On June 18-22 and for the first time in Greece, the international workshop "Sustainable Waste Management" was organized by AIT, the Earth Engineering Center (EEC) of Columbia University and WTERT-Greece (SYNERGIA) at AIT’s premises . The main objective of the program was to examine the latest technologies for sustainable management of solid waste focusing on Renewable Energy.

Sixty seven executives from Greece, Belgium, Serbia, Jordan, Lebanon, UAE, Palestine and Azerbaijan active in the waste management industry came together for five days at AIT and focused on the new practices, environmental benefits , impact and economic viability of recycling, energy from waste, mechanical-biological treatment, composting and landfill. The large number of participants in the program underlines the increasing need for cutting-edge education on the latest technologies for sustainable waste management. Said Dr. Gregory Yovanof, AIT Vice Dean, "the program focused on the base of the sustainable waste management hierarchy pyramid, particularly on issues regarding recycling, energy recovery and environmentally friendly waste management."
 
Sustainable Waste Management Keynote Speakers were the world renowned:

• Emeritus Professor Nikolaos J. Themelis, Columbia University, Director Earth Engineering Center
• Professor Carlo Vandecasteele, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
• Professor Stefano Consonni, Politecnico di Milano
• Professor Goran Vujic, University of Novi Sad
• Dr. Costas Velis, Lecturer, University of Leeds
• Dr. Efstratios Kalogirou, President of WTERT-Greece (SYNERGIA)
• Assistant Professor Epaminondas Voutsas, National Technical University of  Athens
• Associate Professor Avraam Karagiannidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

The program was implemented under the auspices of PPC (DEI), TEE, National Association of Chemical Engineers and supported by the Institute of Civil Engineers ICE and the Hellenic-American Chamber. Communication sponsors were the magazine Water&Waste, epixeiro.gr, Plant Management and EnergyIn.gr.

You can find more at www.ait.gr/wtert and photos of the program here.