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2008 Oct 8-10 Odournet is delighted to announce the 3rd IWA International Conference on Odours and VOCs – Measurement, Regulation and Control Techniques, to be held 8-10 October 2008, in Barcelona, Spain. The conference, under the auspices of the International Water Association, will be organised by the Area Metropolitana de Barcelona and Odournet, while Aguas de Barcelona (Agbar) kindly provide the venue in their emblematic Torre Agbar building. The Call for Papers will be issued in September 2007, and a website will be launched for registration. For more information contact ton@odournet.com

2008 July 6-8 The Italian Association of Chemical Engineering (AIDIC) organizes NOSE2008: International Conference on Environmental Odour Monitoring and Control, to be held in Rome, Italy. For more information visit here.  

2007 Nov 13-14 German VDI organise the symposium “Gerüche in der Umwelt” in Bad Kissingen, covering both indoor and ambient odour issues. Abstracts should be submitted before April 2nd, 2007. The main language for the meeting is German, but we understand papers can be presented in English. For more information, see www.vdi.de/gerueche2007

2007 Nov 9-5 Odournet México will be present at Semana Nacional PYME 2007 in Mexico city. Come and see us at Centro de Convenciones Banamex stand No O1521. Odournet México is one of the many interesting companies present in the Innovation and Technological Development ward.

2007 Oct 17-19 The Agència Catalana de l'Aigua organises a technical symposium in Barcelona, Spain, on sludge treatment and utilisation, titled: III Jornades Tècniques: Tractament i valorització de fangs. For more information: afreixes@gencat.net

2007 Oct 3-5 The University of La Coruña, Spain, organises the Congress on Biotechniques for Air Pollution Control, under the auspices of the European Federation of Biotechnology, to be held in La Coruña from 3 to 5 October 2007. See here for more information.

2007 Sept 9-12 The International Union of Air Pollution Prevention and Environmental Protection Agencies IUAPPA will celebrate its annual meeting in Brisbane, Australia. For more info please see here.

2007 July 2-5 Cambridge, UK, will be the location for the 11 th international conference Harmonisation within Atmospheric Dispersion Modeling for Regulatory Purposes. For more information please see here.

2007 May 7-9 Vancouver will host a conference on 'Environmental nuisances: Noise, Light, Odour & Fugitive Dust', organised by the AWMA, For details, click here.

2007 May 2 International symposium on olfaction and electronic nose, St Petersburg, Russia. For more information please see here.

2007 March 12-13. The 9th Workshop: Geruch und Emissionen bei Kunststoffen (language: German) will be held in Kassel, Germany. For further information, see here or contact them.

2006 Apr 9 to 12 WEF/A&WMA Odors and Air Emissions 2006 at Connecticut Convention Center (Hartford, Connecticut, USA). The call for papers ends on June 1 st 2005. More info here.

2005 Oct 5 to 07 The Spanish University of La Coruña organizes the Congress on Biological Techniques for Air Pollution Control, in the Palexco Exhibition Centre, La Coruña, Spain. More info here.

2005 May 9 to 11 The Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA) organises a regional conference on Environmental Nuisances: Noise, Odour and Fugitive Dust, in Missisauga, Ontario Canada. For more information visit their web site.

2005 March 31 Deadline for the submission of papers for the AWMA and the Water Environment Federation international conference on the theme Animal Agriculture and Processing: Managing Environmental Impacts, to be held at St Louis, MO, USA, from August 31 to September 2. More info here

2005 March 8 to 11 OdourNet and AcustiNet will be represented in Ecomed. The two companies will have a shared stand. Come and see us! http://www.ecomedpollutec.com/

2005 March 8 to 11 Barcelona. ECOMED POLLUTEC, The International Energy and Environment Exhibition. The 5th edition is open to the sectors of Water, Air, Environment and urban furniture, Energies, Waste (prevention, recycling, treatment, recovery and elimination), Noise, Analysis, measurement and regulation, Engineering and consultancy, Training, Public and industrial cleaning and Marine space. The “Thinking space” agenda includes issues such as Environmental management in companies, the VI Environmental Meetings and the II Mediterranean Forum on Sustainability. More info

2004 November 17 to 19 Germany, Cologne European conference on odour management, VDI/DIN. After a few years where international odour meetings were mainly centered on wastewater (IWA/WEF), this meeting is intended to provide a broad forum to the entire width of the community of professionals involved in odour management in Europe and other continents. More info.

2004 October 20 to 22 USC-CSC-TRG Conference on Biofiltration in Santa Monica, California, USA. The 6th International Conference on “Biofiltration. An Air Pollution Control Technology” will focus on the development and use of biofilters and biofiltration and other emerging biological air pollution control technologies. The conference is co-hosted by the University of Southern California and the Reynolds Group. More info

2004 September 14 to 17 Guimarães, Portugal. The IV Ibero American Congress on Acoustics, the IV Iberic Congress on Acoustics, the XXXV Congress on Acoustics -Tecniacústica 2004-, and the European Simposium on Acoustics, on Environmental Acoustics. These events will be the forum to present the newest findings in the various fields of acoustics, a discipline that is more and more important in technological development, curricula of universities, priorities of research laboratories and concerns of Public Institutions, Councils and companies. Acoustics are also gaining presence in work space, leisure and culture. More info

2004 September 13 Phil Branchflower will present a paper at Second National Conference of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management(CIWEM). The presentation is entitled "Odour assessments: what is required, and how can it be done?". It will discuss not only the methodologies used in undertaking odour assessments, but also how they can be effectively used to satisfy the requirements of different regulatory regimes. Full details of the conference available from www.ciwem.com .

2004 September 13 to 15 Second national conference of CIWEM, including sessions on Planning and Management of Odours, Bretton Hall, Wakefield, United Kingdom. See www.ciwem.com. Call for papers deadline is 19th April 2004.

2004 June 22 UK, Cranfield - Conference on the Control and Prevention of Odorous Emission. A one day conference supported by the EPSRC Odour Network. OdourNet will be represented by its chairman, Ton van Harreveld, with a paper titled Odour Measurement – the next steps.

2004 April 19 OdourNet UK were invited to give 2 key presentations at Thames Waters Global Technology Workshop regarding Odour Measurement and Control Technology for Wastewater Plants. The workshop was organised by Thames Water and delegates from the UK, Germany and Chile attended. Nick Jones presented details of the current regulatory regime in the UK as regards odours from wastewater treatment facilities, and outlined the implications of possible future developments. Philip Branchflower outlined the techniques and tools used in the UK to assess the risk of wastewater treatment plant causing odour nuisance, and how they could be applied to meet the requirements of future regulations.

2004 April 18 to 21 Washington, USA, WEF/ A&WMA Odors and Air Emissions 2004, Specialty conference at the Meydenbauer Center Bellevue, Washington, USA
April 18-21, 2004 Registration information

2004 March 23 UK, London - Current Best Practice Techniques For Odour Control, a one day conference organised by Terence Dalton Ltd.
Following the new IPPC requirements and the implications of H4 draft guidance and other EA documents, this conference will give speakers the opportunity to discuss what impact these may have in the UK water and waste industry, what standards may be required for the control of odour, how they will be applied and the best techniques for their achievement. The call for papers is closed. To be held on 23 March 2004 at The Royal College of Physicians, 11 St Andrews Place, Regent’s Park, London Contact: Lis Whitehair Tel: 01787 249290 E-mail: lis@lavenhamgroup.co.uk

2003 October 30 Programme committee for the European conference on Odour Management, organised by VDI in Cologne, Germany from 17-19 November 2004, chaired by Ton van Harreveld of OdourNet. The international conference on odour management aims to bring together the European odour management community to a major three-day conference. Consult the Call for Papers which invites authors to submit abstracts before January 15th, 2004.


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