Cairns, Australia | Mon 31 Aug - Wed 2 Sept | 21st Century Challenges
Welcome to the Clean Air and Environment Conference & the Asia-Pacific Odour Conference - running concurrently in 2026!
These two events remain independent conferences, each with its own identity, scientific program, and sub-themes, yet they share a single venue, a unified registration, and the overarching theme of 21st Century Challenges.
Across three days, delegates will have the freedom to move between all parallel streams, creating a highly connected learning environment. Whether your focus is climate impacts, air quality science, modelling, public health, or odour management and abatement, this combined event delivers unmatched value, flexibility, and interdisciplinary exchange.
2026 Conference Theme: 21st Century Challenges
Key Dates
What is your 21st century challenge?
More importantly, what is your 21st century solution?
Clean Air 2026 invites you to explore this thought-provoking event, where the theme, “21st Century Challenges,” frames a timely and urgent global conversation.
As technological transformation accelerates, cities expand, industries evolve and climate pressures intensify, the need for bold, practical and collaborative solutions has never been clearer.
This solutions-focused conference brings together air
quality professionals, specialist consultants, government representatives at all levels, regulators, industry suppliers, researchers and academia from around the world.
The international technical program explores cutting-edge advances in monitoring, emissions management, atmospheric modelling, health impact assessment, policy innovation and emerging technologies including artificial intelligence and advanced data analytics.
As CASANZ celebrates 60 years of advancing air quality science, policy and practice, the 2026 Conference continues this proud legacy of uniting the air quality community to shape the next era of clean air leadership.
Asia-Pacific Odour 2026 invites you to delve into one of the most complex and community-sensitive aspects of air quality management.
This specialised conference provides a focused forum for advancing the science, regulation and practice of odour and emission control across diverse industries and urban environments. As expectations around environmental performance, transparency and community wellbeing continue to rise, the need for robust assessment methods, innovative technologies and informed policy has never been greater.
Bringing together leading practitioners, researchers, regulators and industry representatives from across Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia, this technical program explores cutting-edge approaches in odour measurement and monitoring, dispersion modelling, abatement strategies, regulatory frameworks and emerging tools such as artificial intelligence.
Designed to strengthen capability and foster regional collaboration, the conference supports professionals at all stages to better understand, manage and mitigate odour impacts, contributing to healthier communities and more effective environmental outcomes.
Program Highlights
- International, Keynote and Industry Speakers
- Special Interest Group Workshops (Sunday 31 August 2026)
- Concurrent peer reviewed paper streams, panel sessions and poster presentations
- Industry session including speakers and a panel (Tuesday 1 September 2026)
- Exhibition Hall combining both Clean Air and Odour conference exhibitions
- Site visits, taking advantage of being close to world heritage sites, including the Great Barrier Reef
- A host of networking opportunities, bringing together over 350 delegates
- Bonus: Remote Track presentations, aimed at making the conference accessible to the international community
Call For Abstracts
CASANZ is seeking abstracts that reflect the 2026 conference theme of: 21st Century Challenges.
Submit your abstract by Wednesday 1 April 2026.
Sponsorship & Exhibition
Showcase your commitment to better air quality and position your brand at the forefront of the industry.
View the prospectus.