[USCC] Mid Atlantic Composting Association 2007 Conference Call for Abstracts

[Greg Evanylo]

The following announcement is a request for 
abstracts for the 2007 Mid Atlantic Composting 
and Compost Use Conference and Expo. Please 
promote this conference by encouraging potential 
presenters to respond to the request or submitting an abstract
.

Mid Atlantic Composting and Compost Use Conference & Expo
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
September 19-21, 2007
Beltsville, MD

The Mid Atlantic Composting and Compost Use 
Conference is a biennial event providing 
composting professionals with practical 
information on the science of composting, 
facility planning and design, operations, 
regulations, economics, marketing, utilization, 
and other relevant topics. The conference is an 
event of the Mid Atlantic Composting Association (MACA).

The Conference will be held at the USDA-ARS 
facilities in Beltsville, Maryland from 1 pm, 
September 19 to noon, September 21. The event 
will include oral paper sessions and a trade show 
during the first two days and a tour of 
composting and compost use sites on the morning 
of the final day. Included in the cost of 
registration will be dinners on Sep. 19 and 20, 
lunch on Sep. 20, and breaks on Sep. 19 and 20.

Abstracts for oral presentations are requested in the areas listed below.
·         Planning and Developing Composting Programs
·         Composting Technology Development
·         Compost Processing Techniques/Optimization
·         Compost Utilization
·         Odor Management
·         Regulatory Issues
·         Compost Facility Operations, Training, and Safety
·         Compost Marketing and Distribution
·         Composting Facility Economics
·         Research and Development
·         Onsite (Backyard) Composting Programs
·         Case Studies



Instructions for submitting abstracts


All abstracts for oral presentations should be 
emailed as a Word or RTF attachment by April 20. 
Abstracts should be 500 words or less, typed in 
Times New Roman, 12 font. Please include author’s 
name(s) and institution(s), title of 
presentation, a contact person’s name, address, 
telephone and fax numbers, and email address. 
Abstracts should reflect original, current work 
and should be sent to: Greg Evanylo at <mailto:gevanylo at vt.edu>gevanylo at vt.edu.

Authors of selected papers will be notified by 
May 25. Authors will be required to pay 
conference registration fees and their own travel 
expenses. Conference registration fees will be 
$75 for MACA members and $100 for non-members 
before August 1, 2007 ($100 for members and $125 
for non-members after 8/1/07). Presenters 
selected will be subject to the member, early 
registration rate (i.e., $75) for the three-day 
event. Arrangements have been made with several 
hotels in the area to provide a block of rooms at 
reduced rate for conference presenters and 
attendees. Abstracts will be published and 
distributed to conference registrants via a CDROM.



For More Information

Check the MACA web site 
(<http://www.midatlanticcompost.org/>http://www.midatlanticcompost.org) 
for updated information. If interested in 
exhibiting at the Conference & Expo, please 
contact Bob Broom (RKB Enterprises, Inc., 625 
Maury Ave., Norfolk, VA 23517; Ph: 757-622-0692, 
Mobile: 757-647-6052, 
<mailto:rkbe at cox.net>rkbe at cox.net). Contact Bob 
Kerlinger 
(<mailto:bkerlinger at verizon.net>bkerlinger at verizon.net 
or 757-868-8519) for other conference information.


Gregory K. Evanylo
Professor and Extension Specialist
Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences (0403)
426 Smyth Hall, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Ph: 540/231-9739;  Fax: 540/231-3075
gevanylo at vt.edu