Guidelines for Submission

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

• Presentation types: 30 minutes Oral presentation or Poster Presentation
• 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.
  
• Posters to be supplied by yourself: A0 Portrait size

• 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
• 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
  
• Water Industry Structure