- Occupational health and effect of mining activities on human and animal health
- Metal ions in biology and medicine
- Environmental toxicology, ecology and medical geology
- Environmental microbiology
- GIS in human and animal diseases (Preparation of medical geology atlas)
- Natural environmental toxicology
- Natural aerosolic mineral dust and human health
- Medical geography; studying diseases epidemiology
- Analytical methods for the study of trace elements and toxic metal ions in geological and biological samples
- Analytical methods for determining organo-pollutants in soil, water and plant samples
- Geo-environmental risk factors in cancer incidence
Organizing Committee
Chairman: Farah Rahmany (Manager of Medical Geology Dep., GSI) Farahrahmany@gsi.ir
Vice Chairman: Parisa Piroozfar (Medical Geology Dep., GSI) parisapiroozfar@gsi.ir
Organizing Secretaries:
S. H. M. Meyguni (Director of International Affairs Dep., GSI) International@gsi.ir
Hamideh Mohammadi (International Dep., GSI) H_muhammadi@gsi.ir
SEGH 2010: 27th International Conference, Galway, Ireland June 27- July 2 2010
The 27th SEGH (Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health, www.segh.net) International Conference will be held in Galway, Ireland during Easter 2010. This conference provides an internationally leading forum for scientists, consultants, and public officers working in the multi-disciplinary areas of environment and health. Participants of the conference represent expertise in a diverse range of scientific fields (such as biology, engineering, geology, hydrology, epidemiology, chemistry, medicine, nutrition, and toxicology), as well as regulatory and industrial communities.
Galway, located in the west of Ireland, is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe and attracts more than 1 million international tourists annually. It is easily accessible, with frequent direct flights to and from several cities in the UK. There are also frequent air, train and bus connections with Dublin.
The conference venue is the campus of NUI Galway, within walking distance of Galway’s city centre. The conference is co-organized by National University of Ireland, Galway (NUI Galway), Environmental Change Institute (ECI) and Health Service Executive (HSE) West, Ireland.
http://www.nuigalway.ie/segh2010/
PROGRAM
June 26 (Saturday): Pre-conference excursion
June 27-28 (Sunday-Monday): Medical Geology Short Course
June 29-July 1 (Tuesday-Thursday): SEGH Conference and Workshops
July 2 (Friday): Fieldtrip
Preliminary Conference and Workshops Outline
18:00 - 21:00, June 28 Registration and reception
June 29, Tuesday
9:00 -10:00 Keynote speech (Prof. Iain Thornton, UK)
10:00-11:15 Parallel sessions (Honorary)
11:15-11:45 Coffee/tea break; Poster/Exhibition session
11:45-13:00 Parallel sessions
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:30 Poster/Exhibition session
14:30-15:30 Keynote speech (Prof. Shu Tao, China)
15:30-16:45 Parallel sessions
16:45-17:15 Coffee/tea break; Poster/Exhibition session
17:15-18:30 Parallel sessions (House dust)
19:30-23:00 Conference dinner and entertainment
June 30, Wednesday
9:00 -10:00 Keynote speech (Dr. Olle Selinus, Sweden)
10:00-11:15 Parallel sessions (IMGA)
11:15-11:45 Coffee/tea break; Poster/Exhibition session
11:45-13:00 Parallel sessions
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:30 Poster/Exhibition session
14:30-15:30 Keynote speech (Prof. Luke Clancy, Ireland)
15:30-16:45 Parallel sessions (Health)
16:45-17:15 Coffee/tea break; Poster/Exhibition session
17:15-18:30 Parallel sessions
July 1, Thursday
9:00 - 18:30 MULTITUDE and Vapour workshops
The International Mineralogical Association's 20th anniversary conference
(IMA2010) Budapest, August, 21-27
IMA2010 includes several sessions related to biomineralogy and health, for
details see the circular itself. One of the plenary talks will be by
Nita Sahai, will be dedicated to "Medical Mineralogy".
The Eight International Symposium on Biological Monitoring in Occupational and Environmental Health (ISBM 2010)
6–8 September 2010, Hanasaari, Espoo, Finland
http://www.ttl.fi/Internet/English/Information/International+meetings+and+symposia/ISBM2010/
The symposium aims to gather together scientists, public and occupational health professionals, and policy-makers to consider the recent developments in biomonitoring and both the current and future roles and possibilities of biomonitoring in occupational and environmental risk assessment and management.
The main topic areas include the role of biomonitoring in chemical risk assessment and management, advances and new techniques in biomonitoring, the biomonitoring of new exposures, modelling as a tool in biomonitoring, and the use of biomonitoring in environmental exposure assessment and population surveys. The symposium will also cover other aspects related to the biomonitoring of susceptible populations, and quality assurance in biomonitoring. The scientific programme will consist of keynote lectures, proffered oral and poster presentations, and a roundtable discussion.
Important dates
Deadline for abstract submission: 15 March 2010
Deadline for early registration: 1 May 2010
Conference date and venue
6-8 September 2010, Hanasaari, Espoo, Finland
Hanasaari – Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre
Hanasaarenranta 5
02100 Espoo, Finland
Tel.: +358 (0)9 435 020 (swicthboard)
Fax.: +358 (0)9 467 291
Irkutsk State University, Scientific Research Institute of Biology
International Conference, Problems of Ecology:
In memory of Professor M. M. Kozhov
20-25 September 2010, Irkutsk - Lake Baikal, Russia
In 2010, there will be 120th anniversary since the birth of professor Michael Michailovich Kozhov, the famous researcher of Lake Baikal. We would like to invite you to participate in the international conference «Problems of ecology» dedicated to his memory. This conference is organized with the initiative of Scientific Research Institute of Biology at Irkutsk State University and will be held on 20-25 September 2010 in Irkutsk and at the Baikal biological station of Irkutsk University (Eastern Siberia, Russia). This event is to continue the series of conferences organized by Scientific Research Institute of Biology from 1978 to 1998. Traditionally, important points will be hydrobiological and ecological problems, but also we would like to invite genetics and evolution researchers.
"Structure, functions and evolution of biological systems under environmental factors changing"
Aquatic ecosystems and climatic changes
- Dynamical processes in populations: ecological and genetic approaches
- Terrestrial ecosystems and communities in variable environment
- Ecological genetics
- Problems of evolution and taxonomy
- Biodiversity: methodological and theoretical aspects
- Medic-biological problems
- Ecologic-biological foundations for experimental microbiology
- Problems of environment pollution, bioindication, bio-assays, and bioremediation
Dear colleagues! Please, send your proposals for topics of lectures, «round tables», seminars on this conference according which scientific problems and questions you would like to discuss at this conference.
e-mail (general): root@bio.isu.runnet.ru
Igor V. Fefelov, e-mail: mharrier@gmail.com, u000438@ic.isu.ru
Eugene L. Ermakov, e-mail: ermakov_eugeny@mail.ru
2011
4th International Conference on Medical Geology (GeoMed2011) 20 - 25th Sept 2011 - Bari, Italy
2012
9th International Symposium on Environmental Geochemistry (ISEG) 2012 - Aveiro, Portugal
Spring 2012
More information to follow