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Conference Program
We are pleased to announce the final Conference Program is now available.
Please click here to download a copy of the Speaker Program.
Please click here to download a copy of the Poster Program.
NB. Program is subject to change
Keynote and Invited Speakers
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MARTIN COPE (Australia)
Dr. Martin Cope is a Principal Research Scientist based at the Centre for Australian Climate and Weather Research (a partnership between the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research). Martin has been working in the area of air quality modelling and applications for over 25 years. Martin's specific areas of research include the following.
- Investigating the relationship between climate change and air quality and health.
- Investigating the impact of alternative motor vehicle fuels on urban air quality.
- The development and application of tools for the strategic assessment of photochemical smog impacts over urban and regional scales.
- Investigating the relationship between intra-urban pollution sources, population exposure and health impacts.
- Investigating the transport and production of secondary inorganic and organic aerosols.
- The development and application of short–term air quality forecasting systems.
- Linking the emissions of organic and inorganic air pollution precursors from natural and vegetated sources with urban and regional air quality.
Martin recently managed a project (supported by the Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts) to develop and test a methodology for predicting the impact of climate change on photochemical smog exposure in Australian urban areas. |
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PETER NEWMAN (Australia)
Peter Newman is Professor of Sustainability at Curtin University, Perth. He has just been appointed to the Board of Infrastructure Australia.
In 2001-3 Peter directed the production of WA’s Sustainability Strategy in the Department of the Premier and Cabinet – the first state sustainability strategy in the world.
In 2004-5 he was a Sustainability Commissioner in Sydney advising the government on planning issues.
In 2006-7 he was a Fulbright Senior Scholar at the University of Virginia Charlottesville where he completed two new books: Resilient Cities: Responding to Peak Oil and Climate Change and Cities as Sustainable Ecosystems.
In Perth, Peter is best known for his work in saving, reviving and extending the city’s rail system. Peter invented the term ‘automobile dependence’ to describe how we have created cities where we have to drive everywhere. For 30 years since he attended Stanford University during the first oil crisis he has been warning cities about preparing for peak oil. Peter’s book with Jeff Kenworthy, Sustainability and Cities: Overcoming Automobile Dependence, was launched at the White House in 1999. He was a Councillor for the City of Fremantle from 1976-80 where he still lives. |
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NICK OTTER (Australia)
Nick Otter is currently the CEO of the newly-formed Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute, an international think-tank setup by the Australian government (Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism).
Nick’s previous position was Director of Technology and External Affairs - a senior strategic technology role within ALSTOM Power, a major world-wide supplier of power generation equipment, systems and services.
Nick has also served as Energy advisor to the UK Government where his positions include Chair of the UK Department of Trade and Industry Advisory Committee on Carbon Abatement Technologies for fossil fuels, UK technical representative on the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum, member of the Energy Research Partnership and member of the UK Fusion Research Advisory Board.
Nick has worked closely with the European Commission on energy related issues, and was involved in the setting up of the European Technology Platform on `Zero Emission Fossil Fuel Power Plant` launched in December 2005. |
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PAUL SOLOMON (USA) - Proudly sponsored by Ecotech 
Dr. Paul A. Solomon is a Senior Environmental Scientist at the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, located in Las Vegas, USA. Paul’s research interests include the development, evaluation and application of measurement methods to characterize the chemical composition and physical characteristics of fine, coarse and ultrafine particulate matter (PM) and related species in air to better understand pollutant accumulation on urban and regional scales and source-receptor-exposure relationships. Dr. Solomon obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Arizona in analytical environmental chemistry and conducted postdoctoral research at the California Institute of Technology, followed by research in private industry prior to joining the US EPA. Dr. Solomon has nearly 60 journal publications and book chapters, has organized 20 special journal issues, and has three methods patents and a fourth pending. Dr. Solomon has chaired three major international conferences and is currently organizing a fourth. |
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| INVITED SPEAKERS |
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TON VAN HARREVELD (Spain)
Ton van Harreveld has consulted in odour and related environmental issues for over 25 years, following an education in agricultural engineering in Holland. Based now in Spain, he was prominent in the development of the European odour measurement standard (closely reflected in the Australian and New Zealand standard) and is working on a new standard for in-field odour assessments. Ton's work has directly influenced odour policy in several European countries and has informed policy makers and practitioners around the world. He has been a regular contributor to CASANZ and other conferences in Australia. He is currently promoting the improvement of odour modelling techniques in Europe, where there is a strong reliance on steady-state Gaussian plume models. Ton recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of his company, Odournet. |
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AKULA VENKATRAM (USA)
Dr. Akula Venkatram is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Riverside (UCR), where he has been since 1993. Dr. Venkatram received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University in 1976. He was a research scientist at the Atmospheric Environment Service, Canada, for a year before joining the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Toronto in 1977. During the period 1981-1993, he was at ENSR Consulting and Engineering, where his last position was Vice President of Air Sciences.
Dr. Venkatram’s research focuses on micrometeorology, the development and application of air quality models, and model evaluation. His research group has conducted several field studies to collect data to develop dispersion models applicable to urban areas. Dr. Venkatram has led the development of comprehensive long-range transport models, including the Acid Deposition and Oxidant Model (ADOM), the Visibility and Haze in the Western Atmosphere (VISHWA) model, and the Simplified Ozone Modelling System (SOMS). Dr. Venkatram was a member of the committee that developed the AMS/EPA Regulatory Model (AERMOD), which has replaced ISC as US EPA’s regulatory model. He now serves on an US EPA committee that is charged with overseeing the improvement of AERMOD. |
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