The official languages of the conference will be Spanish, Portuguese and English; there will be no simultaneous translation.
All speakers, regardless of the language spoken, will be invited to prepare their PowerPoint presentations using the English language.
Live streaming will be used for the keynote conference and the panel. The authors of oral presentations should provide a 15-minute video beforehand; then, a live 5 minutes period will be available for answering questions, read by the chair of the session. The authors of the posters should prepare a 5-minute video, which will be available “on-demand” on this website.
The four meetings will start at 8:00 am, Mexico City time (CDT, UTC-6), with a program of 6 hours.
The event will be an integral series that will organized in 4 days at different countries; each country will develop a core theme:
Topic: Anaerobic microbiology
Microbial ecology and molecular biology in anaerobic processes, anaerobic biodegradation of emerging contaminants.
22 October 2020
Topic: Sustainable wastewater treatment plants
Anaerobic treatment of municipal wastewater, anaerobic digestion and circular economy, full-scale experiences.
29 October 2020
Topic: Postreatment of anaerobic effluents
Nutrient removal, modeling and control of anaerobic processes.
Post mortem homage to Silvio Montalvo.
5 November 2020
Topic: Bio-refinery based on residues
Anaerobic treatment of industrial wastewater, anaerobic digestion of solid waste.
30 years celebration of DAAL.
12 November 2020
The first two activities will be live, while for oral and poster work a previously recorded video will be requested. In the case of oral works, a space of 5 minutes will be available for live answers by the author.
Registration is open: 1 September, 2020
Deadline for contributions: 31 August, 2020
Notification of acceptance: 21 September, 2020
Deadline for registration of speakers (authors): 1 October, 2020
Early registration deadline: 1 October, 2020