UPCOMING TRAINING

  The 20th Annual Conference on Managing Quality Systems.

April 2-6, 2001, St. Louis, Missouri.

This conference is a national forum for disseminating and exchanging information on managing the quality of environmental data. The conference includes both training on the components of EPA's Quality System and technical presentations on the latest topics, trends, best practices, and issues in quality management. This conference is open to all interested members of the environmental community including representatives from EPA, other Federal Agencies, State, local, and Tribal governments, academia,and the private sector. For additional information on the conference, including Agenda, logistics, and an online registration form, see www.atlintl.com/epaconference.html

 Deal Flow 2001.

April 16 - 18, 2001, Chicago, IL.

This conference bring together property owners, developer, investors, transaction support professionals and the public sector representatives to discuss Brownfield redevelopment issues. Contact www.BFDealflow.com for more information.

 14th Annual National Conference on Enhancing the States' Lake Management Programs.

April 17-20, 2001, Congress Plaza Hotel Chicago, Illinois.

Cosponsored by: Chicago Botanic Garden U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Headquarters Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds; Region 5;
North American Lake Management Society; Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission.
To be placed on the distribution list for future conference announcements,
please contact the Conference Coordinator: Bob Kirschner, Chicago Botanic
Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Rd., Glencoe, Illinois, 60022; telephone:
847/835-6837, fax: 847/835-1635, e-mail: bkirschn@chicagobotanic.org.

 The EMAP Coastal Symposium 2001.

April 24-27, 2001, Pensacola Beach, Florida, Beachside Resort and Conference Center.

Sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency? (EPA) Office of
Research and Development and the Council of State Governments (CSG).
Contact: Virginia Engle, U.S. EPA, engle.virginia@epa.gov or
Malissa McAlister, CSG, mcalister@csg.org

 International Emission Inventory Conference "One Atmosphere, One Inventory, Many Challenges".

April 30-May 3, 2001, Adams Mark Hotel, Denver, Colorado.

Sponsored by the US EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards,Emission Factor and Inventory Group, with the assistance of the Western Regional Air Partnership and the Colorado Division of Air Pollution Control.

 National Risk Communication Conference.

May 7-8, 2001, Chicago, Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza.
350 N. Orleans Street, Chicago, Illinoise, 60654

 National Risk Communication Conference for Communicators of Health Risks from Fish Contaminants.

May 7-8, Chicago.

Purpose: To examine, discuss, and evaluate risk communication methods designed for populations that are exposed and susceptible to contaminants in fish and are hard to reach because they may not hear, understand, or be receptive to risk information about fish contaminants. Contact: Tanya Bethel, ICES, Ltd., 1-888-202-4237.

 National Meeting of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Biological Assessment of Wetlands Workgroup (BAWWG).

May 14-16, 2001, Sheraton World Resort Orlando, Florida.

Contact BAWWG at doug.hoskins@epa.gov or call (202)260-7717.

  2nd National Conference: Nonpoint Source Pollution Information and Education Programs.

May 15-17, 2001, Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, Illinois

Cosponsored by: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency Chicago Botanic Garden.
Contact the Conference Coordinator: Bob Kirschner, Chicago Botanic Garden,
1000 Lake Cook Rd., Glencoe, Illinois, 60022; telephone: 847/835-6837, fax:
847/835-1635, e-mail: bkirschn@chicagobotanic.org.

 Toxicology and Sustainable Development - Meeting the Challenge.

July 8-13, 2001, Brisbane Convention Center, Queensland, Australia.

Sponsored by the Central Toxicology Laboratory and the National Occupational Health and Safety Commission.
Contact: Congress Secretariat, ictix2001@im.com.au

 Brownfields 2001 Conference.

September 24 -26, 2001

McCormick Place Convention Center, Chicago, IL
Presented by the Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania
Co-Sponsored by The U.S. EPA, Co-Sponsors, and the City of Chicago Brownfields Initiative