Clear your calendar and invite your colleagues! SLCA 2016 kicks off June 13th, and you're invited to take part in advancing Social Life Cycle Assessment.
Come share & learn new ways to promote human well-being in supply chains. Harvard is our meeting spot for three days of exchanging research, applications and ideas with colleagues old and new. SLCA2016 is back-to-back with the SHINE Summit on NetPositive Sustainability.
Together we can move markets on social sustainability!
Clear your calendar and invite your colleagues! SLCA 2016 kicks off June 13th, and you're invited to take part in advancing Social Life Cycle Assessment.
Come share & learn new ways to promote human well-being in supply chains. Harvard is our meeting spot for three days of exchanging research, applications and ideas with colleagues old and new. SLCA2016 is back-to-back with the SHINE Summit on NetPositive Sustainability.
Together we can move markets on social sustainability!
                     SLCA2016 attendees are granted a 100$ discount when registering for the SHINE summit using the code: SLCA2016
Shine summit REGISTRATION
This fifth international conference in Social LCA follows events held in Copenhagen, Denmark (2010), Montpellier, France (2011),
Montreal, Canada (2013) and Montpellier, France (2014).
Coming to the US brings a unique opportunity to communicate, disseminate and discuss Social Life Cycle Assessment in this geography. The number of participants has grown steadily in each of the international conferences, and we expect this to hold true again in 2016, with over 250 participants anticipated.
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The seminar theme ‘Moving markets on social sustainability’ aims to foster synergy between research and business. It provides a forum to exchange and discuss advances in social life cycle assessment.
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The International Conference in Social LCA is the largest event in this field, and the only one that focuses specifically on quantitative and systemic assessment of social impacts and progress in supply chains and product life cycles. Attendees leave with an increased understanding of how to apply Social LCA in their work and an increased ability to be change agents in their industry.
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The detailed program is available on the registration platform
You never forget your first visit to Cambridge. The essence of the city is no better summed up than in the words of the beloved, late Cantabrigian Julia Child: "Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it."
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This is a place where no one blinks if you're having the time of your life while changing the world.Â
 The Boston Metro area is located only a short drive from Cape Cod and Maine seacoast area and the mountains of Vermont and New Hampshire.
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The Boston Metro area is easily accessible via the extensive MBTA public transportation system.
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The conference will take place at Harvard Radcliffe institute Knafel center. Established in 1636, Harvard is the oldest institution of higher education in the United States. Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders in many disciplines who make a difference globally. The University, which is based in Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts, has an enrollment of over 20,000 degree candidates, including undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. Harvard has more than 360,000 alumni around the world.
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United States may require visas from visitors. It also has a visa waiver program covering 90 countries. Please make sure that you start the application process on time.
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- Supply chain due diligence on human and labor rights
- Calculating product and organizational social footprints
- Knowing and growing social handprints (positive impacts)
- Evaluating and improving supply chain impacts on health and well-being
- Inventory databases and impact assessment methods
- Collaborating to standardize indicators and work on root causes
- Identifying social impacts in a circular economy
- Considering social issues in design and innovation
Authors will be noticed of abstract acceptance by February 1.
Authors are invited to submit a full paper of 8 pages (max) by March 15.
Abstracts can be submitted at Call for abstracts site
The call for abstracts is closed.Â
Catherine Benoit – Co-chair Harvard Extension School/ New Earth - USA
Gregory A Norris – Co-chair Harvard School of Public Health/ New Earth - USA
Eileen McNeely Harvard School of Public Health - USA
Luigia Petti UNICH - Italy
Alessandra Zamagni ENEA - Italy
Joy Murray USYD - Australia
Catherine Macombe IRSTEA - France
Jean-Pierre Revéret Université du Québec à Montréal et CIRAIG - Canada
Bernard Mazijn Gent university - Belgium
Elisabeth Ekener Petersen Royal Institute of Technology - Sweden
Jason Jay MIT - USA
Pekka Leskinen Syke - Finland
Cassia Ugaya UTFPR - Brazil
Marzia Traverso BMW- Germany
Toolseeram Ramjeawon University of Mauritius - Mauritius island
Benedetto Rugani Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) - Luxembourg
Sonia Valdivia Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru - Peru
Bo Weidema Aalborg university - Denmark
Matthias Finkbeiner Technische Universität Berlin - Germany
Jean-François Viot - Solvay - Belgium