Call for presentations
You're invited to give a presentation-as part of a panel, poster, or interactive poster session-at the Eighth National Technology Information Exchange (TIE) Workshop in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on April 16-18, 1996. You can present your environmental restoration and waste management successes and lessons learned. Sponsored by the DOE Office of Environmental Restoration, the TIE Workshop is your opportunity to meet with your peers to find answers to your environmental restoration problems or to share your solutions.
The panel discussions include a 15-minute talk by each of the four or five panel members, followed by short periods of open "shoptalk" involving workshop participants. Interactive poster sessions involve a ten-minute talk by each poster presenter, followed by a period of open discussion. The "regular" poster session requires no formal talk, but you're expected to staff your poster during the two scheduled sessions-on the evening of April 16 and mid-day on April 17. All presentations should focus on lessons learned or case studies of actual work being done, where applicable. Presentation abstracts are due November 3.
For information on topic areas and registration, call Evelyn Wight at (540) 231-3532, or Susan Bixler at (540) 231-3569. Mail the completed registration form plus your abstract and biography (hard copy and diskette) to Evelyn Wight, The Performance Center, Virginia Tech, 1900 Kraft Drive, Suite 200, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060 by November 3, 1995. E-mail: tie@perform.vt.edu; Fax: (540) 231-4261.
Call for papers
The 1996 International Conference on Incineration and Thermal Treatment Technologies will be held in Savannah, Georgia, May 6-10, 1996. Sponsors include University of California, Irvine; the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy; Health Physics Society; American Nuclear Society; American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Air Waste Management Association; Coalition for Responsible Waste Incineration; and anticipated participation from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. For a list of topics and more information on the conference, call Lori Barnow at the University of California, Irvine, California at (714) 824-5859.
Electronic copies of proceedings available
Proceedings from the 1994 International Symposium on Decontamination and Decommissioning are now available on computer diskette from the Remedial Action Program Information Center. The proceedings are available in WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS and ASCII formats. Printed copies of the proceedings are not available.
The symposium, held April 24-28, 1994 in Knoxville, Tennessee, was hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Oak Ridge Waste Management Association. RAPIC is an information support organization for DOE's Office of Environmental Restoration. To order a copy of the proceedings, call RAPIC at (615) 576-0568 or 7764. Requests can also be faxed to (615) 241-3098 or e-mailed to rapic@ornl.gov.
Facility will support small business ventures in Central and Eastern Europe
The Central and Eastern Europe Business Information Center has opened a Small Business Support Facility. The facility helps small businesses take steps toward exporting technology to Central and Eastern Europe.
With the help of the facility, small businesses first learn how to identify trade opportunities, initiate contact, and continue communication with potential partners in Europe. Next, the facility helps locate financial resources. CEEBIC's close contact with the Small Business Administration and the Export-Import Bank offers clients the resource of the financing programs managed by these two organizations. CEEBIC provides assistance until the project is up and running. Only small businesses that have been in operation for at least 12 months may apply for the program.
If you would like more information about CEEBIC's Small Business Support Facility, or you would like an application, contact:
Anna Hauer
International Trade Specialist
Central & Eastern Europe Business Information Center
U.S. Department of Commerce
Room 7414
Washington, D.C. 20230
Tel: (202) 482-2645
Fax: (202) 482-4473
E-mail: hauer@usita.gov
