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Seminar - Marseille, October 15, 2008

Managing and Using Materials Information for Eco-design and REACH

This half day seminar ran alongside the first meeting of the Environmental Materials Information Technology (EMIT) Consortium in Marseille this October.

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Agenda

The seminar follows on from the closed session on day 2 of the EMIT Consortium Meeting (see EMIT Consortium Meeting agenda >>>).

10:30	Registration
11.00	Welcome, introductions, round table to identify key issues for participants	All	PDF (480Kb)
11:30	Introduction - Materials information technology and the EMIT Consortium	Patrick Coulter, Granta	PDF (1.7Mb)
12:00	Case study presentation 1 - REACH and eco design at Eurocopter	Jean-Marc Berthier, Eurocopter	PDF (3.5Mb)
12:20	LUNCH & DISCUSSION WITH EMIT CONSORTIUM MEMBERS
13:20	A comprehensive approach to materials information - get it, manage it, deploy it, use it	Will Marsden, Granta	PDF (2Mb)
14:00	Case study presentation 2 - Materials information and restricted substances at NASA	Ben Henrie, NASA	PDF (309Kb)
14:20	COFFEE & DISCUSSION
14:40	Practical solutions to enable eco design	David Cebon, Granta	PDF (580Kb)
15:15	Summary - key benefits of the EMIT Consortium	Patrick Coulter, Granta	PDF (158Kb)
15:30	Round table discussion	All
16:00	CLOSE

Venue

The seminar was held at the Best Western Hotel, Marseille Airport.

The EMIT Consortium

The Environmental Materials Information Technology (EMIT) Consortium is a new collaborative project launched by the UK’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL), Granta, and industrial partners including Eurocopter, Emerson Electric, Rolls-Royce, and NASA.