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First Call for Papers and Invitation: The International Symposium on "Emerging Pollutants in Irrigation Waters : Origins, Fate, Risks, and Mitigation, November 25-28, 2013, Tunis, Tunisia
The call forpapers for the International Symposium on "Emerging Pollutants in Irrigation Waters : Origins, Fate, Risks, and Mitigation" is now open and welcomes abstracts for oral and poster presentations. Participants willing to take part are invited to submit their contributions using the instructions.
Symposium themes will include a strong emphasis on the emerging pollutants inconventional and non-conventional waters used for irrigation in the Arab and Mediterranean Region with special focus on origins and occurrence in environmental matrix, related impacts and risks, and technologies for mitigation.
Deadlines for abstract submission is postponed for July 30th, 2013.
This International Symposium is the first to be organized in Tunisia and may be in the entire Arab World, to deal with Emerging Pollutants in water resources used for irrigation, their origins, fate, potential risks and tools for mitigation. It is held in the framework of the German-Tunisian joint research project EMPOWER Tunisia carried out by the Technical University of Braunschweig (TUBS, Germany), the National Research Institute for Rural Engineering, Water, and Forestry (INRGREF, Tunisia) and the Higher Institute of Agronomy Chatt Meriem (ISA CM, Tunisia). It aims at:
Bringing together scientific communities around the Mediterranean Sea Basin and the Arab countries working on emerging pollutants: chemists, environmental scientists, hydrologists, biologists, etc. to present and discuss their research findings, and explore further opportunities of collaboration.
Gathering the experts from the Arab-Mediterranean countries together with scientists from other countries to discuss issues related to the pollution of water resources used for irrigation, and establish a list of the most relevant pollutants and their potential hazardous effects on human health and the environment.
Exchanging experiences of environmentally sound technologies to mitigate the occurrence of emerging pollutants.
Aside from the scientific programme and within the educational component of the project Good Governance will be discussed from the points of view of decision-makers, scientists in research and academic institutions, and students.
The Symposium is organized mainly around the following topics:
- Emerging pollutants in water resources (surface, waste, and ground waters).
- Emerging pollutants in soils and sediments.
- Emerging pollutants and related evironmental and health risks.
- Treatment and remediation of water and soil contaminated by emerging pollutants.
- Special session: Good Governance in Universities and Research Institutions.
For oral and poster presentations a one-page abstract is required. Submission is done through the following link https://empowertunisia.alumniportal.com/call-for-papers.html
Guidelines for abstract submission are available at https://empowertunisia.alumniportal.com/call-for-papers.html
Poster and oral presentation will be accepted if at least one of the authors is registered and present at the symposium.
Abstracts accepted for oral presentation will be published as full papers (max 10 pages) in the Conference Proceedings. Guidelines will be sent along with notification.
Abstracts accepted for poster presentation will be published as extended abstract (max 3 pages) in the Conference Proceedings. Guidelines will be sent along with notification.
The best papers will be reviewed to be published in the peer-reviewed International Journal CLEAN-Soil, Air, Water in a Special Focus Issue on Emerging Pollutants in Euro-Mediterranean and MENA Countries.
Important dates:
- May 30, 2013 Second circular and call for papers.
- July 30, 2013 Deadline for abstract submission (oral and poster presentation).
- July 30, 2013 Notification of acceptance for oral and poster presentations.
- August 15, 2013 Deadline for early registration.
- October 15, 2013 Deadline for submission of full paper (10 pages max) for oral presentations. and extended abstracts (3 pages max) for poster presentations.
- October 30, 2013 Deadline for late registration on the website.
- November 10, 2013 Deadline for sending pdf format presentation for oral presentations. and a one-page slide of the poster presentations (summarizing the poster).
| Contact information |
Olfa Mahjoub Ph.D. Researcher Water Quality and Reuse National Research Institute for Rural Engineering, Water, and Forestry Hédi Karrai Street, P.O. Box 10, 2080, Ariana, Tunisia
(email: olfama@gmail.com ; mahjoub.borhane@gmail.com) Phone: +216 71 719 630, extension 408 Fax: +216 71 717 951 Mobile: +216 98 935 481 |
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| News type | CallForPaper |
| File link |
https://empowertunisia.alumniportal.com/events/symposium.html |
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| Source of information | EMPOWER project: EMerging POllutants in Water and WastewatER in Tunisia |
| Keyword(s) | Emerging Pollutants, Irrigation Waters, fate, risks, mitigation |
| Subject(s) | AGRICULTURE , ANALYSIS AND TESTS , CHARACTERISTICAL PARAMETERS OF WATERS AND SLUDGES , DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , ENERGY , HEALTH - HYGIENE - PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISM , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INDUSTRY , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , INFRASTRUCTURES , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , NATURAL MEDIUM , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES , SLUDGES , TOOL TERMS , WATER DEMAND , WATER QUALITY |
| Relation | http://www.emwis.net/initiatives/fol060732/emerging-pollutants-water-and-wastewater-tunisia |
| Geographical coverage | Tunisia, |
| News date | 23/04/2013 |
| Working language(s) | ENGLISH |
