SPECIAL SESSIONS

Special sessions present a privileged occasion to deepen and broaden topics that you believe have not yet received the attention they deserve. In the spirit of the conference, we encourage participants to size this opportunity to free themselves from the traditional thinking frame, and further explore inter-disciplinary approaches that better reflect the complexity of environmental problems and their effect on our societies.

Proposal for special sessions should be sent to the Conference Secretariat before August 31st, 2008. Below is a description of the required information to include.


Proposal for Special Session

9th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant Guiyang City, Guizhou, China; June 7-12, 2009

Session Title: maximum of 10 words

Principal Organizer: name, affiliation, mailing address, phone, fax, and email

Co-organizers: names, affiliations, mailing addresses, phone, fax, and email

Moderator: name, affiliation, mailing address, phone, fax, and email

Synopsis: maximum of 50 words

Session Description: background information, objectives, and importance; maximum of 400 words

Preferred Format
(a) combined platform & poster
(b) poster only
(c) either of the above

Presenters and Tentative Titles
with affiliation, complete address, phone, fax, and email for each presenter and the proposed presentation format for each paper listed


Examples

Diane Orihel, Michael Paterson, Paul Blanchfield, Holger Hintelmann, Cynthia Gilmour & Drew Bodaly. Bioaccumulation of methylmercury in aquatic food webs in response to increases in atmospheric mercury deposition. (Platform)

Chad Hammerschmidt, William Fitzgerald, Carl Lamborg, C.-Mao Tseng & Prentiss Balcom. Biogeochemical Cycling of Methylmercury in Lacustrine and Tundra Wetland Systems of Arctic Alaska. (Poster)