This partial list of industrial waste-related industry events is intended as a starting point for the rest of us to learn more about industry and federal government plans and trends regarding industrial wastes. Find out what research is happening (and more importantly, what ecological and human health risk research isn’t happening) and find out where the coal ash and other wastes are being generated and used. If you can’t or don’t want to pay the hundreds of dollars that it costs to get into the conferences, at least be able to read about industry’s talks with the government and efforts to market wastes as products.
World of Coal Ash
May 7-10, 2007, Covington, Kentucky (Northern Kentucky/south side of Cincinnati)
<www.worldofcoalash.org>
American Coal Council (ACC) Spring Coal Forum
May 21-23, 2007, Memphis, Tennessee
<www.americancoalcouncil.org>
Coal-Gen 2007
Aug 1-3, 2007, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
<cg07.events.pennnet.com/fl/index.cfm>
International Pittsburgh Coal Conference
September 10-14, 2007, Johannesburg, South Africa”to maintain this growth, the industry must be responsive to increasing pressures on environmental emissions and global warming as well as improve its public image”
<www.engr.pitt.edu/pcc>
CoalTrans — World Coal Conference
Rome, October 21-24, 2007 CoalTrans conference website includes links to many other regional, national, and international coal technology, market, and transport-related conferences:
<www.coaltrans.com>
Byproducts Beneficial Use Summit This annual conference, typically held in Nov/Dec in the U.S., is generally cosponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and industry groups (such as the American Coal Ash Association) in order to facilitate industry-regulator discussion on so-called “beneficial use” of industrial wastes.
<www.byproductsummit.com>
