The 11th Conference “Odours in the Environment,” organized by the German Association of Engineers (VDI) held on November 18-19, 2025, at the Wyndham Grand Salzburg Conference Centre in Salzburg, Austria, was a successful event. The presentations were of excellent quality, covering a wide range of topics such as odour dispersion modelling, odour emission and ambient air measurements, legal aspects, and practical case studies. The conference featured engaging keynote lectures, workshops, and discussions that attracted experts and professionals from the odour management field.
The Germans have been working for four years now on the new odour regulation included in Annex 7 of the TA Luft (Air Quality Law). This VDI conference addressed many of the questions and cases that have arisen during these four years of the law’s implementation. The number of cases is huge; in fact, three clarifications have already been issued to clarify certain points of the TALuft.
