Looking ahead to IFAT 2008
09-APR-2008
Many within the international solid waste industry are looking forward to IFAT 2008. It promises to be the biggest show so far, with space booked by international exhibitors rising 18 per cent on 2005.
Unsurprisingly, expansion is occurring within key sectors too, in particular waste to energy. The subject of biogas will move more into the spotlight in this year's planning.
Also premiering at IFAT 2008, which takes place from 5 to 9 May 2008 in Munich, Germany, will be a new section called the 'Research & Education Area'. Here universities and research institutes will present their ongoing projects and findings.
In total around 30 research establishments and universities from nine countries have registered to take part in this 'Research & Education Area'. The nine countries are: Australia, Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Indonesia and the Slovak Republic. The initiator and organiser of this new section is Prof. Dr. Ing. F. Wolfgang Günthert, Professor of Residential Water Management and Waste Treatment at the Institute of Water Engineering at the University of the Bundeswehr in Munich.
'As a member of the IFAT Advisory Board, a university professor in Munich with many years of experience working with industry and as one who has known IFAT since the 1970s, it seemed a logical step for me to present the idea for the Research & Education Area to Messe München. I am very happy it has been taken up and, in view of the fact that this is the first time it is being organised, participation levels are very good,' said Günthert.
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