Due to the current global situation around the Coronavirus and the resulting high level of uncertainty in the organization of international events such as the LCE Conference, we would like to assure all those interested in next year’s LCE Conference that the conference will take place.We are currently planning a conference in Jaipur which enables a personal exchange among the participants in order to discuss new ideas in the field of life cycle engineering. Should this not be possible due to the future COVID-19 situation (e.g. far-reaching travel restrictions), we will find other ways that allow for an exchange. In any case, the publication of the submitted papers in Procedia CIRP (Scopus Indexed Journal) is secured.

We would like to invite again all interested researchers to submit abstracts for the conference by May 25, June 7 2020 and are looking forward to a variety of interesting papers for next year’s LCE Conference.

Kind regards and with confidence in the future,
Prof. Kuldip Sangwan and Prof. Christoph Herrmann

The scientific topics for the 28^th Conference on Life Cycle Engineering will cover all phases of the life cycle and further include paradigms ranging from digitalization to water-energy nexus. We encourage to submit publications with innovative application areas such as consumer and industrial electronics, mobility (new energy vehicles, future aviation) or agricultural production systems.