June 25-28, 2013 Santiago de Compostela ∙ Spain
Call for Papers
Invitation On behalf of the Organising and Scientific Committee, we are delighted to invite you to the 13th World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion: Recovering (bio) Resources for the World to be held in Santiago de Compostela (Spain) in June 2013. This event is part of the IWA Anaerobic Digestion Specialist Group conference series, which are conceived as an international forum for discussion on state-of-art of the anaerobic bioprocesses.
Topics The conference will cover traditional topics concerning Anaerobic Digestion together with more innovative themes with the aim of attracting experts in different fields of knowledge from all over the world. With this wide perspective, the topics covered by the conference will include:
• AD as a core technology. Biorefinery • Decentralised Systems • Modelling and Control • Agronomic use of digestate • Biodegradation of organic and inorganic persistent pollutants • Bioelectrochemical Systems • Solid waste and co-digestion for improving AD efficiency • Environmental, Economical and Legal aspects • Biomolecular tools and microbial population dynamics • New biomasses for AD • Nutrient recovery • Pre- and Post-treatment • Sewage and Industrial wastewater • Sanitation in developing countries • Innovative reactor configurations • Full-scale implementation • Thermodynamics and Physico-Chemistry
www.ad13.org Organising Committee Juan M. Lema (Chair), University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) Marta Carballa (Co-Chair), University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) Sonia Suárez (Secretariat), University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) Rosa Arcos (Administration), Univ. of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) Madalena Alves, University of Minho (Portugal) Xavier Flotats, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain) Jaime García de las Heras, CEIT Guipuzcoa (Spain) Francisco Omil, University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) Roque Gistau, Chair of AEAS (Spain) Jon Iza, University of Basque Country (Spain) Joan Mata, University of Barcelona (Spain) Sara I. Pérez-Elvira, University of Valladolid (Spain) José Luis Sanz, Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain) Programme Committee Damien Batstone, University of Queensland (Australia) Rolando Chamy, Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso (Chile) Herbert Fang, University of Hong Kong (China) Makarand M. Ghangrekar, Indian Institute of Technology (India) Gerasimos Lyberatos, University of Patras (Greece) Vincent O’Flaherty, NUI Galway (Ireland) Spyros Pavlostathis, Georgia Institute of Technology (USA) Frank Rogalla, Aqualia (Spain) Jean-Philippe Steyer, INRA (France) Jules van Lier, Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands) Willy Verstraete, Ghent University (Belgium)
Scientific Committee Fernando Fdez-Polanco (Chair). University of Valladolid (Spain) Jorge Rodríguez (Co-chair). University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) Paper submission Platform presentations: Authors willing to have their papers considered for keynote or platform presentation will be required to submit a full paper of 4 pages. Poster presentations: Authors wishing to have their papers considered for poster presentation will be required to submit a 2-page extended abstract. More information: http://www.ad13.org/content/submitting-a-paper
Date Event April 2012 First call for papers September 2012 Second call for papers 15 November 2012 Deadline for Submission of papers March 2013 Notification of acceptance 15 March 2013 Opening registration 15 April 2013 Deadline early bird registration 30 April 2013 Preliminary programme 1 June 2013 Final programme 25-28 June 2013 AD13 Conference
www.ad13.org Specialised Courses Three Specialised Short Courses will be launched prior to the Conference under the following topics: • Instrumentation, Modelling and Control (IMC), organised by the Group of Environmental Engineering and Bioprocesses (GEEB, University of Santiago de Compostela). Coordinator: Prof. Francisco Omil. • Innovative Sludge Pre-Treatments (ISP), organised by the Group of Environmental Technology (University of Valladolid). Coordinator: Dra. Sara Pérez. • Molecular Biology Tools (MBT), organised by the Group of Bioresources, Bioremediation and Biorefinery (BRIDGE, University of Minho). Coordinator: Prof. Madalena Alves. These courses are mainly oriented to PhD students and young researchers, who already know or work with anaerobic processes and want to achieve a higher degree of specialisation in one of these particular fields, as well as other researchers or professionals specifically interested in these topics and with a limited amount of time. The duration of these courses will be 12 h and will be held in 1.5 days (Sunday 23rd and Monday 24th June 2013). Transportation will be provided from Valladolid and Braga to Santiago de Compostela on Monday afternoon. Grants will be offered to 50% of participants. More information: http://www.ad13.org/content/specialised-courses
Date Event February 2013 Registration and grants application March 2013 Notification of acceptance and allocation of grants 23-24 June 2013 Specialised courses
www.ad13.org Venue The Conference Centre “Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones de Galicia” has become a national and international point of reference in the conference organisation industry with high quality and professional services. http://www.ad13.org/content/congress-palace
The San Francisco Hotel Monument is a building that exudes history and which has managed to reconcile its role as a monastic residence and prayer space with four-star hotel, restaurant and multipurpose rooms. http://www.ad13.org/content/hotel-san-francisco
Gran Hotel La Toja is an emblematic spa hotel in a unique setting: an island famous for the properties of its mineral-medicinal waters, with outdoor heated pool (in season), high quality gastronomy, boutiques, nightclub, golf course, casino, tennis and paddle tennis courts. http://www.ad13.org/content/gran-hotel-la-toja
Conference fees
Early Bird* After April 15th 2013 IWA member 500 € 600 € Non-IWA member 600 € 700 €
From low income countries 350 € (IWA) 450 € (non-IWA) 350 € (IWA) 450 € (non-IWA)
Students 300 € 350 € Accompanying person 150 € 150 € Gala dinner 50 € 50 €
*For registrations confirmed and paid before April 15th. http://www.ad13.org/content/conference-fees
Contact us
General enquires: Sonia Suárez Scientific enquires: Jorge Rodríguez E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]
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