During the conference, experts from Europe and North America will be presenting their latest research and development from their respective fields. The ECDE also provides a discussion and network forum for several stakeholder groups including policy and decision makers, military personnel, specialists, academics, and public sector representatives.

This year’s conference will focus on the following areas:

• Chemicals & Compliance
• Biodiversity & Noise Management
• Climate
• Energy
• International Operations
• Green Procurement

The conference is organised by the Swedish Defence Sector and is supported by DEFNET, an informal expert-level group comprising mainly of environmental focal-points and specialists from the Ministries of Defence (MODs) of EU Member States. It is also supported by the Nordic-Baltic Defence Estates, which is a cooperation forum for building and construction organisations of defence administrations in the Nordic and Baltic countries.

[This information originally appeared on ecde.info]