The 2017 PEOPLE 2017 symposium has been successfully held in St. John’s
October 17, 2017
An extension for the PEOPLE Network Workshop, the PEOPLE Network 2017 Symposium was held at same hotel on the following day. This event had an expanded scope focusing on freshwater and marine pollution and mitigation. The event was jointly held with the 2017 Atlantic Symposium of Canadian Association on Water Quality (CAWQ) and the 2017 International Society of Environmental Information Science (ISEIS) Conference and co-organized with Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) Newfoundland and Labrador Section. The event provided a good opportunity for researchers (particularly the Network members) and students to disseminate their findings and get better understanding of the needs of industries, governments and indigenous communities. Over 40 participants from academia, industry, government and communities attended the symposium. It featured two keynote speakers, Dr. Charles Sheppard from University of Warwick, United Kingdom and Dr. Jaroslav Slobodnik from Environmental Institute, Slovak Republic. 10 poster presentations and 22 oral presentations were presented. With an equal score from reviewers, Ms. Fereshteh Shahhoseini and Ms. Zhiwen Zhu were both awarded the CAWQ Philip H. Jones Award for the best student oral presentation during the closing banquet.
The 2017 PEOPLE workshop has been successfully held in St. John’s
October 16, 2017
The symposium on 2017 Persistent and Emerging Organic PoLlution in cold and coastal Environments (PEOPLE 2017) has been successfully held in St. John’s, NL, Canada, on October 16-17, 2017. Attended by over 40 representatives from academia, government, industry and the public sector, then workshop provided a forum to official establish PEOPLE following open discussions on the vision of a network and to define a strategic plan to meet its objectives that included: themes, tasks, teams, methodologies, collaboration, and funding opportunities, as well as HQP training. The outcome of the workshop was the formation of a multidisciplinary research network focused on emerging persistent pollutants in cold marine and coastal environments. Understanding their fate, behavior, environmental and health impacts in cold and coastal environments and developing pollution prevention, control and remediation technologies are essential for evidence-based policy/decision making and sustainable development.
An Invitation to the 2017 PEOPLE (Research and Training Network in Persistent and Emerging Organic PoLlution and Mitigation in Cold Marine and Coastal Environments) Network Workshop and Symposium
October 1, 2017
You are cordially invited to attend PEOPLE 2017, our network’s first workshop on persistent and emerging organic pollution in cold and coastal environments, to be held on October 16, 2017 at the Sheraton Hotel Newfoundland in St. John’s, Canada that will include an “open” public symposium the following day.
This meeting is timely as a large number of persistent and emerging organic pollutants (PEOPs) may be toxic or carcinogenic, recalcitrant and bio-accumulative. Such pollutants include petroleum hydrocarbons, pesticides, disinfection by-products, fire retardants, chemical surfactants, pharmaceutical and cosmetic products, aquaculture therapeutants, engineered nanomaterial, micro-plastics, etc. The public has expressed concern about their wide spread use, as many of them are non-regulated and thus currently not included in routine monitoring programs. There is an urgent need to better understand their fate, behavior, environmental and health impacts and develop more cost-efficient prevention, control and remediation technologies to support policy making and industrial practices.
The PEOPLE 2017 Workshop/Symposium will bring together researchers in environmental research (esp. on PEOPs) from multiple disciplines across Canada and the world as well as representatives and experts from relevant industry and federal/provincial governments.
The Network Workshop (by invitation only) provides a forum to advance this multidisciplinary network in Canada focusing on the R&D of innovative technologies and methodologies and training of people to prevent, control and manage PEOP pollution in cold marine and coastal environments. Discussion in the workshop will include refinement of the network’s vision, objectives, themes, tasks, teams, methodologies, collaboration, HQP training and funding opportunities. The workshop will also include the development of a strategic plan for the submission of joint research proposals (e.g., NSERC CREATE program in 2018).
The Symposium (open to the public with registration fees) co-hosted with the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) Newfoundland and Labrador Section and the Canadian Association on Water Quality (CAWQ) (jointly with its Atlantic Symposium 2017; subject to the final approval) will focus on freshwater and marine pollution and mitigation. Through an open dialogue, participants/stakeholders can share their views on emerging areas of concern, knowledge gaps, research needs and action plans. It will particularly provide a good opportunity for the Network researchers and students to disseminate their findings and get better understanding of the needs of industries, governments and indigenous communities. Approximately 100 participants are expected. A call for abstract is attached for your information
Local tours will also be arranged to make your visit to St. John’s joyful and memorable! A tentative agenda is also attached.
We would very much appreciate if you could advise as to whether you or a delegate will be attending this workshop and/or symposium via email nrpop@mun.ca by September 15, 2017 at the latest. Thank you very much for your previous support to our network and kind consideration of this invitation. We look forward to welcoming you in St. John’s in the fall!
Yours Sincerely,
Dr. Bing Chen Dr. Kenneth Lee Memorial University Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Tentative Agenda
PEOPLE Network Workshop – October 16, 2017 (Monday)
Time Activity 8:00 Registration and breakfast 8:30 Welcome and greetings 8:45 Introduction and purpose of the workshop 9:00 Introduction of researchers/groups 9:30 Invited speeches — • Government representatives — • Industry representatives — Panel and group discussion — • Scientific understanding and past studies on persistent and emerging organic pollutants (PEOPs) 10:45 Coffee break 11:00 Panel and group discussion — • Technology development and needs for PEOP monitoring, prevention, control and remediation — • Ecological and socio-economic effects of PEOPs 12:00 Lunch on the road 12:20 Visit to Faculty of Engineering and CREAIT Lab Network at Memorial University 14:00 Invited speeches — • Municipality and community representatives — • Funding agency representatives — Panel and group discussion — • Community challenges and needs — • Education and Training 15:00 Coffee break 15:15 Roundtable Discussion — • Network goals and roadmap — • Challenges and opportunities — • Themes and methodologies — • Teams and collaboration — • Partnership and engagement plan — • HQP training strategies — • Funding sources and applications 17:30 Wrap-up and next step 18:00 Symposium Reception and Network Dinner3
PEOPLE Symposium – October 16, 2017 (Monday)
Time Activity 8:00 Registration 10:00 Poster setup 12:20 Field trips ⇒ Option 1 – Faculty of Engineering ⇒ Option 2 – Marine Institute or OSC
PEOPLE Symposium – October 17, 2017 (Tuesday)
Time Activity 8:00 Registration and breakfast 9:00 Welcome and greetings 9:30 Keynote speech 10:00 Parallel Sessions — • Pollutant fate and behaviors — • Toxicological and ecological effects 10:40 Coffee break 11:00 Parallel Sessions — • Monitoring, tracing and analysis — • Health and community impacts 12:00 Lunch 12:30 Keynote speech 13:30 Parallel Sessions — • Prevention, control and remediation — • Socio-economic effects 14:50 Coffee break 15:10 Parallel Sessions — • Assessment, modeling and decision making — • Policy, public engagement and training 18:00 Banque
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