Introduction

Introductory remarks
Dr. John Ehrenfeld, Executive Director, International Society of Industrial Ecology (ISIE)

Industrial Symbiosis in a Nordic Perspective
Prof. Stefan Anderberg, University of Copenhagen

Frontiers within contemporary Industrial Symbiosis research

Systems thinking and industrial symbiosis
Prof. Marian Chertow, Yale University, US

System boundaries and industrial symbiosis
Prof. Leo Bass, Erasmus University, Netherlands

From industrial waste to wealth: Past economic and geographical perspectives on the development of by-product linkages
Prof. Pierre Desrochers, University of Toronto, CA

From industrial symbiosis to distributed economies
Prof. Allan Johansson, IIIEE, Lund University, Sweden

Industrial symbiosis in Australian heavy industrial areas: issues and opportunities
Prof. Rene van Berkel, Curtin University, Australia;

Potentials and barriers in Chinese eco-industrial development
Prof. Geng Yong, Dalian University, China

PhD thesis research – case studies and theoretical implications

Industrial symbiosis in Puerto Rico: preliminary results
Weslynne Ashton, Yale University

Industrial symbiosis in Landskrona, Sweden
Murat Mirata, IIIEE, Lund University;

Efficiency and effectiveness in industrial symbiosis
Olli Salmi, Helsinki University of Technology

Final Discussion

Closing Discussion
Facilitated by Mr. Suren Erkman