2021 EPA International Decontamination Research and Development Conference
Date and Time
11:00 am - 3:30 pm EDT
Location
Virtual Conference via CVENT
United States
Event Host
Event Type
Description
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The EPA International Decontamination Research and Development Conference was held virtually November 1-5, 2021.
Characterization and cleanup of a site are critical challenges that the United States and EPA would face in rapidly recovering from a major chemical, biological, or radiological (CBR) hazard incident. This conference is designed to facilitate presentation, discussion, and further collaboration of EPA's Homeland Security Research Program (HSRP), which focuses on an all-hazards approach to cleaning up contaminated buildings (both interior and exterior) and infrastructure. The conference continues to focus strongly on matters involving CBR threat agents but also include "all hazards" elements.
About the Conference
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The virtual conference speakers and group leaders will be experts in their fields from EPA and other federal agencies, state and local agencies, tribes, academia, and NGOs and associations. This year’s conference was a mix of pre-recorded and live sessions, including oral, poster, and Technology Café presentations.
Meet the Conference Organizing Committee.
Speaker Resources
Conference organizers have notified abstract submitting authors on the acceptance of their abstract as an oral or poster presentation. See below for links to resources for speakers and presenters.
- Review your assigned speaker tasks and scheduled sessions in the CVENT Speaker Resource Center
- View the Presentation Information & Pre-Recording Instructions.
- Download the Video Licensing Agreement.
- Read more information on the presentation types and conference format.
Please contact EPA_Decon@epa.gov with any questions regarding your abstract or presentation/poster.
Conference History
Since 2005, EPA's Office of Research and Development's Center for Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response (CESER) has organized and hosted an international conference on decontamination research and development. Decontamination is one of the critical challenges that the United States and EPA would face in recovering from a major chemical, biological, or radiological (CBR) incident. The conference is designed to facilitate presentation, discussion, and further collaboration on research and development focused on an all-hazards approach to cleaning up contaminated buildings (both interior and exterior), infrastructure, and other areas/materials. The conference continues to focus strongly on matters involving CBR threat agents, but also includes all hazard elements.
See the highlight box on the right for details and session recordings from the last conference in 2019.
Additional Resources:
- 2019 International Decontamination Research & Development Conference
- Emergency Response Research Webinar Series
- Emergency Response & Homeland Security Research at EPA
- COVID-19 Research at EPA
Contact Us
For questions about the conference, contact EPA_Decon@epa.gov.