Today, we would like to update our readers a number of technical meetings for this coming month.  In addition to these announcements, we also added a list of forthcoming conferences that are calling for abstracts or papers.

National Flame Days:

FINNISH-SWEDISH FLAME DAYS 2002 – Next Week!
24th-25th September 2002
Vaasa, Finland
“Adapting Combustion Technology to New Fuels and Fuel Mixtures”

This is a joint meeting organized by the Finnish and the Swedish Flame Research Committee. Details of this meeting could be found at:
http://www.combustion-centre.ifrf.net/meetings/index.html

AFRC 2002 Fall Open Meeting – Agenda/Registration details added
5th and 6th November 2002
ChevronTexaco Auditorium, Houston, Texas, USA
“Combustion Emission Improvements Technologies, Requirements and Trends”

A meeting organised by the American Flame Research Committee.  It should be noted that they would not accept any “walk in” for security reason. If you are interested, to attend this meeting please register as soon as possible.  Details of the program and registration form are downloadable at our website.

Other Technical Meetings:

6th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies (GHGT-6)
1st-4th October 2002
Kyoto International Conference Hall, Kyoto Japan

Organised by the Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE), IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme and Japan Society of Energy and Resources (JSER).  For programme details, follow the link below…

VGB Congress (Power Plant) – Kraftwerke 2002
9th- 11th October 2002
Berlin, Germany

This conference will focus on two topics namely: the imminent eastward expansion of the EU, and the long-term prospects for electrical power generation. For details follow the links below…

Challenges in Reheating Furnaces
28th– 29th October 2002
London, UK

Organised by the Rolling Committee of the Institute of Materials, UK. Meeting will focus on the developments in the field of reheating furnaces. For programme details, follow the link below…

Call for Abstracts/Papers

VGB Conference (Power Plant)
19th to 20th March 2003
Cologne
Submission Deadline: 30th October 2002

Combined Power Plant Air Pollutant Control Symposium
2003 DOE-EPRI-EPA-A&WMA Symposium
19th to 22nd May, 2003
Washington DC, USA
Submission Deadline: 1st November, 2002

Waste 2003
4th International Symposium on Waste Treatment Technologies
29th June – 2nd July, 2003
Sheffield, UK
Submission Deadline: 20th December 2002

Clean Air 2003
7th Internaitonal Conference on Energy for a Clean Environment
7th to 10th July, 2003
Lisbon, Portugal
Submission Deadline: 24th January, 2003

Regularly updated details for all these technical meetings, including links where available, can be found at: http://www.combustion-centre.ifrf.net/meetings/index.html.