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Welcome |
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Welcome to R’07 World Congress on Recovery of Materials |
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and Energy for Resource Efficiency, Davos, Switzerland, |
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September 3 – 5, 2007 |
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Preliminary Program |
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Economic growth under the condition of limited resources requires innovations for the materials life cycle. The global economy and the environment both benefit from waste avoidance and highly energy-efficient resource recovery strategies. |
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The R’07 World Congress is the 8th event in the bi-annual R’ World Congress series, which started in 1993. Contributions from emerging economies, which have been very inspiring in the past conferences, are most important in today’s globalized world. |
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Congress topics include, but are not limited to: |
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• Technology Development |
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• Closed-loop Economy |
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• Political, Legal and Social Frameworks |
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The R’07 World Congress addresses experts from science and engineering, from supply and recycling industries, from public authorities and international organizations in order to stimulate closer cooperation of the various disciplines and stakeholders across the materials life cycle. It aims to improve material and energy efficiencies in industry, including energy supply, cement and building materials, metallurgical, chemical, glass, pulp and paper, machinery, the automobile and electronic industries as well as activities of collection, sorting, further treatment and final disposal of post-consumer material. Issues of environmental protection will be addressed where they are related to improving materials and energy efficiency and minimizing disposal, including the integration of renewable energy and biomass into the production chain. |
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Sustainable development requires a substantial reduction of the life-cycle-wide resource demand per consumed service unit (dematerialization). Therefore, optimal solutions for the trade-off between closing material loops and saving energy for processing and transport have to be found. This may involve integrated resource management and improved information processing, as well as innovation at the level of technological processes, products, product-service systems, and institutional frameworks. |
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We welcome all participants for an exciting congress which will contribute to a better world. |
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Dr. Xaver Edelmann, |
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Empa, Materials Science and Technology, Switzerland |
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Chairman R’07 World Congress |
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