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EcoBalance 2018—Nexus of ideas: innovation by linking through life cycle thinking (9–12 October 2018, Tokyo, Japan)

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Acknowledgments

We appreciate the valuable advice and great support we have received from our international advisory board members, abstract review contributors, award referees, and organizing committee members.

Funding

We extend our sincere gratitude to the sponsors of EcoBalance 2018, namely Panasonic Corporation, LCA Society of Japan, Pacific Consultants Co., Ltd., AGC Inc., Hitachi Ltd., Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. Teijin Limited, and TCO2 Co., Ltd., for their financial support.

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  1. The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Shinsuke Murakami, Jun Nakatani, Eri Amasawa, Ichiro Daigo, Yusuke Kishita, Tomohiko Ihara & Yasunori Kikuchi

  2. National Institute of Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan

    Kenichi Nakajima

  3. Pacific Consultants Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

    Ryota Ii

  4. National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan

    Kiyotada Hayashi & Naoki Yoshikawa

  5. TCO2 Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

    Koichi Shobatake

  6. National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan

    Yuki Kudoh & Masaharu Motoshita

  7. Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan

    Keiichiro Kanemoto

  8. Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation, Osaka, Japan

    Minako Hara

  9. Osaka Gas Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan

    Aiichiro Kashiwagi

  10. Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Japan

    Seiji Hashimoto

  11. Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

    Yosuke Shigetomi

  12. Japan Environmental Management Association for Industry, Tokyo, Japan

    Masayuki Kanzaki

  13. Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

    Hajime Ohno & Yasuhiro Fukushima

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Murakami, S., Nakatani, J., Nakajima, K. et al. EcoBalance 2018—Nexus of ideas: innovation by linking through life cycle thinking (9–12 October 2018, Tokyo, Japan). Int J Life Cycle Assess 24, 1544–1552 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-019-01641-7

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