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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME The programme for the congress is arranged in two series of parallel sessions.
V: Arsenic Remediation.
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 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
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| 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
17.50-18.20 |
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 |
18.50-19.10 |
Oral Communication: Sustainable arsenic mitigation options require a multidisciplinary approach. Prosun Bhattacharya |
19.10-19.30 |
Oral Communication: IBEROARSEN Network. Marta Litter |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
19.00-19.15 |
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 |