July 3-6, 2012

First announcement and call for papers

"Protection and Restoration of the Environment" is a well-known series of international conferences, which started in 1992, in Thessaloniki, Greece. Since then they have been organized jointly by one American and one Greek University every two years. In 2012, which marks the twentieth anniversary of the Conference series, it will take place in Thessaloniki again. Organizers are the Stevens Center for Environmental Engineering of the Stevens Institute of Technology, USA and the Division of Hydraulics and Environmental Engineering, together with the Environment Council of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

Thessaloniki is an inspiring place for an environmental conference: It is a large city, facing many environmental problems, but, at the same time, it is situated in the middle of an area of undisputable beauty, which exhibits the environmental quality that we have to preserve for future generations. Moreover, it is located in a rather small distance from Stagira, the birthplace of Aristotle, and Mount Athos. Aristotle contributed decisively to the formation of scientific thought, while Mount Athos represents the spirit and the moral discipline, which are indispensable for the restoration of the environment.

The conference is timely, too. In the middle of a financial crisis, it serves as a reminder that protection of the environment is not a luxury, that could be temporarily disregarded, but a basic prerequisite for a viable future.

Main topics

• Air quality and contamination control
• Cultural and social issues
• Ecotoxicology
• Environmental economics
• Environmental education
• Environmental fluid mechanics
• Environmental geotechnology
• Environmental health
• Environmental Informatics
• Environmental impact assessment and risk analysis
• Environmental law and policy
• Global environmental changes
• Indoor air pollution
• Natural treatment systems
• Protection and restoration of ecosystems
• Protection and restoration of coastal zone and open sea waters
• Sediment transport and erosion control
• Soft energy sources
• Solid waste management
• Sustainable architecture, planning and development
• Transport and fate of pollutants in the environment-mathematical and numerical modelling
• Waste minimization and pollution prevention
• Wastewater treatment and management
• Water resources management and contamination control

Special sessions

• Sediment transport (in memoriam of prof. V. Dermissis)

Organisers: P. Scarlatos and C. Koutitas

• Improving resource efficiency and sustainable use of various wastes - the life+ roadtire project

Organizer: N. Oikonomou

Important deadlines

Abstract submission: Monday October 31, 2011

Provisional acceptance of abstracts: Monday November 14, 2011

Full paper submission: Wednesday February 15, 2012

Reply with review comments/acceptance: Monday March 12, 2012

Final paper submission: Monday April 2, 2012

For more information:

Christodoulatos C., Stevens Institute of Technology
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K.L. Katsifarakis, Department of Civil Engineering,A.U.Th., Greece
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Koutsospyros M, Stevens Institute of Technology
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N. Theodossiou, Department of Civil Engineering,A.U.Th., Greece
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