This time, the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and olores.org are organizing the III International Conference about Odours in the Environment, the 23-24 of November 2015 in Bilbao, Spain. Estimation and evaluation of odour emission in the environment usually involves the assessment of several issues, starting with odour emission through estimation, evaluation and impact. The program of the Third Conference of Odour emission in the Environment will issue these topics and current development in this field and will serve as a reference point for the development of further trends. Please note that the official language of this III International Conference will be Spanish.

    In the first Conference in Madrid, Spain, we got 60 people and put them all in a conference hall for two days to discuss several topics related with odour management. We also got 5 booths there. In the second conference in Santiago, Chile, we did a simultaneous translation and we brought the best experts in different fields. This time we got 170 people and 10 booths from different companies. The aim of this III Conference of odours in the Environment in Bilbao is to expand the critical mass of people involved in the management and evaluation of odours, including scientifics, consultancy labs, technicians, regulators, etc.

   The conference about Odours in the Environment organized by the German Association of Engineers (VDI) on a biannual basis will take place the 18th and 19th of November 2015 in the city of Karlsruhe. This conference has taken place in Cologne (2004), Bad Kissingen (2007), Baden-Baden (2009, 2011 and 2013) and this tame it will take place in the city of Karlsruhe. This event will serve as a a forum for local discussions in German language.

   As stated before, please note that the official language of this Conference will be solely German.The Program Committee is formed by very well known people in this field such as  Peter Boeker, (University of Bonn),  Ralf Both (State Agency for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection NRW ( LANUV )), Isabelle Franzen - Reuter (VDI), Uwe Hartmann ( ANECO) and Heike Hauschildt (Odournet GmbH). In addition it counts also on the help of Jörg Hellhammer (Evonik Industries AG), Martin Kamp (Agriculture of North Rhine - Westphalia) and Uwe Strotkötter.