[GreenYes] The Râ07 World Congress

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The Râ07 World Congress promotes innovative  technologies and frameworks to 
improve material and energy efficiencies in the  production, use, and recycling 
of materials
 
Call for Papers Aims and Scope 
Râ07 addresses experts from science and engineering, from supply and  
recycling industries, from public authorities and international organizations in  
order to stimulate closer cooperation of the various disciplines and  
stakeholders across the materials life cycle.It aims to improve material and  energy 
efficiencies in industry, including energy supply, cement and building  materials, 
metallurgical, chemical, glass, pulp and paper, machinery, the  automobile 
and electronic industries as well as activities of collection,  sorting, further 
treatment and final disposal of post-consumer material.  Environmental issues 
will be addressed where they are related to improving  materials and energy 
efficiency and minimizing disposal, including the  integration of renewable 
energy and biomass into the production chain.
 
Râ07, organized by Empa Materials Science and Technology in cooperation  with 
the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW), is the 8th event in the  
bi-annual Râ World Congress series. Venue Râ07 will take place at the Congress  
Center of Davos, Switzerland, Europeâs highest altitude holiday
and congress  town. The Congress Center has been the home of the World 
Economic Forum for many  years. Types of Contributionsâ Oral presentations (15 Min 
plus discussion)â  Poster presentations (90 x 120 cm)â Contributions to 
Workshops The scientific  committee will decide upon acceptance of a contribution 
and will select it as an  oral or poster presentation. The panel may also assign 
submitted contributions  to specific workshops.

Deadlinesâ 
Deadline for the submission of abstracts: November 15, 2006
âNotification of acceptance or non-acceptance: February 2007
â Publication of preliminary program:March 2007
â Registration deadline for authors:March 31, 2007â Deadline for the  
submission of full papers or posters: May 15, 2007
â R07 World Congress: September 3-5, 2007
 
Topics of Interest
Technology Development
â Materials and Energy Efficiency in Process Engineering
â Materials Recycling and Re-Integration in Manufacturing Industry
â Materials and Energy Recovery from Post-consumer Wasteâ Separation  
Technologies and their Energy Efficiency
â Input/Output Control and Secondary Materials Quality Assurance
â Safe and Environmentally Sound Disposal Closed-loop Economy
â Design for Recycling, Product-Service Systems, Dematerialization
â Secondary Materials and their Markets
â Supply Chains and Transport Demand, Waste Collection Logistics
â Resource Statistics, Material Flow Analysis,Information Systems
â Life Cycle Assessment, Modeling, Simulation
Political and Legal Frameworks
â Recycling Schemes and Incentive Structures
â Urban Development, Site Selection, Industrial Networks 
â International Trade Policy and Material Flows
â The Social Compatibility of Recycling Systems
â Training and Education for Saving Resources
 
Submission Procedure
Papers of either theoretical or applied nature can be submitted online by  
using the ÂAbstract Submission form provided at the Congress Website: 
_www.r07.orgContributions_ (http://www.r07.orgContributions)  should  clearly address 
one of the topics of interest listed below and should not have  been previously 
presented at international conferences or published in  international 
journals. Contributions from emerging economies are particularly  welcome. Final 
acceptance of any contribution requires registration of the  author to the 
congress.
Language
The conference language is English.
Scientific Committeeâ Prof. Dr.  Lorenz Hilty, Empa, Technology and Society 
Lab, Switzerland (Chairman)â Richard  Anthony, Richard Anthony Associates, USAâ
 Conrad M. Bader, ISWA Switzerland and  Von Roll Umwelttechnik AG, Switzerland
â Dr. Peter Baumgartner, Office for  Environmental
Protection and Nature Conservation of the Canton of Grisons,  Switzerlandâ 
Prof. Renato Bonora PhD, University of Padua, Dipartimento di  Processi Chimici 
dellâIngegneria, Italyâ Hans de Groot, TNO Science and  Industry, The 
Netherlandsâ Prof. Dr. Enrico Drioli, Institute on Membrane  Technology, Italyâ Dr. 
Xaver Edelmann, Empa, Information, Reliability and  Simulation Technology, 
Switzerlandâ Prof. Jess Everett PhD , Rowan University,  USAâ Prof. Dr. Martin 
FÃhr, Sonderforschungsgruppe Institutionenanalyse, Social  and Cultural 
Studies, University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, Germanyâ Gerry  Gillespie, 
Department of Environment and Conservation â New South Wales,  Australiaâ Dr. 
Christian HagelÃken, Umicore Precious Metals Refining, Germanyâ  Prof. Dr. Stefanie 
Hellweg, ETH ZÃrich, Institute of Environmental Engineering,  Switzerlandâ Dr. 
Christoph Herrmann, Technical University Braunschweig, IWF, and  KERP Center 
of Excellence, Germany and Austriaâ Prof. Edgar Hertwich PhD,  Norwegian 
University of Science and Technology, Industrial Ecology Program,  Norwayâ Prof. 
Dr. Konstantinos Karatzas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,  Department of 
Mechanical Engineering, Greeceâ Dr. Florian Kongoli, Flogen  Technologies 
Inc., Canadaâ Prof. Dr. Christian Ludwig, PSI, General Energy  Research 
Department, Laboratory for Energy and Materials Cycles, Switzerlandâ  Dr. Neil Mayne, 
Belgiumâ Prof. Luciano Morselli, University of Bologna,  Dipartimento di Chimica 
Industriale e dei Materiali, Italyâ Prof. Dr. Lothar  Reh, Switzerlandâ 
Prof. Markus Reuter PhD, University of Melbourne, Department  of Chemical 
Engineering, Australiaâ Prof. Dr. Philipp Rudolf von Rohr, ETH  ZÃrich, Institute of 
Process Engineering, Switzerlandâ Dr. Arthur Ruf, SATW,  Swiss Academy of 
Engineering Sciences, Switzerland â Dr. Ivan Sarwar, Foundation  âApplied 
Researches and Social Supportâ, Ukraineâ Dr. Satyawati Sharma, CRDT,  Indian 
Institute of Technology Delhi, Indiaâ Dr. Vinod Kumar Sharma, ENEA  (Italian Agency 
for New Technology, Energy and the Environment), Solar Thermal  Laboratory and 
Biomass Division, Italyâ Dr. Franz-Georg Simon, Federal Institute  for 
Materials Research, Germanyâ Dr. Samuel Stucki, PSI, Laboratory for Energy  and 
Materials Cycles, Switzerlandâ William Worrell, San Luis Obispo County  Integrated 
Waste Management Authority, USAâ Christian Zurbrugg, Eawag, Sandec  (Department 
of Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries), Switzerland 
 
Background
Global economic growth under the condition of limited raw material and  
energy resources requires technological and institutional innovations for the  
materials life cycle. High recovery rates of materials from pre- and  
post-consumer wastes, their optimal re-integration into various industrial  production 
chains and high energy efficiency in all phases of the life cycle are  
prerequisites for sustainable development. Therefore, optimal solutions for the  
trade-off between closing material loops and saving energy for processing and  
transport have to be found. This may involve integrated resource management and  
improved information processing, as well as innovation at the level of  
technological processes, products, product-service systems, and institutional  
frameworks. The Râ07 World Congress is the best place to exchange ideas about  
technologies and frameworks for sustainable material life cycles.
Organization Chair of Steering Committee Dr. Xaver Edelmann, Empa 
_xaver.edelmann@no.address (mailto:xaver.edelmann@no.address)  of  Scientific 
CommitteeProf. Dr. Lorenz Hilty, Empa
_lorenz.hilty@no.address (mailto:lorenz.hilty@no.address)   
SecretariatMaria SchÃnenberger and Therese Bracher _R07@no.address 
(mailto:R07@no.address)   Akademie der Technischen 
WissenschaftenAcadÃmie suisse des sciences  techniquesAccademia svizzera delle scienze 
tecnicheSwiss Academy of Engineering  SciencesOrganized in cooperation withSwiss 
Academy of Engineering  Scienceswww.satw.chCongress Websitewww.r07.org
 
 
Ricanthony@no.address
RichardAnthonyAssociates.com
San Diego,  California



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