Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Time

Item

08:00-09:00

Registration (Location: Conference Hall Lobby)

09:00-09:30

OPENING OF CONGRESS AND OPENING ADDRESSES
(Location: Cheng-Kung Hall)

09:00-09:05

Opening of Congress: (Cheng-Kung Hall)
Welcome Address by International Organizers: Prof. Dr. Jochen Bundschuh and  Prof. Dr. Prosun Bhattacharya

09:05-09:10

Welcome Address by Local Chief Organizer: Prof. Dr. Jiin-Shuh Jean

09:10-09:15

Opening Address: Prof. Dr. Ming-Chao Lai, President, NCKU, Taiwan

09:15-09:20

Opening Address: Vice Minister of National Science Council

09:20-09:25

Opening Address: Director, National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center

09:25-09:30

Opening Address: Director, Central Geological Survey, Taiwan

09:30-10:00

Group Photo and Coffee Break

10:00-10:30

Plenary Keynote Lecture 1 (Cheng-Kung Hall): Arsenic poisoning through the ages
J.O. Nriagu

10:30-12:35

ORAL SESSION 1B—ARSENIC IN MARINE AND TERRESTERIAL ECOSYSTEMS
Location: Conference Hall Lecture Room 2
Session Chairs: Jack Ng and Zhaohui Li

10:30-10:50

Invited Lecture B1: Arsenic speciation in fish and shellfish in the blackfoot disease area
C.-W. Liu

10:50-11:10

Invited Lecture B2: Arsenic and lead (beudantite) contamination of agricultural rice soils in the Guandu Plain of northern Taiwan
K.-Y. Jiang, M.-K. Wang, T.-K. Chang, S.-C. Lin & K.-C. Lin

11:10-11:25

Arsenic in wetland sediments – impacts of iron and manganese mining activities
J. S. Paimpillil & M. Nair

11:25-11:40

Liming and P addition slightly increase As availability in As-contaminated soils
S.W. Su & Z.S. Chen

11:40-11:55

Immobilization of arsenic in rice paddy soil by iron(II)-oxidizing bacteria
C. Hohmann, Y.-G. Zhu, G. Morin & A. Kappler

11:55-12:10

Leaching characteristics of arsenic from paddy field soil of Bangladesh: role of calcium and magnesium
M.S. Azam, M. Shafiquzzaman & J. Nakajima

12:10-12:25

Arsenic uptake by flora and fauna in northern Sweden
G. Jacks, M. Mörth & Z. Slejkovec

12:35-13:30

Lunch Break (Conference Hall Multifunction Room)

13:30-14:30

POSTER SESSION B (NCKU Activity Center Gallery)

14:30-16:50

ORAL SESSION 2B—ASSESSMENT AND REMEDIATION OF ARSENIC CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER AND LAND ENVIRONMENTS: POLICY AND PROTECTION (I)
Location: Conference Hall Lecture Room 2
Session Chairs: Jan Hoinkis and Tsair-Fuh Lin

14:30-14:50

Invited Lecture B3: Probabilistic risk assessment of geogenic groundwater-arsenic attributable health risks—framework and key uncertainties
D.A. Polya, D. Mondal, B. Ganguli, M. Samanta, A.K. Giri, M. Banerjee, N. Banerjee & U. Bhattacharya

14:50-15:05

Speciation and bioaccessibility as new tools for human health risk assessment of contaminated soils
J. Mouton, K. Tack & S. Denys

15:05-15:20

Arsenic poisoning caused by coal combustion – a review
R.B. Finkelman & B. Zheng

15:20-15:35

Transfer of arsenic from contaminated groundwater and soils to crops and vegetables: A study in Gangetic delta of West Bengal, India
A.C. Samal, Piyal Bhattacharya, S.C. Santra & S. Kar

15:35-15:50

Phytotoxicity of arsenate on pigment content and photosynthetic enzymes of marrow plants
H.M. El-Shora & A.E. Lila

15:50-16:05

Arsenic accumulation and transformation in freshwater microalgae
X. Liu, G.-X. Sun, A. Meharg, X.-X. Yin & Y.-G. Zhu

16:05-16:20

A modified rice dehusking and cooking method can reduce arsenic exposure in vulnerable population by 20 per cent
A.A. Carbonell-Barrachina, F. Burló, A.J. Signes-Pastor, R.O. Jenkins & P.I. Haris

16:20-16:35

Are fluorine containing arsenic species an environmental problem?
B. Daus. H. Weiss, R. Wennrich & R. Altenburger

16:35-16:50

New dimensions of groundwater arsenic contamination in Mid Ganga Plain, India
A.K. Ghosh, N. Bose, A.G. Bhatt & R. Kumar

16:50-17:00

Coffee Break (Conference Hall Concourse)

17:00-17:50

Panel Discussion B (Conference Hall Lecture Room 2)

17:50-19:30

Welcome Reception (Conference Hall Concourse)

19:30-21:30

Orchestra and Chorus Performance (Cheng-Shing Hall)

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Time

Item

08:00-08:30

Plenary Keynote Lecture 2 (Cheng-Kung Hall): Health hazards of arsenic in drinking water
C.-J. Chen

08:30-10:20

ORAL SESSION 3B—ASSESSMENT AND REMEDIATION OF ARSENIC CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER AND LAND ENVIRONMENTS: POLICY AND PROTECTION (II)
Location: Conference Hall Lecture Room 2
Session Chairs: T. V. Ngugen and Kazuharu Yoshizuka

08:30-08:50

Invited Lecture B4: Arsenic removal in water treatment processes: A case study in Taiwan
Tsair-Fuh Lin & Yi-Fong Pan

08:50-09:05

New inorganic (an)ion exchangers based on mixed hydrous oxides for arsenic removal
N. Chubar

09:05-09:20

A new arsenic-selective-hybride-adsorber for arsenic removal from potable water latest test results – reducing silica interferences, tests with pour-through devices, and improved regeneration procedures
S. Neumann, R. Klipper, J. Stoll, S. Breuer & S. Trokowski

09:20-09:35

Characterization of different iron oxide coated sand media for adsorptive arsenic removal
B. Petrusevski, Y.M. Slokar, J.C. Schippers & W.G.J. van der Meer

09:35-09:50

Natural red earth as a possible low cost substrate for arsenic removal in water–comparison of laboratory controlled and uncontrolled conditions
A. Rajapaksha, M. Vithanage, C.K. Kumara & L. Jayarathna

09:50-10:05

Removal of arsenic (III) from groundwater by natural iron oxide adsorbent
M.Z. López Paraguay & M.T. Alarcón Herrera

10:05-10:20

Effect of silica, phosphate and humic substances on sorption of As to commercially available granulated iron minerals and biogenic Fe(III)(hydr)oxides
N.R. Posth, E.M. Muehe & A. Kappler

10:20-10:35

Coffee Break (Conference Hall Concourse)

10:35-12:45

ORAL SESSION 4B—ASSESSMENT AND REMEDIATION OF ARSENIC CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER AND LAND ENVIRONMENTS: POLICY AND PROTECTION (III)
Location: Conference Hall Lecture Room 2
Session Chairs: Koichiro Nakamura and Tsair-Fuh Lin

10:35-10:50

Sorption and surface oxidation of As(III) by Fe-oxyhydroxysulfates in acidic medium
S. Paikaray & S. Peiffer

10:50-11:05

Removal of arsenic (As3+ and As5+) from aqueous solution using natural and modified attapulgite as adsorbent
Y.G. Teng, R. Zuo, J.S. Wang & Q.H. Hu

11:05-11:20

An excellent remediation strategy of arsenic(V) by calixarene derivative
I. Qureshi, S. Memon & M. Yilmaz

11:20-11:40

Invited Lecture B5: Energy-efficient small-scale reverse osmosis units—a promising approach for arsenic removal from drinking water
J. Hoinkis, R. Islam, M.A. Islam, W. Korejba, D. Ding & J. Bundschuh

11:40-11:55

Adsorbent loaded micro-spheres preparation by membrane processes for Arsenic removal in drinking water
A. Figoli, M.G. Buonomenna, E. Drioli, J. Hoinkis & R. Islam

11:55-12:10

Enhanced removal of arsenic from spent ion exchange brine using starch-bridged magnetite nanoparticles
B. An, Q. Liang & D. Zhao

12:10-12:35

Arsenic in geothermal water of Hatchobaru, Japan and its removal with magnetite adsorbent
H. Sato, S. Nishihama & K. Yoshizuka

12:35-12:45

Arsenic removal from a drinking water supply: biological oxidation of arsenite
A. G. Guezennec, C. Michel, S. Touzé, D. Breeze, C. Joulian, S. Coulon, M.C. Dictor, J. Klein, V. Deluchat & C. Dagot

12:35-13:30

Lunch Break (Conference Hall Multifunction Room)

13:30-14:30

POSTER SESSION B (NCKU Activity Center Gallery)

14:30-15:45

ORAL SESSION 5B—ASSESSMENT AND REMEDIATION OF ARSENIC CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER AND LAND ENVIRONMENTS: POLICY AND PROTECTION (IV)
Location: Conference Hall Lecture Room 2
Session Chairs: Ming-Kuang Wang and Yong Guan Zhu

14:30-15:45

Removal of arsenite and arsenate using iron-oxide coated diatomite (IOCD)
Y.-F. Pan, T.-F. Lin & C.-T. Chiou

14:30-14:45

Biodegradation of phenyl arsenicals in groundwater—natural attenuation of chemical warfare agents
M. Hempel, B. Daus, H. Weiss & C. Vogt

14:45-15:00

Optimization of activated carbon synthesis from sugarcane for As(V) removal
M. Velasco-Perez & K.M. Hiscock

15:00-15:15

The uptake of arsenite by coprecipitation and adsorption on iron oxide coated sponge
T.V. Nguyen, A. Rahman, S. Vigneswaran, H.H. Ngo, J.-S. Chang & C.-Y. Chang

15:15-15:30

A six-year pilot study of the biological filtration for low-cost arsenic removal
Y. Fujikawa, M. Sugahara, T. Hamasaki, D. Yoneda, A. Minami, Y. Sugimoto, H. Iwasaki, K. Takada & S. Tani

15:30-15:45

Effect of arsenic-iron/manganese affinity at “in situ” remediation processes
B. Doušová, M. Lhotka, V. Machovič, L. Herzogová, S. Krejčová & T. Grygar

15:45-16:05

Coffee Break (Conference Hall Concourse)

16:05-17:05

ORAL SESSION 6B—ASSESSMENT AND REMEDIATION OF ARSENIC CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER AND LAND ENVIRONMENTS: POLICY AND PROTECTION (V)
Location: Conference Hall Lecture Room 2
Session Chairs: Robert B. Finkelman and A. FIGOLI

16:05-16:20

Evaluation of two drinking water intervention trials in Bangladesh
J. Ng, A. Shraim, S.H. Huang, A.H. Milton, W. Smith, G. Ranmuthugala, K. Lokuge, K. Dear, B. Caldwell & M.R. Sim

16:20-16:35

Aquifer-based arsenic safe drinking water supply in the affected areas of Middle Ganga Plain, Bihar State, India
D. Saha & P.C. Chandra

16:35-16:50

Arsenic detoxification system for treatment of arsenic-contaminated water
K. Nakamura

16:50-17:05

Urine arsenic levels and hypertension in U.S. adults
M.R. Jones, M. Tellez-Plaza, E. Guallar & A. Navas-Acien

17:05-18:00

Panel Discussion B (Conference Hall Lecture Room 2)

18:00-19:00

NCKU Campus Tour

19:00-21:00

Congress Dinner (Five-Star Shangri-Las’ Far Eastern Plaza Hotel) (with invitation only)

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Time

Item

08:00-08:30

Plenary Keynote Lecture 3 (Cheng-Kung Hall): Arsenic in Medicine: Ancient and Modern
W.R. Cullen

08:30-09:00

Plenary Keynote Lecture 4 (Cheng-Kung Hall): Sedimentological, climatic, and tectonic, controls on arsenic pollution of groundwater
J. McArthur

09:00-10:20

SPECIAL ORAL SESSION 1—Arsenic in Latin America: A forgotten Continent? (I)
Location: Conference Hall Lecture Room 3
Session Chairs: Jochen Bundschuh and Marta Litter

09:00-09:20

Invited Lecture B6: Identifying occurrences of groundwater arsenic in Latin America: a continent-wide problem and challenge
J. Bundschuh, M.I. Litter, H.B. Nicolli, J. Hoinkis & P. Bhattacharya

09:20-09:35

Arsenic and other trace elements in groundwater and surface water of the Poopó Basin and drinking water quality in Bolivian Altiplano
O. Ramos, M. Ormachea, M. Niura, M. E. Garcia, J. Quintanilla, P. Bhattacharya, R. Thunvik, G. Jacks & O. Sracek

09:35-09:50

Arsenic occurrence in thermal springs of the Central Bolivian Altiplano
M. Ormachea, E. Blanco, O. Ramos, M.E. García, P. Bhattacharya, R. Thunvik, G. Jacks & L. Taquichiri

09:50-10:05

As(III) sorption on iron and aluminum oxy-hydroxide and the implications for arsenic mobility
G. Duarte, V.S.T. Ciminelli, M.S.S. Dantas, H.A. Duarte, K. Osseo-Asare, J.D. Kubicki & I.F. Vasconcelos

10:05-10:20

Learning from the past: stability of arsenic in old mining residues
V.S.T. Ciminelli & F.L. Pantuzzo

10:20-10:40

Coffee Break (Conference Hall Concourse)

10:40-10:20

SPECIAL ORAL SESSION 1—Arsenic in Latin America: A forgotten Continent? (II)
Location: Conference Hall Lecture Room 3
Session Chairs: Jochen Bundschuh and Marta Litter

10:40-10:55

Biotransference of arsenic from drinking water to bovine tissues and milk
A.L. Pérez-Carrera & A. Fernández-Cirelli

10:55-11:10

Determination of arsenic concentrations in urine samples of mothers of the Oruro City, Bolivia
M.E. García, M. Ormachea & M. Mercado

11:10-11:25

Arsenic in Bolivian drinking water: effect of salinity on filter performance
G. Du Laing, K. Van den Bergh & F. Tack

11:25-11:40

Arsenic (V) removal with zerovalent iron nanoparticles: effect of UV light and humic acid
M.E. Morgada, I.K. Levy, V. Salomone, S.S. Farías, M.I. Litter & G. López

11:40-11:55

Arsenic removal through rhizofiltration by Eleocharis machrostachya
M.T. Alarcón-Herrera, M.A. Olmos-Márquez, I.R. Martin-Domínguez & D. Martin-Alarcón

11:55-12:10

Simultaneous removal of arsenic, iron and manganese by biological filtration: pilot-scale experience.
R. Vidoni, V. Pacini, A.M. Ingallinella, G. Sanguinetti & A.R. Storniolo

12:10-12:30

Thematic Group Discussion: Arsenic in Latin America: What has been achieved and where should we go?
DISCUSSION Leaders: Jochen Bundschuh, Marta Litter, M.E. Garciá, Prosun Bhattacharya

12:30-13:30

Lunch Break (Conference Hall Multifunction Room)

13:30-15:30

POSTER SESSION AND POSTER CONTEST (NCKU Activity Center Gallery)

15:30-16:30

PLENARY PANEL DISCUSSION
Location: Cheng-Kung Hall
Chairs: Jiin-Shuh Jean, Jochen Bundschuh, Prosun Bhattacharya, William R. Cullen, John M. McArthur, Yan Zheng, Chien-Jen Chen, Jerome Nriagu, Allan Smith, Arun B. Mukherjee, Marie Vahter, Ravi Naidu, Chen-Wuing Liu

16:30-16:50

Coffee Break (Conference Hall Concourse)

16:50-17:30

CLOSING CEREMONY (Cheng-Kung Hall)

17:30-18:30

NCKU Campus Tour