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Current Topic List:
| Topic | Date started | Description |
| What Makes a Good Collaborative Project? | 4/19/99 | Since becoming an independent activity at NCMS in 1991, ECM has launched over twenty successful projects. There have also been at least five lead balloons that never made it off the launch pad. What works, what doesn't, and why? |
| Sustainability vs. Balance | 4/19/99 | Sustainability was the key environmental concept for the '90s. Is it time for a new one? |
| The Generic Car | 4/19/99 | With the recent merger activity, there are fewer and fewer automobile manufacturers. But as the majors spin off manufacturing, and as subassemblies become more complex, integrated, and standardized, could that trend reverse? Could more final assemblers be putting cars on the market in a few years? And could that have environmental implications? |