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Supporting Journals

Calendar of main events

Submission of manuscripts for full papers

31st March 2015

Final acceptance 30th April 2015

Draft program 30th May 2015

Fees

Payments

till July 15th, 2015

Payments after July 15th,

2015

Authors /Participants

450 euros 500 euros

Students 300 euros 300 euros

Low income countries*

300 euros 300 euros

Companies and

Industries 550 euros 600 euros

*This fee is applicable only to affiliates to public bodies (Ministries, Municipalities, Universities, Agencies, etc.) from the Countries included in the relevant list (Source: World Bank Developing Nations)

About CEST2015 The International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology is one of the worldwide leading environmental conferences. This biennial conference brings together engineers, scientists, researchers, students, managers and other professionals in order to address and discuss emerging environmental issues. It is supported by the multi-disciplinary Global NEST (Network of Environmental Science and Technology); an international scientific movement focused on innovative environmental issues, which has been successfully developing for the last 24 years with members from more than 60 countries. The success of CEST reflects the critical environmental topics that are discussed as well as the quality of the presented papers. The 14th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology (CEST2015) will be organized in Rhodes Island, Greece, from 3 - 5 of September 2015.

Selected papers from CEST2015 will be considered for publication in supporting journals after double blind review according to each journal requirements. These journals are the "Global NEST Journal", "Desalination and Water Treatment Science and Engineering","Waste Management and Research", "European Journal of Environmental Sciences", "Journal of Hazardous Materials", "European Water", "Waste and Biomass Valorization" and "Mathematics in Engineering, Science and Aerospace (MESA)".

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Executive Program Committee Lekkas, Demetris F. University of the Aegean, Greece Belgiorno, Vincezo University of Salerno, Italy Onof, Christian Imperial College London, UK Pechlivanidis, Ilias SMHI, Sweden Dermatas, Demetris National Technical University of Athens, Greece Loukas, Athanasios University of Thessaly, Greece Lasaridi, Katia Harokopio University, Greece Komilis, Dimitris Democritus University of Thrace, Greece Thomaidis, Nikos University of Athens, Greece San Miguel, Guillermo Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain Jiang, Jia Qian Glasgow Caledonian University, UK Wagener, Thorsten University of Bristol, UK Vagiona, Dimitra Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Flocas, Helena University of Athens, Greece Ballesteros, F.C. Jr University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines

CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT 30 Voulgaroktonou Str., GR 11472, Athens, Greece, Tel: + 30 210- 6492451 -2 e-mail: cest@gnest.org

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Scientific Events

2nd International Summer School on

Big Data Analysis in Earth Sciences

EarthBiAs2015 31st August to 4th September 2015

EarthBiAs2015 is organised by the School of Sciences of the University of the Aegean, in collaboration with Global Network for

Environmental Science and Technology (GNEST). It is an international Summer School on Big Data Analysis in Earth Sciences and will be

held in Rhodes from 31st of August to 4th of September 2015, as a satellite event of CEST2015.

The individual sections derived from planning lectures, workshops and round tables, are related to big data systems, to flexible and

dynamic structures which can meet future requirements, to sensors and software, to statistical methods and to their implementation

for the analysis and simulation of environmental systems. Emphasis shall be given to practical applications and ICT tools that aid

analysts towards gaining useful knowledge of their data. Participants will join forces in order to implement a real-world big data

analysis project, in order to strengthen their skills.

The topics covered by the Summer School are:

Understanding the specific characteristics of Big Data

Database Systems

Analysis of multi- dimensional data

Data and Web Mining

Mathematical models for data mining

Data management and analysis

New technologies and softwares

Application of all the above in simulation examples of different environmental systems

https://earth-bias2015.pns.aegean.gr/

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Invited speakers

Vincenzo Belgiorno, University of Salerno, “Current trends in MBR technology development for wastewater treatment”

Professor of environmental engineering, Vincenzo Belgiorno carries out scientific research in the areas of wastewater and solid waste treatment. He is head of the SEED, Laboratory of Environmental Engineering of University of Salerno in Southern Italy where on field experiences are combined with scientific research. Vincenzo Belgiorno published more than 70 papers in peer-reviewed journals and has been often involved in international research projects and conferences organization. He has a professional experience on design of wastewater treatment plants, solid waste treatment facilities and restoration of contaminated sites and he has been responsible of several consultancies of the University of Salerno to Institutions and private companies. He served as consultant for Italian Parliament in the waste emergency and its connections with criminality and as commissioner for Regione Campania for the construction of an anaerobic digestion plant for organic waste treatment. Vincenzo Belgiorno is currently coordinator of the Doctorate School in Environmental Engineering at University of Salerno and associate editor of Desalination and water treatment and Global Nest Journal.

Juliane Hollender, Eawag, Switzerland, “Target, suspect and non-target screening approaches to identify organic contaminant records in lake sediments”

Juliane Hollender is head of the Department of Environmental Chemistry at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) and Adjunct Professor for Environmental Chemistry at the Department of Environmental Systems Science at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, with over 90 publications in peer reviewed journals. She holds a diploma in chemistry from the University of Freiburg, and a PhD in Environmental Engineering from the Technical University of Berlin, Germany. In 1989 she received the "Adolf Steinhofer Award" of the University of Freiburg, in 1985, 1991, 1999 she was selected for scholarships of the German National Environmental and National Academic Foundation. Professor Hollender’s expertise is the fate of organic contaminants in the natural and engineered environment, their bioaccumulation and biotransformation in organisms and the identification of transformation products. She is the Swiss contact point for the European network of reference laboratories for monitoring of emerging environmental pollutants (NORMAN Network), was in the management committee of the Cost Action 636 “Xenobiotics in the urban watercycle” and has been involved in several European projects (AQUAREC, RECLAIM Water, ITN EDA-EMERGE, IEF ContaminantID, DEMEAU). She was on the scientific and /or organizing committee for over 10 conferences, is member of the editorial board of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, in the advisory board of the Journal Environmental Sciences Europe, and associated editor of the Journal Grundwasser.

Kathrin Fenner, Eawag, Switzerland, “Towards a more accurate prediction of biotransformation – Exploring linkages between micropollutant biotransformation and microbial community characteristics”

Dr. Fenner is a Senior Scientist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) in the Department of Environmental Chemistry and a lecturer at ETH Zürich in the Department of Environmental Systems Sciences, with over 50 publications in peer-reviewed journals. She holds a diploma in chemistry from the University of Zürich, and a PhD in Natural Sciences from ETH Zürich. Most recently, she has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant for a project on the prediction of microbial biotransformation of organic contaminants (PROducTS). Dr. Fenner’s research interests include chemical risk assessment and analytical identification strategies for transformation products, persistence assessment, structure-based biodegradation pathway prediction, and, more recently, functional genomic approaches for profiling the biotransformation potential of microbial communities. She is director of the Eawag-BBD/PPS (i.e., a database and prediction system for microbial biotransformation of organic contaminants (http://eawag-bbd.ethz.ch/) and is or has been the PI on over fifteen Swiss National Science Foundation, EU- and industry-funded projects on the biotransformation of organic contaminants. She currently serves on the advisory boards of the German Water Chemistry Society and the ERC project ATHENE.

Kevin Thomas, Norwegian Institute for Water Research, “Screening for contaminants of emerging concern in the Norwegian environment”

Kevin Thomas is head of Ecotoxicology and Risk Assessment at the Norwegian Institute for Water Research. For the past 20 years he has focused his interdisciplinary research on understanding the environmental fate, behaviour, effects and risks associated with contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) with the goal of protecting environmental and human health. Over the last 5 years increased focus has been placed on using these data to better understand trends in society, e.g. by estimating community drug use from sewage analyses and is currently chair of the SCORE COST Action (www.score-cost.eu) coordinating such studies internationally.

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Conference Venue

The Rodos Palace International Convention Center consists one of the largest purpose-built conference centers in the Mediterranean region and the country’s most talked about and vibrant meeting venue, with over 500 conferences and numerous exhibitions held in its premises and attended by Heads of State, Nobel Laureates, innovative businessmen, renowned artists and scientists. Having been selected as the official venue for the European Union Summit and the Western European Union Council of Ministers, the Rodos Palace is identified as a prominent choice for rewarding conferences and incentives.

With a convenient location only 12km. from the International Airport and minutes away from the city of Rhodes and Medieval Town, the venue can serve as a wonderful launching pad from which to explore the myths and attractions of the island of the Knights.

Embracing the International Convention Centre, the Rodos Palace Hotel complex lies in 30 acres of landscaped gardens, in the middle of Ialyssos Bay overlooking the Aegean Sea. Extending from a cool hillside down to long beach, this classy hotel combines refined accommodation standards with an excellent array of resort facilities.

Hotel special rates are available to Conference participants at Rodos Palace Hotel, where CEST2015 will take place. Details on registration, hotel booking and other important information are summarized on the conference website. Detailed travel information can be found at http://www.rodos-palace.com/how-reach.

Social Program

Detailed information about CEST2015 social program will soon be available. Please send your expression of interest by email (cest@gnest.org).

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