Dear Colleague,

The EnviroInfo-2006 online submission system is now available via the 'Author Guidelines' section of www.enviroinfo.net (see the call for papers in the last edition of this newsletter). Please note that the submission deadline is only two months away.

The logistics of conferences such as EnviroInfo cause significant CO2 emissions. While reducing these emissions is a major concern, supporting reforestation projects as a complementary strategy can offset those emissions that inevitably occur. A joint initiative with the Tropical Station La Gamba (www.lagamba.at), which is establishing biological corridors in Costa Rica's Piedras Blancas National Park, aims to evaluate and test mechanisms that improve the carbon balance of large events such as corporate meetings and international conferences.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have implemented similar schemes in the past, or if you are planning events that might benefit from a 'carbon-neutral' option.

Kind regards,
K. Tochtermann and A. Scharl
(Conference Chairs)

UPCOMING EVENTS

Event Date: Jan 09, 2006
Conference - Sustainability-2006:
(Jan 9-12): The 2nd International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability will work in a multidisciplinary way across the various fields and perspectives through which we can address the fundamental and related questions of sustainability. Main speakers include some of the leading thinkers in these areas, as well as numerous paper, colloquium and workshop presentations.
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Event Date: Jan 24, 2006
Conference - Environmental Technologies Event (TAU-2006):
(Jan 24-27): TAU-2006 targets those operating in the environmental industry and services, aware of the EC Directives and the various national regulations, a meeting point for professionals operating in the environmental protection sector, in different geographical areas. An opportunity for all those offering and seeking the best available technologies to promote sustainable development.
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Event Date: Jan 26, 2006
Conference - NCSE Sustainable Energy:
(Jan 26-27): 6th National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment - Energy for a Sustainable and Secure Future. The conference will explore central issues relating to energy and society at the intersection of science, policy and the environment. Participants will develop an agenda for science to help guide the decisions that promise to transform our common energy future.
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Event Date: Feb 06, 2006
Conference - Advanced Technology in the Environmental Field:
(Feb 6-8): ATEF 2006 will act as an interdisciplinary forum for researchers, academics, and practitioners interested in the advances and applications of technology in reducing the impacts of human activities on the natural environment and its renewable and non-renewable resources. The forum will cover both hard and soft technology and will serve to promote the use of appropriate technologies.
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Event Date: Feb 16, 2006
Conference - Industrial Ecology in Germany Symposium:
(Feb 16-17): This academic symposium brings together the leading researchers and outstanding scholars in Industrial Ecology from the German speaking area (invited speakers). The objective of this symposium is to overcome the merely passing attention that Industrial Ecology as a unique field with its own identity receives in Germany so far, compared to other European countries, the USA, and Asia. Find out more.

Event Date: Feb 20, 2006
Submission - EnviroInfo-2006:
(Submission Deadline): Since its inception in 1986, the EnviroInfo conference series of the German Informatics Society developed into the leading European platform for experts in sustainability and environmental protection. In 2006, the series' 20th anniversary will be celebrated in Graz, Austria, continuing the successful tradition of exchanging environmental knowledge among the scientific community, public administrations, non-governmental organizations, companies involved in environmental informatics, and the end-users of environmental information systems.
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