3rd Chinese-Austrian Workshop on Environmental Odour, Beijing, China, 19-20 October 2017

on 12 Luglio 2017.

Following the successful lead of previous workshops, we have this year another edition of the Chinese-Austrian Workshop on Environmental Odour (Odour Emission - Dispersion - Impact Assessment – Abatement). This time, this event will take place at the University of Science and Technology of Beijing, between 19^th & 20^th October 2017. This interesting workshop is organized under the auspices of the Eurasia-Pacific Uninet.

Environmental odour is a major concern of residents in the vicinity of odour sources. This workshop will treat the entire chain from the odour source, the dilution in the atmosphere up to the perception of odour by the nose of residents as well as abatement strategies.

7th VDI Conference. Odours in the environment 15-16 Nov. 2017, Nuremberg, Germany

on 21 Maggio 2017.

The conference about Odours in the Environment organized by the German Association of Engineers (VDI) on a biannual basis will take place the 15th and 16th of November 2017 in the city of Nuremberg. This conference has taken place in Cologne (2004), Bad Kissingen (2007), Baden-Baden (2009, 2011 and 2013), Karlsruhe. (2015). This event serves as a a forum for local discussions in German language.

The Program Committee is formed by very well known people in this field such as Peter Boeker, (University of Bonn), Ralf Both (State Agency for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection NRW ( LANUV )), Isabelle Franzen - Reuter (VDI), Uwe Hartmann ( ANECO) and Heike Hauschildt (Olfasense GmbH). In addition it counts also on the help of Jörg Hellhammer (Haltern am See), Martin Kamp (Agriculture of North Rhine - Westphalia), Uwe Strotkötter (Work Inspection office Hildesheim) and Sascha Nehr (VDI).

A successful Conference MKO 2017 in Krakow, Poland

on 28 Aprile 2017.

mko2017 Around 80 people gathered for two days in Krakow, Poland to discuss about issues related with odour management. The second International Odour Conference (MKO 2017) just took place last week and the interest shown by the attendants is a sample of the interest in this country to increase the knowledge on managing odours.

The MKO2017 Conference was organized by Ms. Anna Bokowa Director of the Environmental Odour Consulting (EOC) in cooperation with the professor Izabela Sówka from the Wroclaw University of Technology. Both of them are very much involved in a better world with an adequate management of odours, there is no other explanation to spend hours and hours in organizing an event like this. The next Conference will take place in the Polish city of Wroclaw.