Archive of World Calendar of Events

Conference: 8th International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic, and Social Sustainability
Date: Jan 10-12, 2012
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Purpose: The conference takes an inter-disciplinary approach to addressing issues associated with sustainability.

Conference: Environmental Federalism
Date: December 9-10
Location: Ancona, Italy
Purpose: The conference will analyze environmental taxation and sustainable economic development issues. In particular, it will focus on the role of institutions and local policy makers in the design of local environmental taxation in order to promote environmental goals and increase the capacity of local governments

Conference:3rd China Solid Waste Summit
Date: December 13-14
Location: Shanghai, China
Purpose: The conference provides practitioners with a platform to explore strategies for treatment and circular utilization of solid waste based upon localized solutions and partnership opportunities

Conference: Symposium 2011: From Post Disaster Reconstruction to the Creation of Resilient Societies
Date: December 16-17
Location: Tokyo Japan
Purpose: Keio University has organized this conference, which will focus on the recent disaster in Japan and sustainable post-disaster reconstruction challenges

Conference: Environment and Biodiversity of India 2011
Date: December 30-31
Location: New Delhi, India
Purpose: Focal themes of the conference include e-waste and solid waste management

Conference: Shale Gas Environmental Summit
Date: November 2-3
Location: London, England
Purpose: The conference will examine existing and proposed shale gas extraction activities, with a focus on the associated environmental impacts. Insights will be provided by government, commercial, and environmental leaders

Conference: Life Cycle Assessment: A Tool for Strategic Decision Making
Date: November 3-4
Location: Lille, France
Purpose: The conference will address LCA applications and implementation in achieving eco-design and environmenta labeling goals

Conference: Tailings and Mine Waste 2011
Date: November 6-9
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Purpose: The conference provides a forum for the mining industry, regulatory groups, and other interest groups to address environmental issues related to tailings and mine waste management. Focused sessions will cover issues of environmental science and engineering, geochemistry, geotechnics, hydrogeology, milling, tailings management, and other topics.

Conference: Green Electronics 2011
Date: November 8-10
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Purpose: Sponsored by the International CARE Electronics Office, this workshop on resource efficiency in the electric and electronics industry is intended for business, public authorities, leading universities and research organizations, and other environmental experts from around the globe.

Conference: 6th World Recycling Forum (PDF) (19 pp, 2.9MB, About PDF)
Date: November 16-18
Location: Hong Kong
Purpose: This forum draws leading recycling experts from around the world - including manufacturers, collectors, processors, steelmakers, legislators, and policy-makers.

Conference: 2nd International Seminar on Environmental Issues in the Mining Industry
Date: November 23-25
Location: Santiago, Chile
Purpose: ENVIROMINE 2011 provides an international forum where mining industry professionals may analyse, discuss, and exchange experiences related to recent innovations and development on the prediction, prevention, and control of all environmental impacts associated with mining and metallurgical processes

Conference: Sardinia 2011: 13th International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium
Date: October 3-7
Location: Sardinia, Italy
Purpose: The symposium will focus on innovative aspects of sustainable waste management, presenting new technologies, describing the state of the art and related case studies, discussing controversial subjects, sharing experiences among attending nations, and evaluating social and economic balances

Conference: 10th Meeting on the International Committee on Contaminated Land (ICCL)
Date: October 4-6
Location: Washington, DC
Purpose: The ICCL, comprised of senior national land remediation experts and program managers from countries facing contaminated land challenges, is a bi-annual forum for information exchange and cooperation on contaminated land and ground water issues. The meeting is by invitation only. On October 6, the US EPA and the European Common Forum also will co-host theInnovative Approaches to Mining Cleanup and Reuse Workshop

Conference: EScrap 2011
Date: October 5-6
Location: Orlando, Florida
Purpose: 2010's record-breaking conference hosted over 100 exhibitors and over 1000 attendees, from more than 18 countries, making it the largest electronics recycling conference in North America

Conference: Sharing Green Economy Best Practices: Towards Rio+20
Date: October 10-11
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Purpose: Poland’s Ministry of the Environment is organizing this high-level conference for EU member States and key countries. The discussion will serve as a basis for developing specific solutions which may be adopted during the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) in June of 2012

Conference: Tenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention
Date: October 17-21
Location: Cartagena, Columbia
Purpose: The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal is the most comprehensive global environmental agreement on hazardous and other wastes

Conference: Sustainable Innovation 11: 16th International Conference
Date: October 24-25
Location: Farnham, United Kingdom
Purpose: Organized by the Centre for Sustainable Design, Sustainable Innovation 11 will address issues related to the “state of the art” in sustainable innovation, technology, product and service design and development.

Conference: IAEM 58th Annual Conference
Date: October 29-November 4
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Purpose: The IAEM Annual Conference provides a forum to address current trends and topics in emergency management and homeland security

Conference: 2011 World Resources Forum: Shaping the Future of Natural Resources – Towards a Green Economy
Date: September 19-21
Location: Davos, Switzerland
Purpose: This global congress will address challenges and solutions for the resource problems which the world is facing: the environmental, social and economic risks of unsustainable extraction, manufacturing, consumption, disposal and dissipation of natural resources

Conference: 16th International Congress for Battery Recycling (PDF) (13 pp, 2.8MB, About PDF)
Date: September 21-23
Location: Venice, Italy
Purpose: The congress will focus on topics including battery recycling legislation worldwide collection and recycling practices, and new technologies

Conference: Seventh “Environment for Europe” Ministerial Conference
Date: September 21-23
Location: Astana, Kazakhstan
Purpose: A focus of this United Nations Economic Commission for Europe conference will be “Greening the economy: mainstreaming the environment into economic development.”

Conference: Lifecycle Management 2011
Date: August 28-31
Location: Berlin, Germany
Purpose: LCM 2011 will address practical solutions for the implementation of life cycle approaches into strategic and operational decision-making

Conference: 5th European Bioremediation Conference
Date: July 4-7
Location: Chania, Crete
Purpose: Presentations are expected to focus on the technological advances of bioremediation treatment processes (including phytoremediation) for all types of media (air, soil, sediment, surface water, groundwater and industrial wastewater)

Conference: Sustainable Chemistry 2011
Date: July 6-8
Location: Antwerp, Belgium
Purpose: This first International Conference on Sustainable Chemistry will cover both technological and non-technological topics such the role of innovative and cleaner technologies and the development of appropriate business models, performance measurements, and better integrated management

Conference: Tenth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant
Date: July 24-29
Location: Halifax, Novia Scotia
Purpose: The conference will provide a forum for the exploration of the linkages among mercury sources to the environment, terrestrial and aquatic mercury transport and fate processes, and health risks associated with exposures of humans and wildlife to mercury. Current issues such as climate change and new regulatory frameworks will be key topics for presentation and discussion

Conference: 6th International Conference of the International Society for industrial Ecology
Date: June 7-10
Location: Berkeley, California
Purpose: The field of industrial ecology has adopted and developed rigorous tools for assessing the environmental impacts of products, processes, industrial sectors and economies at local, regional and global scales. These include methods of life cycle assessment, material and energy flow analysis, applied thermodynamics, risk assessment, economic input-output analysis, and resource economics. The conference theme is "Science, Systems and Sustainability"

Conference: World Conference on Disaster Management
Date: June 19-22
Location: Toronto, Canada
Purpose: The conference will include professionals in all fields of disaster management, in both public and private sectors

Conference: Energy from Biomass and Waste
Date: June 25-26
Location: London, England
Purpose: The EBW UK exhibition and conference address issues associated with waste and biomass treatment technology. Anaerobic digestion, biomass and waste CHP, and advanced thermal treatment are the major focus areas

Conference: International Symposium on Bioremediation and Sustainable Technologies
Date: June 27-30
Location: Reno, Nevada
Purpose: Although bioremediation will continue to be a core focus, the symposium program also will consider how biological technologies and strategies can be employed to assess risks to human and ecological health and to develop sustainable practices

Conference: European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists 2011
Date: June 29-July 2
Location: Rome, Italy
Purpose: The conference program will cover all areas of environmental and resource economics. Special emphasis will be given to the interaction between the growing scientific knowledge on environmental issues and the economics and politics of sustainable human development.

Conference: International Biomass Conference and Expo
Date: May 2-5
Location: St Louis, Missouri
Purpose: The six conference tracks are: crop residues; dedicated energy crops; forest & wood processing residues; livestock and poultry wastes; MSW, urban wastes & landfill gas; and food processing residues

Conference: International Conference on Solid Waste 2011: Moving Towards Sustainable Resource Management
Date: May 2-6
Location: Hong Kong
Purpose: Conference topics include: green economy; sustainable solid waste management; organic waste treatment and recovery; hazardous waste treatment; economic instruments and financing methods for waste management; and greenhouse gas consideration in sustainable solid waste management

Conference: Commission on Sustainable Development 19
Date: May 2-13
Location: New York City, New York
Purpose: This policy-year session of the Commission on Sustainable Development CSD will negotiate policy options related to the thematic cluster for the CSD 18-19 cycle: transport, chemicals, waste management, mining and the Ten-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns

Conference: Waste: The Social Context
Date: May 8-11
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Purpose: This international conference on the social, environmental and economic aspects of waste management is hosted by the Edmonton Waste Management Centre of Excellence

Conference: World of Coal Ash 2011
Date: May 9-11
Location: Denver, Colorado
Purpose: The conference will again focus on the science, applications, and sustainability of coal ash worldwide

Conference: WasteExpo 2011
Date: May 9-11
Location: Dallas, Texas
Purpose: Organized by the Environmental Industries Association (EIA), WasteExpo’s conference program offers over 40 sessions and workshops for waste and recycling professionals

Conference: 6th International Congress of the European Society for Soil Conservation “Innovative Strategies and Policies for Soil Conservation”
Date: May 9-14
Location: Thessaloniki, Greece
Purpose: The conference will address policies and strategies for soil protection and conservation, along with restoration and remediation of degraded lands

Conference: Resource Conservation and Recycling ’11
Date: May 10-12
Location: Falmouth, Cornwall, UK
Purpose: This conference discusses all aspects of material and metals usage

Conference: World Reconstruction Conference
Date: May 10-13
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Purpose: The Third Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction will host a World Reconstruction Conference (WRC) from May 10-13, 2011. Together with other partners, the WRC is being organized by the World Bank, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), and United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR). The WRC will be the first large-scale global conference focused on disaster recovery and reconstruction

Conference: Medical Waste Conference 2011
Date: May 11-12
Location: Dallas, Texas
Purpose: This event focuses on the largest regulatory, legislative, and technical issues that affect the medical waste business

Conference: Disaster Management 2011
Date: May 11-13
Location: Orlando, Florida
Purpose: Conference participants will learn risk management strategies to prepare for disruptive events and identify the best prevention methods in disaster management and public health. The conference will provide a forum for the exchange of information between leading academics and partners in disaster management

Conference: Remediation Technology Summit 2011
Date: May 16-19
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Purpose: This forum draws leaders from academia and the regulatory community, site owners, and environmental professionals. Speakers and attendees join interactive sessions covering advances in remediation science and technology, new and prospective regulatory policies, and other critical issues affecting contaminated site restoration

Conference: International Oil Spill Conference
Date: May 23-26
Location: Portland, Oregon
Purpose: The International Oil Spill Conference provides a forum for professionals from the international community, the private sector, government, and non-governmental organizations to highlight and discuss innovations and best practices across the spectrum of prevention, preparedness, response and restoration.

Conference: Waste-to-Resources 2011: 4th International Symposium
Date: May 26-27
Location: Hanover, Germany
Purpose: The conference focuses on the use of mechanical-biological waste treatment (MBT) and on automatic waste sorting technology as the bridge between waste management and the recycling industry

Conference: Brownfields 2011
Date: April 3-5
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Purpose: The 14th National Brownfields Conference features two and a half days of networking and educational programming. This year, the conference features more than 100 educational sessions

Conference: International Life Cycle Assessment Conference in Latin America
Date: April 4-7
Location: Veracruz, Mexico
Purpose: This bi-annual conference invites experts and interested audiences from around the globe. The conference will focus on life-cycle thinking on the path to Rio+20

Conference: 2011 ISRI Convention and Exposition
Date: April 5-9
Location: Los Angeles, California
Purpose: The Institute of Scap Recycling Industries will host 5,000 scrap recycling industry professionals for the 2011 ISRI Convention and Exposition at the Los Angeles Convention Center

Conference: BioCycle Global 2011: Composting, Renewable Energy, and Organics Recycling
Date: April 11-14
Location: San Diego, California
Purpose: Global conference sessions focus on best management practices, infrastructure, and programs to maximize diversion, conversion and utilization of organic wastes for compost, digester biogas, biofuels and other high-value by-products

Conference: International Eco Forum: Waste Management and Recycling
Date: April 13-15
Location: Sofia, Bulgaria
Purpose: The conference and exhibition will focus on a wide range of themes in the waste management and recycling sectors. The 2010 conference attracted over 200 professionals from thirteen countries

Conference: Fifth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention
Date: April 25-29
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Purpose: The Fifth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention is likely to consider the addition of chemicals to the Stockholm Convention

Conference: International Conference on Waste Management and Environmental Engineering
Date: April 27-29
Location: Venice, Italy
Purpose: The conference aims to bring together academic scientists, leading engineers, industry researchers and scholar students to exchange and share their experiences and research

Conference: Plastics Recycling 2011 Conference
Date: March 1-2
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Purpose: Plastics Recycling is one of the largest annual recycling conferences held in North America

Conference: Life Cycle Assessment: Revealing the Secrets of a Green Market
Date: March 9-10
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Purpose: The conference will bring together an expanded group of LCA practitioners from around Australia and internationally to work on specific sectors such as agriculture, food, building, water, and consumer products

Conference: 21st Annual International Conference on Soil, Water, Energy, and Air
Date: March 14-17
Location: San Diego, California
Purpose: This annual conference provides a forum to facilitate the exchange of information on technological advances, new scientific achievements, and the effectiveness of environmental regulations

Conference: Municipal Waste Management Forum
Date: March 17-18
Location: Vienna, Austria
Purpose: The forum will address topics related to European waste directives and regulations and approaches to achieve sustainable solutions in waste management

Conference: 11th International Automobile Recycling Congress (IARC 2011) (PDF) (17 pp, 3.3MB, About PDF)
Date: March 23-25
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Purpose: Among other topics, the conference will address the ELV Directive and REACH requirements

Conference: 26th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management
Date: March 27-30
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Purpose: The conference includes nearly 200 presentations on issues related to landfills, recycling, waste-to-energy, waste reduction, waste policy, waste economics, composting, waste transfer, waste collection, municipal waste, industrial waste, residual waste and other MSW

Conference: 2011 AAAS Annual Meeting: "Science without Borders"
Date: February 17-21
Location: Washington, DC
Purpose: The 2011 meeting's theme emphasizes the practice of science through multidisciplinary approaches to problem solving that cross conventional borders. The program will feature sessions with strong scientific content across many science and engineering fields. Symposium tracks include: Sustainability; Land and Oceans; and Global Collaboration

Conference: 26th Session of the United Nations Environment Program Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum
Date: February 21-25
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Purpose: The UNEP Governing Council constitutes the annual ministerial-level global environmental forum in which participants gather to review important and emerging policy issues in the field of the environment

Conference: 17th SETAC Europe LCA Case Studies Symposium
Date: February 28-March 1
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Purpose:This Case Study Symposium aims to bring together initiatives, methods and case study on sustainable consumption and production that contribute to a better understanding of a sustainable lifestyle

Conference: Seventh International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability
Date: January 5-7
Location: Hamilton, New Zealand
Purpose: This wide-ranging conference will take an interdisciplinary approach to address issues related to sustainability

Conference: 10th International Electronics Recycling Congress (IERC 2011)(PDF) (15 pp, 2.4MB, About PDF)
Date: January 19-21
Location: Salzburg, Austria
Purpose: More than 450 experts from industry, government, and academia will discuss and present the newest information regarding challenges for the WEEE recycling business

Conference: 11th National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment: Our Changing Oceans
Date: January 19-21
Location: Washington, DC
Purpose: One focus of the conference will be the BP Gulf of Mexico disaster and emergencies

Conference: 14th Annual EUEC - Energy, Utility, and Environment Conference
Date: January 31-February 2
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Purpose: EUEC is an three-day annual energy, utility and environment conference where more than 650 of the world's leading experts will speak on the diverse topics of clean air policy, legislation and technologies, multi-pollutant control, energy and climate policy, wind, solar, EV-PHEV, carbon markets and CCS, corporate greenhouse gas (GHS) strategies, biofuels, biomass, and biogas, sustainability and reliability, energy efficiency and management, renewable energy and operations and management