Event

Innovations in Product Design

Phillip White and Rita Schenck, two globally recognized leaders in product design, provide both a Forum and in-depth Workshop on the application of ecological design strategies in developing ecologically intelligent products and systems. Philip White, Arizona State University, specializes in applying ecodesign strategies and advanced environmental impact assessment methods. He chairs the Ecodesign Section of the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA). He organized the development of the Okala Ecological Design Curriculum that is used by more than 40 schools of product design in North America. Rita Schenck, Executive Director of the Institute for Environmental Research & Education (IERE), represented the US in negotiating life cycle standards under the ISO 14000 standards (Environmental Management Systems). The American Center for Life Cycle Assessment, the professional society for LCA in the USA, is a program of IERE. IERE obtains and helps others obtain the knowledge and skills they need to make better environmental decisions.