Uncertainty in Life Cycle Assessment: State of the art and practical challenges
Discussion forum on Life Cycle Assessment
Friday, September 13, 2013, ETH Zurich
Dear colleagues with an interest in Life Cycle Assessment,
We cordially invite you to the 53rd Discussion Forum on Life Cycle Assessment.
The official language of this event is English.
Although uncertainty has been an important topic in LCA since its beginnings, many LCAs omit uncertainty analysis entirely. This discussion forum will include some presentations on recent developments in LCA such as the revised pedigree matrix for Ecoinvent 3, and the consideration of correlated uncertainties, but its main focus would be on the practical challenges that prevent uncertainty analysis from being a routine step. Case studies will examine successes and failures of calculating, understanding, and reducing uncertainty.
The afternoon will also include panel and moderated small group discussions with the aim of producing an outlook paper for publication, and show how advanced uncertainty assessment improves the iterative process of LCA studies.
We look forward to meeting you in Zurich!
The organizers of Swiss LCA Discussion Forum DF53
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Programme
Download:
DF53-Programme Uncertainty in LCA.pdf
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Time
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Title
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Speaker
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Affiliation
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| 8:30
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Registration, coffee
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Morning session
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| 9:00
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Welcome and introduction
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| 9:15
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Keynote 1:
Overcoming barriers to incorporating uncertainty in LCA
DF53-01 Gregory Keynote_1.pdf
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Jeremy Gregory
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MIT (USA)
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| 10:00
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Keynote 2:
A protocol for approaching process data uncertainties in Life Cycle Inventory Analysis
DF53-02 Guinee Henriksson Keynote_2.pdf
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Patrik Henriksson, Jeroen Guinée
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Leiden University (Netherlands)
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| 10:45
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Coffee break
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| 11:15
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Keynote 3:
Pedigree Matrix version 2: the challenges of empirical factors
DF53-03 Ciroth Keynote_3.pdf
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Andreas Ciroth
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GreenDelta (Germany)
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| 12:00
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Effects of distribution choice on the modeling of LCI uncertainty
DF53-04_Muller.pdf
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Stéphanie Muller
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CIRAIG, Polytechnique Montréal (Canada)
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| 12:30
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Lunch break
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Afternoon session
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| 14:00
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Methods for uncertainty propagation in LCA
DF53-05 Groen.pdf
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Evelyne Groen
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Wageningen University (Netherlands)
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| 14:15
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Uncertainty, variability and contribution-to-variance analysis: It's not just inventory data
DF53-06 Pfister.pdf
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Stephan Pfister
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ETH Zürich (Switzerland)
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| 14:30
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Group activities:
identification of key challenges for uncertainty research and communication
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| 15:30
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Coffee break
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| 16:00
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Results of group actvities and discussion
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Chris Mutel
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ETH Zürich (Switzerland)
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| 16:50
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Wrap-up and closing remarks
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| 17:00
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End
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