Programme

Monday, 24 May 2004

08:30 - 09:00

Participant registration and document delivery

Opening Session

09:00 - 09:30

Welcoming Address

Mr. Yin Gai, Director of Science and Technology Department of State Environmental Protection Administration of China

Mr. Chen Yanping, Director of Sino-Japan Friendship Center for Environmental protection


Opening Address
Prof. Keiichiro Fuwa, Senior Advisor, UNU

09:30 - 09:45

Introduction to UNU project in East Asia
Dr. Zafar Adeel, UNU Project Manager

 

Keynote Presentations

09:45 - 10:30

An Overview of POPs in Urban Areas
Prof. Bo Jansson, Institute of Applied Environmental Research, Univ.
Stockholm

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

 

Technical Session 1: Sources of POPs Pollution in Urban Areas

11:00 - 11:30

The Present Status of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Environmental Monitoring in China
Prof. Guogang Li,
China National Environmental Monitoring Center

11:30 - 12:00

Urban POPs Pollution Control Strategies
Prof. Gang Yu,
Tsinghua University

12:00 - 12:30



12:30 - 13:45

Selection of POPs and their analytical methods
Dr. Masatoshi Morita, National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES)


L
unch

13:45 - 14:15

Pesticide Misuse in Myanmar/Burma -- Potential Effects on Biodiversity, Human Health, and Sustainable Fisheries
Dr. Shirlee Tan, Smithsonian Institution and US Environmental Protection Agency, USA


Technical Session 2: Public and Policy Concerns about POPs Pollution

14:15 - 14:45

Monitoring POPs in Australia - past, present and future
Dr. Jochen Mueller,
University of Queensland

14:45 - 15:15

Preliminary Plan for POPs Programs in China
Dr. Zhang Qingfeng, Officer, State Environmental Protection Administration of
China

15:15 -15:45

POPs Monitoring and Related Activities by the Ministry of the Environment, Japan
Mr. Yoshitoku Yoshida, Ministry of Environment, Japan

15:45 - 16:15

Coffee Break


Presentation of Country Reports for the UNU Project

16:15 - 16:45

Determination of Multiresidual pesticides in vegetables using gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GCMS) and Malaysia Country Report
Dr. Mustafa Ali Mohd, University of Malaya

16:45 - 17:15

Persistent Organochlorine residues in some selected lakes in the North of Vietnam: Occurrence and temporal trend
Prof. Pham Hung Viet, CETASD

17:15 - 17:45

Presentation of Country Report for the UNU Project: Indonesia
Drs. Imam Hendargo, EMC Pusarpedal

17:45 - 18:15

Concentration of Persistent Organic Pollutants in water and sediment samples from river and coastal area of Thailand
Mr. Pradit Boontantrapiwat, ERTC

18:30 - 20:30

Reception

 

Tuesday, 25 May 2004

Presentation of Country Reports for the UNU Project

9:00 - 9:30

Monitoring Organochlorine Pesticides in Selected River Systems in the Philippines
Dr.
Evangeline Santiago, University of the Philippines

9:30 - 10:00

Seasonal Flux of Nonylphenol in Han River, Korea
Dr. Donghao Li, KORDI

10:00 - 10:30

An Alternative Approach to Commercial Solid-Phase Microextraction for the Extraction of Persistent Organic Pollutants and Other Contaminants
Dr.
Hian Kee Lee, NUS

10:30 - 11:00

Presentation of Country Report for the UNU Project: China
Dr. Huang Yeru, Shino - Japan Friendship Center for Environmental Protection

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee break


Technical Session 3: Evaluation of POPs Pollution in
East Asia

11:30 - 12:00

Analytical Methods and Recent Results of POPs Monitoring in Japan
Dr.
Yasuyuki Shibata, NIES, Japan

12:00 - 12:30

Screening and Control Techniques for Environmental Endocrine Disruptors
Prof. Guibin Jiang,
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences

12:30 - 13:00

Observation of Organochlorine Pesticides in Atmosphere over the Taihu Lake
Prof. Tong Zhu, Peking University

13:00 - 14:15

Lunch


Technical Session 4: Issues for Research on POPs Pollution: 
Trends and Challenges

14:15 - 14:45

Estimation of Dioxins Emission from Waste Incinerators in China
Dr. Tian Honghai,
Sino-Japan Friendship Center for Environmental Protection

14:45 - 15:15

Metabolism and Kinetics of Endosulfan in Rats
Dr Mustafa Ali Mohd. Univ of Malaya

15:15 - 15:45

Coffee break

15:45 - 16:30

Panel Discussion on POPS related Pollution in Urban Areas

16:30 - 16:45

Closing Session