International Conference on Science and Technology for Environmental Protection

Assalamualaikum w.w.

and sincere greeting to all.

It is my honor to welcome all of the keynote and invited speakers, participants, and distinguished guest on the 1^st International Conference on Science and Technology for Environmental Protection (ICSTEP) at Hotel Santika Premiere Gubeng, Surabaya Indonesia. This conference is organized by Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Airlangga. This conference is held to discuss and exchange ideas among the researchers, the students, the government officers, and the industries with different multidisciplinary knowledge especially for environmental protection, and to commemorate the 10^th anniversary of the Study Program of Environmental Science and Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Airlangga.

The 1^st ICSTEP has one outstanding keynote speaker from Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Republic of Indonesia, and six invited speakers come from Japan, Taiwan, Australia, Malaysia and Indonesia. More than 100 participants have been registered and about 90 participants will present their papers to share and exchange their ideas, expertise, and experiences in this two days conference (8-9 August 2018). I expect that this ICSTEP is a pioneer for our future conference, as indicated by a number of papers presented in this event. Selected papers will also be published in proceeding and journal.

Last but not least, I would like to express our gratitude to all the authors, session chairs, participants, institutions and companies for their contribution to the 1^st ICSTEP 2018. I hope you enjoy the conference and find the experience inspiring and helpful in your professional field. We look forward to seeing you at our upcoming conference in the future.

Thank you

Wassalamualaikum ww.

Chairman 1^st ICSTEP

Prof. Agoes Soegianto

List of Conference Photographs are available in this pdf.