ARLINGTON, Va., May 1998--The organizing committee for World Environment Day 1998, to be held in Moscow, Russia, has announced a scientific program and exhibition. Futurepast, in cooperation with the nongovernmental Ecological V. I. Vernadsky Foundation has organized one seminar in conjunction with the week-long event.

Futurepast's John Shideler will chair a session on strategies for implementing ISO-based environmental management systems in Russia. Members of the panel include Thomas C. Jorling, Vice President for Environmental Affairs at International Paper, and members of the Russian business, academic, and government circles who are seeking to assist Russian organizations register to the ISO 14001 international standard.

The seminar will be held June 4 at 10 a.m. at the Russian Federation Civil Service Academy (Prospect Vernadskogo at Ulitsa Pokrishkina, Metro Yugo-Zapadnaya). Access is through the main academy entrance.

The seminar supplements a schedule of seminars and an international exhibition organized by World Environment Day's Russian host organizations. The theme of the week-long event is PEOPLE, CITY AND ENVIRONMENT

World Environment Day was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972 and is commemorated under aegis of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) each year on 5 June. The exhibition is one of the main activities of the World Environment Day 1998 and will be held in Moscow 3-8 June by the UNEP Resolution and a proposal of the Mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov submitted with the Government of Russia.

• Government of Moscow
• R.F. Ministry of Science and Technologies
• R.F. Ministry of Economy
• R.F. Ministry of Natural Resources
• State Committee for Protection of Environment
• R.F. Ministry for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters
• Russian Academy of Natural Science
• Association of R.F. National Research Centers
• Non -Governmental Ecological V.I. Vernadsky Foundation
• UNEP National Committee for Russia
• Institute for Industrial Development (Informelectro)
• Moscow Center for Introduction of Science and Technology Achievements "Moskva"

• R.F. Ministry of Health
• R.F. Ministry of Agriculture and Food
• Russian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education
• Moscow Medical Academy by name I.M. Sechenov
• Moscow Center of Management of Environmental Programmes
• Board of Businessmen under Moscow Major and Government
• "City Ecology" Committee of Union of Russian Cities

• Environmental innovation projects
• Environmental and resource saving technologies, apparatus and materials in the, industry (including fuel and energy sector), construction, transport and utilities
• Water, air and soil treatment equipment
• Cleaning equipment for the urban areas
• Waste and secondary materials management and their utilization technologies
• Methods, technologies and information systems of environmental monitoring
• Urban green control equipment and technologies
• Recreation zones restoring and use
• Hygienic, medical and ecologic developments and services
• Ecological food products and goods
• Noise, vibration, electromagnetic and radiation protection
• Emergency control and safety devices
• Ecological information, upbringing and education

SEMINAR N 1. Environmental and hygienic problems of cities in the 21st Century, strategy and methods of their solution. Head is Dr. Rahmanin Yu. A., academician.

• Anthropogenic factors and environment
• Drinking water problems
• Methods of improvement of ecology in Moscow
• Effect of radioactive, microbial and chemical factors on human health
• Environmental monitoring

Contact data: Skvortsov L.S., tel. +7-095-267-3609, +7-095-232-6980; fax: +7-095-267-3609.

SEMINAR N 2. Urban environmental engineering. Head is Dr. Monakov M.N., professor

• Energy and resource saving technologies
• Automated environmental monitoring, analysis and information transfer systems
• Water supply systems, water treatment and water resources management
• Waste water treatment
• Technologies and equipment for the industrial and household waste treatment

Contact data: Kuznetsov A. L., tel.: +7-095-978-7579; fax: +7-095-978-7492, +7-095-978-7466.

SEMINAR N 3. Problems of ecological diets in the 21st Century. Head is Dr. Rogov I.A., academician.

• Systems of food control
• Environmental legislation
• Mass media

Contact data: Skvotsov L.S., tel. +7-095-267-3609, +7-095-232-6980 fax: +7-095-974-7293, +7-095-187-7293.

SEMINAR N 4. Global information technologies and cities sustainable development. Head is Dr. Kolchinsky M.L., corresponding member of Russian Academy of Natural Science.