Other events in the field of emerging substances

This page will be regularly updated with information and useful links to other relevant conferences and workshops in the field of emerging environmental pollutants.

2018

4-6 June 2018, Rennes, France
5^th European Doctoral College on Environment and Health

The EDCEH is jointly organised by Irset (Research Institute for Environmental and Occupational Health – Inserm UMR 1085) and EHESP-School of Public Health. This event is open to PhD students, post-doctoral fellows, as well as to researchers. It aims to promote Environmental Health, at both the research and education levels, in France and in other European countries. Entitled "Endocrine Disruptors: an Update", the 2018 edition of the EDECH offers an attractive scientific programme covering important and relevant aspects of endocrine disruption.

This event is a very good opportunity, notably for PhD students, to present on-going work and to freely and fruitfully exchange with the scientific community in this field.

Announcement

Registration Deadline: 25 May 2018

For more details please go to https://edceh.univ-rennes1.fr/

25-28 June 2018, Oslo, Norway
6^th International Conference on emerging environmental contaminants (EmCon2018)

EmCon and the Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA) are pleased to invite you to the next international conference in the EmCon series meeting where we bring together scientists to present and discuss the latest research on all aspects regarding emerging contaminants.

This conference provides an excellent forum for presenting the latest research on all aspects related to the rapidly evolving topic of emerging contaminants across all environmental compartments (e.g. surface water, groundwater, bed sediment, soil, air, tissue, etc.). Contributions are sought on the sources and exposure pathways, treatment processes and technologies, sampling, analytical methods and approaches, effects in aquatic and terrestrial environments, risk assessment and management and the regulations and policy relating to all aspects of emerging contaminants.

Announcement

Abstract Deadline: 15 January 2018

Notification of acceptance: 1 March 2018

Registration Deadline: 15 May 2018

For more details please go to https://emcon2018.no/

26-27 June 2018, Barcelona, Spain
14^th Annual LC/MS/MS workshop on Environmental Applications and Food Safety

The main objective of the workshop is to evaluate practical aspects of liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometric techniques applied for screening and quantitation of organic contaminants in environmental and food samples.

The program will feature a mixed format, with keynote lectures from invited speakers - leaders in the field, along with shorter oral and poster presentations from workshop participants with special consideration for young researchers.

The following practical aspects and state of the art applications will be discussed:

Advantages, comparison and complementarities of cutting edge tandem and hybrid MS technology in the quantitative and qualitative analysis of complex environmental and food samples
Advanced sample preparation techniques for food and environmental analysis
From target analysis, suspect screening to non-target analysis
Large number of applications in environmental and food analyses
Broad range of contaminants and their degradates
Analysis and assessment of risks associated to emerging contaminants, such as nanomaterials (organic and inorganic), perfluoroalkylated substances, personal care products and pharmaceuticals used in human and veterinary medicine including hormones, among others.

Announcement

Registration Deadline: 1 May 2018

For more details please go to http://www.idaea.csic.es/barcelona2018/

26-31 August 2018, Krakow, Poland
38^th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) & 10th International PCB Workshop – DIOXIN 2018

The Dioxin Symposium and International PCB Workshop are recognized as the leading international POPs meetings for scientists and regulators. This year, apart from the International PCB Workshop, the Dioxin Symposium will also host the Pre-Dioxin Students Session “All POPs & Pseudo-POPs”, five major Special Sessions (Biodetection Methods for POPs and Related Food and Environmental Contaminants; Environmental Persistence, Analytical Methods and Risk of Human and Veterinary Pharmaceuticals that can act as pseudo-POPs; European Food Safety Authority Special Session: EFSA Risk Assessments of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Food and Feed; Legacy and Emerging Fluorinated Organic Compounds Update and Progress in Industrial Technology and Sustainable Chemistry to Phase out and Control POPs) and traditional sessions throughout the meeting.

Call for abstracts

Registration

Abstract Deadline: 11 May 2018

Registration Deadline: 30 June 2018

For more details please go to http://dioxin2018.org/

10-12 October 2018, Limassol, Cyprus
XENOWAC II 2018 Conference

Nireas International Water Research Center (Nireas-IWRC) of the University of Cyprus is proud to announce the XENOWAC II conference, a decade after the first XENOWAC conference (XENOWAC I) took place in Cyprus in March 2009. The Conference embraces the work performed in the framework of NEREUS COST Action ES1403 and H2020-MSCA-ITN-2015/675530 ANSWER, both coordinated by Nireas-IWRC.

The conference will address the following topics:

A new perspective on wastewater contaminants – Is it about time to look for THE contaminant?
The deeper we look . . . the more numerous the risks are?
Wastewater once . . . wastewater forever?
How can we create a Blue Circle Society?

Abstract Deadline: 31 March 2018

For more details please go to http://www.xenowac2018.com/

19-23 November 2018, Lanzarote, Spain
International Conference

While the impacts of microplastics in marine ecosystems have been reported in the literature since the 1970s, many questions remain open. MICRO 2018 provides an opportunity to share available knowledge, fill in gaps, identify new questions and research needs, and develop commitments to operationalise solutions; MICRO 2018 will be a chance to reconvene, share what we have learned, and generate momentum for the work that remains to be done.