Deadlines and other important dates:

• 22 February 2010: submission of abstracts for communications.

• 19 April 2010: notification to authors, if a given abstract was accepted for oral communication or for poster presentation, or not illegible.

• 08 September 2010: papers receipt; supplying of a final manuscript to be submited to peer review, being eventually published in the journal " Management of Environmental Quality".

• 31 July 2010: registration deadline; after this date a percentage of 20% on registration fees will be charged.