TOPICS
International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) World Congress 2019 will be held on 7-9 October 2019 at the Euskalduna Conference Centre and Concert Hall, in Bilbao (Spain). The conference will include keynote and plenary sessions by invited speakers, and concurrent sessions with oral and poster presentations by the participants.
Plus, in this ISWA World Congress edition will be included a Latin America and the Caribbean Special Session.
The congress will be based on a scientific programme which will be focused on the following topics:
SUSTAINABLE CITIES
- Cleanliness of public places
- Prevention, Reutilization & Recycling
- Collection, Transport
- End of Life phase
- Textile management
- Packaging waste
- WEEE
- Food, Bio-waste, Slow Food…
- Urban Mining / Disposal / Landfilling
TECHNOLOGIES IN WASTE MANAGEMENT
- Technologies of treatment / Efficiency
- Research and development and innovation / R&D&I / Robotics
- Biological treatment
- Hazardous waste
- Energy Recovery / Waste to Energy
DIGITAL INNOVATION
- 4th Industrial Revolution on WM
- Big data / Artificial Intelligence
- Internet of things
CLIMATE CHANGE
- New Opportunities. Green Jobs
- Low-carbon economy
- Global waste Production. Global problem
SOCIAL INNOVATION
- Education, Communication & Management
- Managing healthcare waste
- Sustainable consumption and WM in developing countries
- Waste management in emerging countries
- Governance and Legal Issues
- Funding/financing and planning of Waste Management
- New Transition Towns
MARINE LITTER
- Prevent uncontrolled dumping
- Types of Plastics waste reaching our oceans
- Agricultural, sanitary & consumer cosmetic sources
- Micro plastics an integral part of marine ecosystems
- Properly functioning markets for recycled plastics
ABSTRACTS CONDITIONS
Sending process
- The format and content instructions to write the abstract are explained in the abstracts template
- The organization will not accept abstracts sending by email or fax.
- Please note that each participant is only allowed to submit maximum of TWO abstracts. Additional papers shall not be reviewed.
- Submissions should be thoroughly checked for spelling and grammar before submission as they will be reproduced as submitted by the author.
- Changes will not be entertained once the abstract has been submitted via the online submission system.
- Submitters are advised to seek assistance to proof read the abstract if English is not their first language.
- It is the sole responsibility of the authors to ensure accuracy of scientific content and language.
Registration
Remember that you must register for the congress before May 31st 2019 for the Scientific Committee to officially accept your abstract. Each abstract must have an associated registration. Special registration fees will be available for the accepted authors.
Method of presentation
All the abstracts submitted will be reviewed and assigned to an appropriate session. Authors of the accepted abstracts will be notified of the method of presentation (oral or poster).
Posters are reports summarizing information using brief written statements and graphic materials, such as graphs, charts, figures and photographs mounted on a poster board, the dimensions of which must not exceed the allocated space per poster. Detailed poster guidelines shall be sent at the time of acceptance.
Abstract submitters may choose the method of the presentation upon abstract submission. However, please note the final classification will be decided by the Scientific Committee.
Abstract content
The abstract should be informative and stand alone in its content and meaning. It should include a brief introduction, methods used, key results, brief discussion and a conclusion. The abstract will be reviewed based on technical merit, scientific contribution and relevance under the chosen theme.
Consent, Permission & Copyright
Upon completing the online abstract submission, the submitter will be asked to confirm that the presenting author has read and understood the general information and the requirements he/she is expected to fulfil. Please see the complete consent permission here.
KEY DATES
December 2018. Abstracts submission is open
12 February 2019. Deadline for reception of abstracts
3 April 2019. Notification of abstracts acceptance
31 May 2019. Deadline for authors’ registration
