Convenor

Convenors

State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution (SKLMP), City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China (SKLMP) Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA)

Venue

TBC

Overview

This 4-hour training session will introduce the fundamental concepts and best practices in environmental risk assessment and management of chemical contaminants. It will also provide an overview of the frontier technologies in monitoring and assessment of marine pollution. Special focus will be placed on new pollutants and the risks they pose to the marine ecosystem and public health. We will also introduce the research progress of some global-scale studies. 

Through this training session, participants will acquire the concepts and principles of environmental risk assessment, risk management, and communication as applied in practice. They will also understand the basic risk assessment tools (i.e., prospective, retrospective, and tiered approaches) for environmental risk management. By learning from the latest research, participants will learn about advanced methods for monitoring emerging chemicals of concern and their current status in coastal environments around the world. This training session will also enable participants to appreciate and employ modern approaches in pollution assessment and management in environmental policy formulation and decision-making.

Program

Time	AGENDA
	Chair Professor Kenneth Leung (Chief Professor), Dean of School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong; Chair Professor of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong; Director of State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution (City University of Hong Kong)
10 min	Welcoming and Introduction Professor Kenneth Leung
40 min	Environmental Risk Assessment and Risk Management Professor Kenneth Leung
40 min	Ecotoxicology of Persistent Organic Pollutants Professor Xinhong Wang (Professor), State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science (MEL), Xiamen University, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Coastal Ecology and Environmental Studies, College of the Environment & Ecology, Xiamen University
40 min	Environmental Monitoring and Innovative Technology Professor Rudolf Wu (Research Chair Professor), Advisor (Environmental Science), Department of Science and Environmental Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong; Member of SKLMP
10 min	Break
40 min	Environmental Risks of E-Waste Professor Henry He (Assistant Professor), School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong; Member of SKLMP
40 min	The Threats and Monitoring Techniques for Antibiotic Resistant Gene Dr. Xuemei Mao (Research Assistant Professor), Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
20 min	Free Discussion and Closing Remarks