2nd European Conference on Sludge Management - ECSM2010 September 8, 2010

This international scientific conference aims to bring together researchers and engineers from European universities, R&D laboratories, water agencies, governmental delegates, private companies involved in the management of sewage sludge. As the environmental regulations became stricter, the production of sewage sludge increased continuously in the last decade. This growth is particularly important in those countries, which joined the EU in the last two rounds of accession. The new member states in Central and Eastern Europe have set out their National Strategies on Waste Water Treatment for 2010-2020 on the development of waste water treatment facilities to meet the European requirements on waste water treatment. These requirements raise problems in this region. As the disposal of waste without pre-treatment is prohibited, the importance of energy recovery and spreading on land have increased.

The purpose of the conference is to share experience made in old member states with the new members of the EU and to show the innovative technologies for sewage sludge treatment. These could provide guidance on solving the EU and, more importantly, CEE problems. This is the reason to delegate the successful ECSM conference from Liége to Budapest, Hungary.

During the sewage sludge treatment it is important to take into considerations the effects on climate change. One of the objectives of the conference is to raise awareness of the best technologies allowing to minimize GHG emissions related to sludge management.

Topics

Both academic and industrial contributions falling under the following topics are welcome:

> Legal, social and economic aspects of sludge management

> Sludge dewatering: rheological properties, improved conditioning, liming, advanced dewatering processes, reed beds

> Sludge drying: experimental results, modelling, odour, case studies,

> Thermal treatment and energy recovery: gasification, methanation, incineration, wet oxidation

> Use of sewage sludge in agriculture: composting, injection

> Sewage sludge and the climate change

> Other.

The International Scientific Committee will evaluate the abstracts submitted to the conference. After acceptation, the Committee will make the selection between oral and poster presentations.

The Patron of the European Scientific Conference on Sludge Management ECSM2010 is the Hungarian Ministry of Environment and Water.

Deadlines

31st March 2010

Submission of abstracts (1 A4 page)

3rd May 2010

Notification of acceptance.

1st June 2010

Submission of full articles (max. 8 A4 pages)

Selected papers will be published in international journals.

Conference information provided by konferenciakalauz.hu

Official Website: http://ecsm2010.kszgysz.hu/