Vilnius, Lithuania – 1 July to 4 July 2008

REGISTRATION FORM AVAILABLE

The registration form is available from the Fees page now

VENUE CONFIRMED

The venue for the GREEN5 conference has now been fixed, it is:

Hotel Panorama,
Sodu street 14,
LT-03211 VILNIUS,
Lithuania
Tel (370 5) 233 88 22        Fax  (370 5) 273 80 12

Special guest rates have been negotiated for GREEN5 delegates, i.e. 190 litas (approximately 57 euros) for single room occupancy, 214 litas (approximately 65 euros) for double room occupancy.

To make a reservation at the hotel please contact;

1. reservation@mikotelgroup.com, Aliona Jakovleva, +370 5 273 80 04; or
2. Elvyra Sysaite (Sales Manager), elvyra@mikotelgroup.com,
   tel +370 5 233 88 22, fax:+370 5 233 88 32, Mobile:+370 655 54 995

At the time of booking accommodation make sure that you make it clear that you are a GREEN5 delegate and therefore entitled to the special rate.
You should make your reservation before the middle of May as July is a very busy month for the hotel.

Please see the Vilnius page for more details about the hotel.

Look forward to seeing you in Vilnius.

Best wishes,
Bob Sarsby

EXTENSION OF CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS

Dear Colleagues,

The GREEN5 International Conference will cover various topics relating to Environmental Geotechnics as demonstrated by the sessions within the programme.
We are still accepting papers for the conference and you are cordially invited to submit an abstract as soon as possible. The date for submission of complete papers is 1st June 2008.
Best wishes,

Bob Sarsby

WELCOME

Throughout the centuries the construction industry has supported (both directly and indirectly) the development of society and has made major contributions to the living standards of mankind, e.g. clean water supply, sewage treatment, durable and efficient buildings, safe disposal of wastes, transport networks. At the same time the construction has an obligation to make the best use of the earth’s resources and to preserve the environment for future generations.

The GREEN conferences are a four-yearly series of international gatherings that were inaugurated in 1993 to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and new developments relating to the interaction between construction and the environment. To date GREEN conferences have been held in Germany, Poland and the UK with themes of;

1. Engineered waste disposal by landfill
2. Contaminated land
3. Exploitation of mineral resources and the consequences
4. Waste disposal

The purpose of GREEN5 is to examine the contribution of construction to achieving a sustainable environment, e.g. by providing ways to protect the natural and built environment from the effects of climate change, by using up waste materials produced by other industries at the same time conserving primary resources, by creating durable systems to contain refuse and ground contamination to provide natural organisms with the time to breakdown and neutralise pollutants.

The Organising Committee believe that you will find the theme of GREEN5 thought-provoking and that the actual conference will be informative and stimulating – we hope to see you in Vilnius.

Bob Sarsby
(on behalf of the Organising Committee)

 

Contact:	Prof R W Sarsby (Civil Engineering Section, SEBE)
	University of Wolverhampton Wulfruna Street Wolverhampton WV1 1SB UK
	Tel: (44) (0)1902 322263 Fax: (44) (0)1902 322743 Email: R.Sarsby@wlv.ac.uk