[p2tech] Announcing the Electronics & Sustainability: Design for Energy & the Environment Symposium on February 23 - 24, 2010

CALL FOR PAPERS GOES OUT FOR THE ELECTRONICS & SUSTAINABILITY: DESIGN FOR
ENERGY & THE ENVIRONMENT

 

The Sustainable Electronics Initiative (SEI), hosted by the Illinois
Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC), a unit of the Institute of Natural
Resources Sustainability on the campus of the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, is a consortium dedicated to the development and
implementation of a more sustainable system for designing, producing,
remanufacturing, and recycling electronic devices. Members of the consortium
include academia, non-profit organizations, government agencies,
manufacturers, designers, refurbishers, and recyclers. Specific elements of
the SEI include programs for research, education, data management, and
technical assistance. SEI conducts collaborative research; facilitates
networking and information exchange among participants; promotes technology
diffusion via demonstration projects; and provides forums for the discussion
of policy and legislation.

 

Americans own nearly three billion electronic products and continually
purchase new ones to replace those deemed "obsolete," even though about
two-thirds of the devices are still in working order. To address this
burgeoning e-waste problem, SEI will hold the Electronics & Sustainability:
Design for Energy & the Environment symposium on February 23 - 24, 2010 at
the I Hotel on the University of Illinois campus. Topics to be addressed
will include environmental toxicology, life cycle analysis, product design,
existing and proposed policy (local, state, national, and international),
and more. Designers; electrical engineers; chemists; materials scientists;
electronics manufacturers, recyclers, refurbishers, and remanufacturers;
government representatives and policy makers; pollution prevention technical
assistance providers; relevant non-profit organizations; and others are
invited to take part in this symposium.

 

SEI invites industry and academic practitioners to submit abstracts of their
recent research, projects, and design thinking for presentation,
publications, or both. Proposals can be made for symposium participation in
one or more of the following categories: a paper, presentation, panel
discussion, or poster display.

 

For more information about the symposium and/or to access the call for
papers, visit: www.sustainelectronics.illinois.edu or contact Wayne Duke,
Conference Coordinator, Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, One
Hazelwood Drive, Champaign, Illinois 61820-7465, 217-333-5793, fax:
217-333-8944,  <mailto:wduke at illinois.edu> wduke at illinois.edu.

 

For more information about the Sustainable Electronics Initiative (SEI),
contact Dr. Tim Lindsey, PhD, Associate Director, Illinois Sustainable
Technology Center, One Hazelwood Drive, Champaign, Illinois 61820-7465,
217-333-8955, fax: 217-333-8944,  <mailto:tlindsey at istc.illinois.edu>
tlindsey at istc.illinois.edu.

 

Wayne Duke

Publications and Events Coordinator

Illinois Sustainable Technology Center

Division of The Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability

One Hazelwood Drive, MC-676

Champaign IL 61820-7465

217-333-5793

217-333-8944 (fax)

wduke at illinois.edu

www.istc.illinois.edu

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