“The Capacity Building on Life Cycle Assessment in APEC Economies" will be held in Bangkok (Century Park Hotel, Bangkok) in December 15-16, 2005. All individuals who wish to present technical papers related to LCA/LCIA for poster presentation session may be submitted online via the workshop website or as a file attachment to an email ( ctap@mtec.or.th ) before November 30,2005. The filled-out Abstract Submission Form should be attached to your abstract.

Extended Abstracts submitted for poster presentation: 2-4 pages (A4)
Times New Roman (10 or higher)

Extend Abstracts Example

Relevance topics:
- Life cycle approach in policy making
- LCA of biomass (as well as general LCA case studies)
- LCIA method development

Author guideline:

1. Not more than 4 pages of A4 text (including tables, figures, equations and formulas)
2. 10 pt Time New Roman
3. 1 line-spacing
4. 2 cm of margin roundabout
5. Title and author line should format with a left margin and include initial(s), middle name(s) and surnames of all authors; the complete address should be found below the author line.  In articles with more than one author, the corresponding author including his/her email address should appear directly below these addresses
6. Abstracts should be separated into sections (background, goal & scope, methods, results and discussion, conclusions, recommendations) with 3-5 keywords
7. Tables should have no frame or double lines and 7.5 pt Time New Roman is the minimum size allowed
8. Figures should be provided in high resolution, and as wide as necessary. Colour production is possible, but no unusual fonts in text

Registration for Poster Presentation
Download the abstract submission form, complete and email to ctap@mtec.or.th or Register online here.

Deadline of submission:
30 November 2005

Notification of acceptance:
Notification of acceptance as well as detailed information re the poster size and template will be sent to the successful authors on 5 December 2005 by email

For further enquiries, please contact:

APEC LCA Workshop Correspondent:
Dr. Thumrongrut Mungcharoen
Dr. Pomthong Malakul
Mr. Seksan Papong
Email: ctap@mtec.or.th, pomthong@mtec.or.th, fengtrm@ku.ac.th, seksanp@mtec.or.th

Cleaner Technology Advancement Program (CTAP),
National Metal and Materials Technology Centre (MTEC), NSTDA
73/1 NSTDA Bldg., Room 430-431, Rama VI Road,
Rajdhevee, Bangkok 10400 Thailand
Tel: + (662) 644-8150 ext 438, 446, 447
Fax:: + (662) 644-8041