INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE, entitled IREMCON as an acronym, is organized by Grup E to provide a forum for international authorities who are the leaders in their respective fields to share and exchange their views on their expertise, experience and successes in recycling and waste management and evaluate economic and investment opportunities and establish a solid ground for development of international cooperation.
The conference which will be held in Istanbul during 21-22 March 2018 under the main sponsorship of AKADEMİ ÇEVRE, will be attended by numerous ministry representatives from the Balkan Countries and also by top level managers of various institutions, organisations and waste management companies. The conference led by Mr. Mustafa Akalp as the Executive Board President and Dr. Caner Zanbak as the Technical Committee President, will be attended by speakers from Turkey and Balkan countries, namely Albania, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania and Serbia.
IREMCON carries the distinction of being the first international conference in Turkey on Waste Management and Recycling which is supported by international organisations, institutions and companies that are leaders in their respective areas with successful performance.
The conference is also supported by United Cities and Local Governments Middle East and West Asia Section (UCLG-MEWA) and partnership of TÜMAKÜDER under Golden Sponsorship of BENLİ GERİ DÖNÜŞÜM, İZAYDAŞ, DİSAN HİDROLİK; Silver Sponsorship of TAYÇED, MMI EURASIA FUARCILIK and DÖNMEZ VARİL and Bronze Sponsorship of LASDER and ITC are Bronze Sponsors.
The Conference will have two special panel sessions and will start with an invited speech of Prof. Dr. Mehmet Emin Birpınar, Deputy Undersecretary of Ministry of Environment and Urban Affairs and Chief Negotiator of Turkey for Climate Change at UN on "Challenge against Climate Change at Global Scale and Zero Waste in Turkey"
In this two-day conference, IREMCON, there will be thirty five oral presentations and a poster presentation session.