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Waste Management 33 (2013) 2816–2818
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IWWG News & Views
Compiled by Adelia PresuttiIn this section of the Journal the reader will find information on the IWWG (International Waste Working Group), reports on activities carried outby Task Groups, a list of future events and relevant notes on the think tank elaboration and activities of the association.In this issue: call for session proposals and call for abstracts of the 8th Intercontinental Landfill Research Symposium ICLRS 2014, announcementof the 4th International Conference on Industrial and Hazardous Waste Management CRETE 2012 and updates on future IWWG activities.
Announcement of the 8th Intercontinental Landfill ResearchSymposium – ICLRS 2014
The 8th Intercontinental Landfill Research Symposium has beenscheduled for October 19–22, 2014 at the Plantation on Crystal Riv-er, Florida. The ICLRS is an official IWWG event which aims atassembling world’s leading researchers and practitioners, address-ing a broad range of topics related to landfills and discussing thecurrent knowledge and future directions of landfilling.
The conference is held every two years and rotates between Ja-pan, Sweden and the United States of America. This edition’s Con-ference Board includes: Dr. Debra Reinhart, University of CentralFlorida (USA), Dr. Anders Lagerkvist, Luleå University of Technology(Sweden), and Dr. Toshihiko Matsuto, Hokkaido University (Japan).The seventh edition of the conference, held in Sweden in 2012, wasattended by almost 70 researchers from 16 different countries.
In contrast with other meetings, the emphasis of the ICLRS is oncritical discussion and detailed exploration of a topic. To this end,the ICLRS is unique in its program format: sessions are typicallytwo hours workshops which include 4–5 presentations. Each ses-sion is designed so that formal presentations are kept to a mini-mum and at least 50% of the time is spent on discussion.Moreover, session themes are proposed by volunteers who identifyresearch questions and recruit abstracts and participants.
Call for session proposals
The conference board of the Symposium invites researchersfrom all over the world to propose session ideas, which will bedeveloped in co-operation with the Organizing Committee.
A session chair is not just chairing the session at the ICLRS, butleading the creative work of developing a session that forms astructured discussion with defined issues and outputs. Session pro-posers should provide a paragraph on the topic background and listsession objectives, subjects to be addressed, and potential present-ers. Submission should be by electronic mail as a Word file. All ses-sion proposals should be sent to: [email protected]. Sessionorganizers should actively solicit presenters and instruct them tosubmit their abstracts by March 15th, 2014. Session organizers willalso be able to include presenters who have independently submit-ted abstracts. Example sessions from past ICLRS include the follow-ing: hydrodynamics of landfills, mistakes in landfill research andpractice, landfill mining, landfill covers – materials and design,
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landfill aeration, even gas distribution in methane oxidation sys-tems, anaerobic decomposition of forest products in landfills,methane oxidation systems, modeling landfill gas generation, theuse of stable isotopes for quantification of methane oxidation inlandfill, disaster waste, the fate of emerging compounds in land-fills, landfill aftercare completion, landfill stabilization and sustain-able landfill. Symposium organizers are open to all relevant topics.
Call for abstracts
Submission of abstracts should be by electronic mail as a Wordfile sent to [email protected] no later than March 14th,2014. Authors will be notified of acceptance by April 30th, 2014.
Additional information on the ICLRS can be found at the conferencewebsite: http://iclrs2014.com/html. For further questions relating toabstracts and/or sessions please contact the Organizing Committeeon [email protected] or sessions@ICLRS2014. com.
Announcement of the 4th International Conference onIndustrial and Hazardous Waste Management – CRETE 2014
The 4th International Conference on Industrial and HazardousWaste Management – CRETE 2014 will take place in Chania-Crete,Greece, September 2–5, 2014. The conference is an official IWWGevent, organized with the scientific support of the Technical Uni-versity of Crete (Greece), the University of Padova (Italy) and theHamburg University of Technology (Germany).
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Discussion will focus on innovative aspects of industrial andhazardous waste management (including organics, non-haloge-nated and halogenated solvents, hydrocarbons, pesticides, explo-sives, PCBs, PCDDs/Fs, heavy metals, asbestos, nuclear wastes,salts, etc.), presenting new technologies, describing the state ofthe art and related case studies, discussing the main controversialissues, sharing experiences among different countries and evaluat-ing social and financial balances.
The conference will include oral presentations, poster sessions,special sessions and workshops.
During the four days of the conference the following topics willbe discussed:
� Industrial and Hazardous Waste: Regulation/Legislation,Chacterization, Management Practices, Production, Minimi-zation and Recycling, Treatment and Disposal.
� Hazardous Waste Toxicology – Risk Assessment.� Treatment of Hazardous Waste Landfill and Mine Leachates.� Contaminant Release and Transport.� Toxic Substances in the Food Chain.� Management of Contaminated Sites.� Special Topics on Environmental Management and Remedi-
ation (sediment sites – characterization and risk assess-ment, munition and explosives production sites, etc.).
� Radioactive Waste (management, environment, health andsafety, nuclear explosions, etc.).
� Energy from Waste (biomass, oil sludge, gasification pro-cesses, syngas, etc.).
� Case Studies.
Other suggestions for the organization of specific workshops arealso welcome. Organizations, associations and companies are wel-come to hold their internal meetings during the event, with thesupport of the Conference Organization.
The 3rd edition of the event, held in September 2012, at-tracted approximately 300 delegates from all over the world(55 different countries), with a total of 10 keynote lectures givenby internationally renowned scientists on special hazardouswaste topics.
The Conference will be held in the conference facilities of the‘‘Minoa Palace Resort and Spa’’ Hotel, situated in the area of Plata-nias, 12 km west of Chania town center and 24 km from ChaniaInternational Airport. More information about the venue can befound at www.minoapalace-chania.gr.
Delegates who would like to include their presentation in theConference programme should send an extended abstract (at leastone, but no more than two full pages) to the Organization no later
than 31st December 2013. The abstract model, as well as a form tobe filled in, are available on the official Conference website www.hwm-conferences.tuc.gr.
For enquires and further information on registration, accommo-dation, etc., please contact the Conference Secretariat [email protected]. More information is available onthe official conference website: http://www.hwm-conferences.tuc.gr.
Other future IWWG events
Second EurAsia Waste Management Symposium
The 2nd EurAsia Waste Management Symposium has beenscheduled for 28–30 April, 2014 at the Yildiz Technical Universityin Istanbul, Turkey.
The first symposium was held in November 2011 in the HalicCongress Center (Istanbul/Tukey) with an attendance of nearly300 delegates from 30 different countries. EurAsia Waste Manage-ment Symposium will provide a comprehensive overview of effec-tive waste management strategies across the Asian and theEuropean regions. The symposium will provide the opportunity todiscuss and evaluate current and future regional waste manage-ment strategies and recycling projects. All parties of waste manage-ment such as universities, industrial organizations, publicinstitutions and organizations, local governments and legislatorsare welcome to attend the conference in order to share their expe-riences and bring a common body of knowledge for the solution ofwaste management problems in the region.
Themes to be thoroughly discussed include:
� Biological Methods for Waste Disposal.� Construction and Demolition Waste Management.� Electronic Waste (Weee) Management.� Hazardous Waste Management.� Hospital Waste Management.� Industrial Waste Management.� Landfill Gas Management.� Landfilling.� Leachate Management and Treatment.� Nanowaste Management.� Rehabilitation of the Dumping Sites.� Sludge Treatment and Disposal.� Solid Waste Collection and Transport.� Thermal Technologies for Waste Disposal.� Waste From End of Life Vehicles (ELV).� Waste Management Legislations.� Waste To Energy.
For further enquiries and information on registration, accommo-dation, etc., please contact the Organizing Secretariat at [email protected]. Continuously updated information isavailable on the website www.eurasiasymposium.com.
Fifth International Symposium on Energy from Biomassand Waste – VENICE 2014
The fifth International Symposium on Energy from Biomass andWaste VENICE 2014 will take place in Venice, Italy, November 12–15, 2014. The conference is an official IWWG event organised bythe IWWG with the scientific support of the University of Queens-land (Brisbane, Australia), the University of Padua (Italy), the Uni-versity of Hokkaido (Japan), the University of Rostock (Germany)and the Hamburg University of Technology (Germany).
The production of energy from alternative sources and itsimpact on climate change are among the main strategic toolsimplicated in the sustainable development of our society.
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Numerous types of biomass and wastes contribute towards theproduction of energy and reduction in the use of fossil fuels bymeans of biological, chemical and thermal processes. Existing bio-mass and waste to energy technologies are currently undergoingrapid development. Despite growing interest in the use of thesetechnologies, in many countries their implementation remainslimited. The aim of the Venice 2014 Symposium is to focus onthe advances made in the application of technologies for energyrecovery from biomass and waste and to encourage discussion inthese fields. The previous edition of the conference, held in 2012,was attended by approximately 560 participants (researchers,technicians, administrators and operators) from 56 different na-tions with the presentation of 359 scientific papers. It also consti-tuted a chance for some of the IWWG Task Groups to organise theirinternal meetings.
As per a consolidated tradition, the Symposium will last fourdays and will include oral sessions, workshops, a poster sessionand a small exhibition by companies working in the field. Guidedtechnical tours of real scale plants operating in the production ofenergy from biomass and waste both by means of thermal and bio-logical processes will be arranged by the Organizers at the end ofthe conference week.
Themes to be thoroughly discussed include:
� Biomass and waste characterisation as a potential energysource.
� Renewable fuel (biodiesel, bioethanol, gas liquification,hydrogen).
� Anaerobic digestion.� Refuse-derived fuel (RDF).� Thermal treatment (combustion, pyrolysis, gasification
and others).� Economic aspects.� Decision tools.� Policies and Legal aspects.� Climate change and Sink.� Ecotoxicological aspects and Health issues.� Public acceptance.� Experiences and new developments.� Developing countries.
The official language of the Symposium is English, therefore allpapers must be presented and written in proper English. Authorswill be expected to attend the conference and present their papersthemselves. In addition, a session to be held entirely in Italian willbe held, in order to facilitate the participation of local delegates.Italian authors may freely submit papers for inclusion in both Eng-lish and Italian sessions (in the English and Italian languages,respectively).
An extended abstract, prepared using the template availablefor download through the official Symposium website(www.venicesymposium.it) should be submitted online to theOrganization no later than February 28th, 2014. Abstracts mustclearly describe the content of the presentation and its basis (de-tailed case study, discussion of experience from practice, preli-minary research data, completed research not presentedpreviously, review of literature, administrative initiatives andregulations, etc).
Presentations will be selected following evaluation by an inter-national panel of referees. Acceptance of abstracts will be notifiedto the authors no later than March 31st, 2014.
All papers accepted for presentation at the Symposium will bepublished in Proceedings available at the start of the Symposium.
For further enquiries and information on abstract submissionand registration, accommodation, etc., please contact the OrganisingSecretariat (e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]) or visit the website www.venicesymposium.it.
For further information on IWWG activities, please:
� Access the IWWG Website: www.iwwg.eu.� Contact: Paola Pizzardini – IWWG Secretariat.
Via Beato Pellegrino 23, 35137 Padova, ItalyTel.: +39 (0)49 8726986; fax: +39 (0)49 8726987.E-mail address: [email protected].