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Stockholm International Water Institute
Resource Recovery – 2nd international conference
The conference will bring together international leaders from research, academia, and industry for important discussions around resource recovery as it pertains to the human climate-water-life cycle. The conference is held in partnership with the International Water Association( IWA).
A particular focus will be placed on facilitating solutions to providing renewable energy, clean water, and food security to the globe’ s most vulnerable populations. Specific topics at the conference range from the production of renewable energy, nutrients, and commodities from non-fossil resources, to finance and policy aspects to this sustainable enterprise.
5 to 9 August Columbia University Morningside Heights Campus, New York www. irrc2017. org
Waste-to-energy technologies summit
The summit will focus on waste to energy: the process, the treatment technologies for organic waste, and its economic development. Delegates will receive all the presentations from expert speakers in various fields.
Summit highlights
• Waste-to-energy: technologies process
• Reduce the environmental burden of landfilling waste
• Organic waste technologies treatment
• What technologies is best for your operation? Heat? Fuel? Electricity?
• Enable reduction of Municipal Solid Waste.
Target audience
• Governments, municipalities
• Energy companies, fuel retailers
• Waste management companies
• Recycling companies, universities, and so forth.
23 August Emperors Palace Convention Centre, Johannesburg www. citionline. co. za
Panel from an earlier World Water Week.
World Water Week
Organised by the Stockholm International Water Institute( SIWI), the event brings together experts, practitioners, decision-makers, and leaders from around the globe to exchange ideas, foster new thinking, and develop solutions.
This year’ s theme,‘ Water and waste: Reduce and reuse’, will tackle some of the biggest and most complex challenges facing water professionals today.
27 August to 1 September Stockholm, Sweden www. worldwaterweek. org offshoreenergytoday. com Luggage Factory
Miami, one of America’ s most popular business capitals.
The Water Expo 2017
A trade show for US and international manufacturers and suppliers of water-related equipment and technology. This year’ s theme is‘ Empowering water and sanitation in all the Americas’. Presenting equipment, technologies, products, and know-how for the wastewater, water quality, environmental services, and sanitation industries.
Network with Latin American and the Caribbean’ s huge markets and players in the US’ major infrastructure projects. The show serves as the effective commercial hub between North American manufacturers and distributors, buyers, professionals, dealers, operators, and contractors from more than 40 countries, including the US. Attendees meet major suppliers, get the best deals, increase professional value, connect with innovation, scout distributorships and representations, and uncover top business opportunities at local, regional, and global scales.
30 and 31 August MACC Convention Centre, Miami, Florida www. thewaterexpo. com
PIPES XI Conference
The Southern African Plastic Pipe Manufacturers Association( SAPPMA) presents PIPES XI in conjunction with the Plastic Pipe Conference Association( PPCA), which hosts the biggest international pipe conference every second year in either Europe or the US. Their spinoff conference, which is organised every alternate year, is coming to South Africa this year. The South African edition of the conference will include at least 10 of the best papers from PIPES XVIII, which was held in Berlin in 2016.
This is in addition to the usual line-up of national and international speakers. The conference will take place over two days to provide for an outstanding offering to our industry. Over 35 speakers will present their papers at this two-day event.
Conference themes include:
• Raw materials, additives
• Life cycle, pipe materials, design
• General interest
• Case studies, applications
• Rehabilitation, installation
• Standards, testing, certification
• Associations.
4 and 5 September Emperors Palace Convention Centre, Johannesburg www. pipesxiconference. co. za
4 Water Sewage & Effluent July / August 2017