Technologies to Reduce Materials Flows in the United States

2004年将举办一个讲习班，目的是查明在美国减少材料流动影响的重大挑战，利用关于国家材料流动的新信息，发现现有的或所需的跨部门技术，以应对这些挑战。材料流动核算数据将有助于查明大量或高危险材料流动。四个改进领域也将有助于集中精力：1）副产品材料交换中的协同作用，至少为两个部门带来好处; 2）联合开发至少两个部门共有的技术; 3）技术转让;和4）最佳实践。这次研讨会的动机是最近的工作，材料流和能源核算的国家科学院和世界资源研究所。研讨会的重点是这些数据可以使新的研究路线的一种方式。 来自工业界、国家实验室和学术界的专家将被邀请加入组委会。该委员会将安排一个初步的视频会议或网络会议。随后将举行完整的研讨会，并将根据之前的材料流分析和组委会会议确定更多的与会者。通过确定跨部门协同效应和可能随之产生的效率产生更广泛的影响，这是本次研讨会可能带来的强大社会效益。跨学科小组以及非政府组织和学术界之间的伙伴关系为相互交流思想提供了丰富的资源。 研讨会结果的最终报告将分发给资源行业的领导人、大学教师、政府管理人员和学生。

A workshop aimed at Identifying the Grand Challenges to Reducing the Impact of Materials Flows in the United States will be held in 2004 to exploit new information on national Materials Flows to discover existing or needed cross-sectoral technologies to address these challenges. Materials flows accounting data will serve to identify high volume or high hazard materials flows. Four areas of improvement will serve to focus the effort as well: 1) synergy in byproduct materials exchange with benefits accruing to at least two sectors; 2) joint development of technologies common to at least two sectors; 3) technology transfer; and 4) best practices. This workshop is motivated by the recent work on Materials Flows and Energy Accounting by the National Academies and the WRI. The workshop focuses on one way in which these data could enable new lines of research. Experts from industry, the national labs, and academia will be invited to join an organizing committee. This committee will arrange a preliminary videoconferencing or net-meeting. The full workshop will follow and a larger group of attendees will be defined based on the prior Materials Flows analysis and meeting of the organizing committee.The broader impacts from identifying cross-sectoral synergies and the efficiencies that could ensue are potent societal benefits that could follow from this workshop. The cross-disciplinary team and the partnership between and NGO and academia offer a rich source for cross-fertilization of ideas. A final report of workshop results will be disseminated to leaders in the resource industries, university faculty, government managers, and students.