The Call for Session is opening soon

The Life Cycle Management Conference 2027 (LCM 2027) will be held in Helsinki Finland, from 14th to 16th September, 2027. We invite industry professionals, policy makers and researchers to submit proposals for engaging and informative sessions that explore the conference theme.

Conference Theme: LCM2027 invites you to explore how life cycle management can drive positive change. From footprints to handprints, from data to policy, we seek contributions that push beyond "less harm" toward "more good". Below are the seven thematic Topics guiding our Call for Sessions. We welcome session proposals that align with these themes – and especially those that bridge academic rigor with industrial application.

We welcome session proposals for following themes: 

  1. From Negative to Positive – The Role of the Handprint as an Incentive: Explore how shifting from minimizing harm to creating positive impacts redefines sustainability strategies, integrating climate, biodiversity, and social handprints to guide transformative organizational change and act as both an incentive for action and a driver of new value across systems.
     
  2. Innovative Tools and Methodologies: Showcase novel tools, technologies and methodologies that improve circularity, reduce environmental burdens and bring social benefits through LCM
     
  3. Sector-Specific Applications: Demonstrate developments in LCM practices across industries such as energy, construction, food production, mobility, ICT and bioeconomy.
     
  4. Data Management and Transparency: Discuss the benefits of novel solutions for data management, including automation and AI on effective and efficient LCM implementation.
     
  5. Science-based sustainability communication: Role of LCM methods and tools in transparent sustainability communication
     
  6. Policy and Regulatory Frameworks: Communicate policy and regulatory developments that build on LCM to align business with planetary boundaries   
     
  7. Case Studies and Best Practices: Share experiences from the field by displaying success stories where implementing LCM practices has improved sustainability, and ambitious short or long-term target setting

 

Submission Guidelines

Proposals should be submitted electronically by 13th September 2026 via Oxford Abstract tool.

Please include the following information: 

  • Session title
  • Proposers and affiliations (including industry and academic representatives)
  • Session abstract (300 words maximum)
  • Learning objectives for the session
  • Keywords 
  • Session Format (e.g. Panel discussion, 12 minutes presentations)

We look forward to receiving your session proposals!

If the session is accepted, the session chair and co-chair may be invited to support the review of abstracts submitted to their session.

For further information, please use one of the contact below:

info@lcm2027.org