SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

The programme for the congress is arranged in two series of parallel sessions.

    Session A will cover topics
      I: Arsenic in Rocks, Soils, Groundwater and Air
      V: Arsenic Remediation.
    Session B will deal with topics
      II: Human Exposure: Sources, Intakes and Bioavailability
      III: Arsenic Metabolism, Biomarkers and Mode of Action
      IV: Environmental Health Effects and Risk Assessment
      VI: Assessment of Social and Economic Impacts
      VII: Marine and Terrestrial Biota







SESSION A


Wednesday May 21

08.30-9.30 REGISTRATION

09.30-10.30 OPENNING OF CONGRESS

WELCOME ADDRESS

OPENING OF As2008

Invited lecture: Some Sociochemistry of Arsenic. William R. Cullen

10.30-11.00. Coffee break

11.00-13.00 SESSION 1A: Arsenic in rocks, soil, groundwater and air: Global occurrences
Chairs: Prof. Jochen Bundschuh & Prof. Prosun Bhattacharya

11.00-11:30 
Invited lecture: Arsenic in groundwater- A world view. Pauline L. Smedley

11.30-11.45 
Oral communication: Geochemical characteristics of arsenic in groundwater of the Lanyang plain, Taiwan: Implication to arsenic release processes. Kao-Hung Lin

11.45-12.00 
Oral communication: Arsenic contaminated groundwater from parts of Middle Ganga Plain, India: Influence of fluvial geomorphology and Quaternary stratigraphy. Babar Ali Shah

12.00-12.15 
Oral communication: Iron-rich sedimentary formations in the Duero Basin (Spain) as potential source of As in groundwater. María Leal

12.15-12.30 
Oral communication: Mobilisation of geogenic arsenic into groundwater in Västerbotten County, Northern Sweden. Marcus Svensson

12.30-12.45 
Oral communication: Arsenic in groundwater in the Western Palin, Romania. Calin Baciu

12.45-13.00 
Oral communication: Arsenic contamination of groundwater in the Hanoi Area, Vietnam: The impact peat, river bank deposits, and excessive groundwater abstraction. Michael Berg

13.00-14.00 POSTER SESSION 1A (Topics: Occurrence and Geochemistry)

14.00-16.00 Lunch time

16.00-17.30 SESSION 2A: Arsenic in rocks, soil, groundwater and air: Aqueous speciation and mobility in natural geochemical environment (I)
Chairs: Prof. Kati Matin Ahmed & Prof. Michael Berg

16.00-16.15 

Oral communication: Release of As(III) in groundwater: an energetically driven model tested both on synthetic ferrihydrite and on Bengal delta sediments. Andre Burnol

16.15-16.30 

Oral communication: Arsenic adsorption behaviour and redox buffering capacity of oxidised sediments in Matlab Upazila, Bangladesh. Sara Larsson Häller

16.30-16.45 

Oral communication: Western limit of Arsenic pollution in India - A case study from Jharkhand and West Bengal, India. Umesh Kumar Singh

16.45-17.00 

Oral communication: Determination of arsenic/dissolved organic matter interactions by voltametry and fluorescence. Veronique Lenoble-Garnier

17.00-17.15 

Oral communication: Changes in arsenic mobility as a result of stability changes between iron colloids after exfiltration from soils. Andreas Fritzsche

17.15-17.30 

Oral communication. Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater in Mid-Ganga Basin in the State of Bihar, India. D.S. Mishra


17.30-18.00 Coffee break

18.00-19.15 SESSION 3A: Arsenic in rocks, soil, groundwater and air: Aqueous speciation and mobility in natural geochemical environment (II)
Chairs: Prof. Nicholas Lepp & Prof. Marta Litter

18.00-18.15  

Oral communication. BCR methodology for the evaluation of arsenic distribution in sediments from a mining district of Asturias (Spain). Raquel Larios

18.15-18.30  

Oral communication. Temporal and seasonal variation in tubewell water arsenic concentrations in Matlab, Bangladesh. M. Jakariya

18.30-18.45  

Oral communication. Geochemical characteristics of the fluids and muddy sediments from mud volcanoes and their possible influence on arsenic and other heavy metal pollution. Jiin-Shuh Jean

18.45-19.00  

Oral communication. Impact of local recharge on arsenic concentrations in shallow aquifers inferred from the electromagnetic conductivity of soils in Araihazar, Bangladesh. Zahid Aziz

19.00-19.15  

Oral communication. Speciation of phenylic arsenicals in a groundwater contaminated by warfare agents. Birgit Daus

19.15-20.00 Round Table 1A: Natural arsenic in environment: Sources, fate and cycling
Chair: Prof. Pauline Smedley, Prof. Jan Hoinkis & Prof. Hugo Nicolli

20:00 Welcome Reception


Thursday May 22

9.00-10.30 SESSION 4A: Arsenic in rocks, soil, groundwater and air: Arsenic in mining environment and geothermal systems
Chairs: Prof. Pauline Smedley & Prof. Gunnar Jacks

9.00-9.30  

Invited lecture: Complexities of arsenic speciation in sulfidic geothermal waters. D. Kirk Nordstrom

9.30-9.45  

Oral communication: Factors controlling the dissolved and solid export of arsenic in a mining-influenced basin. Cecile Grosbois

9.45-10.00  

Oral communication: Arsenic in groundwaters from the Caldes de Malavella geothermal field (Girona, NE Spain). Fidel Grandia

10.00-10.15  

Oral communication: Natural attenuation of arsenic in acid mine drainages (Iberian Pyritic Belt, SW Spain). María Pilar Asta Andres

10.15-10.30  

Oral communication: Arsenic mobilization within tailings of two historical Mexican mining zones. María Aurora Armienta


10.30-11.00 Coffee break

11.00-13.00 SESSION 5A: Arsenic in rocks, soil, groundwater and air: Arsenic in soils and sediments, biogeochemical interactions and mining areas
Chairs: Prof. María Aurora Armienta & Prof. D.Kirk Nordstrom

11.00-11.15  

Oral comunication: The role of secondary minerals controlling the migration of arsenic at Panasqueira mine - Portugal. Paula Freire Ávila

11.15-11.30  

Oral communication: Is the structure of As(III)-oxidizing bacterial communities linked to As concentration and speciation along the Isle River? Marianne Quemeneur

11.30-11.45  

Oral communication: Spatiotemporal variations of arsenic in irrigated paddy soils and arsenic uptake by rice in Bangladesh. Jessica Dittmar

11.45-12.00  

Oral communication: Arsenic-rich forest soils and peatlands in Switzerland: Indicators of As-complexing by solid humic matter. Hans-Rudolf Pfeifer

12.00-12.15  

Oral communication: Characterization of soil organic matter from contaminated flooded rice fields and evaluation of its reactivity with arsenic, Bangladesh. Mohammad Hassouna

12.15-12.30  

Oral communication: Distribution of arsenic and lead in the sediments in hot spring area of Huang Gang creek, Beitou in Taiwan. Sheng-Chi Lin

12.30-12.45  

Oral communication: Arsenic cycling and uptake in flora and fauna in wetlands in northern Sweden. Gunnar Jacks

12.45-13.00  

Oral communication: Origin of ambient particulate arsenic in an industrial erea. Eliseo Monfort

13.00-14.00. POSTER SESSION 2A (Topics: Occurrence and Geochemistry)

14.00-16.00 Lunch time

16.00-17.20 SESSION 6A: Arsenic in rocks, soil, groundwater and air: Biogeochemistry of arsenic and geochemical modelling approaches
Chairs: Prof. Arun B. Mukherjee & Prof. Hugo Nicolli

16.00-16.20  

Oral communication: The use of quantitative PCR for the evaluation of arsenic mobility in the environment. William R. Cullen

16.20-16.35  

Oral communication: Microbe-mediated As mobilization in sediments of shallow aquifers in the Hetao Basin, Inner Mongolia. Huaming Guo

16.35-16.50  

Oral communication: Three-way principal component analysis approach to spatio-temporal modelling of the hydrochemistry of an arsenic-influenced aquifer. Marisol Vega

16.50-17.05  

Oral communication: Geochemical modelling application for a 1-D arsenic reactive transport study in alluvial aquifers, Matlab Upazila, Bangladesh. Claudio Patriarca

17.05-17.20  

Oral communication: Chemical equilibrium modeling of arsenic and other trace elements in deep aquifer water from two regions in Bangladesh. Mohammad Alauddin


17.20-17.50 Coffee break

17.50-18.50 SESSION 7A: Remediation: Arsenic removal from contaminated soil and groundwater environment (I)
Chairs: Prof. Jan Hoinkis & Prof. Ana María Sancha

17.50-18.20  

Invited Lecture: The use of in-situ Fe-based amendments to remediate As-polluted soils: matching amendment to desired end-point. Nicholas Lepp

18.20-18.35  

Oral communication: Successful remediation of arsenic contaminated groundwater by in-situ treatment. Carsten Meyer

18.35-18.50  

Oral communication: Arsenate adsorption on an Fe-Ce bimetal oxide adsorbent: Mechanism from EXAFS and surface complexation model. Xiaomin Dou

18.50-19.30 Special Session: Global strategies for sustainable mitigation (I)
Chairs: Prof. Jochen Bundschuh, Prof. Prosun Bhattacharya & Prof. Debashis Chatterjee

18.50-19.10  

Oral Communication: Sustainable arsenic mitigation options require a multidisciplinary approach. Prosun Bhattacharya

19.10-19.30  

Oral Communication: IBEROARSEN Network. Marta Litter

19:30 Historical Tour


Friday May 23

9.00-10.30 SESSION 8A: Remediation: Arsenic removal from contaminated soil and groundwater environment (II)
Chairs: Prof. M. Shafiqul Islam & Prof. D. Chandrashekharam

9.00-9.30  

Invited lecture: Removal of arsenic in Chilean drinking water: the experience of over 30 years. Ana María Sancha

9.30-9.45  

Oral communication: Titanium dioxide based adsorptive media for the removal of arsenic from drinking water. Fredrick W. Vance

9.45-10.00  

Oral communication: Utilization of manganese nodules residue for the removal of arsenic from groundwater. Sanchita Chakravarty

10.00-10.15  

Oral communication: Arsenate adsorption on an Fe-Ce bimetal oxide adsorbent: Competitive mechanisms of fluoride and phosphate. Xiaomin Dou

10.15-10.30  

Oral communication: Arsenic removal with nanoparticulate zerovalent iron: Effect of UV light and organic matter. Marta Litter


10.30-11.00. Coffee break

11.00-12.45 SESSION 9A: Remediation: Arsenic removal from contaminated soil and groundwater environment (III)
Chairs: Prof. Barbora Dousova & Prof. M. Jakariya

11.00-11.15  

Oral communication: Chemical extraction of As in CCA polluted soils. Lea Rastas Amofah

11.15-11.30  

Oral communication: Application of capacitive deionization for arsenic removal on water for human consumption. Sofia Garrido Hoyos

11.30-11.45  

Oral communication: From waste to arsenic adsorbent: Use of IOCS for arsenic removal in Hungary. Branislav Petrusevski

11.45-12.00  

Oral communication: Arsenic removal from drinking water by nanofiltration and low energy reverse osmosis - a comprehensive study. Jan Hoinkis

12.00-12.15  

Oral communication: New aspects in effective arsenic removal from anoxic groundwater. Barbora Dousova

12.15-12.30  

Oral communication: A powerful method for studying the adsorption of As(V) on iron oxides in situ. Iván Carabante Martínez

12.30-12.45  

Oral communication: Fixation of arsenic in geopolymers after its sorption on modified kaoline. Lucie Fuitova

12.45-14.00 POSTER SESSION 3A (Topic: Remediation)

14.00-16.00 Lunch time

16.00-17.30 SESSION 10A: Remediation: Soil remediation
Chairs: Prof. Sofía Garrido & Prof. M. Alauddin

16.00-16.30  

Invited lecture: Remediation of arsenic contaminated soils: A synoptic review. Arun B. Mukherjee

16.30-16.45  

Oral communication: Chemical composition, leaching experiments, and arsenic removal efficiency of iron hydroxide precipitated from acid mine drainage from coal mines. Dina L. López

16.45-17.00  

Oral communication: Developing triage assessment tools for old landfills and arsenic. Steven Chillrud

17.00-17.15  

Oral communication: Arsenic in the soils affected by the spill of pyritic sludge in Aznalcóllar, Seville: Seven-year evolution. Rafael Clemente

17.15-17.30  

Oral communication: Design considerations for small-scale subsurface arsenic removal in developing countries. Doris Van Halem


17.30-18.00 Coffee break

18.00-19.00 SESSION 11A: Remediation: Bioremediation
Chairs: Prof. William R. Cullen & Prof. Arun B. Mukherjee

18.00-18.15  

Oral communication: Geochemical behavior of arsenic from anthropogenic sources and isolation of indigenous bacteria for the application to As bioremediation. Hyo-Taek Chon

18.15-18.30  

Oral communication: Formation and As(III)-oxidising activity of biofilms for bioremediation process development. Caroline Michel

18.30-18.45  

Oral communication: Use of genetically modified coryneform bacteria for arsenic bioremediation purposes. Almudena F. Villadangos

18.45-19.00  

Oral communication: Autotrophic biological oxidation of arsenic from mine water in fixed-bed bioreactor. Fabienne Battaglia

19.00-20.00 Special Session: Global strategies for sustainable mitigation (II)
Chair: Prof. Prosun Bhattacharya, Prof. D. Chandrashekharam & Prof. M. Jakariya

19.00-19.15  

Oral communication: Sustainable Arsenic mitigation in Bangladesh: Where do we stand? Kazi Matin Ahmed

19.15-19.30  

Oral communication: Chemodynamics of arsenic in the rural aquifers of West Bengal, India and a greenchemistry approach for mitigation. Debashis Chatterjee

19.30-19.45  

Oral communication. Provision of safe drinking water and medical treatment for arseniosis patients - case study of South Kayar Para Village, Jessore District, southwestern Bangladesh. M. Shafiqul Islam

19.45-20.00  

Oral communication: Emerging constraints in mitigation strategies adopted in the arsenic contaminated areas of Bihar, India. Nupur Bose

20.00 Closing Ceremony