Diary

Citation

(2007), "Diary", Management of Environmental Quality, Vol. 18 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/meq.2007.08318dac.001

Diary

International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology 2007 (ICEST2007)6-9 August 2007, Houston, Texas, USA

The International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology 2007 will be held on 6-9 August 2007 in Houston, Texas, USA. It is sponsored and organized by the American Academy of Sciences. The technical program is expected to consist of about 600 platform and poster presentations.

The objective of Conference will be to provide a major interdisciplinary forum for presenting new approaches from relevant areas of environmental research, to foster integration of the latest developments into engineering applications, and to facilitate technology transfer from well-tested ideas into practical products and remedial processes. Researchers, engineers, regulatory agents, policy makers, consultants, and vendors will all benefit from the opportunity to exchange information on recent research trends, to examine ongoing research programs, and to investigate world-wide public and regulatory acceptance of environmental protection and remediation technologies.

The conference will host presentations on a wide range of environmental problems. Fifteen major topics are listed in the preliminary conference program. These active areas of research are:

1. 1.

   Water pollution and water quality control;

2. 2.

   Air pollution and air quality control;

3. 3.

   Land (soil, solid waste) pollution and remediation;

4. 4.

   Ecosystem restoration;

5. 5.

   Bio-assessment and toxicology;

6. 6.

   Wetlands;

7. 7.

   Sediments;

8. 8.

   Global change;

9. 9.

   Metals;

10. 10.

    Chlorinated and other organic compounds;

11. 11.

    Modeling;

12. 12.

    GIS, database, statistics, and remote sensing;

13. 13.

    Environmental analysis and measurements;

14. 14.

    Society and the environment; and

15. 15.

    Environmental planning and management.

Location

Wyndham Greenspoint Hotel, 12400 Greenspoint Drive, Houston, Texas 77060, USA.

General information

ATTN: Environmental Conference, American Academy of Sciences, 9720 Town Park Dr. Ste 18, Houston, TX 77036, USA.

Abstract submission: env-abstract@AASci.org; Paper submission: env-paper@AASci.org. Registration: env-conference@AASci.org. Website: www.AASci.org/conference/env/2007/index.html

8th International Conference “Waste Management, Environmental Geotechnology and Global Sustainable Development (ICWMEGGSD’07 – GzO’07)”28-30 August 2007, Ljubljana, Slovenia

The International Conference on Waste Management, Environmental Geotechnology and Global Sustainable Development is a special intermediate year conference initiated by the International Society for Environmental Geotechnology (ISEG) associated with the 8th Waste Management (GzO) Conference initiated by the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, University of Ljubljana. This will be the first ISEG conference in Slovenia.

The “ICWMEGGSD’07 – GzO’07” conference will revisit and deepen attention on the three priorities while involving a larger professional corps of international and local experts.

Further details are available at: www.srdit.si/gzo07

RGS-IBG Annual Conference 200728-31 August 2007, London, UK

The conference, whose theme is “Sustainability and Quality of Life” is to be held at the RGS-IBG and Imperial College in London, from 28-31 August 2007 with the first papers being presented on 29 August. It will paralleled by a seminar on “Postgraduate research on planning, the environment and sustainable development”, designed to provide a forum for postgraduate research on the interrelated topics of planning, the environment and sustainable development. It will offer postgraduate students at any stage of their career the opportunity to present their research or work in progress and obtain constructive feedback in a supportive environment.

Further information is available at: www.rgs.org/AC2007.

2nd ALTER-NET Summer School1-13 September 2007, Peyresq, France

The ALTER-Net Summer School 2007 “Trends in Biodiversity: European Ecosystems and Policy” (1-13 September 2007, Peyresq, France) is now open for applications! The summer school will be held at Peyresq, Alpes de Haute-Provence, France and is administered by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Germany.

The summer school is a unique opportunity to explore this important issue with 32 like-minded post-graduate students and young scientists mostly from Europe. The ALTER-Net Summer School will contribute to durable integration and spread of excellence within and beyond the network, with a view to promote interdisciplinary approaches. No tuition costs are charged. 100 per cent of housing and meal costs are supported for all the participants. Travel costs must be covered by the participants. Applications are solicited from graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in disciplines working on global change or vulnerability assessments from EU or associated countries. Fluency in English is required. Online information and the application form is available at: www.pik-potsdam.de/alter-net/

European Symposium and Exhibition on Clean Vehicles7-9 November 2007, Stockholm, Sweden

The symposium and exhibition creates a meeting point and marketplace where manufacturers and other promoters of clean vehicles and renewable fuels can meet decision-makers and potential customers.

The symposium and the exhibition will provide a good chance for all actors active in the development of cleaner vehicles and cleaner fuels to meet. These are:

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  Manufacturers of clean vehicles and renewable fuels;

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  Buyers and users of clean vehicles from public and private sectors;

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  Decision makers of green solutions and infrastructure; and

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  Companies operating within the fields of environment and energy.

The symposium as well as the exhibition have been very appreciated by the delegates and the media since its start in 2004. As the understanding and the awareness of the need for sustainable transport systems in increasing rapidly, it is anticipated that “Clean Vehicles and Fuels 2007” will be a key event for everyone interested in clean vehicles and renewable fuels.