Guidelines for Submission

To submit your abstract, please email your abstract as a PDF and Microsoft Word attached file to industrialwaters@confer.co.nz

• All abstracts must be submitted in English or accompanied with an English version.
  
• Submissions should be no more than 250 words.
• Include a short bio for the Presenting Author
  
• If you are submitting on behalf of the Presenting Author, please include their email address
  
• Use standard abbreviations only. 
  
• Abstracts must contain sufficient information so that if published it will be a complete report independent of presentation. The abstract should not contain statements alluding to results or conclusions not presented within the text.
  
• Please limit your abstract to one page. 
• If you wish to use any graphical object (graph, photo, drawing, etc) make sure that the resolution of the object is sufficiently high and the object is centred on the page.
  

Key Dates:

• Call for abstracts opens: 6 June 2023
• Abstract submission deadline: 23 June 2023 
• Presenters notified: 3 July 2023

• 3-Waters (water, wastewater, storm water) 
  
• Case Studies – “spotlight on a major customer”
• Compliance issues: How do I comply? How do I get them to comply?
  
• Cultural considerations when designing and operating wastewater treatment systems
  
• Industrial storm water
  
• Innovative processes for treating liquid industrial waste
  
• 'Kiwi Ingenuity' in the wastewater industry
  
• Large wastewater treatment systems
  
• Latest instrumentation technology
  
• Latest research on wastewater treatment
  
• Meeting drinkable water standards
• Optimisation of existing wastewater treatment processes
  
• Reform
• Regulatory requirements
  
• Sampling and testing
  
• Small trade waste treatment systems
  
• Systems that fail: What causes them to fail, how they fail and how to avoid potential issues
  
• The water industry: latest trends and developments
  
• Training
  
• Understanding laboratory analysis