At a Glance
Introduction
33rd CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering (LCE 2026) provides a valuable and prominent forum for discussing basic research, applications, and current practices in the field of life cycle engineering. The conference theme is “shaping manufacturing ecosystems towards a circular economy.” This conference covers diverse topics such as circular business models, digital product passport, cyber-physical systems, design for sustainability, life cycle assessment, and resilient supply chains. The conference is hosted by the Life Cycle Engineering Research SIG of the Japan Society for Precision Engineering. This will be the fourth time the event is held in Japan, following a 9-year interval since LCE 2017 which took place in Kamakura, Japan. We have chosen the same conference venue (Kamakura Prince Hotel), where you will enjoy a stunning view of the Pacific Ocean and Mt. Fuji.
We hope that the conference will bring together professionals and young scholars/engineers from both industry and academia who wish to exchange innovative technologies and insightful ideas to accelerate the implementation of the circular economy and life cycle engineering.
This conference will be organized back-to-back with the 36th CIRP Design Conference (16-18 March 2026).
Scopes and Topics
The conference is intended to foster the exchange of visions, recent developments, and research findings in the field of life cycle engineering at an international level.
Topics of the conference include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Absolute sustainability
- Circular business models
- Circular economy
- Closed-loop supply management
- Cyber-physical systems
- Data collection and management
- Design for environment/sustainability
- Digital product passport, Data space
- Disassembly, remanufacturing and recycling
- Industrial symbiosis
- Industry 4.0/5.0
- Life cycle assessment
- Life cycle design
- Machine learning and AI
- Net zero manufacturing
- Net zero transition
- Product life cycle management
- Resilient supply chains
- Sustainable manufacturing
- Sustainable materials
- Water-energy nexus
Conference Schedule (Tentative)
- March 10, 2026
- Industrial tour
- March 11, 2026
- Opening ceremony, plenary session, parallel sessions,
welcome party (near Kamakura Station) - March 12, 2026
- Plenary session, parallel sessions, conference banquet
- March 13, 2026
- Plenary session, parallel sessions, closing ceremony
(Updated on May 28, 2025)
Venue
The conference will be held at Kamakura Prince Hotel located right off the shore of Shichirigahama beach, which is a part of the famous Shonan area of Sagami Bay. Kamakura is known for an ancient capital of Japan. There are many shrines and temples including Kotokuin with a Buddha statue.
Conference Site
Kamakura Prince Hotel
1-2-18 Shichirigahama-higashi, Kamakura,
Kanagawa, 248-0025 Japan
