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Events

17th - 19th September PUrE International Conference on the Impacts of Pollution in a Changing Urban Environment
Location The University of Manchester, UK
Details

The main aim of the PUrE conference is to bring together internationally-leading researchers and experts to help address the challenges posed by pollution in cities. The PUrE conference will provide a forum for researchers and professionals from academe, industry and other organisations as well as policy-makers to present and discuss the state-of-the-art developments in this field and to identify key future research needs.

The conference themes include: sources of pollution; pollutant fate and transport modelling; environmental, ecological and health impacts; sustainability assessment; urban behaviour and public perception; changes in pollution policy and liability; risk and uncertainty; decision-support tools; and case studies.

Contact For more information, please visit the conference website www.pureconference.org.uk
   
23rd September Air Quality - Planning for the Future
Location Glasgow
Details Environmental Protection UK - Scottish Division (formerly NSCA Scotland) are happy to announce advance notice of their first major air quality event since their re-launch at the end of 2007.

It is anticipated that this event will be of interest to delegates from Scotland and the North of England.It will be held at the Glasgow Parish Halls Lecture Theatre.
Contact For further details about the event please contact either Clare Carruthers (Admin/Public Relations Manager) or Iain Mclellan at his email address iain.mclellan@environmental-protection.org.uk
   
22nd-24th September Air Pollution 2008
Location Skiathos, Greece
Details

This will be the 16th annual meeting in a successful series of international conferences dealing with modelling, monitoring and management of air pollution. The conference is organised by the Wessex Institute of Technology and the objective of the conference is to bring together researchers who are active in the study of air contaminants. Case study papers are encouraged, particularly those discussing the evaluation of emission techniques and strategies.

Contact For more information, please visit the conference website www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences
   
23rd- 25th September Inhaled Particles X 2008
Location Sheffield
Details

The latest in a long line of highly successful meetings organised by the British Occupational Health Society (BOHS) bringing together researchers on the health effects of particles. Topics will include cardiovascular disease, exposure to asbestos and other soil based contaminants, nano-particles. ETS, issues effecting developing countries and domestic exposure to biomass fuels. IPX will bring together world renowned and up and coming researchers from a wide range of specialist disciplines with a common aim and purpose: to understand better the nature of inhalable particles and their effects once inhaled.

Contact For more information, please visit the conference website www.bohs.org
   
29th-30th September 13th EIONET Air Quality Management and Assessment Workshop
Location Brussels
Details To be held at the Flemish Environment Agency, Brussels.  Documents, sessions and presentation material is expected to be available shortly.
Contact Website www.air-climate.eionet.europa.eu/docs/meetings
   
13th - 14th October Omega International Conference - Airport Air Quality
Location Royal Aeronautical Society, London
Details

The aim of the conference is to disseminate findings from Omega air quality projects and collaborative work with PARTNER and European networks.  It will also provide an exposition of technical issues relating to current - and future- airport air quality.

Download the full programme here


Contact Dr Mike Bennett email - m.bennett@mmu.ac.uk
   
15th October
Local Action on Air Quality and Climate Change
Location Lakeside Centre, Aston Business School, Birmingham
Details

This year Environmental Protection UK's Autumn Update focuses on making these links, providing an update on practical local action and also national level activity that affects local practitioners.

Topics to be covered will include:
Joined up local actions on air quality and climate change
Updates on climate change policy and local support
Local Air Quality Management technical and policy guidance
DEFRA air quality policy update
Updates on biomass and air quality

The Autumn Update will be of particular relevance to:
Environmental managers from the private and public sectors
Air quality and environmental consultants
Local authority officers engaged in local air quality review and assessment, transport and planning
Elected members with an environment brief or interest

Contact

For location details click here
To book your place click here
Additional enquiries - contact admin@environmental-protection.org.uk

   
8th - 10th December The 2008 NCAS Staff meeting and Atmospheric Science Conference
Location Bristol
Details The scientific programme committee chaired by John Pyle (Cambridge) will cover sessions on climate and weather, modelling and measurement.
Contact For full details of the programme and how to enroll please visit the website here
   
16th-17th December Monitoring Ambient Air 2008  - Speciation of Airborne Particles, Emission, Air Quality and Deposition
Location AAMG conference to be held at the Society of Chemical Industry, London.
Details Further details and programme available soon
Contact www.rsc-aamg.org/Pages/Meetings.html
   
24-27 March 2009 7th International Conference on Air Quality -Science and Application (Air Quality 2009)
Location Instanbul
Details

This conference, organised by the University of Hertfordshire and the Instanbul Technical University was formerly known as the Urban Air Quality Conference. Chaired by Ranjeet S Sokhi from the University of Hertfordshire, abstracts on a wide range of topics are now being requested (by Friday 26th September 2008).

Contact For more information, please visit the conference website www.airqualityconference.org

 

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