7th International Conferences on Marine Pollution and Ecotoxicology, 17 - 21 June 2013

The 7th Conference aims to provide a forum for experts all over the world to meet and discuss their frontier research, as well as the latest scientific and technological advancements in this important field. The Conference also aims to advance the participants' understanding of local, regional and global marine pollution problems and their solutions, with the hope that such problems may be more easily solved in the future.

SCIENTIFIC THEMES

The Conference will primarily focus on the following five key areas, which are likely to be important in the coming years:

1. Climate changes and marine ecosystems;
2. Endocrine disrupting chemicals and issues of emerging concern;
3. Hypoxia and eutrophication;
4. Innovative technologies for pollution monitoring and control;
5. Risk assessment and management.

KEYNOTE / INVITED SPEAKERS (listed in alphabetical order):

Robert Diaz, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, USA

Sam Dupont, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Philippe Garrigues, University of Bordeaux 1, France

John Giesy, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

Doug Haffner, University of Windsor, Canada

Jon Havenhand, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Guibin Jiang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Jae Seong Lee, Hanyang University, Korea

Jerald Schnoor, The University of Iowa, USA

Sandra Shumway, University of Connecticut, USA

Hiroyuki Takeda, University of Tokyo, Japan

Rudolf Wu, The University of Hong Kong, China

Xiaowei Zhang, Nanjing University, China

Bingsheng Zhou, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

(Additional keynote / invited speakers to be confirmed)

For further information, please contact:
The 7th International Conference on Marine Pollution and Ecotoxicology
E-mail: icmpe@hku.hk

Source: http://www.biosch.hku.hk/icmpe7/