INTERNATIONAL SOLID WASTE ASSOCIATION - Denkstatt

our Korean National Member KSWM, the Korea Society
of Waste Management.
Delegates World Congresses (2006 – 2010)
800
The last ISWA World Congress took place in Hamburg,
Germany, from 15 to 18 of November 2010. The theme
of this very successful event was “Urban Development
and Sustainability”. 739 delegates from 54 countries
were offered a great deal during these 4 congress days:
More than 45 sessions with greater than 150 high-profile
presentations and speeches, 20 meetings, 7 technical
tours, an atmospheric Townhall Reception and an opulent
Gala Dinner – everything organised perfectly by our
German National Member VKS im VKU.
Number of Delegates
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Copenhagen
2006
Amsterdam
2007
Singapore
2008
Lisbon
2009
Hamburg
2010
ISWA World Congress 2010, Hamburg, Germany
The ISWA World Congress 2009 took place in Lisbon,
Portugal, at the Cultural Centre of Belém and was
co-organized by the Portuguese Association of Sanitary
and Environmental Engineering (APESB). The theme
of the Congress was „Turning Waste into Ideas“.
The World Congress 2008 was held in Singapore. This
event was co-organized by the Waste Management and
Recycling Association of Singapore (WMRAS) and the
National Environment Agency (NEA). The ISWA World
Congress 2007 “Challenging the future” was held at in
Amsterdam and co-organized by ISWA’s Dutch National
member NVRD.
The next ISWA World Congresses will be held in Florence,
Italy (2012), Vienna, Austria (2013) and Sao Paolo,
Brazil (2014).
Beacon Conferences
The series of Beacon Conferences organised by ISWA
have been a great success since years. Some recent
shining examples were the three “Beacons” that took
place at the end of 2010 and during the first half of the
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