We warmly welcome you to participate in the 5th International Dry Toilet Conference organized every three years by the Global Dry Toilet Association of Finland. The next conference will be held in Tampere, Finland on from 19th to 22nd of August 2015 in the Tampere University of Applied Sciences.

The aim of the conference is to map out what kind of success stories and possible challenges the different actors have encountered during the last decades in the field of ecological sanitation.

The call for papers is now open and the deadline for abstracts is 20th of January 2015. The overall theme for the 5th International Dry Toilet Conference will be solutions and the topics are:

1. Engaging different stakeholders in achieving sustainable dry sanitation solutions.
2. Dry sanitation as a solution in mass events
3. Hi-tec solutions for dry sanitation in large cities and urban areas
4. Solutions to nutrient recycling, including developed countries
5. Solutions to food security
6. Innovative cost effective solutions to dry sanitation
7. Solutions to cultural challenges and stigmatization (incl. disabilities) of dry sanitation
8. Effects and solutions of organic and un-organic residues in re-using excreta

All abstracts will be peer reviewed by our scientific committee. You can send your abstracts to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. If you have any further questions, we are happy to answer them.

For more information about submitting an abstract visit: www.huussi.net/en/activities/dt-2015/call-for-papers/