{"id":4339,"date":"2011-11-08T14:58:14","date_gmt":"2011-11-08T21:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unrbep.org\/?p=4339"},"modified":"2011-11-08T14:58:14","modified_gmt":"2011-11-08T21:58:14","slug":"2012-national-conference-call-for-abstracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/2012-national-conference-call-for-abstracts\/","title":{"rendered":"2012 National Conference Call for Abstracts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Summit NPPR is co-sponsoring the <strong>2012 National Training Conference on the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) and Environmental Conditions in Communities <\/strong>with the <em>Environmental Council of States (ECOS)<\/em> and the <em>U.S. EPA<\/em>.\u00a0 Co-sponsoring the 2012 TRI conference is a great opportunity for NPPR members to engage with a broader network of professionals on issues of pollution prevention and sustainability.\u00a0 The TRI conference will focus on pollution prevention and using Toxics Release inventory data to promote sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>The conference will be held in <strong>Washington, DC<\/strong> at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, <strong>April 11 \u2013 13, 2012<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The theme for the conference is \u201c<strong>Understanding the Past and Promoting a Sustainable Future<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Industry achievements and economic benefits of P2 initiatives<\/li>\n<li>External influences on industry behavior (e.g. TRI reporting consumer behavior, Global Reporting Initiative)<\/li>\n<li>Measuring and assessing corporate sustainability using TRI data alone or with other data<\/li>\n<li>TRI influences on corporate research and development<\/li>\n<li>Challenges to achieving sustainability<\/li>\n<li>Providing information to data users through effective partnerships, innovative tools, and outreach (e.g. E3 Program, CARE grants)<\/li>\n<li>How Federal programs are promoting sustainability (e.g.\u00a0 Green Chemistry; Office of Sustainable Communities; Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics; Dept. of Defense; Dept. of Energy)<\/li>\n<li>TRI, P2, and toxics reduction programs in localities, states, and Tribes<\/li>\n<li>Current research on toxics reduction and sustainability<\/li>\n<li>Improving public awareness and use of TRI<\/li>\n<li>Improving understanding of environmental and health conditions in communities through use of TRI data<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The deadline for abstracts is <strong>November 19<\/strong>.\u00a0 To submit an abstract go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chemicalright2know.org\/tri-conference\/2012-tri-national-conference\/2012-abstract-submission-form\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.chemicalright2know.org\/tri-conference\/2012-tri-national-conference\/2012-abstract-submission-form\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Summit NPPR is co-sponsoring the 2012 National Training Conference on the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) and Environmental Conditions in Communities with the Environmental Council of States (ECOS) and the U.S. EPA.\u00a0 Co-sponsoring the 2012 TRI conference is a great opportunity for NPPR members to engage with a broader network of professionals on issues of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/2012-national-conference-call-for-abstracts\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2012 National Conference Call for Abstracts<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4339"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4339"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4340,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4339\/revisions\/4340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}