State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution (SKLMP), City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Session ST 2.2: A Training Session on Pollution Assessment and Management (PAM)

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
26 August, 2024

ST 2.3: Capacity Building Workshop on the Global Estuaries Monitoring (GEM) Programme

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

Currently, more than 100,000 chemical substances are used in our daily lives and industries. Many of these chemicals eventually end up in estuaries and oceans through various pathways such as rivers, surface runoff, and partially treated wastewater from treatment plants, ultimately causing potential hazards to marine organisms. Unfortunately, there is a lack of information regarding the occurrence and environmental risks of various contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in global estuaries, particularly in Africa, South America, Southeast Asia, and Oceania coastal areas. To address this issue, the Global Estuaries Monitoring (GEM) Programme has been launched under the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. Its visions are to develop a global monitoring network, reveal the pollution status, and co-create solutions with the global partners for cleaner and safer estuaries.

Expected outcomes and outputs 

The GEM Workshop will serve as an affiliated activity of the GEM Programme. This workshop will provide a platform for participants to bring together action partners, to deliver the latest research progress and achievements of the GEM Programme during 2021 – 2024, to co-create potential collaborative projects and action plans for the next phase of GEM, and to develop innovative solutions for combating estuary and marine pollution problems, with an aim to achieve UN Ocean Decade’s ultimate goal of a cleaner ocean by 2030.

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)
14:00- 14:20                            Welcoming and Introduction of the GEM Programme

  • Professor Kenneth Leung
14:20-14:40 Environmental Risk Assessment and Risk Management

  • Professor Kenneth Leung
14:40-15:00 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
15:00-15:20 Progress and Prospects of the GEM Programme

  • Dr. Chong Chen (Postdoc), State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution (City University of Hong Kong)
15:20-15:40 Advanced Passive Sampler Development

  • Ms. Demilade T. Adedipe (PhD Student), State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution (City University of Hong Kong)
15:40-16:20 Free Discussion and Closing Remarks

  • Professor Kenneth Leung
  • Professor Xinhong Wang

 

26 August, 2024