The 1st IASTED International Conference on
Unconventional Oils and the Environment
ENV 2011

July 4 – 6, 2011
Calgary, AB, Canada

Past Conference Information

The Unconventional Oils and the Environment 2011 conference in Calgary, AB, Canada has ended.

Conference Proceedings

The Conference Proceedings are available for purchase on the ACTA Press website:

Conference Co-Chairs

Prof. Mohamed Gamal El-Din
University of Alberta, Canada
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Chris Powter
Oil Sands Research and Information Network, Canada
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Invited Speakers

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"Technology Innovation for Greening Oil Sands Production"

Dr. John Zhou
Alberta Innovates Energy and Environment Solutions, Canada
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"Oil Sands: Canada’s Energy Advantage"

Don Thompson
The Oil Sands Developers Group, Canada
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"Challenges in Numerical Simulation of Heavy Oil/Oil Sands Reservoirs"

Prof. Zhangxing John Chen
Director, Global Research Initiative on Unconventional Oil and Gas
Professor, Depart. of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
University Of Calgary, Canada
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Panel Sessions

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Registration

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Scope

The topics of interest covered by ENV 2011 included, but were not limited to:

  • Air pollution control
  • Air quality
  • Bioenergy systems
  • Biofiltration
  • Biomonitoring
  • Carbon footprint
  • Carbon sequestration
  • Clean energy
  • Ecological restoration
  • Environmental impact assessments
  • Environmental microbiology
  • Geomicrobiology
  • Greenhouse gasses and climatic change
  • Hydrocarbon biodegradation
  • Impacts on human health
  • Impacts on the forests
  • Land management
  • Land reclamation
  • Microbial ecology
  • Modeling and simulation
  • Nanotechnology
  • Remediation and restoration of oils spills in wetlands
  • Remediation of contaminated soils
  • Remote sensing
  • Reservoir characterisation
  • Rivers and freshwater aquifers
  • Soil erosion
  • Sustainable development
  • Tailings ponds
  • Unconventional fossil fuels
  • Waste management
  • Wastewater treatment technologies