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2012 RPIC Federal Contaminated Sites
National Workshop
April 30 – May 3, 2012
Allstream Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES
The 2012 RPIC Federal Contaminated Sites National Workshop will provide a forum for the contaminated sites community to learn about technical, scientific and organizational innovations, and best practices for the management of contaminated sites. The Workshop will offer a unique opportunity for the public, private, and academic sectors to meet and exchange new ideas and information with colleagues and industry representatives from across the country and abroad.

The Real Property Institute of Canada (RPIC) and the Contaminated Sites Management Working Group invite you to submit presentations on technologies and issues related to the assessment, remediation and management of federal contaminated sites. Abstracts are encouraged in, but not limited to the following topics:

• Assessment and Remediation in Special Environments
• Managing Environmental Projects
• Environmental Site Assessment
• Ecological and Human Health Risk Assessment and Risk Management
• Contaminated Sites Management for Aquatic Environments and Sediments
• Innovative Assessment and Remediation Technologies
• Remedial Options Analysis
• Sustainability Considerations in Remediation Projects
• Adaptive Management
• Liability Quantification and Reduction
• Risk Communication Strategies
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Social and Economic Benefits from Site Remediation

ABSTRACTS
Abstracts should be no more than 500 words and must include biographies for all presenters The abstract may be submitted in English or French and must be submitted by email to RPIC_FCSNW@thewillowgroup.com.

Note: One discounted delegate pass for the workshop will be made available for each accepted presentation. Additional presenters will need to register at the full rate.

Guidelines for submitting abstracts:

• Title of Presentation
• Name and affiliations of all presenters
• Complete contact information of presenter or organizer
• Biographies for all presenters
• Type of presentation: oral or poster
• Topic addressed by your presentation
• Language of presentation

Abstracts will be selected for inclusion in the preliminary program on the basis of a peer review by a panel of experts.

FINAL PRESENTATIONS
PowerPoint (PPT) presentations must be submitted for review by subject experts. Authors of accepted presentations must revise their PPT presentations as required by the reviewers. Revised PPTs are to be submitted by e-mail and must be accompanied by copyright waivers signed by all authors listed on the abstract. PPTs missing copyright waivers cannot be presented at the National Workshop. The transcripts of the workshop presentations will be made available to all paid registrants at the National Workshop in place of the technical papers provided in past years.

OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
Initial abstracts may be submitted in English or French. All final abstracts and presentations crediting federal government employee authors must be submitted in English and French. The translation may follow the revised final version.

Abstract Deadline: October 14, 2011
Author Notification: November 14, 2011
Draft PPT Due: January 15, 2012
Final (Revised) PPT Due: March 1, 2012
Translated PPT Due: April 15, 2012

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