SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

21 January 2009 Wednesday

08:30-09:30    Registration

09:30-10:00    Opening Remarks

Session 1: “Water Resources of Izmir City”

Session Chairs: Dr.Ahmet Alpaslan (IZSU, Turkiye) & Prof.Dr.Ömer Zafer Alku (Chamber of Civil Engineers, Turkiye)

10:00-10:20    Süer Anaç, Ege University, Izmir, Turkiye                                    (1)
"Global Climate Change and Impact on Water Resources"

10:20-10:40    Gülay Demircioğlu, IZSU, Izmir, Turkiye                                      (2)
“Water Resources in Izmir, Drinking Water Treatment Plants and Monitoring Studies”

10:40-11:00    Necdet Alpaslan, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkiye              (3)
“Evaluation of Arsenic Removal Strategies for Drinking Water: Izmir Case”
                            
11:00-11:30    Coffee Break

Session 2: “Arsenic Contamination in Groundwater”

Session Chairs: Prof.Dr.Emür Henden (Ege University, Turkiye) & Hakkı Batur Demiray (Chamber of Geo-Engineers, Turkiye)

11:30-12:00    Jochen Bundschuh (Germany)                                                      (4)
“Arsenic in groundwater worldwide – where you search you will find it”

12:00-12:30    Prosun Bhattacharya (Sweden)                                                    (5)
“Arsenic contamination in drinking water of South Asia and sustainable management. What can we learn from the experiences from Bangladesh?”

12:30-13:30    Lunch Break

Session 3: “Arsenic in Water and Their Elimination by Adsorption”

Session Chairs: Prof.Dr.Necdet Alpaslan (Dokuz Eylul University, Turkiye) & Muhammed Yıldız (Chamber of Mining Engineers, Turkiye)

13:30-14:00    Jörg Matschullat (Germany)                                                         (6)
“Long-term arsenic pollution due to centuries of mining activities - risk assessment and risk reduction”

21 January 2009 Wednesday

14:00-14:30    Wolfgang Hoell (Germany)                                                          (7)
“Mechanisms  of Arsenic Removal from Water ”

14:30-15:00    Martin Jekel & Wolfgang Driehaus (Germany)                             (8)
“Arsenic Adsorption Technology - a Review of Long Term Performance in Full Scale Applications”

15:00-15:30    Coffee Break

Session 4: “Alternative Methods for Safe Water Production”

Session Chairs: Doç.Dr.Nuri Azbar (Ege University, Turkiye) & Halil Gezer (Chambers of Environmantal Engineers, Turkiye)

15:30-16:00    Marek Bryjak (Poland)                                                               (9)
“Membrane Processes in Safe Water Production”

16:00-16:30    Jan Hoinkis (Germany)                                                             (10)
  “Arsenic Removal from drinking water by nanofiltration and low energy reverse osmosis-A comprehensive study”

16:30-17:00    Jose-Luis Cortina (Spain)                                                        (11)  
“In-situ removal of arsenic from groundwaters by using permeable reactive barriers of organic matter/limestone/zerovalent Fe mixtures”

17:00-17:30    Cafer Yavuz (USA)                                                                   (12)
“Pollution Magnet: “Nano Magnetite for Arsenic Removal from Drinking Water”

 Session 5:  “Poster Session I”

17:30-19:30   

Session Chairs: Prof.Dr.Nalan Kabay (Ege University, Turkiye) & Prof.Dr.Mithat Yuksel (Ege University, Turkiye) & Y.Doç.Dr.Ercan Yeşilırmak (Adnan Menderes University, Turkiye)
 

Welcome Cocktail (Hosted by Izmir Metropolitan Municipality)

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

January 22, 2009 Thursday

Session 1:  “Distribution of As in Various Locations and Its Elimination”

Session Chairs: Prof.Dr.Jochen Bundchuh (Germany) &  Prof.Dr.Coşkun Sarı (Chamber of Geophysics Engineers, Turkiye)

09:30-10:00    Stefan Stauder (Germany)                                                         (13)
“Speciation of arsenic and removal strategies for an alkaline, NOM-rich    undwater - Case study Pannonian Basin”

10:00-10:30    Kazuharu Yoshizuka (Japan)                                                     (14)
“Analytical survey of arsenic contents in geothermal water in Kyushu, Japan and removal of arsenic contamination by using ion exchange method”

10:30-11:00    Marta Litter (Argentine)                                                            (15) “Low-cost solar technologies for arsenic removal in drinking water”

11:00-11:15    Coffee Break

Session 2: “Arsenic Removal by Polymeric Ion Exchange Resins and Membranes”

Session Chairs: Prof.Dr.Marek Bryjak (Wroclaw University, Poland) & Ertuğrul Barka (Chamber of Chemical Engineers, Turkiye)

11:15-11:45    Arup Sengupta (USA)                                                               (16) “Fixed Bed Sorption Processes for Arsenic Removal: Shortcomings, Long-Term Environmental Impacts and Remedial Measures”

11:45-12:15    Spiro Alexandratos (USA)                                                        (17) “Ion Exchange Resins for the Removal of Arsenic from Water”

12:15-12:45    Bernabe  Rivas (Chile)                                                               (18) “Removal of arsenic by using functional polymers”

12:45-13:45    Lunch Break

Session 3: “Health Effect of As”

Session Chairs: Prof.Dr.Jörg Matshullat (Germany) & Prof.Dr. Hülya Güven (Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, Turkiye)

13:45-14:15    Mario Suwalsky (Chile)                                                             (19) “Toxic effects of arsenic compounds on biological membranes”

14:15-14:45    Kyoung-Woong Kim (S.Korea)                                                (20) “Arsenic contamination of groundwater in SE Asia and human health issue”

14:45-15:05    Yeşim Tunçok (Turkiye)                                                            (21) “Arsenic in Drinking Water- Human Exposure and Health Effects”

15:05-15:25    Gül Kitapçıoğlu & Ayfer Haydaroğlu (Turkiye)                          (22) “Arsenic, Drinking Water and Cancer”

15:25-15:45    Ali Osman Karababa (Turkiye)                                                  (23) "Arsenic Exposure and Its Impact on Health"

15:45-16:00    Coffee Break

Session 4: “Arsenic Removal from Water by Various Methods”

Session Chairs: Prof.Dr.Marta Litter (Comisión Nacional de Energia, Argentine) &  Prof.Dr.Gürel Nişli (Chamber of Chemical Engineers, Turkiye)

16:00-16:30    Valentin Nenov (Bulgaria)                                                          (24) “Arsenic removal from aqueous solutions using nonstochiometric coprecipitation with iron”

16:30-17:00    Kaoru Ohe  (Japan)                                                                  (25)
“Arsenic removal from aqueous solution using magnetite”

17:00-17:30    Ludek Jelinek (Czech Republic)                                                 (26)
 Utilization of inorganic and composite sorbents based on hydrated iron oxide for arsenic removal

Session 5 : “Poster Session-II”

17:30-19:00

Session Chairs: Prof.Dr.Umran Yuksel (Ege University, Turkiye) & Prof.Dr.Dilek Anaç (Ege University, Turkiye) & Y.Doç.Dr.Müşerref Arda (Ege University, Turkiye)

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

January 23, 2009 Friday

Session 1: “Industrial Experiences for Safe Water Production and As Elimination from Water”

Session Chairs: Prof.Dr. Kazuharu Yoshizuka (The University of Kitakyushu, Japan) & Dr.Ludek Jelinek (Institute of Chemical Technology, Czech Republic)

09:30-10:00    Bruce Hendry (S.Africa)                                                            (27)
  “Factors in Reliable Treatment Plant Operation for Production of Safe Water”

10:00-10:30    Stephen Wrigley (Germany)                                                       (28)
“Understanding Water Chemistry and the Impacts on the Selective Adsorption of Arsenic”

10:30-11:00    Stefan Neumann (Germany)                                                       (29)
 “Removal of Arsenic from Potable Water by Means of a New Hybrid Adsorber”

11:00-11:20    Coffee Break

Session 2: “Industrial Experiences for Safe Water Production and As Elimination from Water”

Session Chairs: Prof.Dr.Wolfgang Hoell (Forchungsuentrum Karlsruhe, Germany) & Dr.Arup Sengupta (Lehigh University, USA)

11:20-11:50    Paul Sylvester (USA)                                                                (30)
“Arsenic Removal from Potable Water: Point-of-Use, Point-of-Entry and Municipal Experiences”

11:50-12:20    Edward Belsten (Italy)                                                               (31)
“A very effective and efficient hydrid media for arsenic removal-Field   Experiences”

12:20-12:40    Closing Remarks

12:40-13:30    Lunch Break