Jo travels to Malta

Jo travels to Malta this weekend for a contract initiation meeting with the Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA). AQMRC have been contracted by MEPA to undertake air quality consultancy work in relation to Delimara Power Station. Jo will visit the plant and monitoring sites and discuss the project methodology with the Monitoring Committee. 

Air Pollution 2011 conference

The 19th International Conference on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution 2011 held in Malta 19th-21st September was well-attended by an audience of air quality professionals and students from academia and industry. Delegates representing more than 20 countries gave a truly international feel to the conference and brought an opportunity to share a broad range of experiences and expertise. Around 40 presentations were delivered over 10 sessions over the 3-day conference covering themes of Air pollution modelling, Monitoring and measurement, Air quality management, Aerosols and particles, Economics of air pollution control, Emissions studies, Health effects and Innovative technologies.

The conference was co-chaired by Professor Jim Longhurst who gave an invited keynote presentation introducing new research the AQMRC are undertaking working 'towards a new framework for air quality management in Nigeria'. Jo Barnes also gave a presentation, which critically described the UK policy on air quality management since the introduction of first national Air Quality Strategy 14 years ago and 'assessed the potential for local action to meet EU limit values' based on previous experience and in the context of evolving related policies.

A call for papers has been announced for the 2012 Air Pollution conference which will be run back-to-back with Urban Transport 2012 in A Coruna, Spain next May. Further details are available on the Wessex Institute website.

Jim and Jo attending Air Pollution 2011

Jim and Jo are both attending the 19th International Conference on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution 2011 in Malta this week. Jim will be co-chairing the confernce and presenting a keynote address entitled 'Towards a new framework for air quality management in Nigeria', Jo will be presenting 'Assessing the potential for local action to achieve EU limit values'. The papers will be available in the conference proceedings book published by WIT Press.

19th International Conference on Air Pollution 2011 - abstracts due

The 19th International Conference on Air Pollution 2011, organised by Wessex Institute of Technology, UK and sponsored by WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, will be held on 19th-21st September 2011 in Malta.

View the conference website, which has full details about the conference objectives, topics and submission requirements at: http://www.wessex.ac.uk/air2011rem3.html

Presenters will be invited to submit an extended version of their paper to the International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning, edited by the Wessex Institute.

Abstract Submission
Submit an abstract via the conference website: http://www.wessex.ac.uk/air2011rem3.html or contact the Conference Secretariat below.
Conference Topics
• Air pollution modelling
• Air quality management
• Urban air management
• Emissions studies
• Monitoring and measuring
• Global and regional studies
• Aerosols and particles
• Climate change and air pollution
• Indoor air pollution
• Pollution prevention
• Economics of air pollution control
• Innovative technologies
• Emission reduction strategies
• Health effects
• Natural emissions

Conference Secretariat
Claire Shiell, Conference Coordinator, Air Pollution 2011
Wessex Institute of Technology, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst
Southampton, SO40 7AA
Telephone: 44 (0) 238 029 3223 Fax: 44 (0) 238 029 2853
Email: cshiell@wessex.ac.uk

Air Pollution 2011 Call for Papers

Air Pollution 2011, 19th International Conference on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution, 19 - 21 September 2011 Malta

The call for papers has now been published at http://www.wessex.ac.uk/11-conferences/airpollution-2011.html

Further details from Claire Shiell
Conference Secretariat,

Wessex Institute of Technology,

Ashurst Lodge,

Ashurst,

Southampton, SO40 7AA

Tel: 44 (0) 238 0293223

Fax: 44 (0) 238 0292853

cshiell@wessex.ac.uk