Theme I Application of Membrane Technology & Nano-Technology in Water treatment

Wastewater treatment
Hybrid treatment systems
Treatment of emerging pollutants
Water reuse
Concentrate management
Resource recovery
Environmental protection
Pollution prevention
 

Theme II Water & Wastewater: Pollution Prevention & Treatment

Advances in water & wastewater treatment
Potable water treatment
Industrial, pure and ultrapure water production
Municipal and industrial effluent treatment
Sludge processing and disposal
Health impacts from water pollution
Mitigation of water pollution incidents
Water pollution dispersion modelling
 

Theme III Resources & Wastes: Management and Recovery of Materials and Energy

Recovery and recycling of materials and products
Energy from waste and alternative resources
Waste minimisation
Waste management: systems and processes for energy and material recovery and waste treatment; disposal
Solid and hazardous waste management
Landfill and waste repository design, operation and management
Land remediation and recovery
 

Theme IV Air Pollution: Prevention and Treatment

Tools, techniques and technologies
Conversion of gaseous pollutants to biofuels
Cross boundary air quality and dispersion modelling
Monitoring, prediction and mitigation of incidents
Health impacts of air pollutants
 

Theme V Sustainable Catchments & Renewable Energy

Catchment management
Water sensitive urban design
Storm water harvesting
Water pollution dispersion modelling
City operations
Biotechnology and bioenergy
Wetland eco-systems
Sustainable energy
Technical advancements in renewable energy
 

Theme VI Cleaner Production & Emerging Sustainable Practices

Technologies promoting energy autonomy
Utilization of renewable materials
Sustainable consumption and green practices
Eco-industrial parks
Case studies from industries
 

Theme VII Appropriate Technology for Sustainability & Climate Change Adaptation / Mitigation

Low cost technologies
Innovative technologies
Community engagement and social impacts
 

Theme VIII Soil Sustainability and Contaminated Soils & Sediments

Surveying, monitoring and analysing contaminated sites
Bioremediation of contaminated lands
Soil chemistry
Soil amendments
Soil-plant nutrition and fertilizers
Ecological impacts of sedimentation
Management of dredging operations