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This new group was formed after a meeting of graduate students at the conference generated a very interesting dialogue. Author an article for the JIE education series that summarizes and assesses the experiences or approaches to IE grad student education and training carried out at the institutions which make up the Committee's membership, esp. Currently, the website has a functioning front page and news page . A web-based discussion board will be implemented soon and is expected to be the site's centerpiece. Also proposed is a guestbook-style page devoted to receiving and displaying suggestions for definitions of Industrial Ecology.