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Upcoming 2009 Conferences Beyond Virginia

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August 2009

  • First International Congress on Sustainability Science and Engineering -- August 9-13, 2009 -- Cincinnati, OH. Organized by AIChE’s Institute for Sustainability, cosponsored by EPA, NSF, and NIST, and supported by ASME. Website: http://www.aiche.org/IFS/Conferences/index.aspx
  • International Association of Hydraulic Engineering & Research Congress -- Water Engineering for a Sustainable Environment -- August 9-14, 2009 -- Hyatt Regency, Vancouver, BC. Organized by the IAHR Congress. http://content.asce.org/conferences/iahr09/index.html
  • CALL FOR ABSTRACTS -- 2010 International Low Impact Development (LID) Conference -- April 11-14, 2010 -- Westin San Francisco Airport Hotel, San Francisco, CA -- Abstracts due: due August 12, 2009. Organized by ASCE and EWRI. http://content.asce.org/conferences/lid10/call.html
  • StormCon '09 - the North American Surface Water Quality Conference & Exposition -- August 16-20, 2009 -- Anaheim Marriott, Anaheim, CA. Organized by StormCon. http://www.stormcon.com/conference.shtm

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September 2009

  • American Geophysical Union Chapman Conference on the Biological Carbon Pump of the Oceans -- September 1-4, 2009 -- Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England. Website: http://www.agu.org
  • Water Innovations Alliance Conference -- September 9-10, 2009 -- McCormick Place, Chicago IL -- Water Innovations Alliance is the public policy voice of the world's water researchers, technologists and innovators. http://www.waterinnovations.org/register.php
  • Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Annual Meeting -- Sept. 13-16, 2009 -- Austin, TX. Website: http://www.fishwildlife.org/annualmeet.html
  • Healthy Buildings Ninth International Conference & Exhibition -- September 13-17, 2009 -- Syracuse, NY. Website: http://www.hb2009.org/home
  • Forests and Water in a Changing Environment -- September 14-16, 2009 -- Brownstone Hotel, Raleigh, NC. Organized by the Southern Global Change Program. http://www.sgcp.ncsu.edu:8080
  • Call for Papers and Posters -- Maryland Water Monitoring Council 15th ANNUAL CONFERENCE -- December 3, 2009 -- Maritime Institute, North Linthicum, Maryland -- The conference theme, Water Quality Success Stories: it Ain’t all Doom and Gloom, will focus on the successes in water quality and aquatic habitat improvement programs throughout the State.
    Call for Contributed Papers and Posters -- Preference will be given to papers and posters that emphasize either documentation of water quality/aquatic habitat improvements or at least one successful aspect of a water quality-related project. The deadline for submission of abstracts is September 18, 2009. www.marylandwatermonitoring.org
  • American Society of Landscape Architects Annual Convention -- September 18-21, 2009 -- McCormick Place Lakeside Center, Chicago, IL. Website: http://www.asla.org
  • National Monitoring Conference -- Denver, Colorado -- April 25-29, 2010 -- The conference will focus on many facets of water quality and quantity monitoring, in addition to providing a forum to discuss and exchange information and facilitate collaboration on relevant topics. Abstracts may be submitted no later than September 19, 2009. Abstract submittal information, as well as more information on the conference, can be found at http://acwi.gov/monitoring. Sponsored by the National Water Quality Monitoring Council.
  • OceanObs'09 -- Ocean Information for Society: Sustaining the Benefits, Realizing the Potential -- September 21–25, 2009 -- Venice, Italy. Sponsors: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission/UNESCO; European Space Agency (ESA); Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales; others. Website: http://www.oceanobs09.net/
  • Urban and Regional Information Systems Association Annual Conference and Exhibition -- September 29-October 2, 2009 -- Anaheim, CA. Website: http://www.urisa.org/about/anaheim
  • Society of American Foresters Annual Convention -- September 30-October 4, 2009 -- Orlando, FL. Website: http://www.safnet.org/natcon-09/index.cfm

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October 2009

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November 2009

  • Estuaries and Coasts in a Changing World -- November 1-5, 2009 -- Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR. Organized by the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation. http://www.sgmeet.com/cerf2009/default.htm
  • Urban Land Institute Fall Meeting and Urban Land Expo -- November 3-6, 2009 -- San Francisco, CA. Website: http://www.uli.org
  • Arbor Day Foundation National Conference -- November 9-11, 2009 -- Portland, OR. Partners in Community Forestry. Website: http://www.arborday.org
  • American Water Resources Association Annual Conference -- November 9-12, 2009 -- Seattle, WA. Download PDF: http://www.awra.org/pdf/AWRA2009Seattle.pdf
  • SETAC North America 30th Annual Meeting -- November 19-23, 2009 -- New Orleans, LA. Website: http://www.setac.org

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December 2009

  • American Geophysical Union 2009 Fall Meeting -- December 14-18, 2009 -- San Francisco, CA. Website: http://www.agu.org

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2010 Conferences

  • American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting -- January 17-21, 2010 -- Atlanta, GA. Website: http://www.ametsoc.org/MEET/annual/index.html
  • 10th National Conference on Science, Policy, and the Environment -- The New Green Economy -- January 20-22, 2010 -- Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington, DC. Organized by the National Council for Science and the Environment. http://ncseonline.org/conference/greeneconomy/cms.cfm?id=2924
  • Call for Papers -- Conference on Wetland Systems for Water Pollution Control -- October 4-9, 2010 -- Venice, Italy. In 1999 the Italian Section of the IWA Specialist Group on the Use of Macrophytes in Water Pollution Control was established. This group is collecting data (process, design criteria, plant utilization, removal efficiency, economic and legislative aspects, etc.) from existing plants operating in Italy. Since the 1980’s over one thousand Constructed Wetlands (CWs), both free water and subsurface (horizontal and vertical) flow systems, have been realized in Italy. Most of the facilities are located in the northern and central part of the country. The Italian section of the IWA Specialist group is committed to conducting a successful event for the 2010 conference. For more information, visit the website at http://www.wetland2010.org/pagine/index.php. Deadline for Abstracts Submission: January 31, 2010
  • AAAS Annual Meeting -- February 18-22, 2010 -- San Diego, CA. “Bridging Science and Society” Website: http://www.aaas.org/meetings
  • American Geophysical Union Ocean Sciences Meeting -- February 22-26, 2010 -- Portland, OR. Website: http://www.agu.org
  • Seventh National Monitoring Conference -- April 25-29, 2010 -- Denver, CO. National Water Quality Monitoring Council (NWQMC) -- "Monitoring From the Summit to the Sea." Website: http://acwi.gov/monitoring/conference/2010/index.html

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About This Information

Information provided to the members of the Virginia Water Monitoring Council. To learn more about the Council, please see our website at www.VirginiaWMC.org or contact Jane Walker at the address below. If you have any water-monitoring related news of regional or statewide interest, send it to Jane Walker and ask that it be distributed to VWMC membership.

Tax-deductible contributions can be made to the VWMC to support these information updates and other VWMC activities. Make checks payable to: “The Virginia Tech Foundation” and on the memo portion of the check include “Fund #872802.” Mail contributions to Jane Walker, VWMC administrator, at the address below.

Jane Walker
Research Associate
Virginia Water Resources Research Center
210 Cheatham Hall (0444)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA 24061

Phone: 540-231-4159
Fax: 540-231-6673
Email: janewalk@vt.edu
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