Conference Agenda

Session

Life Cycle Assessment, Eco-design, and Material Criticality: Current Status and Training Challenges

Time:

Tuesday, 18/Nov/2025:

4:30pm - 6:00pm

Session Chair: Angélique Léonard, ULiège
Session Chair: Nicolas Youssef, JUNIA

Location: Salle Brasilia 3

Capacity for 88 people

Session Abstract

Life Cycle Assessment, Eco-design, and Material Criticality are methodologies and concepts that have become essential in the context of the ongoing environmental transition. However, the presence of courses covering these topics in higher education curricula (universities, technical institutes, grandes écoles, etc.) remains uneven and relatively recent. As a result, there is a need for continued training for generations of students now in the workforce who have not had the opportunity to study these subjects during their education. This session invites contributions on various sub-themes, including:

1. Overview of LCA, eco-design, and criticality education (at an institution, regional, or national level)

2. Sharing experiences on innovative teaching methods

3. Insights on the implementation of training programmes within companies or through professional training associations

4. Reflections on future training needs in response to current challenges (such as the rise of AI, environmental communication, and eco-design)

Presentations

Développement d’une boîte à outils pédagogique pour l’évaluation des impacts environnementaux : un dispositif au service de la formation à la soutenabilité

Walid Ijassi, Peggy Zwolinski

Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, G-SCOP, 46 Avenue Félix Viallet, 38000 Grenoble, France

Mise en place d’un centre de ressources sur l’ACV dans le cadre de l’alliance universitaire A2U

Philippe Rycek¹, Noura Rahbani², Denis Postel¹, Christelle Demaretz³, Eric Staniek³, Naeem Adibi²

¹Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV), France; ²WeLOOP, France; ³Région Hauts de France, France

Evaluation des low-tech par une méthode hybride socio-environnementale basée sur la méthode Empreinte Projet

Martin Lambert, Monika Mousavi, Mathieu Galliou, Aurélie Perrin

EVEA, France

The benefits and challenges in combining ABM and LCA to assess the environmental impacts of the circular economy: a systematic review

Paul Carrey^1,2, Eléonore Loiseau^1,2, Pierre Jouannais^1,2, Arnaud Hélias^1,2

¹ITAP, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France; ²Elsa, Research Group for Environmental Lifecycle and Sustainability Assessment, Montpellier, France