First Announcement and Call for papers for the International Conference on Technologies for Industrial Wastewater Treatment and Reuse in the Mediterranean Region

The Conference will take place in “Jerba”, Tunisia the days 24-26 May 2007. The main Objectives of the Conference are:

- To update and to discuss recent trends in industrial wastewater treatment and reuse technologies. Emphasis will be laid on those technologies which are adapted economically, and socially to Developing and Transition Countries in the Mediterranean Region;
- To initiate international cooperative networks;
-  To identify key research projects for the ongoing EU 7th Framework Programme.

The three day International Conference (24 - 26 May 2007) will consist of plenary lectures and round table discussions. In addition, a number of oral and poster presentations will be selected from the submitted abstracts. 15/03/07: Deadline for the submission of extended abstracts (max. 1 page).

TOPICS to be covered during this Conference include:

- Monitoring of organic and inorganic pollutants
- Supramolecular Chemistry: Application for remediation of pollutants in Med-Countries
- Membrane technology for the treatment and recycling of wastewater
- Catalytic technologies for the treatment of agro-food industry effluents
- Advanced Oxidation Processes
- Integrated biological and physico-chemical technologies
- Aerobic and anaerobic processes
- Wastewater treatment under extremophilic conditions - microbial ecology
- Molecular biology as a solution for environmental problems
- Enzymes in green processes (remediation of xenobiotics, textile and pulp/paper, olive mill wastewaters)
- Bioremediation and phytoremediation
- Environmental chemistry
- Control and modeling of environmental processes
- Hazardous waste management and treatment
- Solid waste management and treatment
- Reclamation and reuse
- Toxicity, risk assessment and environmental impact
- Sustainable development