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Dioxin 2012 Symposium

Cairns convention centre This year’s International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants will be held in Cairns, Australia, at the Cairns Convention Centre. The conference runs from 26-31 August 2012.

Each year, the International Dioxin Symposium provides an excellent opportunity for the presentation and discussion of the most current scientific research on POPs (Persistent Organic Pollutants) across all disciplines, including analytical and environmental chemistry, molecular biology, human health, risk assessment and risk management.

This year’s Symposium Chairs are Jochen Mueller and Caroline Gaus, from the National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology (Entox) at the University of Queensland.

Cairns at nightA wide range of core topics on analytical and environmental chemistry, environmental and human toxicology, epidemiology, exposure assessment, as well as regulation, risk assessment and management will be covered. Dioxin 2012 will also feature discussion on important global and current regional issues, focusing on topics such as emerging contaminants, marine and eco-toxicology, and chemical regulation and policy. For more information on this exciting conference and details of how to register, please see the website.

In attendance at the conference will be Professor Beate Escher, Editorial Board Member and Associate Editor for the Journal of Environmental Monitoring. I’m sure she’d be delighted to meet you.

Important dates for your diaries:

Abstract submission opens – 7 March 2012
Registration – Now open
Abstract submission deadline – 14 May 2012
Notifications to submitters – 15 June 2012
Early bird registration closes – 22 June 2012

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GE-RSC International Symposium on Water Re-use

The GE CTC-RSC International Symposium on Water Reuse to be held at the GE China Technology Center in Shanghai on 19-20 April 2012 will feature a selection of lectures covering water reuse, including water treatment technology and materials, water reuse and water reclamation.

This meeting is free to attend and will feature leading international scientists including Dr John Barber (GE), Prof. Guang-Hao Chen (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), Prof. Jiahui Shao (Shanghai Jiaotong University) and Prof. David Stuckey (Imperial College, UK), plus a poster session.

Deadlines:

  • Poster abstract submission is Monday 9 April, 2012
  • Registration is Monday 16 April, 2012

More information and details of how to register can be found on the website.

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Deadlines approaching for Challenges in Renewable Energy (ISACS4)

Challenges in Renewable Energy (ISACS4)

5 – 8 July 2011

MIT, Boston, USA

  • Call for posters – deadline 6 May 2011
  • Early bird registration – deadline 6 May 2011
  • Registration – deadline 3 June 2011

www.rsc.org/isacs4

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ACS Anaheim highlights from JEM Deputy Editor Michael Smith

JEM Deputy Editor Michael Smith shares some of the environmental highlights from the talks at ACS Anaheim:

Richard Luthy

“The vital need to tackle the water supply shortage in California was highlighted by Richard Luthy (Stanford University). As the opening speaker in the session on Environmental and Geochemical Aspects of Sustainable Water Reuse, Professor Luthy described a current project in which he is working with colleagues in economics and the social sciences to help identify the drivers and hindrances in implementing water re-use policies. Although he stressed that costs are a key element to be factored in, he considered that this area was as much a sociological challenge as an environmental engineering one.

The day ended with a panel discussion during which Chris Impellitteri (from the EPA in Cincinnati) pointed out that much could be learned from expertise gained in Singapore and Australia and he stressed the need for wider collaboration with other agencies to maximize successful water reuse programmes.”

Chris Impellitteri has previously published research on speciation of organotins in PVC pipes – why not take a look:

Speciation of organotins in polyvinyl chloride pipe via X-ray absorption spectroscopy and in leachates using GC-PFPD after derivatisation
Christopher A. Impellitteri, Otis Evans and Bruce Ravel
J. Environ. Monit., 2007, 9, 358-365
DOI: 10.1039/B617711E

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Off to Anaheim? Meet Deputy Editor Michael Smith there

We are excited to be off to the ACS Spring 2011 meeting in Anaheim next week – especially as Molecular BioSystems Editorial Board member Dr Madan Babu will be giving the Molecular BioSystems Award Lecture on Wednesday morning, at 8.30 am in the Marquis Northeast Ballroom of the Anaheim Marriott .

Deputy Editor Michael Smith will be at the meeting on behalf of Molecular BioSystems, Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Integrative Biology and would be delighted to meet you, so do come and say hello!

RSC Publishing will also be at Booth 903, find out more about what we’ll be doing here.

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Weathering the ‘perfect storm’ – food, water and energy security

Hosted by the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) in London yesterday (17th Feb) this one-day seminar focussed on  the enormous challenges facing the management of the world’s resources. Perspectives from industry, academia and non-governmental organizations addressed how climate change and population growth would impact on water, food and energy.

Chris Huhne MP addresses the Symposium

Rt Hon. Chris Huhne MP, Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change

The Keynote address was given by Rt Hon Chris Huhne MP, UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. Other speakers  included: Professor Julia Slingo, Chief Scientist at the Met Office; Dr Glyn Davies, Director of Programmes at WWF-UK and Mike Barry, Head of Sustainable Business at Marks & Spencer.

Take a look at the RGS website for more information.

View related articles of interest from the pages of JEM here.

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