Conferences

The bi-annual ALCAS organised LCA conference attracts Australian and international stakeholders. It usually runs over three days with sector-specific themes including carbon, water, buildings, waste management, energy and agriculture.

Forthcoming ALCAS conferences and other LCA-related conferences include:

Past conferences:

Past conferences are listed below, with a link to conference proceedings where available.

6th Australian Conference on Life Cycle Assessment

Melbourne, February 16 – 19, 2009

Life Cycle Assessment continues to grow both in the detail of application, and the breadth of assessment. At the same time many other tools and approaches are increasingly being used along with LCA or incorporating LCA aspects. It is now recognized that decision support for sustainability requires many players and approaches beyond traditional methodologies.  The primary aim of this conference is to make bridges between different environmental assessment methods that have a sustainability focus.  This will include life cycle assessment, energy and greenhouse life cycle studies, life cycle costing, triple bottom line accounting approaches, ecological footprints, material flow analysis, uncertainty analysis in environmental assessment, and, input-output analysis.

2008 World Sustainable Building Conference (SB08)

Melbourne, Australia, September 21-25, 2008

The impact of building and planning on sustainability and Climate Change will be on the agenda at the 2008 World Sustainable Building Conference (SB08).  Held every three years, this was the first time the international event was held in Australia.  More than 1500 delegates attended the five day event, with key plenary sessions and special forums addressing all aspects of the future of sustainable built environment and planning for countries around the world.

5th SETAC World Congress, Protecting our Global Environment

Sydney, Australia, August 3 - 7, 2008

The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) is an international society of some 5000 members in 80 countries, organised via geographic units in North America, Europe, Asia/Pacific and Latin America.  SETAC's mission is to support the development of principles and practices for protection, enhancement and management of sustainable environmental quality and ecosystem integrity.

LCE 2008, 15TH CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering

The University of New South Wales, March 17 – 19, 2008

The CIRP (College International pour la Recherche en Productique) is a Paris-based international scientific institution which promotes research in manufacturing and product engineering.  ALCAS sponsored the event to help bring this meeting to Australia.  The conference was a great success with over 120 delegates attending from 28 different countries. An exceptional program was delivered over the three day www.lce2008.com.

5th Australian Conference on Life Cycle Assessment – Achieving Business benefits using Life Cycle Assessment

Melbourne, November 22 – 24, 2006

The 5th Australian Conference on Life Cycle Assessment was held in Melbourne on 22nd to 24th November 2006. Over three days, LCA content from around Australia and the world was presented, much of which represented a newfound maturity in LCA practice. The 200 strong audience enjoyed presentations and discussions with many of the worlds leading experts in LCA.

4th Australian Conference on Life Cycle Assessment – Sustainability Measures for Decision Support

Sydney, February 23 – 25, 2005

The Fourth Australian LCA Conference titled Sustainability Measures for Decision Support was held in Sydney between 23−25 February 2005. The conference demonstrated great depth in application and diversity of practice and should provide participants with the practical and theoretical understanding of the approaches in use and a sense of where environmental assessment of production and consumption are heading.

3rd Australian Conference on Life Cycle Assessment – Life Cycle Decision Making for Sustainability

Gold Coast, July 17 to 19, 2002

Key speakers included the Queensland Environment Minister on using LCA to identify the benefits of ethanol as an automotive fuel, Unilever UK on incorporating LCA into an overall business strategy, Alcoa World Alumina on the aluminium industry’s experience with LCA, and Australian Country Choice on using LCA in the meat industry supply chain.

Conference report.

2nd Australian Conference on Life Cycle Assessment – Moving from Problems to Solutions

Melbourne, February 23 – 24, 2000

Many examples of LCA applications were presented, from the Sydney Olympic Village to a full LCA being undertaken in the waste management policy area. The Federal Government, building and packaging industries stressed the need for the LCA community to produce results which could be used in policy and design decision-making, not just by environmental experts.

1st Australian Conference on Life Cycle Assessment