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SETAC North America is allowing late abstracts for the 31st Annual Meeting in Portland, OR.  http://portland.setac.org/

Abstracts submitted prior to the June 4th deadline will get first preference in selection of platforms but you now have until June 14th 2010 at 7AM CDT to submit your late abstract.

SETAC understands the hard work and long hours scientists are putting in to help clean-up and study this catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico. This addition is to allow workers on the oil spill effort in the Gulf of Mexico additional time to submit an abstract and continue to enhance the high quality of science we all expect at a SETAC annual meeting.

SETAC thanks you for your efforts and looks forward to seeing you at the meeting in Portland, OR.

Don’t miss submitting your abstract by June 4 (Friday this week!) for the SETAC North America 31st Annual Meeting from 7-11 November 2010 in Portland Oregon.

Due to popular demand and unfortunate scheduling relative to a long US holiday weekend, the deadline for LCA X abstracts has been extended from Tuesday 1 June to Friday 4 June.

The conference website is at: http://lcacenter.org/LCAX/

This week, the most widely attended and foremost conference for LCA is being held in Seville, Spain.  The SETAC Europe conference hosts the most progressive and active subjects related to LCA methodological development and application.

This year’s SETAC Europe LCA topics include:

Life Cycle Inventories – footprinting and critical reviews – posters

Life Cycle Inventories – footprinting and critical reviews - session

Life cycle management and putting life cycle thinking into practice - posters

Life cycle management and putting life cycle thinking into practice - Session A

Life cycle management and putting life cycle thinking into practice - Session B

Life cycle sustainability analysis - posters

Life cycle sustainability analysis – sessions

New Developments in LCIA – Poster

New developments in LCIA – Session A

New developments in LCIA – Session B

New developments in LCIA – Session C

Strengthening uncertainty analysis in LCA – Session

There are some really excellent special session proposals in process. Many of them are aimed at the policy theme of the conference, but others will address emerging issues such as quality validation, carbon footprinting and EPDs.

The rest of the conference will be determined by your abstracts. As always, your new ideas for research and implementation is what make this an exciting conference. Please submit abstracts through the account system: http://iere.org/account

Not a member, visit the Institute for Environmental Research and Education:http://www.iere.org/

LCA X will be held in Portland, Oregon, from 2 to 4 November 2010.  The SETAC North America Conference will be in Portland the following week.  The ACLCA is planning bridging events between the two conferences. Watch our website for details.

 The conference web site is at: http://lcacenter.org/LCAX/

Please direct questions and comments to: LCAX “at” LCAcenter.org

A launching event of the USEtox ^TM model will be held at the SETAC Europe conference on Tuesday, May 25th in Seville, Spain.

This model has been developed by a team of international scientists for assessment of human and ecotoxic impacts from chemicals in life cycle impact assessment and for ranking of chemicals according to their inherent hazard characteristics. At the launch, a representative from the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) and a representative from the USEtox ^TM team will give a brief welcome and presentation of the USEtox ^TM model (15 min). The remaining time is allocated to informal talks with members of the USEtox ^TM Team and demonstration of the USEtox ^TM model, and for networking with LCA and chemical assessment colleagues. There will be posters and hand-out material about the model.

LCA-software companies that have integrated the USEtox ^TM characterization factors for human toxic and ecotoxic impacts into their software have been invited to demonstrate these facilities at the event.

If you wish to attend, please confirm your participation usetox@usetox.org

The British Standard Institute’s (BSI’s) Carbon Neutrality conference purpose is for attendees to understand how to become carbon neutral, run a carbon neutral event, or develop carbon neutral products or services. Hear all about the new specification published by British Standards on carbon neutrality and understand how to make immediate improvements in order to reduce your greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

This conference provides an opportunity to hear how organizations from a wide range of industry sectors are tackling carbon neutrality using PAS 2060 (Publicly Available Specification). 

Download conference brochure

Key features and benefits:

• Gain a clear understanding of the steps involved in becoming carbon neutral and how this improves your competitive advantage
• Hear how to maximize the advantages of reducing your carbon emissions and becoming carbon neutral
• Listen to a full explanation of the new PAS 2060 with case study examples of implementation; challenges faced and benefits delivered
• Understand the new Government guidance document on the definition of carbon neutrality – its implications for your organization and relationship with PAS 2060
• Update your knowledge of the UK Government’s Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) and understand what your organization needs to be doing to meet CRC targets
• Discuss the specification with key industry experts who have participated in its development
• Network with industry experts and peers.

What is a Publicly Available Specification (PAS)?

This week a short, but highly content rich conference will be held in Arlington, Virginia.  The International Symposium on Sustainable Systems & Technology conference sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society features the latest in design, manufacturing,research, marketing, recycling practice, and policy making from worldleaders in industry, academia, and public policy areas.

For more details, visit the conference website here: http://www.ieee-issst.org/index.php/conference-program

REMINDER: Call for Abstracts for Going Green – CARE INNOVATION 2010, Schoenbrunn Palace, Vienna (Austria, Europe), November 8 – 11, 2010. The deadline for submitting your abstracts is coming up in only 2 weeks (May 31, 2010).  

Speaker opportunities are still available.  For more information visit the conference website HERE.

SETAC North America 31st Annual Meeting, 7-11 November 2010

Call for Abstracts Now Open!

The theme for the SETAC North America 31st Annual Meeting is: Bridging Science with Communities. You can submit your abstract into the appropriate session online at http://portland.setac.org  All submissions must be made electronically. The deadline to submit abstracts is Friday, 4 June 2010. We’ve had a record number of session submissions and are expecting great attendance at this meeting!