• “Building Sustainable Cities and Life Styles for Latin America and the Caribbean” GBCCR, WRF, UNEP / 17-20 May / San Jose, Costa Rica. As a follow up of the World Resources Forum 2014 held in Peru, this conference will focus on the potential for change in the Latin American and Caribbean region. It will be focused on showcasing best practices, identifying obstacles and discussing how to overcome them, and forging partnerships and agreements to start acting now. The conference will be held in conjunction with the annual International Congress on Habitat and Sustainable Cities alongside the International GREEN EXPO, bringing together people and organisations from all over the world to share experiences, learn and participate in an effective and timely technological transfer towards better building practises in the region. Consult the official event website.
• SETAC Europe 26th Annual Meeting / 22-26 May / Nantes, France. The 2016 Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) unit in Europe will be dedicated to “Environmental contaminants from land to sea: continuities and interface in environmental toxicology and chemistry”. The UNEP / SETAC Life Cycle Initiative will lead 3 sessions: From streamlining LCA to new concepts of hotspots analysis; Life cycle data developments; and Consensus building in life cycle impact assessment. A one-day, back-to-back workshop will also be dedicated to international discussions on LCA data review on Friday 27 May 2016. Participants at SETAC Nantes can meet us at the UNEP / SETAC Life Cycle Initiative’s booth - drop by and say hello! Consult the official event website.
• 5th Seminar of the Ibero-American Network of LCA / 8-10 June / Viña del Mar, Chile. The RICV Seminars will have strong focus on the practical implementation of LCA and other life-cycle tools in industry, business, and public organisations. The Seminar will be carried out together with the first Chilean Congress of LCA, jointly organized by RICV, Red ACV Chile, UNEP, the UNEP / SETAC Life Cycle Initiative, UN Global Compact, the University Andres Bello, and the support of the Ministries of Environment, Foreign Affairs and Economy (Cleaner Production Council) of Chile, the Green Building Council and the International EPD System. Call for abstracts is open until 12 May. Consult the official event website.
• 5th International Seminar on Social Life Cycle Assessment / 13 June / Cambridge MA, USA. Consult the official event website.
• 22nd SETAC Europe LCA Case Study Symposium / 20-22 September 2016 / Montpellier, France. Consult the official event website.
• LCM Brazil 2016 / 20-23 September / Fortaleza, Brazil. Consult the official event website.
• LCA XVI / 27-29 September / Charleston SC, USA. Consult the official event website.
• Ecobalance 2016, the 12th Biennial Conference on EcoBalance / 3-6 October / Kyoto, Japan. Consult the official event website.
• Indian Conference on Life Cycle Management (ILCM) 2016 / 17-18 October / New Delhi, India. Consult the official event website.
• LCA in Foods / 19-21 October / Dublin, Ireland. Consult the official event website.
• 2nd ILCAN Conference Series on Life Cycle Assessment 2016 / 2-3 November / Tangerang, Indonesia. Consult the official event website.
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