5th Global Conference on Sustainable Product Development and Life Cycle Engineering to be held at Rochester Institute of Technology, September 18-21, 2007

罗切斯特理工学院（RIT）正在组织第五届全球可持续产品开发和生命周期工程研讨会将于2007年9月18日至21日在纽约罗切斯特举行。本次研讨会是继2006年10月巴西圣保罗卡洛斯研讨会、2005年10月上海交通大学研讨会、2004年9月柏林生产技术中心（PTZ）会议和2003年1月在亚拉巴马伯明翰举行的环境友好制造（EBM）研讨会之后的后续会议。 本次研讨会汇集了全球领先的研究人员和从业人员，为信息共享，合作机会，利益相关者对话提供了一个对我们国家非常重要的主题论坛。本次研讨会的主题是替代能源系统的生产，实现可持续生产系统的一体化挑战以及该领域的国际合作。 虽然大多数会议侧重于能源技术本身，但本次会议将专门讨论替代能源生产系统和过程的可持续性以及生命周期影响。如果不解决这些问题，就无法实现燃料电池等技术的广泛利用。研讨会还将讨论工业、大学、研究、政府和独立机构所看到的可持续系统和可持续替代能源系统生产过程的一体化问题。专题讨论会还将侧重于实现可持续生产系统的一体化挑战。虽然在与可持续生产有关的许多领域取得了进展，但在处理社会、经济和环境方面的整合挑战仍然是各组织面临的主要障碍。专题讨论会将提供一个论坛，讨论和探讨侧重于应对一体化挑战和评估现有差距的想法。这将为研究人员提供一个机会，以确定与这一挑战有关的研究和合作机会。 研讨会将汇集来自美国、日本、中国、巴西、德国的领导人，为当前和未来的工程师建立战略方向和合作。

Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is organizing the 5th Global Symposium On Sustainable Product Development and Life Cycle Engineering to be held in Rochester NY, September 18-21, 2007. This symposium is a follow-up to the São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil Workshop, October 2006, the Workshop in Shanghai Conference at the Jiao Tong University, October 2005, the Berlin Conference in the Production Technology Center (PTZ), September 2004 and the Environmentally Benign Manufacturing (EBM) workshop held in Birmingham, Alabama, in January 2003. This symposium brings together leading global researchers and practitioners to provide a forum for information sharing, collaboration opportunities, stakeholders dialogue on a subject of tremendous importance to our nation. The themes for this symposium is on the production of alternative energy systems, integration challenges in achieving sustainable production systems, and international collaboration in this field. While most conferences focus on the energy technology itself, this conference will specifically address the sustainability of the systems and processes that go into the production of alternative energy sources as well as life cycle impacts. The broad utilization of a technology such as fuel cells cannot be realized unless these issues are addressed. The symposium will also address the topic of Integration in Sustainable Systems and Sustainable Processes for Production of Alternative Energy Systems as seen by industry, university, research, governmental, and independent institutions. The symposium will also focus on integration challenges in achieving sustainable production systems. While progress has been made in many areas related to sustainable production, integration challenges in addressing the social, economic, and environmental aspects continue to represent a major obstacle to organizations. The symposium will provide a forum to discuss and explore ideas focused on addressing the integration challenges and assess the existing gaps. This will provide researchers an opportunity to identify the research and collaboration opportunities related to this challenge. The symposium will bring together leaders from the US, Japan, China, Brazil, Germany to establish strategic direction and collaboration both for current and future engineers.