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Training Type: Conference
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Suitable for: Practitioners, Regulators, Problem holders, Others with an interest in urban land management, Developers, Consultants
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Provided By: WCEC4 Organising Committee
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Language: English
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Venue: Aquatorium, RWW Water Centre, Mülheim-an-der-Ruhr
, Germany
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Date(s): 11/10/2010 to 13/10/2010
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Duration: Day Registration opens at 1130, and the programme starts at 1300 on Monday. The conference ends at 1300 on Wednesday
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Cost: 450 to 495 (€ EURO) €1000 for an exhibition stand, including one non-transferable delegate pass. The registration fee includes the conference dinner.
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Abstract submission date: Closing dates are:
Oral 1st March 2010
Poster 1st August 2010
Abstract themes:
Scene Setting and Background
· Anglo-US perspective vs mainland European perspective
· Ensuring all stakeholder inclusion
Monitoring
· Latest developments in rapid detection of of chemical, microbiological and radionuclide contamination
· On-line versus at-line detection strategies
· Passive sampling strategies
· Rapid screening methods/proprietary rapid tests for emergency incidents
· What can be achieved with respect to microbiological threats
· Testing of emergency analysis capability
Understanding
· Alert implications and making the right decisions
· Assessment of risks
· Laboratory capability issues
· Safe treatment and/or disposal options for potentially contaminated water
· Understanding the distribution system
· Interpreting and significance of emergency analysis data
· Instigating appropriate action
· Protecting vulnerable consumers
Acting
· Risk and crisis management: existing approaches, including standardisation aspects (eg prEN 15975-1:2009-08: Security of drinking water supply – guidelines for risk and crisis management)
· Incident management
· Risk communication
· Other communication issues
· Ensuring all relevant stakeholders are kept up to-date with the ongoing situation
· Signing-off process and effectively dealing with the aftermath of an incident
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Oral presentations requested: Yes
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Poster sessions: Yes
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Activities: Yes
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Exhibition: Yes
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Pre-conference field trips: No
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Technical tours/ site visits: No
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Post conference field trips: No
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Other conference activities: The conference will deal with four principal themes: monitoring, understanding, acting and lessons learned.
It will emphasise prevention, how water companies prepare a strategy, and unusual or unpredictable emergency incident situations relating to drinking water.
The proceedings will be published by the RSC who has published the proceedings from the three previous conferences.
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Contact: Mrs Maggi Churchouse
Email:
maggi@wcec4.eu
Web Link:
http://www.wcec4.eu/
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Submitted by:
Mrs Maggi Churchouse
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