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Upcoming Meetings
Montreal, CanadaSeptember 15-17, 1997
On-site registration for the Ninth Meeting of the Parties to
the Montreal
Protocol begins at 9 a.m. on Monday, September 15, in the Atrium of the
ICAO
Conference Center, 999 University Avenue, Montreal. For more information,
contact the Ozone Secretariat, United Nations Environment Progrmme (UNEP),
P.O.
Box 30552, Nairobi, Kenya, phone 254-2-62-3851,
fax 254-2-62-3913,
e-mail ozoneinfo@unep.org.
San Diego, California November 3-5, 1997
The fourth Annual
International Research Conference on Methyl Bromide Alternatives and
Emissions Reduction, will be held November 3-5 at the Double Tree San
Diego Mission Valley Hotel in San Diego, CA (phone 619-297-5466 or
800-222-8733). Again sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the
Crop Protection Coalition, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
the conference is being held to:- Enhance scientific information
and data exchange on methyl bromide alternatives research
- Provide
a forum for exchange of interdisciplinary scientific and agricultural
information
- Develop and distribute conference proceedings as a
state-of-the-art methyl bromide alternatives source for researchers, users
of methyl bromide, legislators, government policy officials, and the
general public
- Support data gathering on potential alternatives
to methyl bromide for future evaluation and prioritization
- Monitor
development of viable alternatives to methyl bromide
- Evaluate
technology transfer processes and incentive programs needed to implement
alternatives.
Titles of presentations must be submitted by August 1, 1997.
To be included
on the agenda, a 2-page written summary of all posters and presentations
must
be submitted by September 8 to the Methyl Bromide Alternatives Outreach,
144 W.
Peace River Drive, Fresno, CA 93711. For more details, contact Anna
Williams, Methyl Bromide Alternatives
Outreach, phone
(209) 447-2127, fax (209) 436-0692.
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