ENV 2011 - The 1st IASTED International Conference on Unconventional Oils and the Environment ~ENV 2011~

The 1st IASTED International Conference on Unconventional Oils and the Environment (ENV 2011) will will be a major forum for international researchers and practitioners interested in all areas of unconventional oils, including oil and tar sands, oil shales, heavy oils, and other hydrocarbons that do not flow. It will be an opportunity to present and observe the latest research, results, and ideas in these areas. Today, environmental groups are increasingly asserting their concerns regarding unconventional oil development. As governments remain relatively hostile to these groups’ demands, environmentalists find themselves largely removed from the formal political sphere in this arena. This is the situation in Canada as well as in other countries around the world where heavy oil, oil shales, and oil sands are located. As the reserves of easy-to-produce oil become depleted, the challenges facing unconventional oil production and the need for economical remediation and environmental protection are becoming more and more significant.

Scope
The topics of interest to be covered by ENV 2011 include, but are not limited to:

Air quality
Biomonitoring
Carbon footprint
Carbon sequestration
Clean energy
Ecological restoration
Environmental impact assessments
Greenhouse gasses and climatic change
Impacts on human health
Impacts on the forests
Land management
Land reclamation
Remote sensing
Rivers and freshwater aquifers
Soil erosion
Sustainable development
Tailings ponds - now and in the future
Waste management