Value Driver Lifecycle Assessment?
The 2nd SMI Online Forum in Q4/2026 is an international online event, once again hosted by the WBW Chair in collaboration with EURECA-PRO. The upcoming edition focuses on the core theme "Value Driver Lifecycle Assessment?" and contributes primarily to the SDG #12 - Sustainable Production and Consumption.
In line with the SMI platform’s mission, the online forum features contributions from international speakers from academia and industry and provides participants with the opportunity to discuss current questions, insights, and methods within a modern digital format.
This online forum is aimed at a broad audience of leading researchers, industry decision-makers, professionals and managers, experts, and doctoral candidates working in corporate energy and sustainability management, sustainable finance, and all other sectors involved in or interested in the sustainable transformation of industrial enterprises.
Key Topics
We warmly invite experts, thought leaders, and practitioners to contribute as speakers to this year’s online forum. We are seeking presentations that introduce new perspectives, practical methodologies, or research findings related to the following key topics:
- Lifecycle Value Optimization
- Value Driver Analysis
- Lifecycle Assessment (LCA)
- Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
- Social Life Cyle Assessment (S-LCA)
- Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA)
- Data-Driven Lifecycle Modelling
- Circular Economy Strategies
- Environmental & Economic Hotspot Analysis
- Sustainable Product Value Creation
- Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
- ESG & Regulatory Integration (CSRD/ESRS)
Dr. Gerald Feichtinger
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Distraction or Revolution?
The 1st SMI Online Forum on Nov 5th 2024 was an international online event planned and organized for the first time by the Chair of Economics and Business Management (WBW) in cooperation with EURECA-PRO, in which current topics on the "Green Transformation" of European industrial companies were discussed. In line with the SMI discussion platform, topics from international speakers from science and industry were presented and discussed with participants in this new online format.
This online forum aims at various stakeholder groups such as leading researchers, managers, employees, experts and PhD students from the fields of corporate energy and sustainability management, sustainable finance and all sectors involved in the "Sustainable Transformation" of industrial companies.
Program
- 12.15
Opening and Welcome
Wolfgang Posch, Economics and Business Management, Montan University, Leoben (AUT)
Volkmar Kircher, International Relations and European University, Montan University, Leoben (AUT) - 12.20
Looking ‚under the hood‘ of an ESG Score
Claudia Lucciola, Bloomberg LP, London (UK) - 12.40
ESG Risk Management from a Financial Institution‘s Perspective
Matthias Frisch, Raiffeisenbank International, Vienna (AUT) - 13.00
Monetization of LCA-based Impacts
Gerald Feichtinger, Economics and Business Management, Montan University, Leoben (AUT)
- 13.20 Coffee Break (online)
- 13.30
Digital Product Passports in the Hydrogen Supply Chain: Enhancing Transparency and Sustainability through Blockchain
Volker Wannack, Blockchain Competence Center, University of Applied Sciences Mittweida (GER)
Jonathan Osswald, Faculty Applied Computer Sciences & Biosciences, University Mittweida (GER) - 13.50
ESG and Mining
Angelika Haindl, Mining Engineering and Mineral Economics, Montan University, Leoben (AUT) - 14.10
Integrating Sustainable Mining Practices to Achieve Europe’s Green Digital Economy and Climate Neutrality by 2050
Emmanouil Varouchakis, School of Mineral Resource Engineering, Tech. University of Crete (GRC) - 14.30
Summary and Closing
Wolfgang Posch, Economics and Business Management, Montan University, Leoben (AUT)
Book of Abstracts: doi.org/10.34901/mul.pub.2024.226
Oct/Nov 2026
tbd
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