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International Conference on Solid Waste (ICSWHK2023)  

Waste Management in Circular Economy and Climate Resilience  

Reminder for Abstract Submission  

Dear Colleagues/Friends,  

The International Conference on Solid Waste is coming back to Hong Kong (ICSWHK2023) and will be held on 31st May – 3rd June 2023 organised by the Hong Kong Baptist University and Zhejiang University at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The International Conference aims to bring together various stakeholders from academia, industry, government, and non-government organizations worldwide to deliberate on issues pertaining to solid waste management. It will comprise seminars, poster presentation, workshop, and field trip. You are cordially invited to join us!  

This is a friendly reminder that the abstract submission deadline is due in 6 days. Our team sincerely invites you to submit the abstract for presentation in the ICSWHK2023.  

Please login the conference website (https://icswhk.hkbu.edu.hk/) for more details. Some highlights of the conference are presented below:  

Call for Abstract  

The conference has already received over 200 registrations and to allow more participation we have extended the abstract submission deadline to 20 December 2022. Please submit your abstract online through this link (https://icswhk.hkbu.edu.hk/abstract-submission). Interested scholars can also apply through the Conference Secretariat: icswhk23@hkbu.edu.hk.  

Confirmed Keynote Speakers (More to be added)  

• Prof. Jonathan W.C. Wong, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong  
• Prof. Ashok Pandey, CSIR - National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, India  
• Prof. Jianhua Yan, Zhejiang University, China  
• Prof. Michael Nelles, University of Rostock, Germany  
• Prof. Rajeshwar D. Tyagi, University of Quebec, Canada  
• Prof. Hailong Wang, Foshan University, China  
• Prof. Ping-jing He, Tongji University, China  
• Prof. Klaus Fricke, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany  

 Pre-Conference Workshops  

• Advanced Thermal Treatment Technologies for Resource Recovery from Waste  
• Landfill Mining for Circular Economy   

 Field Visit  

Half day field trips to the following proposed facilities:  

• EcoPark for waste recycling industry  
• T-Park (State of the art sludge incineration facility)  
• O-Park (Biological treatment facility)  
• Y-Park (Garden Waste Treatment Facility) 
  
  Awards  

• TWO International Young Waste Researcher Award: US$1,000 cash prize with free registration and a trophy  
• TEN ‘Best Poster Award’: US$300 cash prize each and a trophy 
  
  Publication  

• Full papers will be published in Conference Proceedings  
• Selected papers will be published in SCI Journals including Bioresource Technology and Environmental Technology. 
  
  The conference poster and leaflet are also herewith attached for your kind perusal. Please contact our Conference Secretariat if you need more information.  

You are welcome to distribute this invitation notice to relevant faculty members/post-doctoral students/colleagues or any interested parties for participation.  

For old and new friends, we are looking forward to seeing you in our Conference!  

 Yours faithfully,  

Prof. Jonathan Wong, BBS MH JP 

Chairman, 

ICSWHK2023 

Hong Kong Baptist University