Conference Programme
International Industrial Ecology Conference of the Visegrad Countries,
7-8 June 2004, Budapest
7 June 2004
13:00 - 18:00 Excursion
19:30-20:00 Registration
20:00-22:00 Conference dinner
8 June 2004
9:00-9:30 Registration (continued)
9:30-9:40 Welcome by Vilma Éri, Director, Center for Environmental Studies, Hungary
9:40-11:20 Session 1: Concept and Relevance of Industrial Ecology

Industrial Development Inspired by Natural Systems. The Five Kindoms of Nature and Its Four Design Principles - Gunter Pauli, Director, Global ZERI Network

Industrial Ecology and Waste Processing - János Szépvölgyi, Director, Institute of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Chemical Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

The Dynamics of Industrial Symbiosis - Lessons Learned from the Case of Kalundborg- Noel Brings Jacobsen, Roskilde University, Denmark

11:20-11:50 Coffee break
11:50-12:40 Session 2: Cases of Successful Application of the Concept

An Industrial Ecology Driven Research Project - András Kovács, KUKK Bt., Hungary

Liquid Crystal Displays in Electronic Waste - Péter Miklósi, BAY-LOGI, Hungary

12:40-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:40 Session 3: Potential for Applying Industrial Ecology

Lean Thinking and Pollution Prevention - Yanling Zhang, Technical University, Freiberg, Germany

Regional Environmental Management on Industrial Sites - Wlodzimierz Sokol, Central Mining Institute, Katowice, Poland

The Utilization of Industrial Waste in Poland - Malgorzata Rutkowska, Assistant Professor, Institute of Organization and Management, Technical University of Wroclaw, Jolanta Pakulska, Assistant Professor, Research Institute for Economic Development, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland

Programme Responsible Care as a Way to Reduce the Influence of Chemical Industry on the Environment - Jolanta Pakulska, Malgorzata Rutkowska

15:40-16:10 Coffee break
16:10-17:00 Session 4: Obstacles to the Development of Industrial Ecology in the Visegrad Countries

Are We Prepared for the IPP in the New EU Countries? - Jakub Kronenberg, University of Lodz, Karolina Maliszewska, Office of the Committee of European Integration, Poland

Environmentally Harmful Subsidies - Identification Questions - Michal Dybiec, Institute for Sustainable Development, Poland

17:00-17:30 Discussion and adjourn


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