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Tentative
Program |
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| Thursday,
December 8, 2005
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Afternoon |
| 16.00 |
Welcome Addresses:
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H.E. Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Thailand
• H.E. Minister of Public Health , Thailand
• H.E. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Thailand
• Representative of WHO
• Representative of UNEP
• Representative of UNDP
• Representative of ADB
Opening
Address: Prof. Dr. H.R.H. Princess Chulabhorn
Keynote
Lecture(s) by
Prof. Dr. H.R.H. Princess
Chulabhorn
President, Chulabhorn Research
Institute, Bangkok , Thailand
Dr.
Paul Crutzen
Emeritus Director, Max
Planck Institute for Chemistry
(Nobel Laureate in Chemistry,
1995)
Co-chair,
UNEP ABC Science Team
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| 18.00 |
R E C E P T I O N |
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| Friday,
December 9, 2005 |
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Emerging Environmental Health Challenges
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Session 2. Climate Impacts on Environmental Health
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08.30 |
Session
2.1. Climate, Atmosphere,
Air Quality Interactions and Impacts on Human
Health and Well-Being.
• Mr. Luis Gomez-Echeverri (UNDP,
NY, USA) |
| 09.00 |
Session
2.2. Climate Variation Forecasting for Improving Public
Health .
• Dr. Stephen J. Connor (PAHO/WHO
Center for the Early Warning Systems for Malaria and other Climate
Sensitive Diseases, USA) |
| 09.30 |
Session
2.3. Climate, Disasters, Human Health.
• Dr. Maxx Dilley (UNDP,
Geneva, Switzerland) |
| 10.00 |
Session
2.4. Atmospheric Brown Cloud, with Particular Reference
to Aerosols and Sub-Micron Particulates on Human Health.
• Prof. Veerabhadran Ramanathan (UNEP
ABC Science Team and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA)
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| 10.30 |
B R E A K |
| Session
3. Transboundary Air Pollution and Environmental Health
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| 11.00 |
Session
3.1. Roundtable on Health
Impacts of Haze in Southeast Asia and Research Needs.
• Information Providers – Thailand and selected
participants from ASEAN countries |
| 11.30 |
Session
3.2. Roundtable on Health Impacts of Northeastern Asia
Dust Storm and Research Needs.
• Information Providers – Selected participants
from China, Japan, Mongolia and Republic of Korea
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| 12.00 |
L U N C H |
| 13.00 |
Luncheon
Lecture: Vaccines R&D and Water Borne Diseases.
• Dr. John D. Clemens (International
Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Republic of Korea)
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| Session
4. Ecosystem Change and Human Health |
| 13.30 |
Session
4.1. Ecosystem Changes: What are the Impacts on Human
Well-being?
• Dr. Jiragorn Gajaseni (IUCN
Thailand Programme) |
| 14.00 |
Session
4.2. Dust Storms Precipitation and Ballast Waters Discharge
–Effects on Aquatic and Marine Ecosystem.
• Dr. Andrew G. Hudson
(GEF/BDP/UNDP, USA) |
| 14.30 |
Session
4.3. Biodiversity Change and Environmental Health.
• Dr. Tony McMichael (Australian
National University, Australia) |
| 15.00 |
B R E A K |
| 15.30 |
DISCUSSIONS |
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Session 5. International Risk Assessment and Management
of Chemicals with Focus on Persistent Organic Pollutants
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| 16.30 |
Session
5.1. Human Health Aspects and the Use of Dose Effect
Relationships of POPs or Related Compounds – How Critical
and Realistic are We?
• Prof. Martin van den Berg (Institute
for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS) and University of Utrecht
, The Netherlands) |
| 17.00 |
Session
5.2. International Management of Chemicals and Conventions
and Protocols ( Stockholm , Rotterdam and Basel ) for Controlling
and Managing POPs and Hazardous Wastes.
• UNEP (t.b.a.)
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| 19.00 |
CONFERENCE DINNER hosted by the Ministry of Natural Resources
and Environment |
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| Saturday,
December 10, 2005 |
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|
08.30 |
An
Overview of Exposure Assessment and Biomonitoring
• Prof. Herman Autrup (University
of Aarhus, Denmark) |
| 09.00 |
An
Overview of Special Needs of the Vulnerable Groups in Environmental
Health .
• Dr. Jenny Pronczuk de Garbino (WHO,
Geneva, Switzerland) |
| 09.30 |
Genotype-to-Phenotype
Correlation in Health and Disease
• Dr. Peter Spencer (Center
for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology (CROET),
USA) |
| 10.00 |
B R E A K |
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Significant Environmental Health Challenges
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Session 6. Challenges in Rural and Peri-Urban
Settings |
| 10.30 |
Session
6.1. Water and Sanitation Improvements in Asia :
Social and Economic Benefits
• Mr. Terrence Thompson (WHO
Regional Adviser in Environmental Health)
• Dr. Mari Asami (National
Institute of Public Health, Japan) |
| 11.30 |
Session
6.2. Health Impacts of Indoor Smoke from Solid Fuels.
• Prof. Kirk
R. Smith (University of California, Berkeley,
USA)
• Prof. Jin Yinlong (Institute
for Environmental Health and Related Product Safety, China)
• Prof. Jeffery Spickett (Curtin
University of Technology, Western Australia) |
| 12.30 |
Session
6.3. Health and Environment Linkages.
• Health and Environment Linkages Initiative (HELI)
in Agriculture.
• Dr. Twisuk Punpeng (Ministry
of Public Health, Thailand)
•
Avian Influenza in Thailand
• Dr. Kumnuan Ungchusak (Department
of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand)
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| 13.15 |
L U N C H |
| 14.00 |
Luncheon
Lecture: Life Sciences and Environmental Health Translation
Research.
• Prof. Ram Sasisekharan (MIT,
Cambridge, USA ) |
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Session 7. Challenges in Urban Settings
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| 14.30 |
Session
7.1. Municipal and Health-Care Waste Management Policies
in Asia.
• Dr. Mohd. Nasir Hassan (WHO
Environmental Health Officer in Cambodia) |
| 15.00 |
Session
7.2. Health Impacts of Urban Air Pollution in Asia:
from Public Health and Air Pollution in Asia Programme (PAPA)
of Health Effects Institutes, and Clean Air Initiative for Asian
Cities.
• Mr. Cornie Huizenga (Clean
Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia))
• Dr. Daniel S. Greenbaum (Health
Effects Institute (HEI), Cambridge , USA)
• Dr. Nuntavarn Vichit-Vadakan (Faculty
of Public Health, Thammasat University, Thailand) |
| 16.00 |
B R E A K |
| 16.30 |
Session
7.3. Panel Discussion
on Environmental Health Impact of Transport Sector.
• Dr. Jin Yinlong (Institute
for Environmental Health and Related Product Safety, China)
• Dr. Khunying Mathuros Ruchirawat
(CRI, Bangkok, Thailand)
• Dr. Nizar Mohamed (UNEP/GEF
Coordinator for Asia and Pacific, Geneve, Switzerland)
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| 19.00 |
DINNER |
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| Sunday,
December 11, 2005 |
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| Session
8. Research, Education, Training and Financing for Significant
and
Emerging Environmental Health Challenges
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| 08.30 |
Moderator:Prof.
John M. Essigmann (MIT,
Cambridge, USA)
• Dr. Khunying Mathuros Ruchirawat
(CRI, Thailand)
• Prof. John D. Groopman (NIEHS
Center in Urban Environmental Health, Johns Hopkins University
, USA)
• Dr. Yannick Glemarec (GEF/BDP/
UNDP, NY, USA)
• Prof. Jin Yinlong (Institute
for Environmental Health and Related Product Safety, China)
• Prof. Jeffery Spickett (Curtin
University of Technology, Western Australia) |
| 10.30 |
B R E A K |
| Session
9. ROUNDTABLE: Opportunities and Modalities for Increasing
Regional Cooperation in Environmental Health
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| 11.00 |
Facilitator:
Prof. Nay Htun (Imperial College
of Science , UK)
with
participation of: WHO, UNEP, ADB, UNDP |
| 12.30 |
L U N C H |
| **
FOR INVITED PARTICIPANTS ONLY **
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| Session
10. Synthesis Summary and Highlights (By a small drafting
group) |
| 14.00 |
Synthesis
Summary |
| 16.00 |
Session
10.1. Presentation of Synthesis Highlights
•
Prof. Nay Htun (Imperial
College of Science , Technology and Medicine, UK) |
| 16.30 |
DISCUSSIONS
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| Session
11. Closing |
| 17.30 |
Brief
statements by the organizing and supporting institutions.
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| 19.00 |
DINNER |
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