Thank you for your interest in this year's Partners in Environmental Technology Technical Symposium & Workshop hosted by the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) and the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP). This event will offer a comprehensive technical program featuring multiple technical sessions and several short courses.

The Call for Poster Abstracts closes July 30, 2010. More information about the Call for Poster Abstracts is available under the "Posters" option of the Exhibit Hall tab on this page.

This conference of approximately 1,100 attendees will assemble environmental researchers and technology developers with the defense user and regulatory communities to showcase cutting edge environmental technologies and ideas, as well as communicate the most difficult challenges of our defense establishment. SERDP and ESTCP strive to provide networking opportunities for users in the field to examine technologies that may offer solutions to current problems.

You are welcome to view information about our past Partners Symposiums.
~ December 1-3, 2009
~ December 2-4, 2008
~ December 4-6, 2007

PLENARY SESSION AND PROJECT-OF-THE-YEAR AWARDS

The opening Plenary Session will feature Rear Admiral David Titley, Oceanographer and Navigator with the U.S. Navy; Dr. Paul Anastas, Assistant Administrator of the Office of Research and Development within the U.S. EPA; and Dr. Robert Costanza, Director of the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics within the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources in the University of Vermont. These speakers will address emerging environmental challenges facing the Department of Defense (DoD).

Also part of the Plenary Session, SERDP and ESTCP Principal Investigators who have helped DoD achieve its mission while improving its environmental performance will be honored as the annual SERDP and ESTCP Project-of-the-Year Awards are announced.

As details about the Plenary Session are confirmed, additional information will be available under the Agenda tab at the top of the page.

TECHNICAL SESSIONS AND SHORT COURSES

Following the Plenary Session, technical sessions will highlight research and innovative technologies that are assisting DoD to address increasingly complex environmental challenges. Throughout the three days, short courses on select technologies in the environmental restoration and munitions management focus areas will offer unique training opportunities on recent advancements. As speakers are confirmed for these sessions, additional information will be added to the content currently available under the Agenda tab at the top of the page.

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

To wrap up the Symposium, the Executive Director of SERDP and ESTCP will host a special session to provide a summary of program initiatives and opportunities.

EXHIBIT HALL

The Call for Poster Abstracts closes July 30, 2010. This year’s Symposium & Workshop will feature the highly successful poster sessions and exhibit booths and showcase a number of technologies and scientific advancements from a variety of environmental research programs over two days (Tuesday and Wednesday). Attendees will have an opportunity to learn first-hand about ongoing and recently completed SERDP research projects and ESTCP technology demonstrations. Additional information about the Call for Poster Abstracts is available under the "Posters" option of the Exhibit Hall tab at the top of the page. Though not open to vendors, information about exhibit booths is also available under the Exhibit Hall tab at the top of the page.