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What is it? This workshop will provide information from national speakers about model electronics/computer purchasing strategies, policies and specifications, to help you buy the greenest, least-toxic, most recyclable electronics on the market today.

Location: Intech Park Conference Center, 6325 Digital Way, Indianapolis, Indiana

Registration Fee: $30 for Indiana Recycling Coalition Members;$40 for non-members

Who Should Attend? Local and State purchasing agents, those who head IT Departments, and solid waste officials

Julie L. Rhodes, Contractor to the Indiana Recycling Coalition's E-Scrap Action Program
Welcoming Remarks

Naomi Friedman, Director of Sustainable Markets, Center for the New American Dream
What's the problem with computer and electronic equipment? Lead, mercury, cadmium, chromium - all these toxins are found in today's electronics. Find out why this matters and learn about the Center's principals for green electronics purchasing

Dmitriy Nikolayev, Environmental Purchasing Project Specialist, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Janet Fox, Greening the Government Program, Indiana Department of Administration
Buying greener computer and electronic equipment: specifying, bidding and purchasing greener electronic devices

Christopher Kent, Federal Electronics Challenge, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Headquarters
National programs to support greener purchasing of computers and electronics: The Federal Electronics Challenge has been developed to challenge purchasers of electronic equipment to buy greener products and to provide tools for evaluating lifecycle impacts

Michelle Salisbury, Cadmus Group, Inc.
Considering energy efficiency in electronics purchasing decisions: When buying electronics, an important component of green purchasing is buying devices that provide the greatest energy efficiency

Shelia Davis, Slicion Valley Toxics Coalition
Are electronics manufacturers meeting the challenge for greener products? Which manufactueres of computers and electronics are working to make green products available?

The workshop is being planned as part of the Indiana Recycling Coalition E-Scrap Action Program, and made possible in part by a grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5.