In 1980, a small group set out boldly to make impact assessment an international, professional endeavor based on common values and shared experiences. The IAIA Code of Ethics reflects our ideals. Now 2,500 strong, let us join together on our 25th anniversary to explore the fundamental questions of ethics and quality in our profession.

	What is ethical conduct in impact assessment? Political forces and business pressures challenge our independence and integrity.
	What are the standards of quality for impact assessment? Should there be a global standard?
	Is quality determined by the document, the process or the outcome?
	We all face the competing demands of quality, deadlines and budgets. Let us discuss our aspirations for ethical conduct and quality impact assessment. Can we have one without the other?

We hope you will raise these and many other questions at IAIA’05. Share in this thought-provoking debate among those who practice, pay for, review, are affected by and litigate impact assessment.

Please send your abstracts, ideas and comments.

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IAIA'05 Sponsors

IAIA gratefully acknowledges these companies and organizations for their financial and in-kind support of IAIA'05.

• Earth Sponsor •

• Continent Sponsor •

• Island Sponsors •

Chemonics International, Inc.

Commission for Environmental Cooperation

Government of Canada

Inter-American Development Bank

Minerals Management Service, U.S. Department of the Interior

The World Bank Group

US Army Corps of Engineers

• Reef Sponsors •

ARD, Inc.

Coastal Zone Management

MWRA's Deer Island Treatment Plant

Edenspace Systems Corporation

ENSR International

Environmental Impact Training

Environmental Training & Consulting International

erWeb

International Resources Group

Southern California Edison

Tellus Institute

USFS/USAID

Woolpert, Inc.

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Important Date

10 June: Full papers due for inclusion in conference proceedings.

About Proceedings

IAIA plans to publish conference proceedings on CD-ROM following the conference. Preparation of a full paper is optional. If you choose to prepare a full paper, it will be included in the CD-ROM.

For publication on the conference CD-ROM, materials must be submitted electronically. File format: MS WORD or PDF. E-mail the file as an attachment to impact@iaia.org no later than 10 June 2005. Files received after 10 June will not be included in the proceedings. The following information must be included in the Subject line of the e-mail and should also be the name of the Word file: 1) Your paper or poster abstract number as previously provided to you by IAIA (in your preliminary notice of acceptance). This number is also available online or from your session chair; 2) Last name of presenting author, as originally submitted; 3) Full title of paper or poster. EXAMPLE: The "Subject" line of your e-mail and the name of the attached Word or PDF file would be: #107 Chan EIA in China.

IAIA reserves the right to cancel production of the CD-ROMs if a sufficient number of papers are not received by the due date of 10 June. Watch the newsletter, web site, and e-news for updates and information about proceedings.

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