Country doctors to forge the future of sustainable medical services at major national conference Rural Medicine Australia 2011, 28 to 30 October, Alice Springs Convention Centre.

Low emission energy technologies are on the agenda as Australia moves towards carbon pricing. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has enormous potential for reducing Australia's greenhouse gas emissions - but will it work and can we afford it?

With the rising frequency and magnitude of natural disasters in recent times, this event will aptly focus on pertinent topics such as building resilient communities, multi-agency cooperation, preparedness and sustainability of our people, systems and resources.

CleanUp 2011, CRC CARE's biennial contaminated site remediation conference, will combine the 6th International Workshop on Chemical Bioavailability in the Terrestrial Environment (7–9 September 2011) and the 4th International Contaminated Site Conference (11–15 September 2011).

This year's conference is in Noosa, where the environmental values of the Noosa Biosphere reserve are secure and protected, and areas of the landscape under active human utilisation are managed sustainably, to minimise adverse environmental impacts.

The Conference Program is now available on the website. The program includes an outstanding list of presenters including speakers from the USA, Italy, South Korea, Hong Kong and England.