Future Challenges Toward Sustainable Palm Products
The 3rd LCA Food Supply Chain Asia International Workshop

Purpose

  A workshop will be held as a side event of the 12th ecobalance conference in order to promote the research of JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Scientific Research (B) “Food supply-chain Life Cycle Environmental Impact Assessment by Asia network formation” that has begun in FY 2014. This year we will target palm oil production which is a major industry in the South East Asia region. The representative researcher and foreign co-researchers will get together and discuss research topics and outlooks of the future.

Program (tentative)

Time Menu
14:00 - 14:30 Reception
Opening
14:30 - 14:40
Introduction to the workshop on future challenges toward sustainable palm products
Kiyotada Hayashi, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Japan
Presentations
14:40 - 14:50
Sustainability of palm products in Indonesia: an academic perspective
Yandra Arkeman, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia
14:50 - 15:00
Sustainability of palm products in Indonesia: research and extension strategies
Vita Dhian Lelyana, Indonesian Oil Palm Research Institute, Indonesia
15:00 - 15:10
The Sustainability of the Malaysian Palm Oil Industry
Foo-Yuen Ng, Malaysian Palm Oil Council, Malaysia
15:10 - 15:20
Sustainability of palm products: a European perspective
Liselotte Schebek, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
Discussions
15:20 - 16:20
Future challenges toward sustainable palm products
Closing
16:20 - 16:30
Closing
Kiyotada Hayashi, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Japan

Please beware that the program might change without notice.


Meeting details

Sponsor Food supply-chain Life Cycle Environmental Impact Assessment by Asia network formation
JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Scientific Research (B) (Grant number: 26310316)
Secretariat TCO2 Co. ,Ltd.
Date Monday, October 3rd 2016 14:30 - 16:30
Venue Kyoto TERRSA(Kyoto Citizen’s Amenity Plaza) 2F East Building Seminar room No.1
Higashikujoshimotonodacho 70, Kyoto, Minami-ku, Kyoto, 601-8047, Japan
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Participation cost No charge
Capacity 20 people
How to apply * Advance application is necessary for participation.
* Please try again if an email does not arrive to you within 10 min.
Other points * All oral presentations and discussions will be in English (No translation to Japanese will be provided)
* If the fixed capacity is exceeded, we may ask you to adjust the number of people.
* We will ask you to submit your business card when you attend.
* The contents of the program may change without notice.
Contacts TCO2 Co. ,Ltd.
Phone: International:+81-3-6272-6814 Local:03-6272-6814
Email:LCA@tco2.com
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This workshop is held as part of the following research project. JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Scientific Research (B) “Food supply-chain Life Cycle Environmental Impact Assessment by Asia network formation” (Grant Number : 26310316).

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