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October
16-18, 2002
Hotel Allegro
Chicago, Illinois
Co-Chairs:
A. Burton (USA), M. Munawar (Canada) and V. Bierman (USA)
Sponsors:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Limno-Tech, Inc.
Wright State University
Rohm and Haas Co.
Alcoa Technical Centre
Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation
U.S. Navy
Deadlines:
Abstracts: August 15, 2002
Pre-registration: August 15, 2002
Hotel reservation: September 15, 2002
Objectives & Rationale
This symposium is the fifth in a series being organized by the
Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management Society (AEHMS). The management
of contaminated sediments has become a major issue in environmental
policies. Methods and strategies have been developed to assess hazards
and risks of contaminated sediments. To identify and prioritize
further action, decision-makers need to know what methodologies
best answer their specific questions. This symposium aims at presenting
the state-of-the-science and technologies in the field of sediment
quality assessment. The results should facilitate the input of the
best available knowledge and ecotechnology into different decision-making
frameworks on measures to be taken. The symposium aims also to convene
a select international group of experts having broad experience
in freshwater, brackish and marine environments to exchange their
current knowledge, criteria and strategies. Both oral and poster
papers are invited for presentation and peer reviewed publication
in the official journal of the Society: Aquatic Ecosystem Health
& Management (Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia) and/or
in a peer reviewed book under the Ecovision World Monograph Series
sponsored by AEHMS.
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The subjects that will be covered in the scientific
sessions include:
1. Sediment Transport and Contaminant Flux
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Subsessions: |
- Sediment Quality Guidelines: Accuracy and Strategies
for Use
- Ground water-Surface water Interactions (GSI)
- Emerging Multi-Process Models
- Separating Physical and Chemical Stressors
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| 2. Sediments
and Watershed Management |
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Subsessions: |
- Conceptual Framework for Regulators
- Realistic Assessments vs. Standard Triggers
- Assessment & Impacts of Mega-Loadings: Nutrients,
Pesticides, Pharmaceuticals, Surfactants, Polymers,
De-icers, Livestock Wastes
- Linking Sediment and Water Quality
- Watershed-based Assessments: Linking Models
- Conducting Sediment TMDLs
- "Clean" Sediment Issues: Impact of River
Restoration on Sediment Transport, Habitat Forming
Processes, Reservoir Capacity
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| 3. Microbial
Pathogens: Are Sediments A Risk? |
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- Emerging Detection Technologies
- Ecological and Human Risk in Aquatic Systems
- Animal Waste Effects and Control
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| 4. Weight of
Evidence and Risk-Based Decision Making |
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- Optimizing Sediment Remediation on the Basis of
Risk Reduction
- Economic Factors in Linking Assessment to Remedies
- Environmental Consequences of Sediment Removal and
Disposal
- Dealing with Uncertainty:
- Identification of Natural vs. Anthropogenic Effects,
Ranking, Source Detection, Forecasting Time to Target,
Bioavailability of Contaminants in Sediments
- Dealing with Confounding Issues:
- Food Web Transfer, Reference Site Selection,
Effects of Nuisance Aquatic Species on Sediment
and Associated Contaminant Dynamics, and Linking
Exposures with Effects
- WOE Approaches: Case Studies
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| 5. Emerging Technologies
for Assessment and Remediation of Sediments |
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Subsessions:
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- Analytical Advances and Forensic Toxicology in Sediment
Assessments
- Rapid Exposure and Effect Characterization
- Ground water-Surface water Interactions
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Five timely keynote addresses by internationally
recognized experts:
Dr. Louis Thibodeaux is a world-recognized
expert in chemical-biological processes that control sediment-water
fluxes in contaminated sediments. He has also been active in investigating
contaminant availability, biotransformation processes and the science
of risk management for contaminated sediments.
Dr. Dominic DiToro is world-recognized for
his water and sediment quality research that has helped shape regulatory
approaches and policy. His recent efforts have focused on sediment
flux, TMDLs and sediment quality guidelines.
Dr. Peter M. Chapman has been at the forefront
of sediment quality assessments, developing the "Sediment Quality
Triad" and providing cutting edge approaches for watershed
and sediment quality evaluations.
Dr. Valery Forbes is a leader in applied
aquatic ecology, showing the interrelationships between stressors
and species, populations and communities using weight-of-evidence
approaches.
Dr. Albert Dufour has led the U.S. EPA in
the development of recreational pathogen criteria and epidemilogic
evaluations of public health risk.
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Steering Committee
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G. A. Burton,
Jr., Wright State University, USA
M. Munawar, Fisheries & Oceans, Canada
V. Bierman, Limno-Tech, Inc., USA |
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Committee: |
M. Babut,
France
G. Dave, Sweden
S. Ireland, USA
T. Naganuma, Japan
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Baudo, Italy
P. den Besten, The Netherlands
K. Koop, Australia
P. Ross, USA |
U.
Borgmann, Canada
C. vd. Guchte, The Netherlands
D. Malley, Canada
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Conference Venue
The conference will take place in the newly renovated Hotel Allegro
(171 West Randolph Street) in the heart of Chicago's entertainment
district.
O'Hare and Midway Airports are just 25 minutes
away via subway, located one block from the hotel. From O'Hare Airport:
I-90 East to Washington, left on Washington to LaSalle, left on
W. Randolph. From Midway Airport: Take Cicero Avenue North to I-55
and exit Lakeshore Drive, take a left on W. Randolph.
Additional Information:
There are numerous hotels in the downtown Chicago area. Major airports
include Chicago O'Hare and Midway, both of which are serviced by
an inexpensive and reliable commuter train (known locally as the
"L", for elevated), and, of course, taxis and rental cars. If you
are considering the Hotel Allegro for accommodations, reserve by
September 15, 2002 to receive a conference rate of $155.00 U.S.
per night. A block of rooms has been reserved for the conference.
Please contact the hotel directly at: www.allegrochicago.com
Phone: (312) 236-0123, (800) 643-1500.
Abstracts
English is the official conference language. All presentations,
posters, and abstracts will be in English. Abstracts must be submitted
by email by August 15, 2002 to: bonnellk@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
as a Word attachment. WordPerfect or text files also accepted. A
message stating oral or poster presentation preference is to be
enclosed with the abstract. Abstracts may also be submitted on disk
to AEHMS, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 867 Lakeshore Road, P.O.
Box 5050, Burlington, Ontario, Canada, L7R 4A6. Abstracts have a
300 word limit. Underline the presenting author and include affiliation,
address and tel/fax/email of the presenting author only. Abstracts
should include, but not as headings objectives, methods,
results, and conclusions. Authors will be notified of acceptance
by August 30, 2002. Slide (35mm) and computer (PowerPoint) projection
will be available, as will overhead projection. Authors using PowerPoint
presentations should submit their presentations prior to the meeting
to ensure compatibility.
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Please complete the enclosed registration form
and return by August 15, 2002 to K. Bonnell.
The early registration fee is $400 per delegate and includes all
conference materials, e.g., program book with abstracts, list of
participants, 1 year membership in the Aquatic Ecosystem Health
& Management Society (including one year subscription for the
journal: AEHM), dinner banquet, and refreshments at breaks. For
organizations with 3 or more participants, the registration fee
is $300 each. Late registration fees are $450 and $350 for organizations
with 3 or more attendees. Payment should accompany the registration
form and may be made by check (drawn on an U.S. bank only) or credit
card.
Publications Plans:
The AEHMS is responsible for publishing manuscripts originating
from the symposium in a special issue of the AEHMS journal: Aquatic
Ecosystem Health & Management (Taylor and Francis, Philadelphia)
and/or as a collection of thematic papers in a book under the Ecovision
World Monograph Series sponsored by the AEHMS. All manuscripts
will be peer reviewed. Manuscripts must be prepared in accordance
with the "Instructions to authors" and submitted to Dr.
M. Munawar, Chief Editor during the conference. The "Instructions
to authors" can be obtained by contacting the Chief Editor
at munawarm@dfo-mpo.gc.ca.
Due to a large number of manuscripts expected it has been decided
to implement a page limit for the submission of papers. The following
guidelines are proposed for the participants:
Keynote: 10-15 (printed pages of the journal)
Platform: 8-10 pages
Poster: 6-8 pages
Conference Secretariat: K. Bonnell
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