ICMGP2009 - Guizhou, CHINA

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

The Local Organizing Committee of the 9th ICMGP, invites you to submit an abstract through our online submission system. The abstract should be limited to 400 words, concise and should include the purpose of the research, the methodology, as well as essential results and conclusion.

There are 29 Ordinary Sessions as well 17 Special Sessions (Divided into 6 Blocks). For a list of the Sessions please see below. First, choose the type and name of the session to which you wish to contribute. In addition, please choose the presentation format. Please note that although you may present an unlimited number of poster presentations, the oral presentations are limited to one per speaker.

Submission Deadline: The deadline for submitting your abstract is by November 14th at 23:00 (11P.M.) (Chinese time- GMT-8), at which point the online submission system will be closed.

No	Session Type	Session Title
1	Ordinary	“Energy production and mercury emissions”
2	Ordinary	“Sources, emissions and inventories“
3	Ordinary	“Energy production and mercury emissions (mercury and coal)“
4	Ordinary	“Life cycle analysis of mercury in coal, gas, oil, PVC productions and cement production”
5	Ordinary	“Pollution control and recovery”
6	Ordinary	“Clean technology”
7	Ordinary	“Mercury at the interfaces (air- snow; air-soil; air-water)”
8	Ordinary	“Climate change and mercury cycling”
9	Ordinary	“Mercury in aerosols and clouds”
10	Ordinary	“Atmospheric transport and deposition”
11	Ordinary	“Local, regional and global scale modeling”
12	Ordinary	“Mercury in polar regions”
13	Ordinary	“Mercury in urban areas (air and water)”
14	Ordinary	“Impacts of mining (gold mining, mercury mining; small scale mining)“
15	Ordinary	“Mercury in products (dental amalgams)”
16	Ordinary	“Assessment, management and remediation of contaminated sites”
17	Ordinary	“Health effects (synergy of mercury and other contaminants; Selenium and mercury; exposure assessment; Susceptibility and sensitivity)”
18	Ordinary	“Ecotoxicology of methylmercury (bio-monitoring)“
19	Ordinary	“Environmental monitoring and assessment“
20	Ordinary	“Advances in analytical chemistry“
21	Ordinary	“Environmental biogeochemistry”
22	Ordinary	“Bioaccumulation and trophic transfer”
23	Ordinary	“Fisheries (Fish, tissue testing, sources of fish, fish consumption advisory) “
24	Ordinary	“Mercury in aquatic systems (DOC, organic macro molecules)“
25	Ordinary	“Watershed processes”
26	Ordinary	“Societal and Socioeconomic effects of mercury pollution/Environmental justice “
27	Ordinary	“Integration of science and policy”
28	Ordinary	“Risk communication and public education”
29	Ordinary	“Ecosystem sensitivities and human-wildlife vulnerability”

Block	No	Session Type	Session Title
1) Anthropogenic mercury in the environment	1	Special	“Identification, characterization and remediation of contaminated sites”
	2	Special	“Anthropogenic sources and emissions of mercury to the atmosphere”
	3	Special	“Control of mercury emissions from coal fired power plants”
2) Mercury biogeochemistry in natural environments	4	Special	“Mercury emissions from natural processes.”
	5	Special	“Natural Hg stable isotopes as tracers for mercury biogeochemical cycling”
	6	Special	“Mercury biogeochemistry in wetlands”
3) Mercury in polar regions and in the context of climate change	7	Special	“Mercury and climate change”
	8	Special	“Mercury in polar regions”
4）Mercury cycle at large scales	9	Special	“Modeling and Experimental Evidences of Mercury Transport and Deposition”
	10	Special	“Chemistry of atmospheric mercury”
	11	Special	“Methylmercury budget in the world’s oceans”
	12	Special	“Mercury dynamics at the catchment level”
5) Socioeconomics of mercury	13	Special	“Socioeconomic aspects related to the mercury issue at the international level”
6) Human and wildlife health related to mercury exposure	14	Special	“Methylmercury and n-3 polyinsaturated fatty acids exposure from fish consumption”
	15	Special	“Health impact of long-term, low level exposure to mercury”
	16	Special	“Health impacts of human populations exposed to mercury in contaminated sites”
	17	Special	“Effects of Mercury Exposure in Wildlife”