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ENVIRONMENTAL/ENERGY CONFERENCES IN UKRAINE DURING 2008
Information about four environmental/energy conferences in Ukraine during 2008 from USUBC Board Member Ken Bossong

January 2, 2008

I.) CONFERENCE - BIOFUELS IN UKRAINE - MYTH OR REALITY?

International Conference & Exhibition
April 1-4, 2008
RUS Hotel
4 Hospitalna St.
Kyiv 01601 Ukraine

http://fgl-energy.com/en/biofuels_in_ukraine_myth_or_reality.html

Ukraine has a great potential for development of alternative and renewable energy sources that will allow for strengthening the environment and energy security, providing the agricultural and transport sectors of the Ukrainian economy with biofuels of its own production and consequently reducing the national dependency on oil imports. European Union supports the ambitious expansion of biofuel production for internal consumption and export. The agricultural product processing growth rate in the EU exceeds the cultivation land growth rate thus creating additional favorable conditions for Ukraine for dynamic development of the biofuel industry.

International Industrial Conference "Biofuels. Ukraine-2008" officially supported by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine will provide a platform for discussion of perspectives for biofuel industry development not only in Ukraine but in the region in general. Representatives of the Ukrainian Government, the European Commission, international financial institutions, agricultural producers from Ukraine and CIS, suppliers of modern technologies, manufacturers of modern equipment, investment and financial institutions, Ukrainian and foreign leading experts will participate in the Conference.

Open discussion will address all hot issues related to the quality and availability of feedstock, development of the national standard system, legal framework and financial aspects, investment opportunities that will facilitate strengthening the dialogue between state authorities and businesses as well as enhancing business contacts and cooperation among Ukrainian biofuel manufacturers and agricultural enterprises, and their foreign partners and potential investors.

In the frameworks of the conference the Exhibition will be held to promote cutting edge technologies, modern equipment and innovative solutions.

The Investment Round Table will present growing investment and business opportunities in biofuel sector of Ukraine to the international financial institutions, business circles and private investors.

The comprehensive Workshops for beginners will be offered by sections "Bioethanol" and "Biodiesel" to those willing to launch new biofuel businesses.

The event will provide participants with unrivalled business and networking opportunities.

Please visit the Conference website for more information at http://www.biofuelsukraine.com/en.


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II.) FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE "COOPERATION FOR WASTE ISSUES":

April 2-3, 2008; Kharkiv, Ukraine
http://www.waste.com.ua/cooperation

Dear colleagues,

The conference organizers are pleased to invite you to the 5th International Conference "Cooperation for Waste Issues" that will be held on April 2 - 3, 2008 in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Primary topics
* Legal and regulatory framework of waste management
* Sanitary, environmental, institutional and economic aspects of waste management
* Waste management technologies, equipment and services
* Landfill construction and operation
* Radioactive and toxic waste treatment
* Wastewater treatment. Sludge management. Sludge fields
* Air emissions. Gaseous emission treatment. Dust and slag management
* Waste to energy
* Informational, programming and metrological support
* Environmental insurance systems, certification, standardization, audit, due diligence review
* Public participation in waste management.

Organized by:
EcoInform NGO
National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute"
http://www.kpi.kharkov.ua/?lang=en&main=main.html&news=yes
Ecological Alliance, Ltd.

LEGAL SUPPORT
Arzinger & Partners Law Firm
http://arzinger.com/standorte.php?city=Kiew.

Please for more details see: http://www.waste.com.ua/cooperation.

For a printable version of the First announcement and Call for Papers
Click: http://www.waste.com.ua/cooperation/einfo.rtf.

Deadline for abstracts is December 1, 2007.

The rules for abstract preparation are here http://waste.com.ua/cooperation/erules.html.

To learn about the Conference topics more, you may wish to view the Contents of the previous Conference Proceedings:

http://www.waste.com.ua/cooperation/2005/theses/index.html#econtents
(2005)
http://www.waste.com.ua/cooperation/2006/theses/index.html#contents
(2006)
http://www.waste.com.ua/cooperation/2007/theses/index.html#contents
(2007).

Yours sincerely,

Ms Iryna Popova, Director
EcoInform
P.O.B. 81
Kharkiv, 61052, Ukraine
Tel/fax +38 (057) 712-11-05, 759-19-90
E-mail: world_of_waste@mail.ru, ecoinvest@vl.kharkov.ua

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III.) INTERNATIONAL FORUM - ECOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIES AND INNOVATIONS:

April 3-5, 2008

Expocenter of Ukraine
Glushkova Ave., 1
Kyiv, Ukraine

<http://www.expocenter.com.ua/en/exhibitions2008>

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

National complex "Expocenter of Ukraine" and Holding "ETI" are pleased to invite Ukrainian and foreign companies and organizations to participate in the International Forum "Ecological Technologies and Innovations". This Forum is the Ukrainian premier environmental technology trade show and conferences dedicated solely to the latest technologies, solutions, systems, equipment and services in all fields of environment management and technology comprising water treatment, waste management, air pollution control, clean energy, soil management and services integrated under one roof.

We want to stimulate further knowledge development in the ecological sector and to promote dialogue with our development partners on important environment sector issues in our work. We are pleased that government colleagues involved in the ecology, water and waste sectors have joined us.

The mission of this environmental Forum is to bring together all of the very best work that has been done in the field of waste maintenance, safety and management and to bridge the gap between theory and practice.

For further information, see:

http://www.expocenter.com.ua/en/exhibitions2008/Ekologie/About%20F/?SID
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IV.) SIXTH INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION & DISTRIBUTION, ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF ENERGY, AND ENERGY-SAVING TECHNOLOGIES:

November 4-6, 2008

International Exhibition Centre
15, Brovarsky Ave.
Kyiv, Ukraine

http://www.acco.ua/energy/eng/index.html

Organizers of the exhibition:
The Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine ACCO INTERNATIONAL

The main subjects of the exhibition:
Energy providing and transformation
- seismic and geo - researches for basis and energy extraction
- alternative energy sources
- energy transformation
- industry structures (projecting of sun and wind energy, isotope separation and enrichment, production on liquid and solid fuel, energy of biological active masses etc)

Production, transmission and energy distribution
- electricity production
- electrical engineering components and modular devices, auxiliary equipment
- controlling and measuring equipment and control apparatus
- regenerative and recuperative systems of heat reconstruction
- energy transmission and distribution systems
- processing and using repeated resources
- nonconventional and amended power sources
- electric energy utilization

Technics, devices and equipment of energy industry
- production of electrical machines, electric motors
- production of electrical equipment, apparatus
- cable and insulating industries
- electric-bulb industry
- accumulator and elemental industries
- production of electric welding equipment
- production of control devices and regulating of technological processes
- production of electrical-type instruments
- automation of administrative process and production control of energy sources using
- electronics and communication facilities as auxiliary directions

Energy supply effectiveness
- power supply
- increasing of using effectiveness of energy supply
- technical reequipment of electric-power industry
- energy supply effectiveness in municipal economy
- heat-and-power engineering and supplying of cities, engineering communications
- energy-saving technologies in house-building
- newest technologies, experience and problems, innovation projects

Project manager: Tatyana Shakchnik - olga@acco.kiev.ua