Are we coping with contamination?
Achievements and Aspirations
12–15 September 2004, Loughborough University
 ‘Contaminated
Land — Achievements and Aspirations’ is a major
international conference organised by the SCI Environment
Group, RSC Water Science Forum and First Faraday and supported
by the Environment Agency.
The legacy of contaminated land is still an issue of major
economic significance to much of the industrialised world.
The UK and Europe recognised the potential threat posed by
this over 30 years ago, but despite governmental and industry
action, there is still much to be done. In 1979, SCI ran the
first UK conference devoted to the subject of contaminated
land.
This new event in September is the 25th anniversary of the
SCI conference and will be drawing together the experiences
of the last 25 years to assess how much progress has been
made in addressing the issues relating to contamination, with
contributions from all interested parties. The main objective
of the event is to assess if we have progressed since 1979
or are we really no further forward?
The ‘Contaminated Land’ conference will draw together
all the major experts in the UK and from abroad, to cover
the diverse subjects which make up the landscape of contaminated
land management today. This will be achieved by a combination
of keynote speakers, invited and contributed papers considering
such diverse issues as policy, risk assessment, site investigation
and assessment, stakeholder issues, local authority roles
and contributions, professional development, treatment technologies
and societal aspects.
There will also be a specialist session on the new MCERTS
analytical standard on the Sunday afternoon. The final part
of this session will be an open discussion of all issues associated
with this new standard.
The conference will involve consultants, engineers, water,
health and environment specialists, regulators, chemists,
microbiologists, industrialists, local authority personnel,
planners and other related disciplines. This residential conference
will provide a unique opportunity over three days for those
people involved in this significant environmental issue to
come together and plan the next 25 years of managing the problems
of contaminated land.
For further details, please contact
Events Producer
Society of Chemical Industry
14/15 Belgrave Square
London SW1X 8PS
UK
T: +44 (0)20 7598 1563
F: +44 (0)20 7235 7743
E: conference.producer[ at]soci.org
By Dr Geoff Fowler, SCI Environment Group Chairman
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