Focus. The development and use of
biofiltration, biotrickling filters, and other emerging biological air
pollution control technologies.
Presentations. Given by academic and industrial researchers, industrial and
municipal end users, consultants, and regulatory personnel.
Tentative Program
Tour—WED—Oct 18
An afternoon
tour of the Inland Empire Regional Composting Facility biofilter, constructed
through a joint venture of the Inland Empire Utilities Agency and the Los
Angeles County Sanitation Districts for odor control—$40.
Reception—THU—Oct 19
The
reception will be held in the Sky Room at the top of the Breakers Hotel, a
short walk from the conference site.
Papers—THU / FRI—Oct 19–20 Sessions on Thursday, Oct. 19, and
through mid-afternoon on Friday, Oct. 20.
Call for Papers. Prospective presenters are requested to submit abstracts for
papers, and are encouraged to discuss practical engineering, scientific,
regulatory and economic issues in their work.
Presentations covering favorable and unfavorable experiences with
biofilters are encouraged in order to stimulate further discussion. The abstract should include: title; authors’
names, titles, affiliations, addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail
addresses. The presenting author should
be underlined in the case of multiple authors.
Indicate whether the work has been or will be presented or published
elsewhere. The abstract should be no
more than two pages, including figures and tables. Abstract selection will be based on abstract
quality and organization, technical content and originality, and relevance to
the conference theme. Final papers must
be no more than eight pages (2,000 words).
Manuscript Preparation Guidelines
Topics.
Anticipated session topics for the conference include:
Case studies in remediation, odor control,
and VOC control
Process design and scale-up
Predicting biofilter performance
through modeling
Laboratory and pilot scale
evaluation
Biotrickling filter and bioscrubbing
technologies
Packing materials and process
optimization
Regulatory and economic issues
Conference Schedule
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Pre-conference off-site tour at a
nearby biofilter locations ($40pp).
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Open Plenary Session
A. M. and P. M. Paper Sessions
Keynote Speaker Luncheon
Evening Reception at the Skyroom
Friday, October 20, 2006
A. M. and
P. M. Paper Sessions
Keynote
Speaker Luncheon
If you have
not attended previously, or have changed your address and wish to be added to
or updated on our mailing list for further announcements, contact:
Dr. Joe
Devinny
2006 USC-CSC-TRG Conference on Biofiltration
University of Southern
California
University
Park KAP 254A
Los Angeles CA
90089-2531
(213)
740-0670 tel
(213)
744-1426 fax
bfilter@usc.edu.
Conference Location
Long Beach Courtyard by Marriott
500 East First Street
Long Beach, CA
90802
The hotel,
in downtown Long Beach, can be easily accessed
from Los Angeles International
Airport, Long
Beach Municipal Airport, or John
Wayne Airport
in Orange County.
Hotel Reservations
Please make your own reservations:
(562) 435-8511 hotel direct
(800) 321-2211 Marriott reservations
Reservations on line:
Room with two queen beds: http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/lgbcy?groupCode=ahaahaa&app=resvlink
Room with one king bed: http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/lgbcy?groupCode=ahaahab&app=resvlink
Room charge, single occupancy: $139
+ tax, or $159.97 per night.
Thirty five rooms have been set
aside for attendees at this rate, which will only be guaranteed until September
20, 2006
Please reserve your room early, as reservations at nearby
facilities will be more expensive.
Registration
Conference registration fee:
$350 before 20 SEP 06
$400 after 20 SEP 06
Note: There is an additional charge of $40 for the off-site
tour on Oct. 18th.
To register, please download and fill out the attached registration form, and email it to us at
bfilter@usc.edu.
