Upcoming events
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN WEST LITHUANIA
Location: Klaipeda, Lithuania
Objectives include materials, construction and electrical engineering studies and systems; environmental problems; oil industry development perspectives; and marine transport technologies in West Lithuania.
Language: Lithuanian
Contact: Science and Technology in
West Lithuania, Marine Technics Faculty
Klaipeda University
Bijuno g. 17, 5802 Klaipeda
Tel: (370-6) 295-522 (or 523)
Fax: (370-6) 381-841 (or 254-553)
28-31 October
SUSTAINABLE URBAN PLANNING AND NEW FORMS OF CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
Location: Freiburg, Germany
Possibilities for sustainable urban planning, innovative ways of ecological building and new forms of citizen participation will be discussed. Workshop includes visits to local sites, presentations of German project experiences and exchanges of information with other model projects and communities.
Language: German, English
Contact: Laurenz Hermann
Forum Vauban e.V.
Merzhauser Str. 170/37, D-79100 Freiburg
Tel: (49-761) 407-773
Fax: (49-761) 407-395
E-mail: Laurenz.Hermann.fv@t-online.de
Website: http://www.forum-vauban.de
10-13 November
SUSTAINABLE USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES - COOPERATIVE
PLANNING AND ACTIONS
Location: Tampere, Finland
Key issues include: industrial sustainability; optimising the use of natural resources; energy production and sustainable alternatives; European, national and regional policies for sustainability; and curricula for environmental engineering. Workshop includes current environmental research and its applications in industry and engineering education.
Language: English
Contact: Ms. Marjukka Dyer
Tampere Polytechnic
Teiskontie 33
FIN-33520 Tampere, Finland
Tel: (358-3) 264-7401
Fax: (358-3) 264-7447
E-mail: Marjukka.Dyer@tpu.fi
14-19 November
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL AGENDA 21
Location: Nottingham, UK
Main topics include the background to Local Agenda 21 and UK experiences; delivery mechanisms, progress results and lessons learnt; collaborative success stories between local and central government in the UK; how to prepare a Local Agenda 21 strategy; practical examples of successful Local Agenda 21 activities; community development visits to and presentations from Local Agenda 21 case studies in the UK; examination of specific tools used in the Local Agenda 21 process (e.g. environmental management systems/ EMAS); indicators for sustainable development and environmental impact assessment; and links between Local Agenda 21, the public and the community health agenda.
Language: English
Contact: International Seminars The British Council, 1 Beaumont Place, Oxford OX1 2PJ, UK
Tel: (44-1865) 316-636
Fax: (44-1865) 557-368
E-mail: international.seminars@brit-coun.org
16-19 November
ROMANIAN ENVIRONMENTAL FORUM
Location: Bucharest, Romania
The Forum is an occasion to become familiar with the Romanian environmental market and its needs and to strengthen relationships with officials, specialists, businesspersons and suppliers in the field.
Contact: P.O. Box 4-83 / 74126
Bucharest, Romania
Tel: (40-1) 320-2139 (or 2724)
Fax: (40-1) 323-4423
Email: gsf@ebony.ro
Website: http://www.gsf.ebony.ro
16-19 November
ROMANIAN TRANSPORT FORUM
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Forum includes conferences, workshops, posters and exhibitions on transport topics.
Contact: GSF Romania
2, Alba Iulia Square, apt. 10
74126 Bucharest, Romania
Tel: (40-1) 320-7679
Fax: (40-1) 620-5653
E-mail: transport@ebony.ro
Website: http://www.gsf.ebony.ro
18 November
FIRST INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE FOR
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EU ACCESSION COUNTRIES: WATER AND WASTE MANAGEMENT
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Conference will identify and present advanced waste management technologies and potential sources of venture capital for stimulating eco-industries in EU accession countries.
Language: English, Hungarian
Contact: TDT-3R - G. Edward Someus
Tel: (36-20) 980-6996
Fax: (36-1) 228-6045
E-mail: edward@mail.inext.hu
20-27 November
ENVIRONMENT AND TOURISM '99: BLACK SEA INTERNATIONAL
Location: Foros and Sevastopol,
Crimea, Ukraine.
This will be the first in a series of international conferences on the Black Sea held to advance integrated coastal management for nature protection and tourism. Conference includes scientific sessions; a round table on concrete projects for partnerships and proposals; a market/exhibition of books, video, maps and CD-ROMs; presentations on Crimean tourism resources, excursions, eco-tours and educational and climbing tours.
Language: English
Contact: Dr. Nickolai Shadrin
Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas
2, Nakhimov Ave., Sevastopol, 335011, Crimea, Ukraine
Email: shadrn@fossil.ukrcom.sebasto-pol.ua
24-26 November
GLOBALISATION, ECOLOGY
AND ECONOMY
Location: Tilburg, The Netherlands
Objectives include the development of a policy and action framework to further the positive interaction between economy and ecology (e.g. European nature compensation, industrial stimulation funds): attaining commitments by relevant stakeholders; raising the profile of economy and ecology in EU accession countries; and development of an interdisciplinary European Research Programme for globalisation, ecology and economy.
Contact: ECNC
P.O. Box 1352
5004 BJ Tilburg, The Netherlands
Tel.: (31-13) 466-3240
Fax: (31-13) 466-3250
E-mail: gee@ecnc.nl
Website: http://www.ecnc.nl/doc/ecnc/ meetings/ee_99/index.html
1-3 December
MAJOR ACCIDENT PREVENTION AND PREPAREDNESS IN NATO AND PARTNER COUNTRIES
Location: Roznov pod Radhostem,
Czech Republic
The workshop will explore current and future capacities in preventing or responding to major accidents at industrial and military industrial facilities. Special attention will be paid to comparing approaches from the EU, US and new NATO member countries (Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland).
Contact: Mr. Ales Bernatik
Regional EIA Centre
Chelcickeho 4, 701 00
Ostrava, Czech Republic
Tel/Fax: (420-69) 611-4440
E-mail: bernatik@ova.inecnet.cz
