Electronics summit coming to Boston. (Electronics Recycling).The International Association of Electronics Recyclers (IAER IAER International Association of Electronics Recyclers IAER International Advances in Economic Research IAER Illinois Association of Energy Raters ) and the Computer Society Technical Committee on Electronics and the Environment of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Not to be confused with the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE). The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or IEEE (pronounced as eye-triple-e Inc.) presents the fourth Electronics Recycling recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products—from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business—and thereby reducing their burden on the environment. Summit May 19-22, 2003, in Boston. The event is held in coordination with 11th International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment. Both events have been designated as the "2003 Going Green International Congress and Exhibition." The event's organizers say it will "provide an opportunity for the electronics industry and the electronics recycling industry to share technical and scientific knowledge, as well as the latest operational and management strategies, business practices and regulatory concerns." The event brings together engineers, managers, electronics recyclers, and others engaged in the research, development, manufacturing and recycling of electronic products. The 2003 event includes updates on environmental design, manufacturing, research, marketing, recycling practice and policy broken down into 19 sessions presented over a four-day span. Guest speakers at general sessions includes Brad Allenby, a vice president with AT&T Corp., Bedminster, N.J.; Eileen Clausen, president of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change The Pew Center on Global Climate Change is a non-profit advocacy organization that was established in 1998. Its Board of Directors includes Kenneth Arrow and Klaus Töpfer. [1] It is supported by The Pew Charitable Trusts, which "is working to create a policy environment , Washington; Chris Tuppen of British Telecommunications Group, London, and chair of the Global e-Sustainability Initiative; and John Howard For other persons of the same name, see John Howard (disambiguation). John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian politician and the 25th Prime Minister of Australia. , the Federal Environmental Executive. The Electronics Recycling Summit portion of the event, to be held Thursday, May 22, includes a panel of representatives addressing their roles the global electronics recycling infrastructure. They will also address the impact proposed regulatory changes may have on their businesses. Additional conference information and a registration form can be found online at the IAER's Web site, www.IAER.org. |
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