The International Conference on EcoBalance, organized by the Institute of Life Cycle Assessment, Japan (ILCAJ), has been held in Japan since 1994 as a biennial conference.

Setting life cycle assessment (LCA) as the core concept, EcoBalance is recognized as one of the world’s premier conferences for academic, industry and governmental professionals as a forum for the discussions on environmental performance evaluation, information disclosure of the evaluation results, and the development and implementation of its methods.

History of EcoBalance conferences and their themes:

• 1st EcoBalance – October 1994 – Tsukuba, Japan
  "Life Cycle Assessment for Development of Materials and Technology"
• 2nd EcoBalance – November 1996 – Tsukuba, Japan
  "The New Stage of LCA as a Common Language"
• 3rd EcoBalance – November 1998 – Tsukuba, Japan
  "Progress in LCA for a Sustainable Society"
• 4th EcoBalance – October 2000 – Tsukuba, Japan
  "Methodologies for Decision Making in a Sustainable 21st Century"
• 5th EcoBalance – November 2002 – Tsukuba, Japan
  "Practical Tools and Thoughtful Principles for Sustainability"
• 6th EcoBalance – October 2004 – Tsukuba, Japan
  "Development and Systematizing of EcoBalance Tools Based on Life Cycle Thinking"
• 7th EcoBalance – November 2006 – Tsukuba, Japan
  "Designing Our Future Society Using Systems Thinking"
• 8th EcoBalance – December 2008 – Tokyo, Japan
  "The Challenge of Creating Social and Technological Innovation Through System-Thinking"
• 9th EcoBalance – November 2010 – Tokyo, Japan
  "Towards and Beyond 2020"
• 10th EcoBalance – November 2012 – Yokohama, Japan to be scheduled
  "Challenges and Solutions for Sustainable Society"