The Post-Graduation Program on Production Engineering of Universidade Paulista-UNIP, represented by the coordinators of the Workshop "LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT AS A TOOL FOR PROCESS IMPROVEMENT AND POLICY MAKING", is extremely grateful to the visitant professor Sergio Ulgiati (Parthenope University of Naples - Italy) for his kind participation and valuable contribution.

Thank you the all the participants who have made this event possible.

We also are sincerely grateful to the staff and partners of Universidade Paulista for the aid.

We should not forget to express our gratitude to CAPES and Vice-Rectory of Post Graduation and Research of Universidade Paulista for the financial support, and the institutions that supported us advertising the event ABEPRO, Jatobás Institute and FAPESP.

Special thanks are addressed to Dr. Yugo Okida, the Vice-Rector of Post Graduation and Research of Universidade Paulista, Dr. Marília Ancona-Lopez, the Vice-Rector of Graduation of Universidade Paulista, and to Dr. Marina Soligo, Main Coordinator of Post Graduation and Research of Universidade Paulista, for their unconditional support.

Biagio F. Giannetti
Cecilia M.V.B. Almeida
Feni D. Agostinho
Silvia H. Bonilla

Universidade Paulista
Post-Graduation Program on Production Engineering