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6th International Conference on LCA in the Agri-Food Sector, Zurich, November 1214, 2008

Scientific programme Oral Sessions


12 November 2008, Wednesday
Time

Title/ Presenter

12:00

Registration and Lunch

13:30

Opening session / Main Auditorium

14:00

Release 06-Nov-08

Welcome Speech

M. Winzeler, ART, Zurich, Switzerland

Overview of the conference

G. Gaillard, ART, Zurich, Switzerland

Plenary 1: Impact assessment: Land use and water use (moderated by S. Hellweg and R. Schenck) / Main Auditorium
Assessing freshwater use impacts in LCA

L. Mila-i-Canals, Unilever, United Kingdom

Regionalised LCIA of vegetable and fruit production: Quantifying the environmental


impacts of freshwater use

S. Pfister, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Proposing a life cycle land use impact calculation methodology a palm oil biodiesel case
study

W.M.J. Achten, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Integration of biodiversity as impact category for LCA in agriculture (SALCA-Biodiversity)

P. Jeanneret, ART, Zurich, Switzerland

15:20

Break / Main Poster Hall & Poster Hall 1st Floor

15:50

Poster session 1 / Main Poster Hall & Poster Hall 1st Floor

16:30

Parallel 1a: Life cycle inventory, databases and tools / Auditorium Giardino
(moderated by H. van der Werf and N. Jungbluth)

Parallel 1b: System analysis and LCA modelling / Main Auditorium


(moderated by B. Weidema and B. Notarnicola)

Ecoinvent-based extrapolation of crop life


cycle inventories to new geographical areas

T. Nemecek, ART, Zurich, Switzerland

Multi Criteria Analysis on Countermeasures


against Livestock Manure Excess Problem
in Maebashi City, Japan

T. Iwata, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Comparison of life cycle inventories for


construction of various greenhouses

K. Hayashi, National Agricultural Research


Centre, Tsukuba, Japan

Estimating the carbon footprint of raw milk


at the farm gate: methodological review and
recommendations

C. Basset-Mens, CEMAGREF, Montpellier,


France

Creating Life Cycle Inventories using


systems modelling to compare agricultural
production alternatives

E. Audsley, Cranfield University, United


Kingdom

Sustainable livestock industry: Limitations of M. Vieira, PR Consultants Amersfoort,


LCA methodology
Netherlands

LCA and Carbon Footprints in Agro-Food:


From Theory to Implementation in the Food
Industry

S. Deimling, PE International, Leinfelden,


Germany

Investigating variation and uncertainty in


agricultural production system: examples
from Australia

17:50

End

D. Farine, CSIRO, Australia

6th International Conference on LCA in the Agri-Food Sector, Zurich, November 1214, 2008

13 November 2008, Thursday (morning)


08:50

Parallel 2a: Impact assessment Air emissions and ecotoxicity / Auditorium


(moderated by G. Gaillard and L. Mil i Canals)
Giardino

Parallel 2b: Decision support and economics in LCA / Main Auditorium


(moderated by K. Hayashi and R. Schenck)

Accounting for biogenic NMVOC emissions


in LCA

N. Jungbluth, ESU-services, Uster,


Switzerland

Relating life cycle assessment indicators to


net farm income for Dutch dairy farms

M. Dolman, Wageningen University and


research centre, Netherlands

Conceptual framework for considering life


cycle and watershed vulnerability analysis
in the environmental performance
evaluation of agro-industrial innovations

M.C.B. Figueirdo, EMBRAPA, Fortaleza


and Jaguarina, Brazil

Developing a Methodology to Integrate


Private and External Costs and Application
to Beef Production

R. Teixeira, Instituto Superior Tcnico,


Lisbon, Portugal

Multicriteria comparison of RA and LCA


toxicity methods with focus on pesticide
application strategies

T. Kgi, ART, Zurich, Switzerland

Using LCA data for agri-environmental


policy analysis at sector level

C. Schader, FiBL, Frick, Switzerland

Comparative assessment of the potential


impact of pesticides used in the catchment
of lake Geneva

P.J. Copin, IPTEH, Universit de Lausanne, Sustainability Solution Space for the Swiss
Switzerland
milk value added chain: Combing LCA data
with socio-economic indicators

10:10

Break / Main Poster Hall & Poster Hall 1st Floor

10:50

Plenary 2: From food processing to waste treatment (moderated by C. Basset-Mens and U. Sonesson) / Main Auditorium

12:30

C. Binder, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Environmental evaluation of regional dairy production chains using Life Cycle Assessment

C. Kanyarushoki, BTPL, Bonnilet, France

Life cycle assessment of a pilot plant for the must enrichment by reverse osmosis

B. Notarnicola, University of Bari, Italy

Relevance of human excretion in LCA of food products. Case study of the average
Spanish diet

I. Muoz, University of Almeria, Spain

Sustainability of apple trade in Spain using principal component analysis

J. Soler-Rovira, Universidad Politcnica de Madrid, Spain

Veggie versus meat environmental analysis of meals in Spain and Sweden

J. Davis, SIK, Gothenburg, Sweden

Lunch / Main Poster Hall

6th International Conference on LCA in the Agri-Food Sector, Zurich, November 1214, 2008

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14:00

Plenary 3: Case studies in emerging countries (moderated by I. de Boer and L. Mil i Canals) / Main Auditorium
Environmental impact of greenhouse tomato production systems in Colombia using life
cycle assessment approach

C.A. Parrado, Universidad de Bogot, Colombia

LCA of frozen concentrated orange juice: focus on energy comsumption and GWP

L. Coltro, ITAL/CETEA, Brazil

Life Cycle Assessment of Rice Production in Thailand

C. Yossapol, Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand

Brazilian poultry: a study of production and supply chains for the accomplishment of a
LCA study

V. Prudncio da Silva Jnior, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianpolis/SC,


Brazil

Environmental assessment of a Filipino fish polyculture system using Life Cycle


Assessment

A. Baruthio, INRA, Rennes, France

15:40

Break / Main Poster Hall & Poster Hall 1st Floor

16:10

Poster session 2 / Main Poster Hall & Poster Hall 1st Floor

16:50

Parallel 3a: Case studies Plant and fish production / Auditorium Giardino
(moderated by K. Hayashi and B. Notarnicola)

Parallel 3b: Case studies Dairy and beef production / Main Auditorium
(moderated by H. van der Werf and T. Nemecek)

Life cycle assessment of wheat grown in


Washington State

R. Schenck, Institute for Environmental


Research and Education, Vashon, USA

Effect of structural and management


characteristics on variability of dairy farm
environmental impacts

M.S. Corson, INRA, Rennes, France

Strawberry and tomato production for the


UK compared between the UK and Spain

A. Williams, Cranfield University, United


Kingdom

Life-cycle Based Energy and Greenhouse


Gas Analysis of a Large-scale Vertically
Integrated Organic Dairy in the U.S.

M. Heller, University of Michigan, Ann


Arbor, USA

LCA as environmental improvement tool for


products from line caught cod

E. Svanes, Ostfold Research, Norway

Meat and milk products in Europe: Impacts


and improvements

B. Weidema, 2.-0 LCA Consultants,


Aalborg, Denmark

Life Cycle Assessment of southern pink


shrimp products from Senegal

A. Emanuelsson, SIK, Gothenburg, Sweden Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from
Brazilian beef exported to Europe

18:10
19:30

Conference Dinner

C. Cederberg, SIK, Gothenburg, Sweden

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14 November 2008, Friday


08:50

Parallel 4a: Case studies Pig and poultry production / Auditorium Giardino
(moderated by I. de Boer and C. Basset-Mens)

Parallel 4b: Case studies Agroenergy / Main Auditorium


(moderated by N. Jungbluth and B. Weidema)

Life cycle assessment of feeding livestock


with European grain legumes

D. Baumgartner, ART, Zurich, Switzerland

Environmental Impacts of Alternative Uses


of Rice Husk for Thailand

J. Prasara-A, RMIT University, Melbourne,


Australia

Comparing options for pig slurry


management by Life Cycle Assessment

H. van der Werf, INRA, Rennes, France

Maize production in Portugal for Bioethanol


use: an Environmental and Energy
Assessment

T. Valada, Instituto Superior Tcnico, DEM,


Portugal

Environmental impacts and related


improvement options of supply chain of
chicken meat

J.M. Katajajuuri, MTT Agrifood Research,


Jokioinen, Finland

Consequences of increased biodiesel


production in Switzerland: Consequential
Life Cycle Assessment (CLCA)

J. Reinhard, EMPA, Dbendorf, Switzerland

Environmental hotspot identification of


organic egg production

S.E.M. Dekker, Wageningen University and


Research Centre, Netherlands

Effect of Canadian Bioenergy Production


from Agriculture on Life-Cycle Greenhouse
Gas Emissions and Energy Use

B.G. McConkey, Agriculture and Agri-Food


Canada, Canada

10:10

Break / Main Poster Hall & Poster Hall 1st Floor

10:50

Plenary 4: Chain management and communication / Main Auditorium


(moderated by U. Sonesson and S. Hellweg)
LCM in agriculture: enhancing the self-responsibility of farmers

M. Alig, ART, Zurich, Switzerland

A simplified tool for ISO type III Environmental Product Declarations in the agricultural
sector

P.L. Porta, ENEA, Bologna, Italy

Beef of local and global provenience: A comparison in terms of energy, CO2, scale, and
farm management

E. Schlich, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany

Analysis of the current food model. Opportunities for and threats to local food. A Spanish
case study.

S. Scarpellini, CIRCE, University of Zaragoza, Spain

Greenhouse Gas Assessment of Ben & Jerrys ice-cream: communicating their Climate
Hoofprint

T. Garcia-Suarez , Unilever, United Kingdom

12:30

Closing remarks

12:50

Lunch and Farewell / Main Poster Hall & Poster Hall 1st Floor

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