SERDP AND ESTCP ANNOUNCE EXPANDED
TECHNICAL PROGRAM AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AT
ANNUAL TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM & WORKSHOP

The Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) and the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) will hold the annual Partners in Environmental Technology Technical Symposium & Workshop, “Meeting DoD’s Environmental Challenges,” December 2-4, 2008, at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C.

This year’s Symposium & Workshop has been expanded to a full three-day format that will offer a more comprehensive technical program featuring 13 technical sessions and five short courses.  Technical sessions will highlight research and innovative technologies that assist the Department of Defense (DoD) in addressing increasingly complex environmental and mission sustainability challenges.  Over the course of the three days, short courses on select technologies in the environmental restoration and munitions management areas will offer unique training opportunities on recent advancement in science and technology.  

Technical Sessions:  A comprehensive technical program consisting of concurrent sessions covering a variety of scientific and technical subjects will follow the Plenary Session. The preliminary list of technical sessions includes the following topics.

• Monitoring and Mitigation of Vapor Intrusion from Contaminated Groundwater
• Recent Advances in Characterization and Remediation of Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid (DNAPL) Source Zones
• Management of Contaminated Sediments: The Path to Risk-Based Remedial Action Decisions
• Approaches for Managing Contaminated Upland Soils
• Military Munitions in the Underwater Environment
• Munitions Response: Taking Technology to the Field
• Munitions Response: Advances in Science and Systems
• Alternative Fuels for DoD Weapons Systems
• Replacement of Hexavalent Chromium in DoD Manufacturing and Maintenance Activities: Hard Chrome Plating and Surface Treatments
• Replacement of Hexavalent Chromium in DoD Manufacturing and Maintenance Activities: Primers and Sealants
• Net Zero Installations: Energy and Beyond
• Marine Mammals and Military Operations
• Science Underlying the Post-Recovery Management of Listed Species

Short Courses:  New this year, Professional Development Hours will be offered for short courses! Attendance for these courses will be limited, and space will be available on a first-come first-serve basis. Therefore, registration for each short course will be required for you to attend. Below are this year’s short courses.

• Principles and Practices of In Situ Chemical Oxidation
• Management of Contaminated Sediments: Capping and Monitored Natural Recovery Approaches
• In Situ Bioremediation of Perchlorate in Groundwater
• Introduction to Classification Methods for Military Munitions Response Projects
• Introduction to the Visual Sample Plan Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Module

Other highlights include more than 350 posters supporting technology transfer, exhibit booths offering information about funding opportunities in related research programs, a special session providing a summary of SERDP and ESTCP program development and opportunities to conduct research and demonstrations, and networking with approximately 1,000 environmental professionals. 

For additional information, please visit http://www.serdp-estcp.org/symposium, send an e-mail to partners@hgl.com, or call the Symposium Contact Line at (703) 736-4548.