15-17 June 2010, Sannäs, Finland

4S Theme: Harmonizing Policy, Technology, Product Design and Resource Management

Interdisciplinary summer symposium for doctoral students and post doctoral researchers.

The aim of the Summer Symposium on Sustainable Systems to bring together motivated young researchers with an interest in multidisciplinary systemic approaches to complex issues under the theme of closed-loop sustainable systems of materials ecology. We hope that this multidisciplinary forum will create new, exciting, interdisciplinary insights into the steps needed to move towards sustainable use of resources. Within this scope behavioural, cultural, economical, environmental, ethical, legal, managerial, regulatory, social, and technical issues are studied and discussed. We aim that the joint work can begin to chart the systemic nature of materials ecology and its complex interconnectedness. The effects of systemic temporal and spatial boundaries and scales on the metrics used to evaluate the effects of decisions and progress towards sustainable systems and closed-loop economy are central issues of discussion.

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Venue:

Conference Hotel Sannäs Manor is a conference centre in a rural setting in Sannainen, only 60 km east of Helsinki. The cultural heritage of several centuries is reflected in the built environment of the wooden manor house and its surroundings which create a pleasant and peaceful atmosphere set in beautiful countryside.

Contact:  E-mail: info4S@mekpros.fi , phone: +358 50 567 7731, fax: +358 9 451 2795

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