The 20th Annual North American Waste-to-Energy Conference (NAWTEC20) will take place in Portland, Maine, from April 23-25, 2012. Co-sponsored by the Energy Recovery Council (ERC), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), and in partnership with the Waste-to-Energy Research and Technology Council (WTERT) at Columbia University, the North American Waste-to-Energy Conference (NAWTEC) is widely recognized as the leading industry technical conference and trade show focusing on municipal waste-to-energy.

Don't miss this unique opportunity to reach the largest specialty group of professionals in North America dealing with municipal waste-to-energy, combustion engineering science, and emerging waste conversion & processing technologies.

Please submit abstracts on the following topics:

Advancing Waste-to-Energy through Research and Technology

• Combustion and Air Emissions Research and Technologies
• Thermal Treatment and Waste Combustion Technologies
• Advanced Air Emissions Control Technologies

Waste-to-Energy Contracts and Development Initiatives

• Economics, Creative Financing and Revenue Generation
• Expanding WTE Capacity: Models for WTE Project Development
• Developing and Renegotiating WTE contracts
• Tax Credits, Energy Legislation and the Politics of Waste-to-Energy

Waste-to-Energy: Sustainable Green Power and Waste Management

• U.S. and International WTE Facility Case Studies
• Ash Management and Metal Recovery Innovations
• Understanding Your Solid Waste Carbon Footprint
• Quantifying and Monetizing Greenhouse Gas Benefits of WTE

Improving WTE Plant Operations

• Managing and Streamlining Plant Operation
• Waste-to-Energy Health and Safety Initiatives
• Retrofits, Plant Upgrades, and Maintenance Issues

Please submit your 400 word abstract to NAWTEC20 by November 7, 2011.

Please include contact information as well as a short biography of the presenter highlighting career and presentation experience.