Conference Agenda

Agenda Overview

Date: Tuesday, 16/June/2026

2:00pm
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5:00pm

Side Events: Social LCA School in Collaboration with RWTH Aachen
Location: GF Classroom

Date: Wednesday, 17/June/2026

8:00am
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9:00am

Registration Day 1
Location: Lobby

9:00am
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9:30am

Opening Ceremony: Opening Speech from Conference Chair and Co-Organizers
Location: Ballroom

9:30am
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10:00am

1st Keynote Session: Keynote Speaker: TBC
Location: Ballroom

10:00am
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10:30am

2nd Keynote Session: Keynote Speaker: Prof. Dr. Matthias Finkbeiner, Chair of Sustainable Engineering and Managing Director of Environmental Technology at TU Berlin
Location: Ballroom

10:30am
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10:45am

Coffee Break & Poster Showcase
Location: Ballroom Voyer

Exhibition
Location: Courtyard’s Side

10:45am
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12:30pm

Sessions 1.01: Applied Social Life Cycle Assessment in Industries Part I: Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry and Supply Chains
Location: UG Classroom

Sessions 1.02: Social Life Cycle Assessment in the Green Hydrogen and Renewable Energy Transition
Location: UG Classroom

Sessions 1.03: Connecting Consumption and Production: Circularity through S-LCA
Location: UG Classroom

Sessions 1.04: Social Life Cycle Assessment in the Built Environment and Infrastructure; Part I
Location: UG Classroom

12:15pm
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1:30pm

Exhibition
Location: Courtyard’s Side

Lunch Break
Location: Cafeteria

Poster Showcase
Location: Ballroom Voyer

1:30pm
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2:30pm

3rd Keynote Session: Keynote Speakers: Claudia Giacovelli (Programme Officer, UNEP); Prof. Dr. Sonia Valdiva (World Resources Forum), and Salil Dutt (Chief Technical Advisor, UNIDO)
Location: Ballroom

2:30pm
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3:00pm

Coffee Break
Location: Hallway UG

Exhibition
Location: Courtyard’s Side

Poster Showcase
Location: Ballroom Voyer

3:00pm
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5:00pm

Sessions 1.05: Applied Social Life Cycle Assessment in Industries Part II: Chemical, Bio-based Value Chains, and EcoIndustrial Park
Location: UG Classroom

Sessions 1.06: Sustainable Threads: Navigating Social and Environmental Impacts in Textiles
Location: UG Classroom

Sessions 1.07: Social Life Cycle Assessment in Agriculture and Food Systems; Part I
Location: UG Classroom

Sessions 1.08: Methodological Innovations and Tools in Social Life Cycle Assessment, Part I
Location: UG Classroom

5:00pm
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6:00pm

Side Events 1.01: Ecoprints Workshop & Showcase by Japfa - Pre-registration is required
Location: LG Classroom

Side Events 1.02: General Assembly of Regional LCA and Sustainability Professionals by Pro-LCAS, ALIES (African LCA Initiative), Iberoamerican Life Cycle Network, and more to be updated
Location: GF Classroom

Side Events 1.03: UNEP InTex Coordination Meeting
Location: GF Classroom

6:00pm
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8:00pm

Dinner
Location: Cafeteria

Date: Thursday, 18/June/2026

8:00am
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9:00am

Registration Day 2
Location: Lobby

Side Event: Sow & Tell (Regenerative Agriculture Tour) by Japfa – Pre-registration is required
Location: JTLC Regenerative Agriculture Area

9:00am
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10:00am

4th Keynote Session: Keynote Speaker: Sebastiaan Stiller (CEO, EPD Internationals) and Lany Harijanti (Regional Program Implementation Manager, GRI)
Location: Ballroom

10:00am
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10:30am

5th Keynote Session: Keynote Speaker: TBC
Location: Ballroom

10:30am
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10:45am

Coffee Break & Poster Showcase
Location: Ballroom Voyer

Exhibition
Location: Courtyard’s Side

10:45am
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12:30pm

Sessions 2.01: Social Life Cycle Assessment in Mining and Critical Mineral Supply Chains
Location: UG Classroom

Sessions 2.02: Social Life Cycle Assessment in Urban Systems and Waste Management
Location: UG Classroom

Sessions 2.03: Social Life Cycle Assessment in Livestock and Aquaculture Systems
Location: UG Classroom

Sessions 2.04: Social Life Cycle Assessment of Low-Carbon Fuel Systems
Location: UG Classroom

12:15pm
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1:30pm

Exhibition
Location: Courtyard’s Side

Lunch Break
Location: Cafeteria

Poster Showcase
Location: Ballroom Voyer

1:30pm
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2:45pm

1st Panel Session: Banking Fire Chat
Moderator: Kevin Monteiro (Japfa Ltd); Panelist: TBC
Location: Ballroom

2:45pm
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3:00pm

Coffee Break
Location: Hallway UG

Exhibition
Location: Courtyard’s Side

Poster Showcase
Location: Ballroom Voyer

3:00pm
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5:00pm

Sessions 2.05: Measuring What Matters: Frameworks for ESG, Sustainable Finance, and Social Impact Pathways
Location: UG Classroom

Sessions 2.06: Social Life Cycle Assessment in the Built Environment and Infrastructure; Part II
Location: UG Classroom

Sessions 2.07: Social Life Cycle Assessment in Agriculture and Food Systems; Part II
Location: UG Classroom

Sessions 2.08: Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment and Life Cycle Assessment
Location: UG Classroom

5:00pm
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6:00pm

Side Events 2.01 Talk Show Panel on Social Assessment Implementation in Businesses by IBCSD
Location: GF Classroom

Side Events 2.02: Informative Session/User Meeting by International EPD System
Location: GF Classroom

Side Events 2.03 ALIES (African Life Cycle Initiative Members Meeting)
Location: GF Classroom

Side Events 2.04 Japfa Chess Game featuring a Grandmaster by Japfa
Location: GF Classroom

6:00pm
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8:00pm

Gala Dinner
Location: Ballroom

Date: Friday, 19/June/2026

8:45am
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9:00am

Registration Day 3
Location: Lobby

9:00am
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9:30am

6th Keynote Session & 2nd Panel Session
Location: Ballroom

1. 6th Keynote Session: Keynote Speaker: Prof. Marzia Traverso, Professor and Head of Chair and Institute of Sustainability in Civil Engineering, RWTH Aachen
2. 2nd Panel Session: Driving Social Sustainability: Integrating Social Life Cycle Assessment into the Transport Sector, co-organized with RWTH Aachen
Moderator: Prof. Marzia Traverso (RWTH Aachen), Panelist: TBC

9:30am
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9:45am

Coffee Break & Poster Showcase
Location: Ballroom Voyer

Exhibition
Location: Courtyard’s Side

9:45am
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11:30am

Sessions 3.01: Social Life Cycle Assessment in Sustainable Mobility and Transport Systems
Location: UG Classroom

Sessions 3.02: Social Life Cycle Assessment in the Built Environment and Infrastructure; Part III
Location: UG Classroom

Sessions 3.03: Social Justice, Conflict, and Resilience in Social Life Cycle Assessment
Location: UG Classroom

Sessions 3.04: Methodological Innovations and Tools in Social Life Cycle Assessment, Part II
Location: UG Classroom

11:30am
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12:30pm

Closing Ceremony
Location: Ballroom

12:30pm
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1:30pm

Exhibition
Location: Courtyard’s Side

Lunch Break
Location: Cafeteria

Poster Showcase
Location: Ballroom Voyer

1:30pm
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7:00pm

Side Event: Site Visit TBC