Waste symposium issues call for abstracts

The fifth Global Waste Management Symposium (GWMS) has issued a call for abstracts from those wishing to offer a presentation at the forum. The event takes place Jan. 31-Feb. 3, 2016, in Indian Wells, California, west of Los Angeles, near Palm Springs.

 

The GWMS is hosted by the Environmental Research and Education Foundation (EREF), based in Raleigh, North Carolina. EREF says the 2016 event “will serve as a forum for the presentation of applied and fundamental research, case studies and policy analysis on solid waste and materials management.”

 

EREF says it is inviting the “community of researchers, engineers, designers, academicians, students, facility owners and operators, regulators and policymakers to participate.” 

 

The deadline for submission of abstracts is June 8, 2015.

 

Those interested in presenting can submit abstracts “in all areas related to solid waste engineering and management,” says EREF, including, but not limited to:

An abstract template file can be found here.

 

The abstract should provide sufficient detail to show that the submission contains results of a case study, applied or fundamental research, or policy, regulatory or economic analysis, says EREF. Abstract lengths are limited to two pages of single-spaced text, tables and figures. “Abstracts describing plans for future work or that sell a product or service will not be accepted,” adds EREF.

 

Abstracts can be submitted to Cristina Virsida of EREF at gwms@erefdn.org.