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ECOPUBLISHING PARLIAMENT 2013 “GREENING BOOKS IS SAVING”

Carles Gimeno

The results of GREENING BOOKS project will be presented to demonstrate how can industry assess, improve and communicate the environmental performance of publications.

The event is addressed to designers, printers, publishers, suppliers (paper, inks, plates…), writers, booksellers, readers, decision makers and any other agents implied in a publications supply chain.

Programme:

09.30 Registration

09.45 Institutional Welcome

10.10 Overview of EcoPublishing: measuring the impacts. LEITAT Technological Center

11.00 Coffee Break

11.30 Involving the sector: towards good practices. EL TINTER

12.30 The solution: a tool to save. SIMPPLE

13.30 Future perspectives. What’s next?

14.00 Lunch and Networking

15.00 LEITAT headquarters Visit (optional)

16.00 EL TINTER headquarters Visit (optional)

The Parliament offers a range of different sessions:

  • Key speakers will presented the latest results of GREENING BOOKS project
  • Several Parliamentarians will expose their point of view
  • Forum/Debate will encourage participants to exchange experiences and strategies
  • Networking and exhibition during the coffee and lunch breaks
  • Technical site visits will allow participants to explore printer facilities and learn how to deal with sustainability issues.

All the attendees will receive a bag containing:

  1. The Book Good practices guidelines for Ecodesign on the publishing sector
  2. BookDAPer Quick User Manual
  3. Book marker
  4. Project Leaflets
  5. GREENING BOOKS Layman report
  6. Pen drive with the conference presentations.