Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology blog

We are delighted to announce the winner of the Poster Prize at Green Technologies for Sustainable Water 2019 (GTSW2019) that took place in Vietnam from 1st – 5th December 2019. The poster prize was awarded to Tot T. Pham of Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology. The award was presented by Professor Long Nghiem from (University of Technology Sydney, Australia) pictured.

On behalf of the Royal Society of Chemistry, we would like to congratulate Tot on this outstanding achievement.

Green Technologies for Sustainable Water 2019 was a very successful event with over 200 delegates from 26 countries and territories.

The next conference will be held in Bandung Indonesia in Nov 2020.

IMSTEC2020

2-6 February 2020 – Sydney Australia

Abstract Submission Deadline: 15 August 2019

The International Membrane Science & Technology Conference (IMSTEC) is Australia’s premier membrane science and technology event connecting membrane researchers, developers, manufacturers and users. IMSTEC2020 will be held from 2-6 February 2020 at the University Technology Sydney, Australia. IMSTEC2020 will bring together delegates from around the world, and cover a range of topics including water and wastewater treatment, gas separation, mining & agriculture applications, membranes for biomedicine, membrane bioreactors, forward osmosis and more.

For further information, visit the IMSTEC 2020 website at: https://www.imstec2020.com/

The 6th European Conference on Environmental Applications of Advanced Oxidation Processes will take place in Portorož, Slovenia from 26th – 28th June 2019. The conference will bring together scientists, engineers and other environmental professionals to present their findings and discuss future trends and directions concerning various environmental applications of advanced oxidation processes (AOPs). The contributions will focus on the scientific and technological advances of AOPs for the remediation of water, air and soil contaminated with various recalcitrant compounds, either alone or in combination with other processes.

Registration is required for all participants and accompanying guests. Please complete and submit on-line the Registration Form  to the EAAOP-6 Secretariat. Use a separate form for each participant and accompanying guest. Register here.

Early bird registration deadline: To take advantage of the reduced conference registration fees, register before or on 15 April 2019. Higher fees apply after 15 April 2019.

Plenary speakers 

Prof. Dr. Angelika Brückner

Prof. Dr. Kazunari Domen

Dr. Wolfgang Gernjak

Prof. Dr. Gianluca Li Puma

Keynote speakers

Dr. Isabel Oller Alberola

Dr Fernando Fresno

Prof. Dr. Josef Krýsa

Prof. Dr. Urška Lavrenčič Štangar

For more information about the conference, check out the event website here http://eaaop6.ki.si/

A three day workshop on Waste Water Management will be held under the Researcher Links scheme offered within the Newton Fund in partnership with the Royal Society of Chemistry, by the British Council, at the Sophisticated Analytical Instrumentation Facility, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India during July 03 – 05, 2019. The workshop is being coordinated by Professor S. K. Mehta (Director SAIF, Panjab University, Chandigarh) and Dr. A. O. Ibhadon (University of Hull, Hull, UK) and will have contributions from leading researchers from the UK and India

This workshop, match-funded by the British Council and the Royal Society of Chemistry, is designed to deliver skills, knowledge and provide a platform for discussing and adopting an integrated system approach to develop innovative, scalable and energy efficient chemical solutions to wastewater management.

40 places (20 each) are available for UK and Indian early career researchers (post docs, research assistants, assistant lecturers / assistant professors, PhD students, MSc students in the final year of their research project) to attend. You should be an environmental or analytical chemist or chemical engineer, working in the field of water quality monitoring and wastewater treatment. All economy flights and reasonable accommodation expenses will be covered.

To request further information and apply, please contact workshop co-ordinators Prof. S. K. Mehta, Panjab University, indouk2019pu@gmail.com or Prof Alex Ibhadon, University of Hull, A.O.Ibhadon@hull.ac.uk. The deadline for applications is Monday 29 April 2019. Successful applicants will be notified by Wednesday 29 May 29 2019.

We are delighted to announce this year’s 2019 IUVA World Congress on February 10^th – 13^th 2019 in Sydney Australia. The conference program will feature three days of presentations covering recent advancements in water and wastewater treatment with the emphasis on water disinfection and contaminants control, application of UV-AOP, as well as new findings in the development of UV-LEDs.

The World Congress will be chaired by Kumiko Oguma (University of Tokyo) and co-organised by ESWRT Associate Editor Stuart Khan. For full details about the conference event and how to register, visit the conference website here http://iuva.org/2019

Remember to register before 25^th January 2019 to attend and hear about novel developments and practical applications of UV technologies.

Understanding and managing microbial biotransformation of environmental contaminants

TransCon2019 will take place this year from 28. April to 3. May, 2019 at the Congressi Stefano Franscini, Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland.

Environmental microbial communities are key in detoxifying the environment from chemical contaminants by degrading them to less active substances, but we still lack a sufficiently mechanistic understanding of microbial biotransformation that is essential to progress in different fields of application, including water treatment and chemical risk assessment. Recently, a number of analytical tools have become available that enable scientists to study microbial biotransformation of contaminants and causal links between specific microorganisms and contaminant removal at the level of complex environmental communities and which thus have revolutionized the field. We expect that TransCon2019 will act as a catalyst in contaminant biotransformation research by gathering the leading scientists in the field to take stake of the progress and consolidate our understanding of the principles underlying contaminant biotransformation in natural and engineered environments.

The conference will be structured along four key topics (click on the topic’s title for more details):

1. Frontiers in analytical and bioinformatics techniques to characterize contaminant biotransformation and microbial community characteristics
2. Linking contaminant biotransformation to influencing factors and microbial community characteristics
3. Adopting new knowledge for the design of next-generation biological water treatment systems
4. Implications for prediction and regulatory assessment of biotransformation

For further information about the event including a full list of confirmed speakers and how to register, please visit the conference website here: https://transcon2019.ch 

The  21^st Congress of Asia and Pacific Division of International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR-APD) will be held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on 2^nd – 5^th September 2018.

For full details on keynote speakers, conference fees, the full congress agenda and how to register, see the conference website for details.

The 5th IAHR Europe Congress will take place in Trento, Italy from 12th-14th June. 

The 5th IAHR Europe Congress aims to provide a forum where scientists, especially early career researchers, can present their work and discuss their ideas with experts in all fields of hydraulics.

For more information on registration, see the conference registration page and for further details including the full agenda, please visit the main conference website. 

The 2018 Pacific Northwest WateReuse Conference will take place at the Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel in Portland, Oregon from May 17-18, 2018. 

This event welcomes individuals, organizations, and agencies with an interest in the design, management, operation, and use of water recycling facilities and projects in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Presentations will focus on specific projects and topics for all phases of development including feasibility, planning, design, operations, public outreach, funding and regulatory updates.

Advance registration ends May 10, 2018.

To register and for more information, visit the website here.