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ETMA holds technical
conferences every 2-3 years on environmental issues in
the petroleum and petrochemical industries. The
conferences provide an excellent opportunity for
environmental professionals to exchange technical
information, make contacts, and learn about new
equipment and services.
Following are five
conferences held in the past:
Five
Specialty Conference on Environmental Progress in the
Petroleum & Petrochemical Industries (EnviroAraiba
2007):
"Environmental Sustainability & Future Challenges"
The EnviroArabia 2007
conference and exhibition was held April 22-25 at the
Gulf Conference Centre in Bahrain with the theme
"Environmental Sustainability & Future Challenges". This
event was organized by ETMA, the Saudi Arabia Water
Environment Association (SAWEA), and the Bahrain Society
of Engineers. This was the Fifth Specialty Conference on
Environmental Progress in the Petroleum and
Petrochemical Industries held since 1995. More than
eighty (80) technical papers were presented to an
audience of around four hundred and thirty (430)
registered delegates. Thirty five (35)environmental
organizations participated in the exhibition.
Approximately one hundred and fifty (150) environmental
professionals attended the six technical workshops held
in conjunction with the conference. Workshop topics
included: MARPOL Annex VI regulations on marine
fuels/air emissions, Environmental Practices Review,
Introduction to Air Pollution Control, Environmental
Impacts of industrial Processes, Air Quality Impact
Analysis Using AERMOD, and MBR Operations, Maintenance
and Design. Dr. Mohamed F. Dahab, President of the Water
Environment Federation and Professor at the University
of Nebraska-Lincoln, delivered a keynote address
entitled “The Water Environment Federation: Responding
to the Challenges to the Global Water Environment”. Dr.
Alan W. Gertler, Research Professor at Desert Research
Institute, represented the Air & Waste Management
Association (A&WMA; the parent organization of ETMA) and
delivered a keynote address on “Measurements and Sources
of PM2.5, PM10, Volatile Organic Compounds, and
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Greater Cairo”.
Other keynote speakers included: Daniel J. Sullenbarger,
of Marathon Oil Corporation and Chairman of IPIECA; Lisa
Henthorne, of the International Desalination
Association; Ian Sealy, of Schlumberger; Richard
Schulze, of Trinity Consultants (and former President of
the A&WMA); Basel Al-Yousfi, of UNEP-ROWA; and Professor
Philip J.W. Roberts, of GeorgiaTech.
Fourth
Specialty Conference on Environmental Progress in the
Petroleum & Petrochemical Industries:
"Creative Solutions"
Conference successfully
held in Bahrain during February 23-25, 2004, with the
associated workshops during February 21-22.
Third
Conference on Environmental Progress in the Petroleum &
Petrochemical Industries:
The latest conference
(May 1-3, 2000) was also held in Bahrain in conjunction
with the Bahrain Society of Engineers. Bahrain's
Minister for Housing, Municipalities and Environment,
H.E. Shaikh Khalid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, Bahrain,
opened the conference by saying that environmental
issues influence the economics, development, security
and health of a nation. "We are all citizens of one
world and we must take shared responsibility for its
future and for its sustainable development," he
explained. Robert Hall, president of the Air & Waste
Management, also spoke at the opening session.
Approximately 200
engineers, scientists, government officials, members of
academia, and others were attracted by the high quality
technical sessions and exhibition.
Third
Conference on Environmental Progress in the Petroleum &
Petrochemical Industries:
The latest conference
(May 1-3, 2000) was also held in Bahrain in
conjunction with the Bahrain Society of Engineers.
Bahrain's Minister for Housing, Municipalities and
Environment, H.E. Shaikh Khalid bin Abdulla Al
Khalifa, Bahrain, opened the conference by saying
that environmental issues influence the economics,
development, security and health of a nation. "We
are all citizens of one world and we must take
shared responsibility for its future and for its
sustainable development," he explained. Robert Hall,
president of the Air & Waste Management, also spoke
at the opening session.
Approximately 200
engineers, scientists, government officials, members of
academia, and others were attracted by the high quality
technical sessions, exhibition and associated short
courses.
Speakers from the EPA,
the Business Council for Sustainable Development, the
United Nations Environment Program and many other
organizations gave informative keynote presentations. In
addition, about 40 technical papers addressed climate
change, environmental management, air quality, waste
management, wastewater, oil spill response and marine
pollution issues.
A series of interactive
short courses conducted by well-known experts ran
alongside the conference, giving the event added depth.
The course topics were "Risk Analysis: A Tool for
Environmental Management," "Environmental Management
Systems Design and Implementation" and "Fundamentals of
Air Dispersion Modeling". An exhibition on the
conference sidelines displayed and demonstrated the
activities, products and services of companies,
consultants and research organizations in the
environmental field.
The event included a
field trip to Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (GPIC)
in Bahrain, which is the first petrochemical complex in
the Middle East to be certified to both the ISO 9002
quality standard and ISO 14001 environmental management
standard.
"We strongly believe
that these periodic environmental conferences are
essential to the Arabian Gulf area, for they give
environmental professionals the opportunity to share the
latest developments in their fields," explained Ms.
Shadia Ala'ud-Din, Chair of the Saudi Arabian Section.
"The mission of our Section is to develop environmental
awareness in the area, increase networking
opportunities, enhance knowledge and competency, and
promote global environmental responsibility".
First
and Second Conference on Environmental Progress in the
Petroleum & Petrochemical Industries:
The first two
conferences in 1995 and 1997 were held in Bahrain, in
conjunction with the Bahrain Society of Engineers. They
each attracted well over 200 participants and included
over 60 technical papers, which were delivered by
specialists around the world. The presentations covered
general environmental and regulatory topics as well as
air quality, waste management, solid waste, marine
pollution and waste water issues. Exhibitions held on
the sidelines of the conferences displayed and
demonstrated the activities, products and services of
companies, consultants and research organizations in the
environmental field. Short courses on ISO 14000 and air
dispersion modeling were held on the two days prior to
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