4th INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP on Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances - PFAS

Submitted by stefan.brandmaier on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 15:39

4th International Workshop on Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances is organized and sponsored by University of Applied Sciences Fresenius, Campro Scientific GmbH, Evonik Industries AG.

For further information visit: http://ft.hs-fresenius.de/ or contact Heike Weil at weil@hs-fresenius.de

Conference Chair

Thomas P. Knepper, University of Applied Science Fresenius, Germany

Please remember to submit abstracts for oral and poster presentations by September 1st, 2012.

Contributions on the following themes are invited to supplement the plenary lectures listed below.


CONFERENCE THEMES

Analysis, fate and ecotoxicology

  • Modern analytic instrumentation
  • Applications of modern mass spectrometric techniques
  • Structure elucidation
  • Detection of PFAS at ultra-trace concentrations
  • Identification of unknown compounds as transformation products of photolysis and hydrolysis or biodegradation
  • Monitoring the environmental processes and their global distribution
  • Ecotoxicological effects as a result of environmental exposure

Human exposure

  • Presentation of results of the European Union funded project, PERFOOD (PERFluorinated Organics in Our Diet)
  • Environmental persistence of PFAS
  • Toxicological risks of PFAS
  • Various pathways of human and environmental exposure

Consumer products

  • Contribution to levels of PFAS in the environment and to human exposure
  • Improved application

Regulations

  • Latest developments in the field of assessment, eco labelling and regulation


SPEAKERS (so far)

Urs Berger, ITM, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

  • Is the quality of current analytical methods for PFASs still a limitation for our understanding of their fate?

Ian Cousins, ITM, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

  • State-of-the-art in research on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and future outlook

Pim de Voogt, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  • Perfluorinated organic substances in the European diet - an overview of achievements of the EU-project PERFOOD

Thomas Peter Knepper, University of Applied Sciences Fresenius, Idstein, Germany

  • PFAS in outdoor jackets – a comprehensive study (PFC-EXPO)

Bob Buck, DuPont Chemicals and Fluoroproducts, Wilmington, Delaware, USA

  • The toxicological profile of alternative short-chain polyfluorinated substances

Valeriu Curtui, DCM, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Parma, Italy

  • Perfluoroalkylated substances: occurrence and dietary exposure in Europe

Tony Fletcher, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK

  • Which diseases are probably linked to PFOA contaminated drinking water? Conclusions from the C8 Science Panel

Tobias Frömel, University of Applied Sciences Fresenius, Idstein, Germany

  • Analytical Methods of PFAS in textiles

Vanessa Gellrich, University of Applied Sciences Fresenius, Idstein, Germany

  • Monitoring and balance of selected PFAS-species in Germany

Gerhard Heinemeyer, The Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Berlin, Germany

  • Consequences of PERFOOD findings for EU regulation (eg WFD and Marine Strategy directive)

Frank Thomas Lange, TZW Water Technology Center, Karlsruhe, Germany

  • PFC and drinking water – from source waters to finished waters

Martin Scheringer, ETH, Zürich, Switzerland

  • Many fluorinated chemicals are potential PBT substances and potential Persistent Organic Pollutants

Robin Vestergren, ITM, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

  • Human exposure to perfluoroalkyl acids

Lena Vierke, UBA - Federal Environment Agency, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany

  • Perfluorocarboxylic Acids – transposing scientific findings into regulation

Andrea Wagner, TZW Water Technology Center, Karlsruhe, Germany

  • Combustion ion chromatography (CIC) as a new approach for measurement of adsorbable organic fluorine (AOF) – an alternative to target compound analysis of PFC

Ning Wang, DuPont Chemicals and Fluoroproducts, Wilmington, Delaware, USA

  • Microbial biodegradation of polyfluorinated chemicals in the environment

Zhanyun Wang, ETH, Zürich, Switzerland

  • Diffuse emissions of poly- and perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs) in Zurich (Switzerland) revealed by a combined measurement-and-modeling technique


CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

Registration is now open. Register by October 7th, 2012. Special reduced registration fees are available for students.