Battelle is organizing three major international environmental remediation conferences for 2001.

More than 600 platform and poster presentations will be given in 55 sessions, and nine short courses will be offered. Erin Brockovich, a noted environmental activist, will offer the keynote address at the plenary session. Dr. Andrea Leeson and Dr. Victor Magar of Battelle are the Symposium co-chairs. Requests for printed copies should be addressed to biosymp@battelle.org.

Wetlands and Remediation: The Second International Conference will be held Sept. 5-6, 2001, at the Sheraton Burlington Hotel and Conference Center in Burlington, Vt. The conference’s goals are to bring wetlands and remediation experts together to discuss common issues related to cleaning contaminated wetlands and using wetlands, both natural and constructed, for treating contaminated ground-, surface-, and wastewater. Speakers at the plenary session will include Dr. Jean-Paul Schwitzguébel of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne; Dr. Barry Warner of the University of Waterloo; and Dr. John Pardue of Louisiana State University.

The deadline for submitting abstracts is March 5, 2001. Conference Chairman Karl Nehring of Battelle is responsible for the technical program. Contact him at (614) 424-6510, nehringk@battelle.org. To find out more about the Conference or to request a printed copy of the Call for Abstracts, visit www.battelle.org/wetlandscon.

The International Conference on Remediation of Contaminated Sediments will be held October 10-12, 2001, at the Scuola San Giovanni Evangelista in Venice, Italy. This conference will be attended by managers and technical staff from around the globe. Speakers at the Conference will discuss the risks of and potential solutions for contaminated sediments. Dr. Augusto Porta of Battelle Europe will chair the conference, with assistance from the North American co-chair, Dr. Rob Hinchee. Abstracts for the conference are due by April 12, 2001.

For more information contact Conference Coordinator Marco Pellei at (fax ) 41-22-827-2094, pelleim@battelle.org. For more information visit www.battelle.org/sedimentscon.