The International Symposium on Alternatives Assessment: Advancing Science and Practice provides a collegial forum for governmental agency staff, university researchers, industry sustainability professionals, environmental health consultants and advocates to:

• Understand and discuss gaps in knowledge and methods confronting the use of alternatives assessment.
• Identify elements of a research agenda for alternatives assessment and a process for moving it forward.
• Advance and support the growing community of practice for alternatives assessment.

The Natcher Conference Center
at the National Institute of Health,
Bethesda, Maryland