This Conference will focus on the development and application of novel technologies for urban and industrial wastewater treatment while assuring the goals of environmental and economic sustainability. Contributions dealing with the integration and assessment of technological, environmental and economic issues related to the operation of sewage treatment plants will be specially acknowledged. With this global perspective, the topics covered by the conference will include:

• Innovative technologies and processes (wastewater, sludge and odours)
• Resources recovery (nutrients, energy, water, bioplastics, etc.)
• Plant Wide and Unit Process Modelling, Optimization and Control
• System integration
• Removal of industrial pollutants
• Biopollutants (viruses, pathogens, etc.)
• Emerging pollutants (pharmaceuticals, endocrine disruptors, etc.)
• Green house gases emissions
• Economic aspects (operational costs, economical efficiency)
• Energy balance and energy savings
• Management tools (LCA, DSS, ecotoxicology, etc.)