ENVICON - International Environmental Protection Congress 2012

The 16th edition of the ENVICON 2012 International Environmental Protection Congress held on 19-20 November in Poznań. The International Environmental Protection Congress is, at present, the biggest congress on environmental protection in Poland. ENVICON precedes the POLEKO International Trade Fair of Environmental Protection.

Every year the topics addressed during the ENVICON Congress as well as up-to-date information and state-of-the-art knowledge attract approximately five hundred participants. The ENVICON Congress has proved to be a reliable forum gathering key representatives of public administration, local authorities, and representatives of national and foreign companies as well as waste management and water and wastewater specialists. The opening session will address the seventh framework programme (FP7) in the context of green management in Europe with particular consideration of respective Polish activities. Discussion of the effects of the Rio de Janeiro summit will be also included. The opening session will be followed by a discussion panel gathering key decision makers responsible for environmental protection from Poland and Europe.

Further proceedings of the ENVICON Congress will be divided into two parallel sessions, one on waste management and the other one on water and wastewater management. The first session will focus on the role of public administration within the waste management system, relations between a municipality and region and on presentation of the best practices of cooperation. Changes to the law will be also covered as well as evolution of waste management towards thermal treatment and alternative fuel production.

The second session will cover the subject of the Polish water and wastewater management sector which has been undergoing dynamic changes. We will focus on analysis of issues concerning modern technologies, rehabilitation of sewerage networks in municipal areas, small wastewater