Program Overview

ISPTS 2019 Program Agenda

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    • The 16th International Symposium on Persistent Toxic Substances will focus on, but will not be limited to, the following themes:

  • Sources, fate and transport of PTS
  • Emerging contaminants of concern
  • Toxicology and ecotoxicology of PTS
  • Analytical and bioanalytical methods
  • Risk assessment of PTS
  • Mitigation and remediation of PTS, emerging, and other contaminants
  • Special session on PFAS


    • Program Overview

    FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2019
    TIME TITLE LOCATION
    HOWE CENTER
    11 a.m.-1:40 p.m. Registration Lobby, 4th Floor
    11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Lunch Pierce Dining Hall, 2nd Floor
    12:30-1:30 p.m. Sponsors Session: Agilent and Graver Bissinger Room, 4th Floor
    2-2:40 p.m.
    • Opening Remarks
    • Xiaoguang Meng
    • Professor,
      Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
    • Christos Christodoulatos
    • Director, Center for Environmental Systems
    • Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
    • Nariman Farvardin
    • President,
      Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
    • Jean Zu
    • Dean, School of Engineering and Science
    • Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
    • Minghui Zheng
    • Deputy Director, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology
    • Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China
    2:40-3:15 p.m.
    • A Jigsaw Puzzle of U.S. Environmental Regulations
    • Patricia Reyes, Plenary Speaker
    • Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council, USA
    3:15-3:40 p.m. Coffee Break and Group Photo
    3:40-4:15 p.m.
    • Reductive Defluorination of PFAS by Acidimicrobiaceae sp. A6 while Oxidizing Ammonium or Hydrogen Under Iron Reducing Condition
    • Peter R. Jaffe, Plenary Speaker
    • Princeton University, USA
    4:15-4:50 p.m.
    • A Systematic Exploration of Structure-Bioactivity Relationship of Nanoparticles
    • Bing Yan, Plenary Speaker
    • Shandong University, China
    6-10 p.m. Hudson River Dinner Cruise Hoboken, 14th Street Pier
    SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2019
    TIME TITLE LOCATION
    BABBIO CENTER
    8-9 a.m. Breakfast Student Library Lounge, 2nd Floor
    9-10:25 a.m. Parallel Sessions Rooms 122, 219, 220 and 221
    10:25-10:45 a.m. Coffee Break Student Library Lounge, 2nd Floor
    10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Parallel Sessions Rooms 122, 219, 220 and 221
    HOWE CENTER
    12:15-1:30 p.m. Lunch Pierce Dining Hall, 2nd Floor
    BABBIO CENTER
    1:30-2:45 p.m. Parallel Sessions Rooms 104, 219, 220 and 221
    2:45-3:05 p.m. Coffee Break Student Library Lounge, 2nd Floor
    3:05-4:25 p.m. Parallel Sessions Rooms 104, 219, 220 and 221
    HOWE CENTER
    5:30-6:30 p.m. Poster Session and Cocktail Hour Bissinger Room,4th Floor
    6:30-8 p.m.
    • Dinner
    • Sponsor Speech: Agilent
    • Host Speech
    • David Vaccari
    • Professor,
      Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2019
    TIME TITLE LOCATION
    BABBIO CENTER
    8-9 a.m. Breakfast Student Library Lounge, 2nd Floor
    9-10:25 a.m. Parallel Sessions Rooms 104, 122, 220 and 221
    10:25-10:45 a.m. Coffee Break Student Library Lounge, 2nd Floor
    10:45-11:45 a.m. Parallel Sessions Rooms 104, 122, 220 and 221
    HOWE CENTER
    11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. Lunch Pierce Dining Hall, 2nd Floor
    BABBIO CENTER
    1-2 p.m. Parallel Sessions Rooms 104, 122 and 220
    HOWE CENTER
    2:10-2:30 p.m. Coffee Break Bissinger Room, 4th Floor
    2:30-3:05 p.m.
    • How earth science and economics can guide mitigation of the well-water arsenic problem across South Asia
    • Lex Van Geen, Plenary Speaker
    • Columbia University, USA
    3:05-3:40 p.m.
    • Exploring the Evolving Landscape of Persistent and Bioactive Chemicals: A Tiered Exposure and Risk Ranking and Assessment Framework
    • Panos Georgopoulos, Plenary Speaker
    • Rutgers University, USA
    3:40-4:30 p.m. Young Scientists Award Presentations
    4:30-5 p.m.
    • Sponsor Awards and Announcements
    • Agilent Awards
    • Best Oral Presentation, Best Poster
    • Wellington Awards
    • Best Oral Presentation, Best Poster
    • Announcement of ISPTS 2020
    • Nicolas Kalogerakis
    • Technical University of Crete, Greece
    • Closing Remarks
    5-6 p.m. Cocktail Hour
    6-8 p.m. Dinner
    MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2019
    TIME TITLE LOCATION
    10 a.m. Lab Tours Center for Environmental Systems, Davidson Laboratory
    8 a.m. Field Trip (buses provided)
    • Bear Mountain State Park Bear Mountain, NY
    • Woodbury Commons Central Valley, NY
    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2019
    TIME TITLE LOCATION
    10 a.m. Lab Tours Center for Environmental Systems, Davidson Laboratory
    Field Trip (self-guided) New York City, NY