4th International Contaminated Site Remediation Conference
1115 September, 2011

Conference Themes

Innovative site characterisation, assessment and monitoring

Innovative characterisation and assessment
Improved rapid field technologies
Field sampling and in-situ measurements techniques
Advances in ecological and human-health risk assessment
Monitoring biological indicators and recovery
Emerging contaminants assessment and impacts
Chemical/toxicological/biological measurements and characterisation
Toxicity of mixtures
Ecosystem- and watershed-based assessment

Minimising uncertainty in risk assessment

Sources of uncertainty in measurement and risk assessment
Modelling for site characterisation and assessment
Peer reviews and validation in model development
Bioavailability of contaminants
Contaminant fate and transport
Groundwater/porewater/surfacewater interactions
Contaminant flux in soil and groundwater

Best practice policy - putting guidance in place

Effective risk communication to stakeholders
In-situ management of contaminated sites and wastes
Risk-based management and cleanup decisions
Developing long-term management strategies
Indicators for successful remediation success
Decision support tools
Societal and economic factors impacting management
Sustainable remediation framework
Green remediation principles
Insurance and professional indemnity

Cleaning up – making remediation effective

In-situ remediation
Bioremediation – hydrocarbons including chlorinated hydrocarbons
Managing contaminants involving fractured rock
Mixed contaminants assessment and remediation
Green remediation
Sediment assessment and remediation
Capping – ancient or modern approach to managing contaminants
Monitored natural recovery (MNR) and enhanced MNR
Beneficial use of contaminated soils
Groundwater remediation
Vapour modelling and remediation

Waste management – adding value to waste, or value out of waste

Waste characterisation for beneficial use
Wastes as soil amendments
Biochar from wastes for carbon sequestration
Landfills – wasting waste or effective and safe management of wastes
Landfills – a source of energy
E waste – an emerging issue
Wastewater management for reducing water footprint
Zero waste – educating community