The document summarizes an international conference on waste management, recycling, and the environment to be held in Sofia, Bulgaria from March 28-30, 2012. The conference will bring together over 250 participants from 31 countries to discuss topics like waste management, recycling, and waste-to-energy. A focus will be on accelerating waste management development in Southeast Europe. Austria will be highlighted as a leader in environmental technology. The conference aims to encourage international collaboration and knowledge sharing.

1. Waste Management,
International Eco Forum
Recycling and Environment
for South-East Europe Conference & Exhibition
28-30 March 2012, Sofia, Bulgaria
Focus Country: In Partnership with: Official Hotel: Organizer:
Austria
www.viaexpo.com
‘Save the Planet’ was launched in 2010 as a vehicle to help accelerate the waste management
development in South-East Europe. In 2011 the Conference gathered 250
participants from 31 countries for three days of results-oriented discussions and debates on topics like waste management,
waste-to-energy and recycling.
The 2012 edition will continue to tackle the financial, regulatory, policy and technological roadblocks to waste management
implementation across the SEE Region. It will show the huge business potential of the market and will encourage the know-how
transfer. The Conference will serve as a forum for the international environmental community to meet and collaborate with
South-East European policy-holders, senior utility executives and private sector leaders. Leading companies will present at the
Exhibition cutting edge technologies and services.
Austria, one of the international leaders in environmental technology, will be a focus country.
‘Save the Planet’ is organized in collaboration with key partner organizations – regional and international – including Association
of Cities and Regions for Recycling and Sustainable Resource Management, European Biomass Association, European Network of
Environmental Professionals, European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology, Confederation of European Waste-to-Energy Plants,
German Society for sustainable Biogas and Bioenergy Utilisation, enviMV - Network for Environmental Technologies from Mecklenburg-
Western Pomerania, German Association of Waste-to-Energy and RDF plants, Union of Black Sea and Caspian Confederation of
Enterprises, Bulgarian Association of Recycling, Confederation of the Associations of Ecological Energy, Bulgarian-Swiss Chamber
of Commerce in Bulgaria, Bulgarian Construction Chamber, Bulgarian Association of Municipal Environmental Experts, etc.

2. Via Expo organizes 3 International Еxhibitions under 1 roof in 4 halls
The Exhibitions cover: Technologies and equipment for waste management &
International Eco Forum
recycling • Environment pollution prevention • Energy efficiency in industry and
construction • Renewable energy applications with a special accent on solar energy
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS >>> Waste Treatment Technologies >>> Landfilling >>> Waste Prevention >>> Recycling >>> Energy and Resource Recovery
Conference Program Committee Some of the Speakers
• Chindarat Taylor – Resource Efficiency Pathway, UK
• Franz Neubacher – UV&P, Austria Chindarat Taylor – Resource
• Mario Grosso – ENEP – European Network of Environmental Professionals, Belgium Effiicency Pathway, UK
• Mariusz Grabda – Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Japan Mario Grosso – ENEP – European
• Marta Gurin – CEWEP – Confederation of EU Waste-to-Energy Plants, Belgium Network of Environmental
• Olivier De Clercq – Association of Cities and Regions for Recycling and Sustainable Resource Professionals, Belgium
Management – ACR+, Belgium Mariusz Grabda – Institute of
Multidisciplinary Research for
Call for Papers Advanced Materials, Japan
The Program Committee is now accepting abstracts for the 2012 Conference program.
Submit your abstract by November 15, 2011. Registration at http://www.eco.viaexpo.com/en/ Olivier De Clercq – ACR+, Belgium
conference/call-for-papers
As well as Andy Whiteman – Wasteaware,
Greenest Municipality Competition 2012 UK; Jean-Pierre Hannequart – ACR+, Belgium;
Marlene Sieck – Federal Environment Agency,
Via Expo starts this Competition for Bulgarian municipalities with the aim in 2013 this event to be Germany; Marta Gurin – CEWEP, Confederation
extended with participation of municipalities from the Region of South-East Europe. The Greenest of EU Waste-to-Energy Plants, Belgium; Peter
Municipality Award 2012 will be bestowed to the winner at the event opening. Hodecek – Austrian Waste Management Associa-
tion, Austria; Rachael Williams – ISWA, Austria;
René Møller Rosendal – RenoSam, Denmark
PROMOTIONAL SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Sponsorship is a conscious investment in your company image and an efficient way to increase your VENUE
brand awareness. Via Expo invites you to become a SPONSOR of one of the most important forums
on Waste Management for South-East Europe. The Sponsor packages are shaped to meet your
budget and marketing objectives. Use your sponsorship as an integrated communication tool which
will enable you to reach an exclusive group of participants with a lasting effect. Over 7 000 trade
visitors are expected at the Exhibition from the construction industry, power engineering, waste
management and recycling, ecology and investment sector. Representatives of state, regional and
local authorities will also be present.
Details on sponsorship packages can be received from Nelly Vlaykova (nelly_v@viaexpo.com) or
on tel.: +359/32 945 459
TESTIMONIALS
• The participants in the exhibition and conference showed the huge range of modern technologies and solutions in very important sectors.
The event was a very well-organized platform to encourage international business and co-operation! Anita Wemmenhove, Head of Economic
Department, Embassy of the Netherlands in Bulgaria
• ‘Thank you for the organization of the conference and exhibition, which was very well set up, interesting and informative.’ Heike Uhlemann,
Umweltcluster Bayern, Germany
• ‘It was a b2b forum about waste management and recycling, where as exhibitors could be seen Titech, Tecnova, Erema, as well as some national
commercial chambers. Organization of the fair was perfect!’ S. Kuzmanovic, Tecnova S.R.L.
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