13th ISCBC International Conference on Interplay of Chemical and Biological Sciences: Impact on Health and Environment (ISCBC- 2009)

The 13^th ISCBC International Conference on "Interplay of Chemical and Biological Sciences: Impact on Health and Environment" being organized by Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi during 26^th February to 1^st March 2009, Delhi University, Delhi. The main aim of the Conference is to bring academicians and scientists working in diverse scientific areas on a common platform to discuss the recent developments in chemical and biological sciences in better understanding of life processes for solving health and environmental problems.

For more details please see the website: http://www.iscbindia.org/conference.html

 

3rd Thermal Power India 2009

3rd Thermal Power India 2009 will be held at New Delhi, India, February 19- 20, 2009. This conference & exhibition series focusses on issues in the power generation industry covering coal, gas & oil power generation. The Thermal Power India series offers a unique platform to learn, discuss and exchange experience about the major structural, technical, managerial & regulatory changes and business opportunities in the power generation segment amongst various stakeholders.

For more information please see the website: http://www.bharatbook.com/general/seminar.asp

National Seminar on Emerging Trends in Participatory Watershed Management Project

The Seminar will be held at the Gandhigram, Dindigul, Tamilnadu, India, 5 to 6 February 2009. It is organized by Faculty of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Gandhigram Rural University, Gandhigram. Objectives of the Seminar are: • To review the past and present development in watershed management approach, • To disseminate the recent technologies in watershed management especially soil and water conservation, Dry land farming, livestock management ,new technologies such as precision farming, validated ITKs as well as in alternate land use systems among farming communities, • To identify the problems and find out Solutions in watershed management research and project implementation, • To bring out technical bulletin with recommendations for the benefit of Academicians, Researchers, NGO's and policy makers on watershed based projects.

For more information please see the website: http://www.ruraluniv.ac.in

4th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture

4th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture Innovations for improving efficiency, equity and environment will be jointly organized by ICAR and NAAS during 4-7 February 2009 New Delhi, India. ICARDA, RWC,FAO, IFAD, ISSS and ISAE co- sponsors. The themes are: (1) Resource Productivity and Efficiency- Soil and  residue management, Input management : water, nutrients, seed, agro-chemicals, Diversified farming systems, Irrigated systems, Mechanization and energy management, Genetic strategies, Indigenous knowledge and practices (2) Institutional Innovations and Policies - Participatory approaches and partnerships, Integrated approach for technology development and dissemination,   Capacity building, Enabling policies (3)Environment - Climate change, Biodiversity, Environmental services (4)  Impact assessment and equity issues - Impact of conservation agriculture, Equity issues (employment, drudgery, regional disparities, etc), Common property resources. 

For more details please see the website: http://www.icar.org.in

 

 

International Conference on Water, Environment, Energy and Society (WEES- 2009)

The conference will be held at NASC complex, ICAR, New Delhi, INDIA, January 12 to 16, 2009. The themes are: Water and environment, Water hazards, Water for energy, Water for other uses (Irrigation, Industry, Rural development, Ecosystem and forestry), Water for society. 

More information about this event please see the website: http://wees2009.com

 

6th International Conference on “Good Urban Governance for Making Cities Work”

The 6th International Conference on "Good Urban Governance for Making Cities Work" is being organized in Mumbai, co-terminus with the 6th International Exhibition on Municipal Services, Urban Development and Public Works from 29 to 31 January, 2009. The event is being organized in collaboration with Government of India Ministries of Urban Development, Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, Information Technology, All India Council of Mayors, National Institute of Urban Affairs, Association of Municipalities and Development Authorities, All India Institute of Local self Government, Government of Maharashtra, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, leading local, provincial, national and international agencies and organisations dealing with Urban Development, Management and Governance. The objectives of the conference are as follows: * To evolve City Development and Management strategies considering problems faced and further prospects to make cities work in the context of the new initiatives under JNNURM and other programs, * To introduce policy-related reform agenda for improved urban governance, * To share technological options for various utility services, which are sustainable and environment-friendly for integrated water management, integrated waste management and holistic transportation options, * To evolve strategies for improving the financial management of Local Bodies, including better accounting systems, expanding resource base of local bodies and accessing capital market for resource mobilization, * To explore various partnership models for planning, developing and maintaining of housing and city utilities / services, * To establish efficient E-Governance systems to provide access to information and services to citizens in a user friendly manner, * To take stock of all "best practices" in the area of Urban Development, management and Governance for adoption / adaption by cities.

For more information about the conference please see the website: http://www.fairfest.com

International Conference on Energy Engineering ICEE 2009

The International Conference on Energy Engineering ICEE 2009 will be held in the Auditorium Complex of Pondicherry Engineering College, Puducherry, INDIA, 7 to 9 January 2009. The conference will be organized jointly by the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Pondicherry Engineering College. This conference will provide a unique platform for world-wide academia, engineers, industrialists, scientists and the governmental decision-makers to discuss on the advances in energy engineering and its allied fields. The themes for deliberations during the conference include newer developments in conventional energy sources, alternate energy sources and their utilization, analyses of energy systems, clean energy and bio-fuels, energy transformation and transmission, energy-consuming devices, energy instrumentation and environmental impacts.
For more details please see the website: http://www.icee2009.pec.edu/

 

National Seminar on Rural Energy Management: Strategies and Policy Options

The Seminar will be held at the Gandhigram, Dindigul, Tamilnadu, India, 30 to 31 January 2009. It is organized by Department of Economics, Gandhigram Rural University, Dindigul District. Tamilnadu. The objectives of the seminar are : • To sensitize the participants about the seriousness of energy issues in general, rural energy issues in particular; • To design sustainable and appropriate rural energy mix for evolving the integrated rural energy plan; • To find out different energy sources and their relevance in energy end-use economic sectors like agriculture, industry, household, transport, commercial, social and service sectors; and • To motivate the young students and budding researchers to undertake research on rural energy issues, problems, and strategies. The Key themes are: Households Sector's Energy Consumption, Agriculture sector, Industrial sector, Transport sector, Commercial and Service sector, Alternative Energy.

 For more information please see the website: http://www.ruraluniv.ac.in

Conference on the Role of New Technologies in Sustainable Development: The Case of Kerala

Conference on The Role of New Technologies in Sustainable Development: The Case of Kerala at Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala State, January 27-28, 2009 Organized by Centre for Development Studies-Thiruvananthapuram, India and other academic institutions in Kerala and McGill university, Montreal, Canada sponsored by IDRC and DFAIT, Canada

For the detailed conference programme click here: http://www.cds.edu/

National Conference on Aerobic Digestion and Renewable Energy through Microbes (ADREM) 2009

The conference will be held at Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) – Pilani, Goa Campus, Goa during 13th – 15th January 2009. The conference will focus on research and development in the field of energy through microbes. Topics of the conference are: Biogas, Biofuel, Microbial fuel cell, Electron transfer processes, Novel Bioreactor system and process scale up, Sustainable development, Governmental Regulations.

For more information please see the website: http://www.bits-goa.ac.in/adrem2009 

National Conference on Effect of Climatic Change & Sustainable Resource Management (ECCSRM)

The conference will be held at the University Auditorium Hall 1, SRM University, Kattankulathur, Tamilnadu, 22nd and 23rd January 2009. The objective of the conference is to provide a forum to the academicians, working professionals, scientists, environmentalists, research scholars and NGOs for sharing the knowledge, experience and inventories on this global environmental issue pertaining to climatic change. The conference topics are: (a) Climate change and its impacts (b) Numerical and Statistical modeling techniques in predicting climatic change (c) Effect of Climate change on biotic and abiotic systems (d) Nuclear Power in protecting climatic change (e) Effect of climate change on water resources, agriculture, food security and environment (f) Climate change and society (g) Extreme weather events, floods, droughts, cyclones (h) Mitigation and Adaptation.

 For more details about the conference please see the website : http://www.srmist.ac.in

Conservation of Biodiversity in Protected Areas - Opportunities and Challenges

The seminar will be held at the Bangalore, Karnataka, India, 23 to 24 January 2009. Conquest of forests and waste lands in the name of development has left few areas in the peninsula of India free from intrusion by man. The proposed National seminar aims at: (a) Creation of awareness among the general public about the need for biodiversity conservation, (b) Co- ordination of various government departments like Transport, Public Works, Irrigation, Fisheries , Agriculture, Veterinary, Tobacco board etc. for the protection of forests and wild life (c) Facilitating trans-boundary meetings with forest officials from the neighbouring states to reduce poaching and other encroachments (d) Facilitating people's participation in the formulation and enforcement of the policies and strategies of forest department. The major thematic areas for submission of papers are: (1)Biodiversity conservation, (2)Man-Animal conflict, (3)Environmental Impact Assessment, (4)Joint Forest Management, (5)Revival of sick ecosystems, (6)Forest fragmentation, (7)Principles of classifying endangered species, (8)Endemic & keystone species, (9)Impact of natural calamities on biodiversity, (10)Soil conservation, (11)Threats to biodiversity hotspots, (12)Conservation of herbal traditions, (13)Conservation of aquatic fauna, (14)Biodiversity for human welfare, (15)Education and training needs in biodiversity conservation.

For more details please see the website: http://www.christuniversity.in

International Solar Food Processing Conference 2009

International Solar Food Processing Conference 2009 will be held at the Barli Institute, Indore, India during 14 - 16 January 2009. The conference aims to share new technologies, concepts and strategies of using the sun as a main energy supply for food processing with a focus primarily on solar food processing for income generation and economic feasibility.

 For more details about the conference please see the website http://www.solarfood2009.org/

National Workshop on Global Warming and its Implications for Kerala

Forest & Wildlife Department, Government of Kerala has initiated action to organize a National Workshop on 'GLOBAL WARMING AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR KERALA' from 19^th to 21^st January 2009. The inaugural function will be held on 19.1.2009 at Kanakakunnu Palace, Thiruvananthapuram. The Workshop venue will be Technopark Auditorium, Thiruvananthapuram. The themes of the workshop are: (a) Global Climate Change - the scientific basis and impact on natural processes and resources, particularly forest systems. (b) Climate change and the forests of India (Focus on Western Ghats, Kerala): Qualitative, functional and livelihood implications. (c) Forest products and sustainable development: linking carbon sequestration and livelihood by sustainable utilization of forest produce: Bamboo sector. (d) Role of forestry sector in response to the climate change adaptation and mitigation: Options in policy, programme and management. The objectives of the workshop are: (1) Update the information on the patterns of events related to global warming and climate change and the impacts thereof on natural systems including the energy and carbon dynamics in context of natural resource use. (2) Understanding of the atmospheric and biological responses of natural processes to climate change and their manifestation in the natural resource profiles with specific reference to Western Ghats and Kerala. (3) Identification of sectors and areas of action to ensure appropriate response to the impending impact in terms of strategies for conservation of natural resources by way of policies, programs and statutory initiatives.

For more details please see the website: http://www.glowarmkerala.org

Workshop on Innovations in the Water Sector

The workshop on Innovations in the Water Sector will be held at the Pune, India, 20-23 January 2009. The workshop will deliberate the sustained efforts of stakeholders in the water sector and highlight the importance of replacing the prevailing demand or supply augmentation approach with a management-oriented outlook. Topics include in the workshop are: (a) Conflicts over demand and supply in the water sector (b) Process/institutional/technological innovations that serve as instruments to bring efficiency, equity and sustainability in the water sector (c) Case studies to demonstrate the wider impacts of innovation on the domestic, agricultural and industrial water sectors. Participants will come from research institutes, Indian government ministries, academia, NGOs and the F-IAELP (Fulbright Indo-American Environmental Leadership Program) itself.

For more details please see the website: http://www.irc.nl

National Water Seminar: Challenges of Providing Potable Water to the Islands

The Seminar will be held in Port Blair, Andaman Islands, India on the 29th and 30th of January, 2009.The National Water Seminar is designed to bring together Government, NGOs and people from the grass roots level to examine the complexities of providing potable water in an island environment. The three focuses of the Seminar will be water resource development, water quality and community managed water supply systems. Experts from island nations with similar geography and water issues will be invited to share their findings. The Seminar will include a plenary session in which ways of implementing the findings can be discussed.

 For updates about the seminar please see the website: http://nationalwaterseminar.blogspot.com

 

6th EverythingAboutWater Expo 2009

The 6^th EverythingAboutWater Expo 2009 is taking place at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India during 28-30 January 2009. Expo 2009 includes the following programmes. International Conference on Water & Wastewater (Jan 28 - 29, 2009) – It aims to create a platform for knowledge sharing for all stakeholders in the water and wastewater sector, Conference on Water & Wastewater Management in the Building Sector (Jan 28 , 2009) - The Conference will focus on various aspects in the building sector and highlight latest developments in the field, Conference on Non- Chemical Disinfection Technologies: Ozonation & Uv (Jan 29, 2009) - The Conference will focus on designing, selection, operation, maintenance issues and latest developments in Ozonation, Training Workshop on 'Seawater Desalination' (Jan 30, 2009) - The training workshop will provide special emphasis on optimum designing and operation of a seawater desalination Plant.

 

For information about the conference please see the website: http://www.eawater.com/expo2009

 

International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts and Responses

International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts and Responses will be held at the Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Environment Education and Research, Pune, India, 9-11 January 2009. The International Conference on Climate is for any person with an interest in, and concern for, scientific, policy and strategic perspectives in climate change. It will address a range of  critically important themes relating to the vexing question of climate change. Main speakers will include some of the world's leading thinkers in the fields of climatology and environmental science, as well as numerous paper, workshop and colloquium presentations by researchers and practitioners. Participants are also welcome to submit a presentation proposal either for a 30-minute paper, 60-minute workshop, a jointly presented 90-minute colloquium session. Parallel sessions are loosely grouped into streams reflecting different perspectives or disciple  ines. Each stream also has its own talking circle, a forum for focused discussion of issues. For those unable to attend the Conference in person, virtual participation is also available.

For information about the conference please see the website: http://www.climate-conference.com

2nd International Congress of Environmental Research ICER -08

18 to 20 December 2008
Goa, Goa, India

Website: http://www.icer08.org
Contact name: Dr.Subhash C Pandey

2nd International Congress of Environmental Research ICER -08
18 to 20 December 2008
Goa, India

Contributory full length Research Papers, Poster Papers, Review Papers and Abstracts on all topics of Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, Technology and Social Sciences related with the Environment will be read, presented and discussed

Enquiries: Info@icer08.org
Web address: http://www.icer08.org
Sponsored by: Journal of Environmental Research And develoment

Winter School & International Conference on Green Growth

17 to 18 December 2008
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Website: http://www.ibsindia.org/green.pdf
Contact name: Dr.C S Shylajan

Green growth aims to combine the goal of economic growth with environmental sustainability. The conference will highlight the concepts, methodology & the measures to be taken to promote green growth strategies.

Organized by: IBS, Hederabad

First Global Summit on Sustainable Development and Biodiversity

Change of Dates
Due to Unavoidable Circumstances and Coincidence with dates of forthcoming state assembly election in Chhattisgarh, The Gloss 2008 has been postponed from december 2008 to february 2009. The Rescheduled dates for Global Summit are:
7-9 February 2009.
Raipur , Chhattisgarh, India

Website: www.gloss2008.com

Contact Persons:
Dr. R.N.Pati, Conference Coordinator (gloss2008@gmail.com)

To address a wide range of serious challenges relating to Environmental Governance, Sustainable Biodiversity Conservation, assessing the replicability of promising practices of indigenous mechanism of biodiversity conservation, understanding stakeholders' vision on global warming and sustainable development, promoting the role of policy makers, corporate houses and development actors in developing appropriate environmental strategic plan and initiating remedial measures against global warming.
Organized by: VRM Foundation and Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board in association with other Partner Agencies, Raipur, Chhattisgarh
Deadline for abstracts/proposals has been extended from October 15, 2008 to January 15, 2009.
(Check the event website for latest details.)

International Seminar on Aerospace Industry and Environmental Issues on 1st and 2nd December 2008, Putrajaya

1 to 2 December 2008
Putrajaya, Malaysia, Malaysia

Website: http://www.miat.unikl.edu.my/seminar/
Contact name: Mrs. Ruhaida Abdul Rashid

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Introduction

People getting more and more mobile and air connectivity getting better and cheaper in many cases, we are all jumping into aircrafts more than ever before. Considering the following facts: Today the contribution of aviation to the CO2 emission is in the order of 2 to 3%, The successor to the Kyoto Protocol will be negotiated throughout 2009 for an implementation in 2012. Environment issues are therefore becoming a major concern all over the world. In response to this concern, the aviation industry as a whole has taken steps and commitments to significantly reduce its footprint on the environment. The ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization), the airlines and the aerospace industry grouped within ATAG (Air Transport Action Group) have launched ambitious plans to optimize aircraft use in order to reduce environment impact. Aeronautical designers and manufacturers have pushed forward large projects in order to develop new aircraft and new engines with major improvements on environment impact. A large information effort from all actors of such a key economic sector as aviation becomes highly relevant. Considering that the growth of the air traffic is mostly taking place in the Asia-Pacific region, UniKL-MIAT in a joint effort with Institute Aeronautic et Spatial (IAS), France will be organizing an International Seminar where European and Asian experts will share their views about the efforts on operations and research to aim towards a greener aviation.

Who Should Attend

Government Agency Regulatory Body Airlines/MRO Industry Professional & Specialist Researchers

Academicians Strategic Planner Business Developer Venture Capital

21st Kerala Science Congress

Kerala Science Congress (KSC) is conducted by Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) every year dedicating its efforts for revitalization of R&D in the State and shifting the focus towards solving the developmental problems of Kerala. The Science Congress encourages effective participation of fresh talents and inculcates scientific temper for advancement of scientific research in the State. The 21st KSC is being organized by Kerala State Council for Science, Technology & Environment, Department of Industries and Kerala Minerals & Metals Limited & Tropical Botanic Garden & Research Institute.

 

The Kerala Science Congress will have sessions in which selected general papers, contest papers and posters in the identified subject areas will be presented. Young Scientist Award will be presented to the winners of the contest paper under each identified subject areas. Plenary sessions with invited talks, keynote addresses, etc. on subjects related to the special theme is also planned. KSC will provide a platform for interaction between scientists working in different parts of the country and top level scientists in the relevant field. The S&T administrators, planners and the general public will have the opportunity to interact with the scientists and to understand the significance of the scientific work undertaken by the Scientists. The event will prove to be an excellent platform for interaction leading to identification of new R&D opportunities.

For further details and registration, please visit http://www.ksc.kerala.gov.in/