The 2nd Symposium of International Waste Working Group Asian Regional Branch (IWWG-ARB) (IWWG-ARB 2015)

The 2nd Symposium of International Waste Working Group Asian Regional Branch (IWWG-ARB) will be held in Shanghai, China, from 13th to 14th of April, 2015, and additionally a training course on the afternoon of 12th April, and a technical tour on 15th April. The Regional Branch of IWWG is a new strategy of IWWG to better organize the IWWG activities, favour contacts and participation, better consider local needs in a significantly large area (Asia, Africa, South and North America, etc.). This ARB branch is the special one in the Asian region to initiate the IWWG strategy. Based on the IWWG Regional Branch Establishment Procedure, a Founding committee was formed by Toshihiko Matsuto (Hokkaido University, Japan), Jae Young Kim (Seoul National University, Republic of Korea), and Pin-Jing He (Tongji University, China), who are the members of Managing Board and/or Scientific Advisory Board of IWWG. Starting from the three countries, ARB activity will extend to other Asian countries. The kickoff activity of ARB is the organization of ARB symposium, which will be in-turn hold in Japan, China and Korea. The 1st IWWG-ARB Symposium was successfully opened in Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, from 18th to 20th of March, 2013. And now it comes to the 2nd IWWG-ARB Symposium in Tongji University, Shanghai of China in 2015. It is expected to explore and strengthen the network among Asian Researchers of Solid Waste Management, as well as the world’s concerns on Asian waste.