6th SETAC Africa Conference

21st Century Africa and Beyond–Balancing Economic Growth Opportunities With Environmental Sustainability
2–5 September 2013, Lusaka, Zambia

Abstract submission is now open!

Important Deadlines
Abstract Submission
Short Courses
Keynote Speakers
Conference Registration
Meeting Organisation

Important Deadlines

30 April: Session Proposals
1 June: Abstract submission
30 June: Early registration
15 August: Advance registration
2 September: Onsite registration

Abstracts

Session and short course proposals are still welcome until 30 April. Meanwhile, submit your abstract online in one of the following sessions.

1. Environmental regulation of pesticides in Africa
   Chairs: Floor Peeters, Alterra Wageningen-UR, and Alemeyehu Woldeamanual, Animal and Plant Health Regulatory Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Ethiopia
2. Soil and water pollutants’ assessment, monitoring and remediation
   Chair: Beatrice Olutoyin Opeolu, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
3. Monitoring, fate and transport of agricultural chemicals and emerging pollutants in the environment
   Chair: Gabriel Nuffield Kasozi, Department of Chemistry, Makerere University Kampala
4. Environmental and public health effect of waste generation and management in Africa
   Chair: Adekunle Bakare
5. Fate and effects of pesticides in the African environment
   Chairs: Paul van den Brink, Alterra and Wageningen University, and Silke Bollmohr, HAMANA
6. Nanotechnology and the Environment
   Chairs: Ndeke Musee, CSIR, and Melusi Thwala, CSIR
7. Environmental fate and ecotoxicity of Petroleum
   Chairs: Randal Albertus, SASOL
8. Sustainable use of pesticides
   Chairs: Ettore Capri, University Piacenza, Italy, and Alexandru Marchis, OPERA, Brussels
9. Human Health effects of environmental pollution
   Chair:Hans Peter Hutter
10. Aquatic biomass for clean environment and clean biofuels
    Chair: Mohammed Ismail Abdel-Hamid, University of Mansoura, Applied Phycology and Water Quality, Egypt
11. Ecotoxicology in tropic environments
    Chair: Michiel Daam, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Technical University of Lisbon

Submit your abstract online.

Short Courses

1. Higher-tier risk assessment tools: Species sensitivity distributions and model ecosystems?| Michiel Daam
   
2. Computer-based methods in toxicology| Barry Hardy, Director Douglas Connect
3. Microalgae for wastewater treatment: A prospective approach for clean environment and renewable energy | Mohammed Ismail Abdel-Hamid, University of Mansoura , Applied Phycology and Water Quality, Egypt
4. Wastewater microalgae identification and application | Patricia Harvey, University of Greenwich, UK; Keith Cowan, Rhodes University South Africa; Blahos Marsalek, Masaryk University Brno; and Mohammed Hamid, University of Mansoura, Egypt
5. Ecosystem services and its application in environmental risk assessment | Silke Bollmohr, HAMANA
6. Summer School (4-5 days prior or after the conference) organised by ANCAP on Bioassays, Bioindicators & Biomarkers

Keynote Speakers

Coming soon.

Conference Registration

More information coming soon.

Meeting Organisation

SETAC Africa

Patricia Bi Asanga Fai, Acting President
Silke Bolmohr, General Secretary
Aviti Mmochi, Treasurer
Randal Albertus, Council member
Placid Tankie, Administrative staff

Local Organising Committee

Onesmus Munyati, Chair, University of Zambia
Samuel .F. Banda, Vice Chair, University of Zambia
Paul Mulenga, National Institute for Scientific Research
Henry Njapau, National Institute for Scientific Research
David Kapindula, Zambia Environmental Management Authority
Concillia Monde, Zambia

Financial Committee

Randal Albertus, Chair, Sasol Technology (Pty) Limited, Sasolburg, South Africa
Aviti Mmochi, Institute of Marine Sciences, Zanzibar, Tanzania
Kalumbu Malekani, Smithers Viscient, USA
Onesmus Munyati, Zambia
Paul Mulenga, Zambia
Alétia Chapman, South Africa

Scientific Committee

Silke Bolmohr, Chair, HAMANA, South Africa
Barry Hardy, Douglas Connect, Switzerland
Derek Muir, Environment Canada, Canada
Fotio Daniel, Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD), Cameroon
Kaampwe Muzanda, University of Zambia, Zambia
Lorraine Maltby, University of Sheffield, UK
Malekani Kalumbu, Smithers Viscient, Boston, USA
Michiel Daam, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
Norbert Scholz, Evonik Industries AG, Germany
Olubayo Akinson, Nigeria
Otitoju Olawale, University Wukari, Nigeria
Paul van den Brink, Alterra and Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Phillip Judson, Chemical and Bioactivity Information Centre, UK
Samuel F Banda, University of Zambia, Zambia