Acknowledgements
The author and the organizers of the conference would like to thank the Mayor of Heraklion, Yannis Kourakis, the General Secretary of TEI of Crete, Mihalis Panagiotakis, the President of ECN, Jane Jilbert and the Chair of the ISWA Scientific and Technical Committee, Antonis Mavropoulos, for their opening speeches to ORBIT2010. Thanks are also due to the keynote speakers, Marco de Bertoldi, Luis Diaz, Edward Stentiford and George Tchobanoglous, as well as to all speakers for their valuable contributions to the various thematic sessions of the conference. Finally, the organizers express their gratitude to the sponsors and supporters of the conference, the generous assistance of which made its realization possible. Gold Sponsors: Inter-municipal Enterprise for Management of Solid Wastes of Chania, Municipal Enterprise for Water and Wastewater of Heraklion, Mesogeos; Silver Sponsors: EPEM, HELECTOR; Sponsors: ATE Bank, ENTSORGA, ENVIROPLAN SA, I Frantzis and Associates Ltd, Harokopio University-MSc on Sustainable Development, Municipality of Heraklion, Prisma-Domi, SYCHEM, TITAN; Supporters: Port Authority of Heraklion, EPTA, Evripidis SA, Karkanias, MINOS Winery Miliarakis, OrangeGREEN; Communication Sponsors: Waste Management and Research, Waste Management, Waster and Waste.
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