Design for Energy and the Environment
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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
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
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.
5:00 - 8:00 Reception
Time Thursday, March 24, 2010
7:15 - 8:15 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:15 - 8:45 Policy
State E-Waste Programs and their Impacts on the Recycling Industry
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)
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)