23rd Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments and Water Analysis, Site Assessment, Fate, Environmental and Human Risk Assessment, Remediation and Regulation

On behalf of the conference directors, Paul T. Kostecki, Ph.D., Edward J. Calabrese, Ph.D., and Clifford J. Bruell, Ph.D., you are invited to submit an abstract for consideration for presentation at the 23rd Annual International Conference on Contaminated Soils, Sediments and Water to be held at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, October 15-18, 2007. The conference attracts attendees from almost every state covering every region of the United States. Past conferences have had an international presence as well, with attendees from Australia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. Attendees include representatives from state and federal agencies; the military; industries including railroad, transportation, petroleum and utilities; environment engineering; the consulting community; and academia.

Please submit a one page abstract containing: title, 300 word narrative; and for each author, name, degree, affiliation, complete address, telephone number and email address. Please indicate the presenting author and if this is a student presentation (see below). Email submissions are preferred. Hard copies must be accompanied by a disk and postmarked not later than February 8, 2006. Mail to Denise Leonard, Environmental Health Sciences, N344 Morrill Science Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003. Faxed copies will not be accepted.

General topics include: bioremediation, chemical analysis, cleanup standard setting, environmental fate and modeling, hazard exposure and risk assessment, heavy metals, hydrocarbon identification, innovative technologies, jet fuel contamination, regulatory programs and policies, sediments, site assessment/field sampling, soil chemistry, standard remedial technologies/corrective actions, and case studies on any of the above.

Special topics include: acid mine drainage, arsenic, biotechnology, chlorinated hydrocarbons, pesticides (PCBs, etc.), contamination at military installations, dioxin, ecological risk assessments, environmental forensics, MECs, MTBE, mercury, perchlorate, phytoremediaton, radionuclides, railroad sites, risk based cleanups (RBCA), state regulatory programs.

Student Presentation Award Program Through the generosity of Adventus Americas and with matching funds from the Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments and Water, the annual Adventus Americas Award for the Best Student Presentations will be offered. A $1000 cash award will be given to each of three students who, in the opinion of the judges, have made the best poster or platform presentations at this year’s conference. The judges, made up of representatives from Adventus Americas and the Conference Science Advisory Board, will judge the students on originality, organization of their presentation, how they communicate to the audience, their research techniques and the overall quality of the presentation. The awards will be presented to the winning students at this years Conference luncheon on Thursday, October 18, 2007. If you are a student presenter, please indicate on your submitted abstract.

More information is available at our website, www.UMassSoils.com

Denise Leonard Conference Coordinator 413-545-1239 dleonard@schoolph.umass.edu