Schedule of Events
The tentative schedule of events is listed below. Please note that some changes to the schedule may occur prior to the event.
| Time | Tuesday, March 22, 2011 |
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| 3:00 - 5:00 | Tour (Optional) |
| National Center for Supercomputing Tours will be given in 30-minute increments. Specific times for tours will be given after registration. |
| Time | Wednesday, March 23, 2010 |
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| 7:15 - 8:15 | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:15 - 8:45 | Opening Remarks |
| Sustainable Electronics Initiative | |
| William Bullock (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) | |
| 8:45 - 9:15 | End of Life Management |
| Institutional disposition and management of end-of-life electronics: case study of U.S. universities | |
| Callie Babbitt (Rochester Institute of Technology) | |
| 9:15 - 9:30 | BREAK |
| 9:30 - 10:00 | Material Selection |
| Electronics on Paper - Will it Succeed | |
| Andrew J. Steckl (University of Cincinnati) | |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Product Design |
| ECOMOTO - Motorola Mobility's Journey to Greener Electronics | |
| Bill Olson (Motorola) | |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | BREAK |
| 10:45 - 11:15 | Product Use |
| Hard Drive Use Analysis | |
| Willie Cade (PC Recyclers and Refurbishers) | |
| 11:15 - 11:45 | Product Repair |
| Repair 2.0: Reinventing the way we fix things | |
| Kyle Wiens (iFixit) | |
| 11:45 - 1:15 | Lunch and Keynote Speaker |
| "Always Start with the Business Case" - Advice from the Front Lines | |
| John Pflueger, Principal Environmental Strategist (Dell) | |
| 1:15 - 1:45 | Electronics Re-Use |
| Technical Challenges in Cell Phone Reuse | |
| Chuck Newman (ReCellular) | |
| 1:45 - 2:15 | Material Recovery |
| End of life decision making for used products with uncertain quantity and quality of return | |
| Sara Behdad (University of Illinois) | |
| 2:15 - 2:30 | BREAK |
| 2:30 - 4:45 | Panel Discussion |
| Research topics John Pflueger, Dell Bill Olson, Motorola Bill Hoffman, UL Environment Willie Cade, PC Recyclers and Refurbishers David Walters, Environmental Protection Agency Callie Babbitt, Rochester Institute of Technology Praveen Gupta, Illinois Institute of Technology Jade Lee, Supply-Chain Services, Inc. |
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| 5:00 - 8:00 | Reception |
| Time | Thursday, March 24, 2010 |
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| 7:15 - 8:15 | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:15 - 8:45 | Policy |
| State E-Waste Programs and their Impacts on the Recycling Industry |
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| Katie Reilly (Electronic Recyclers International, Inc.) | |
| 8:45 - 9:15 | Policy |
| State Electronics Challenge and Illinois Electronics Recycling Update | |
| Mike Mitchell (Illinois Recycling Association) | |
| 9:15 - 9:30 | BREAK |
| 9:30 - 10:00 | Standards |
| Mobile Devices: A New Product Sustainability Standard | |
| Bill Hoffman (UL Environment) | |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Use/Product Life Cycle |
| A Product Design Guide for Achieving Sustainable LED Lighting Systems | |
| James Amrine and Manish Mehta (National Center for Manufacturing Sciences) |
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| 10:30 - 10:45 | BREAK |
| 10:45 - 11:15 | Education |
| A model transdisciplinary curriculum for sustainable design of electronics | |
| Alex Lobos (Rochester Institute of Technology) | |
| 11:15 - 11:45 | Electronics Collection |
| E-Scrap Recycling in Champaign County: A Local Government Perspective | |
| Courtney Rushforth (City of Urbana) | |
| 11:45 - 1:15 | Working Lunch |
| 1:15 - 1:45 | Electronic Recovery / Education |
| Electronics for Sustainability: Beyond Device Impacts to Enabling Sustainable Lifestyles | |
| Kyo Suh (University of Minnesota) | |
| 1:45 - 2:15 | Electronics Manufacturing Considerations |
| Innovation for Sustainability | |
| Praveen Gupta (Illinois Institute of Technology) | |
| 2:15 - 2:45 | Closing Remarks |
| Manohar Kulkarni (Illinois Sustainable Technology Center) |


