ADVISORY/ First ENTECH'01 Conference Provides A High-Level Forum for the Environmental Industry.Business Editors & Environmental Writers ADVISORY...for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday June 12-14 --(BUSINESS WIRE) New Event to Bring Together Community Leaders, Educators, Government Agencies and Private Sector Corporations to Effect Greater Environmental Responsibility On June 12-14, 2001, the Environmental Hazards Management Institute (EHMI EHMI Environmental Hazards Management Institute ) and Tower Conference Management will hold its first ENTECH ENTECH Empowering Nonprofits in Technology '01 Environmental Management and Technology Conference and Exhibition at the Atlantic City Convention Center The Atlantic City Convention Center is located in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The Center was developed in part as an aspect of the city's ongoing attempt to recreate itself as a year-round destination rather than a mere summer resort — the same thought process that in New Jersey. The event will focus on public policy issues and new directions in environmental management, pollution control and prevention, sustainability, environmental health and safety, and hazardous materials management. The keynote speaker will be Tony Cortese, president of Second Nature, an organization that develops innovative environmental programs for academic institutions. Mr. Cortese, a well-known figure throughout the industry, brings outstanding insight to ENTECH. Mr. Cortese served under President Clinton on the EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. workgroup that appointed Carol Browner and has served as an advisor to EPA. Mr. Cortese was also head of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. Featuring more than 60 sessions including plenary, technical sessions and intensive workshop presentations, the conference is structured to serve the practical management and technology needs of environmental health, safety and sustainability professionals. The program will highlight the advanced use of information technology (IT) as an augmenter of environmental technology and will explore timely workforce issues such as the need for educators, government agencies, and the private sector to ensure the availability of a well and properly trained work force. "The past years have been kind to some and lethal to others within the Environmental, Health, Safety & Sustainability (EHS&S) market, causing many to query whether the industry is a dying sector," said Alan Borner, General Program Chairman, ENTECH '01, and Executive Director, EHMI. "ENTECH '01 will irrefutably demonstrate that the EHS&S market is a thriving, viable community that is utilizing information technology and the World Wide Web to do what it could never have done before." The ENTECH '01 Exhibition offers many educational and networking opportunities and will showcase more than 150 companies and organizations that provide services and equipment to the industry. Some sponsors and exhibitors include: Zurich North America, VPPPA VPPPA Voluntary Protection Program Participants' Association , NJ DEP, Onyx Environmental Services, McGraw-Hill Companies, Waste Management, Inc Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WMI) is a waste management, comprehensive waste, and environmental services company in North America. The company's network includes 413 collection operations, 370 transfer stations, 283 active landfill disposal sites, 17 waste-to-energy plants, ., Clean Harbors, University of Findlay The University of Findlay is a private university located in the City of Findlay in northwest Ohio. It was affiliated with the Churches of God, General Conference, and was founded in 1882 by the City of Findlay and the Churches of God, General Conference. , Ohio, and the University of Maryland University of Maryland can refer to:
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