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Title: Final report, International Symposium on Environmental Biotechnology

Conference ·
OSTI ID:765667

This meeting included technical presentations of state-of-the-art research which were integrated with tutorials and workshops by practicing technologies in the broad field of environmental biotechnology. This meeting was designed to be, in every respect, truly global. Over 150 excellent abstracts from around the world were accepted. For example, presentations were heard from technical workers in Southeast Asia, Russia, China, Europe, North Africa, India, and the US. By having these selected presenters, as well as identified experienced tutors with focused workshops, all participants benefited from this interactive symposium. A number of social events further promoted informal exchange of ideas, discussions of technical problems, and exploration of new applications. This international symposium on environmental biotechnology was on the campus of Northeastern University but all Boston area universities were included and participated using designed conference Co-Chairs. This symposium, with an attendance of several hundred people, was considered a major success. Workers with experience in one area of environmental biotechnology learned from the wealth of established backgrounds of those in other areas of environmental biotechnology. To formally disseminate conference results, it was pre-arranged that all technical presentations were reviewed for formal publications.

Research Organization:
Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER), Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts (US)
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-96ER62234
OSTI ID:
765667
Resource Relation:
Conference: Conference on Global Environmental Biotechnology, Boston, MA (US), 07/15/1996--07/20/1996; Other Information: PBD: 20 Mar 2000
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English