Dear Colleague:
The GeoCongress 2008 will be held in New Orleans during March 9-12, 2008.
The theme of the conference is "The Challenge of Sustainability in the
Geoenvironment". We invite you to submit abstract(s) and proposal(s) for
sessions, short courses and workshops at the conference website:
http://content.asce.org/conferences/geocongress2008/index.html
Please note that the proposals for sessions, short courses and workshops
are due by March 2, 2007 and all of the abstracts are due by March 30, 2007.
GeoCongress 2008 will present a broad perspective on the role of
geoengineers and geoscientists in protecting and preserving our
environment. Conference themes include, but are not limited to:
Sustainability - including sustainable design and construction, lifecycle
assessment and management, brownfield redevelopment, wetland restoration,
sustainable water management practices, mitigation of climate change
effects, enhancement of community resiliency, geothermal energy solutions,
and sustainable use of underground space;
Geo-hazard Mitigation - including flood control, landslides, seismic
design, tsunamis, soil erosion control and soil sealing by development
(hard-cover), drought management, and expansive and collapsible soils;
Waste Management - including management of solid and hazardous wastes,
radioactive waste, mine tailings, sludges, and sediments, landfill design
and performance, surface impoundments, innovative barrier materials,
innovative covers, bioreactor landfills, waste mechanics, and materials
reuse and recycling, and sustainable stewardship; and
Site Assessment and Remediation - including innovative site
characterization and monitoring techniques, remote sensing, geophysical
methods, contaminant fate and transport, subsurface barriers, technologies
to remediate contaminated soils, groundwater and sediments, and emerging
phyto- bio- and nano- technologies.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.
Sincerely,
Krishna Reddy ([log in to unmask]), Conference Co-Chair
Beth Gross ([log in to unmask]), Conference Co-Chair
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