Industrial Ecology
Organized by C. Kumar N. Patel
May 20-21, 1991
Washington, DC
Introduction and Overview
Lynn W. Jelinski, Head, Biophysics Research Department, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Chair
Frank Press, President, NAS, Welcome Address
Kumar Patel, Executive Director, Research, Materials Science, Engineering, and Academic Affairs Division, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Charge to the Conference
Overview of Industrial Ecology
Robert A. Frosch, Vice President, General Motors Research Laboratories
Industry as a Metabolic Activity
Bruce Smart, Jr., Senior Counselor, World Resources Institute
Dale F. Stein, President, Michigan Technological University, Discussion Leader
Technical Components of Industrial Ecology
George Parshall, Director, Chemical Science, DuPont Central Research and Development, Chair
Efficient Energy Use in Manufacturing
Marc H. Ross, Professor of Physics, University of Michigan
Alternate Starting Materials for Industrial Processes
James W. Mitchell, Head, Analytical Chemistry Research Department, AT&T Bell Laboratories
Gregory Eyring, Senior Analyst, Energy and Materials Program, Office of Technology Assessment, Discussion Leader
Cynthia Pruett, Director of Safety, Chemical, and Environmental Programs, IBM Corporation, Chair
Investigations of the Environmental Acceptability of Fluorocarbon Alternatives to CFCs
Mack McFarland, Senior Research Associate, DuPont
Approaches to Eliminating CFC Use in Manufacturing
Walter S. Boyhan, Senior Staff Engineer, AT&T
Thomas E. Graedel, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Discussion Leader
Joan B. Woodard, Director, Environmental and Manufacturing R&D Programs, Sandia National Laboratories, Chair
Polymer Recycling: Potential and Limitations
Richard S. Stein, Professor of Polymer Science, University of Massachusetts
Materials Derived from Biomass/Biodegradable Materials
William D. Luzier, North American Commercial Manager, ICI Americas
Merton C. Flemings, Head, Materials Science & Engineering Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Discussion Leader
The Process of Risk Assessment and Its Role in Regulations
Michael W. Pariza, Director, Food Research Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Margaret C. Heagarty, Professor and Director of Pediatrics, Harlem Hospital Center, Discussion Leader
Robert A. Laudise, Director, Materials and Processing Research Laboratory, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Introduction of After Dinner Speaker
George E. Brown, Jr., Chair, House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, After Dinner Speaker
May 21
Legal, Regulatory, Economic And Social Components Of Industrial Ecology
David R. Chittick, Environment & Safety Engineering Vice President, AT&T, Chair
Optimizing Industrial Use of Heavy Metals
Robert U. Ayres, Professor, Engineering and Public Policy Department, Carnegie-Mellon University
Preventing Pollution as a Means of Enhancing Competitive Position
John S. Hoffman, Director, Global Change Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Ronald W. Rousseau, Director, School of Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Discussion Leader
Environmental Issues and the Law
Ragna Henrichs, Chair, Environmental Practice Group, Johnson & Gibbs, P.C.
Industrial Input-Output Analysis: Implications for Industrial Ecology
Faye Duchin, Director, Institute for Economic Analysis, New York University
Braden R. Allenby, Senior Attorney, AT&T, Discussion Leader
Janusz A. Ordover, Professor of Economics, New York University, Chair
Economic Aspects of Industrial Ecology
William D. Nordhaus, John Musser Professor of Economics, Yale University
Peter B. Linhart, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Discussion Leader
Where Do We Go From Here
David W. McCall, Director, Environmental Chemistry Research, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Chair
Technology Transformation: The Needed Environmental Revolution in Technology
J. Gustave Speth, President, World Resources Institute
William C. Clark, Assistant Director, Center for Science & International Affairs, Harvard University, Discussion Leader
Educating and Training Industrial Ecologists for the 1990's
David Troxell, Vice President, Quality and Health Services, International Technology Corporation
Environmental Education
Charles E. Hutchinson, Dean, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College
W. Lincoln Hawkins, Materials Consultant, San Marcos, California, Discussion Leader
Jesse H. Ausubel, Fellow in Science and Public Policy, Rockefeller University, Conference Summary