 9:00am - 3:00pm, Sunday, June 29, 2003 with a lunch break from Noon to 1:00pm. Course Descriptions: (Click on course number for a more complete description of courses.) (1) Life Cycle Assessment: Process-based, Input/Output and Hybrid Methods Instructors: Gregory Norris, Olivier Jolliet & Sangwon Suh Room: Electronic Education & Resources E1405 Life cycle inventory (LCI) modeling can be based on process models or economic input output models. Each of these above methods has its strengths and weaknesses. That is why the current application frontier represents syntheses of both methods, "hybrid" LCA. The purpose of this course is to enable attendees to develop a practical and solid basis of understanding and familiarity with process LCA, IO LCA, and hybrid methods. A computer lab will be provided for the course. (2) Designing and Operating Eco-Industrial Parks Instructors: Ray Cote, Marian Chertow & Ernie Lowe Room: Paton Accounting Center P1016 This course is designed for practitioners involved in the planning and implementation of eco-industrial parks, designers and planners interested in exploring new eco-industrial parks as well as researchers studying the industrial ecological features of eco-industrial developments. It will go through the characteristics of eco-industrial parks and other eco-industrial developments, discuss the financing, and present strategies to overcome the barriers to eco-industrial development. Four case studies will be presented. (3) System Dynamics in Industrial Ecology Instructor: Klaus Vogstad, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Room: Electronic Education & Resources E0402 System Dynamics was developed during the 50ies by Jay W. Forrester at MIT. Originally developed to solve complex management problems within industry, it turned out to be a general method that could be applied in many areas, from industrial management problems to global environmental problems, urban planning, energy planning etc. The most famous studies are Limits to Growth, Urban Dynamics and Industrial Dynamics. The course will introduce system dynamics using a computer modeling environment developed especially for system dynamics. Examples will illustrate how the dynamic modeling of stocks and flows in system dynamics can address problems in industrial ecology. (4) Industrial Ecology And Optimization Instructor: Urmila Diwekar, University of Illinois at Chicago Room: Paton Accounting Center P1018 This course provides an introduction to the optimization methods and tools to be used in the various areas of industrial ecology. It is a broad course designed to address the interdisciplinary nature of industrial ecology. The course covers wide variety of topics starting with linear programming, nonlinear programming, discrete optimization, multi-objective optimization, and optimization under uncertainty.