Diary

Citation

(2007), "Diary", Management of Environmental Quality, Vol. 18 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/meq.2007.08318eac.001

Diary

20-22 September 2007, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

The International Conference on Environment and Development will be held in Lanzhou, Gansu, China, on 20-22 September 2007. The aim of the event is to discuss the latest developments in respect of environment and sustainable development issues. Some of the topics of the conference are:

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  Environmental protection.

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  Pollution control.

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  Environmental modeling.

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  Energy problem and environment.

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  Quality of water.

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  Waste water treatment and management.

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  Rivers, lakes, seas and oceans.

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  Groundwater flow engineering.

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  Sustainable water use.

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  Hydrology.

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  Harbours and marinas

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  Coastal ecosystems, erosion and sedimentation.

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  Protection systems.

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  Geology and geoinformatics.

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  GIS.

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  Urban development.

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  Biological systems and mathematical biology.

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  Ecology.

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  Global change, climate and biodiversity.

Further details are available at: www.wseas.org/conferences/2007/lanzhou/ed

Governance and Life Cycle Analysis

27-28 September 2007, Brussels, Belgium

The open workshop “Governance and life cycle analysis: opportunities for going beyond ISO-LCA” is taking place within the EU-funded project “CALCAS – Co-ordination Action for Innovation in Life-Cycle Analysis for Sustainability”.

Scientific experts from the fields of Life Cycle approaches as well as researchers on governance aspects, policy observers as well as experts from public policy and administration, especially representatives from UN, OECD, EU and environment agencies will be brought together at the meeting. A special focus of the workshop will be to further the interdisciplinary exchange within these branches of research. Full information about the workshop is available at: www.fu-berlin.de/ffu/calcas

International Conference on Renewable Energy Sources

14-16 October 2007, Archacon, France

The WSEAS International Conference on Renewable Energy Sources aims to disseminate the latest research and applications in the field. The event is an internationally recognized Forum for the dissemination of the latest advances on Wind Energy, Hydrogen Energy, Biomass and Bioenergy, Solar Energy, Photovoltaic Systems, Geothermal Energy, Hydroelectric Energy, Small Hydro-Plants etc. as well as on their increasing practical interest and real applications.

Further details are available at: www.wseas.us/conferences/2007/france/res

Environmental Sustainability of ICT – 18th Australasian Conference on Information Systems

5-7 December 2007, Toowoomba, Australia

The Information Systems Board of the Australian Computer Society has announced a three-year initiative to raise awareness and encourage action in response to the major environmental challenges presented to Australia and its regional neighbours. A lack of environmental sustainability in Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) presents environmental risks to individuals, society and ecosystems while representing an enormous waste of scarce resources.

Information networks and the transition to a knowledge-based economy enable new ways of optimizing organizational workflows, building environmental communities, engaging groups in participatory decisions, and supporting education and advocacy campaigns. But there is little awareness about the scope and magnitude of related environmental problems, particularly in Australia. European studies identify discarded ICT hardware as the fastest growing category of solid waste. An estimated two-thirds of PCs are thrown into landfill sites within five years of purchase. Hazardous chemicals leaching from e-waste include toxic heavy metals and hazardous chemicals. The high level of electricity required to power and cool data centres also adds to environmental problems as a major contributor of greenhouse gases.

Papers are now invited to the conference. They should clearly identify a specific problem area, cite relevant literature, and make an original contribution. The track welcomes original work within the general theme of “Increasing the Environmental Sustainability of ICT” (e.g. scoping the problem, examining the options, developing strategies), as well as manuscripts that address specific areas of interest such as:

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  sustainability in technology acquisition and adoption;

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  whole of life costing, life cycle analyses;

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  sustainable value determination of IT (e.g. Triple Bottom Line);

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  disposal/recycling of IT hardware;

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  using IS management for recycling projects;

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  sustainability in IS industry and employment;

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  IS strategies for sustainable resource management;

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  creative usage of IS tools to reduce energy consumption and CO₂ emissions;

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  IS/IT support for corporate social responsibility initiatives;

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  impact of teleworking on energy consumption and traffic statistics;

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  acquiring and managing environmental knowledge;

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  environmental online communication and collaboration;

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  virtual communities on sustainability and environmental protection;

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  e-learning technologies for building environmental awareness;

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  environmental web portals (carbon trading, NGOs, environmental; indicators, etc.); and

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  environmental applications of geographic information systems.

Further details are available at: www.acis2007.usq.edu.au/tracks.htm

International Conference on Environment, Ecosystems and Development

14-16 December 2007, Puerto De La Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

This conference will have a special appeal to young researchers and is characterized by a friendly atmosphere in which delegates at different stages of their careers can talk to each other. Scientists within the various areas of remote sensing, environmental science, geographical information systems, pattern recognition, real-time systems and monitoring, among others, will benefit from attending the meeting. The conference also offers to engineers and scientists a unique forum for establishing new collaborations within present or upcoming research projects, exchanging useful ideas, presenting recent research results, participating in discussions and establishing new academic collaborations, linking university with the industry.

Further details are available at: www.wseas.us/conferences/2007/tenerife/eed/