| PHILOSOPHY of WWTmod2008 |
WWTmod is favouring quality over quantity. This is guaranteed
by having a single track seminar set-up inspired by the Kollekolle
seminars and a schedule which allows all attendees a close look
at details and provides ample time for discussion on every presentation.
All sessions
will be led by a moderator, and will include an extended brainstorming/discussion
at the end of each session.
The seminar will start on Sunday with five parallel workshops which
will prepare the ground for consensus building on topics selected
by the scientific committee. On Monday afternoon there is another
opportunity for a break-out session into smaller groups. All workshops
and break-out
sessions will report their results to the plenary session.
The goal of coming to a consensus on a number of issues and defining
“Good Modelling Practice” is only possible by bringing
together a small motivated group of people active in wastewater
treatment modelling. The organizers will therefore limit the number
of participants to 100 persons.
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| PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT |
The set-up of the programme will be based on an open call for contributions.
Those who wish to present at the seminar, are encouraged to start
the consensus building process by submitting 3 page abstracts preferably
involving coauthors from different groups. The scientific committee
will condense the topics of major interest and invite groups to
present their ideas. The scientific committee reserves the right
to ask for fusion papers where it sees an overlap between abstracts
submitted by different groups.
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| PROPOSED CONFERENCE THEMES |
Modelling of wastewater treatment plants as a whole (within fence/whole
plant/plant-wide modelling), with a focus on the use of models in
plant design and operation: • activated sludge •
anaerobic digestion • sidestream treatment • separation
processes • wastewater chemistry • interaction
of process units |