CleanUp 2013

CleanUp is Moving
CleanUp 2013 is moving to Melbourne! This change in venue constitutes the next stage in the conference’s extraordinary growth after four successful events in Adelaide. CleanUp 2013 will be held at the Crown Melbourne on 15-18 September – please keep an eye on the website for registration and accommodation details.

What`s new?
The conference themes have been finalised and can be viewed here.

Late abstracts - The Organising committee are happy to receive abstracts past the advertised deadline; however, preference for oral presentations will be given to those abstracts received by the submission closing date. The online abstract submission page, on the conference web site, will remain open to allow for late abstract submissions.

Keynote Presentations
A number of keynote presenters have been confirmed, with more to come. Session topics include:

• Vapour intrusion
• John E. Boyer (Environmental Scientist, ITRC Petroleum Vapor Intrusion Team Co-Lead, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, USA) – Petroleum vapour intrusion: the current science of investigation and mitigation
• Blayne Hartman (Hartman Environmental Geoscience, Solana Beach, California, USA)
• Bill Morris (Owner and Senior Environmental Scientist, Vapor Mitigation Sciences, LLC, Arizona USA)

• DNAPLs/LNAPLs
• Naji Akladiss (Project Manager, Maine Department of Environmental Protection, USA)- The USA’s Intrastate Technology and Regulatory Council’s approach to advancing innovative clean-up solutions

• Advances in remediation technologies
• Ben Mork (Director of Research and Development, REGENESIS, USA)- Advancing technologies for soil and groundwater remediation

• Nanotechnology for remediation
• Ian Thompson (University of Oxford, Department of Engineering Science)- Exploiting the potential of nano-scale iron for environmental clean-up
• Tom Scott (Interface Analysis Centre, University of Bristol, UK)

• Advanced site characterisation
• Wouter Van de Putte (Project Manager, MAVA assured environmental solutions, Belgium)

• Human health effects of exposure to contaminants
• Shoji F. Nakayama (Chief, Integrated Health Risk Assessment Section Centre for Environmental Health Sciences, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan)- Environmental contaminants and children`s health: international collaborations in large-scale birth cohort studies

• Bioavailability: risk-based approaches
• Emergent contaminants

Workshops
Vapour intrusion and LNAPL workshops have already been arranged, with several others to be confirmed soon.

More to Come
We will continue to update the CleanUp 2013 conference website with all you need to know. Please keep an eye out for important developments and the latest news.

• Close of call for papers: 15 April 2013
• Notification of acceptance progressively from mid May 2013
• Registration opens: 1 June 2013
• Close of author registration: 30 June 2013
• Close of earlybird registration: 30 June 2013

CleanUp 2013 provides sponsoring organisations with an excellent opportunity to increase their profile, and to showcase their products and services to a wide range of key decision makers from government and industry. You will have the opportunity to meet and network with delegates from around the world, and to display your products and services in a professional learning environment whilst demonstrating your commitment to the environmental community. CleanUp 2013 provides targeted marketing and a captive audience. As a sponsor of the conference your company will be affiliated with all aspects of the event, and receive considerable exposure and recognition. We encourage you to take advantage of this unique opportunity to expose your organisation to a large national and international audience, and to contribute to the success of this special event.

CleanUp 2013 will be held at the Crown Conference Centre, 8 Whiteman Street Southbank in the Melbourne CBD. The Crown provides a fully flexible conference centre with world-class facilities and will be the location of all pre-Conference workshops, Conference sessions and the Conference Awards Dinner.

It is located next to the award-winning Crown Towers, Crown Metropol and Crown Promenade Hotels.