In this page you can find information about the background of the symposium, about its objective, and its programme.

Background

The first-ever global Industrial Symbiosis Research Symposium was held at Yale Campus University from January 7-9, 2004 initiated by Prof. Marian Chertow and the Yale Center for Industrial Ecology. Here more than 30 researchers from 15 countries were invited to discuss the current state of knowledge in the field of industrial symbiosis and related areas such as by-product synergy, eco-industrial parks, and resource productivity. Holding a series of follow-up events was among the future objectives agreed upon in this symposium. In pursuit of this objective, a group of Scandinavian colleagues took the responsibility to arrange two follow up events in 2005, funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers. The first one of these is the research symposium outlined below, that aims to advance the discussions initiated at Yale, and targets the academic and research community. This first event will take place in Stockholm, June 11, 2005. The second follow-up event will take place in the Copenhagen-Lund area on October 5-6 2005, and is projected to focus dominantly on industry and Industrial Symbiosis related practices in the Nordic Countries. This second event will be arranged by an alliance of 14 Danish/Swedish universities - Oresund Science Region/Oresund Environment Academy.

Objective

The program of the Industrial Symbiosis Research Symposium 2005 is based on the synthesis of the 2004 symposium, summarized in the publication “The Industrial Symbiosis Research Symposium at Yale: Advancing the Study of Industry and Environment”, available at www.yale.edu/environment/publications/index.html. Four key issues were identified for further research and discussion: 1) definition of industrial symbiosis, 2) implementation of industrial symbiosis, 3) quantification of benefits linked to industrial symbiosis and 4) the role of other disciplines. The objective of the symposium is to identify and discuss on-going theoretical and empirical research and continue the dialog in light of the agenda from 2004 and these current trends.

Programme

The symposium was based on the following programme:

09.30 - 09.45: Coffee and registration
	Welcome by Noel Brings Jacobsen, Roskilde University, Mikael Backman, IIIEE at Lund University and Marian Chertow, Yale University
09.45-10.15:  Introduction
	Industial Symbiosis in Industrial Ecology – Introductory remarks by Dr. John Ehrenfeld, Executive Director, International Society of Industrial Ecology (ISIE)
	Industrial Symbiosis in a Nordic Perspective by Prof. Stefan Anderberg, University of Copenhagen
10.15-12.10:  Frontiers within contemporary Industrial Symbiosis research
Part I
	Systems thinking and industrial symbiosis by Prof. Marian Chertow, Yale University, US;
	System boundaries and industrial symbiosis by Leo Bass, Erasmus University, Netherlands;
	From industrial waste to wealth: Past economic and geographical perspectives on the development of by-product linkages by Prof. Pierre Desrochers, University of Toronto, CA;.
	Questions and plenary discussion Moderator: Dr. Ramesh Ramaswamy, Resource Optimization Initiative, India
Part II
	From industrial symbiosis to distributed economies by Prof. Allan Johansson, IIIEE, Lund University, Sweden;
	Industrial symbiosis in Australian heavy industrial areas: issues and opportunities by Prof. Rene van Berkel, Curtin University, Australia
	Potentials and barriers in Chinese eco-industrial development by Prof. Geng Yong, Dalian University, China
	Questions and plenary discussion Moderator: Dr. Matthias Ruth, University of Maryland, USA
12.10-13.10:  Lunch
13.10-14.10:  PhD thesis research – case studies and theoretical implications
	Industrial symbiosis in Puerto Rico: preliminary results by Weslynne Ashton, Yale University;
	Industrial symbiosis in Landskrona, Sweden by Murat Mirata, IIIEE, Lund University;
	Efficiency and effectiveness in industrial symbiosis by Olli Salmi, Helsinki University of Technology;
	Questions and plenary discussion Moderator: Mikael Backman, IIIEE at Lund University
14.10-14.40: Coffee break
14.40-15.40:  Group discussions Focusing industrial sysmbiosis agenda in:
Group A	Policy and planning: East and West Moderated by Prof. Jun Bi, Nanjing University, China.
Group B	Social systems and Industrial Symbiosis Moderated by Prof. Stefan Anderberg, University of Copenhagen
Group C	Performance evaluation Moderated by Peter Lowitt, Devens Enterprise Commission, Massachusetts
15.40 - 16.55: Plenary discussion on research directions
	Interactive session facilitated by: Suren Erkman, ICAST, Switzerland
16.55-17.15: Symposium Wrap-Up and Next Steps
	Mikael Backman, IIIEE at Lund University, Marian Chertow, Yale University, Peter Laybourn, NISP and Noel Brings Jacobsen, Roskilde University
18.00   Dinner