Joint SoBRA / RSC December 2017 Conference
Current Issues in Contaminated Land Risk Assessment
Date: 5th December 2017
Venue: The Royal Society of Chemistry, The Library, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BA
Booking: Details to follow shortly
Programme
9:30 am Registration, tea & coffer
9:50 am Morning Chairs Remarks & Housekeeping – Alex Lee (SoBRA)
10:00 am Environment Agency Update on Research/Publications/Guidance – Angela Haslam (Environment Agency)
10:25 am NHBC’s Land Quality Endorsement – Lisa Hathaway & Gavin Allsopp (NHBC)
10:45 am Discussion & Questions to Speakers
11:00 am Morning Tea & Coffee Break
11:15 am Challenges of the Practical Application of Part 2a – A Case Study – Stephen Tromans
11:45 am EFSA Review of the Toxicology of PFAS – Martin Rose (University of Manchester)
12:15 am Discussion & Questions to Speakers
12:30 pm Lunch
13:20 pm SoBRA Annual General Meeting
13:45 pm Afternoon Chairs Remarks – Kate Jones (RSC Toxicology Group)
13:50 pm Update on Newcastle Allotments Biomonitoring Study – Lindsay Bramwell (Newcastle City Council)
14:20 pm Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Pesticide Leaching Assessment Program (PLAP) – Annette Rosenbom
15:00 am Discussion & Questions to Speakers
15:15 pm Afternoon Tea & Coffee Break
15:30 pm Oral Bioaccesibility of Potentially Toxic Elements in the Urban Area of Belfast – Tatiana Cocerva (Queen’s University Belfast)
15:50 pm Outcomes from the SoBRA Summer 2017 Workshop – Sarah Mortimer/Geraint Williams (SoBRA)
16:00 pm Updates from Subgroups
- Asbestos: Simon Cole (Aecom)
- Acute risk assessment: Barry Mitcheson (AMEC)
- Standards: Geraint Williams (SoBRA)
16:45 pm Discussion and questions to speakers
16:55 pm Closing Remarks
17:00 pm Drinks reception