Agenda

• National Anthem
• Recitation from the Holy Quran
• Speech of UAE Minister of Environment
• Documentary Show
• Speech of Director General of Arab Towns Organization
• Speech of Director General of Dubai Municipality
• Keynote Speaker : Dr. Bryan J. Hubbell, USA

Speaker: Dr. Douglas Dockery, USA
Does Air Pollution Control Produce Measurable Health Benefits?

Speaker: Dr. Bryan J. Hubbell, USA
Science and Policy Analysis in the Setting of US EPA Air Quality Standards

Speech of Dr Muwaffaq Saqqar, Senior Environmental Engineer, Kuwait

Speech of Platinum sponsor- SHARP

Speech of Climate Partner- EcoSecurities

Session A-1
Community Health Effects of Air Pollutants

Chair: Dr. Daniel Costa

Speaker: Dr. Paulo Saldiva, Brazil
Early Exposure to Ambient Particles and Risk of Pulmonary and Cardiac Diseases in Adult Life

Speaker: Dr. Klea Katsouyanni, Greece
Results from multi-center European studies on air pollution and health

Speaker: Dr. Gerard Hoek Netherlands
Effect of Exposure Measurement Error on Respiratory Health Effects in Children

Session B-1
Urban Air Quality Studies in Middle East

Chair: Dr. Philip Hopke

Speaker: Dr. Petros Koutrakis, USA
Characterization of Particulate Matter in Kuwait City

Speaker: Mr. Redha Salmn, UAE
Air Quality Management in Dubai

Speaker: Dr. Najat Saliba, Lebanon
Air Quality Assessment and Implications in Beirut

Session A-2
Air Pollutants & Reproductive Health Effects

Chair: Dr. Gerard Hoek

Speaker: Dr. Paulo Saldiva, Brazil
Exposure to Ambient Particles and Reproductive Toxicity

Speaker: Dr. Irina Cech, USA
Neural Tube Defects Near the Texas-Mexico Border and the Distance at Conception from Interstate Highways

Session B-2
International Air Quality Studies

Chair: Dr. Walid Bouhamra

Speaker: Dr. Jeffrey Brook, Canada
Behavior of Ozone and Fine Particulate Matter in a Complex Coastal Environment: The Southern Great Lakes Region

Speaker: Dr. Pedro Oyola, Chile
Air Quality in Santiago, Chile

Speaker: Mr. Michael Walsh, USA
Global Trends in Motor Vehicle Pollution Control: A 2008 Update

Speaker: Dr. Robert Devlin, USA
Health Effects of Air Pollutants in Humans: Identification of Susceptible Populations, Key Mechanistic Pathways, and Linkage Between Components/Sources and Effects

Session A-3
Traffic Pollution & Health Consequences

Chair: Dr. Klea Katsouyanni

Speaker: Dr. Gerard Hoek, Netherlands
Effects of Long-Term Exposure to (Traffic-related) Air Pollution on Cause Specific Mortality

Speaker: Dr. Joachim Heinrich, Germany
Overview of near road-way studies and asthma and allergies in children

Speaker: Dr. Jeremy Sarnat, USA
Comparing Indicators of Exposure to Traffic Pollution for Asthmatic Children along the US-Mexico Border

Session B-3
Air Quality and Planning

Chair: Dr. Pedro Oyola

Speaker: Dr. Farid Chaaban, Oman
Sampling and Economic Impacts of Air Quality Degradation

Speaker: Dr. Philip Hopke, USA
Source Apportionment for Air Quality Planning

Speaker: Dr. Aiman Soleiman, Jordan
The Development of an Air Quality Management Plan for a Local Environment: Experience from the Middle East

Session A-4
International Health Effects Studies

Chair: Dr. Irina Cech

Speaker: Dr. Douglas Dockery, USA
The Effects of Saharan Dust

Speaker: Dr. Youcef Laid, Algeria
Health Effects of PM10 Air Pollution in Algiers

Speaker: Dr. Sabit Cakmak, Canada
Components of Particulate Air Pollution and Mortality and Morbidity in Chile

Session B-4
Impact of Policy on Air Quality

Chair: Dr. Farid Chaaban

Speaker: Dr. Lars Gidhagen, Sweden
Congestion Charging and Other Actions to Improve Air Quality in Stockholm

Speaker: Dr. Marwan Dimashki, Syria
Absence of Regional Planning and its Effects on Air Quality Management in Syria

Speaker: Dr. Pedro Oyola, Chile
The Impact of The Change in The Public Transport System on Air Pollution Emissions: A Study at a Street Level in Santiago, Chile.

Session A-5
Toxicological Effects of Air Particles

Chair: Dr. Nino Künzli

Speaker: Dr. Günter Oberdörster, USA
Concepts of Nanoparticle Toxicology

Speaker: Dr. Daniel Costa, USA
Health Effects of Air Pollutants: What Animal Studies Tell us that Supports and Expands what we Have Learned from Human Studies

Session B-5
Measurement of Air Pollutants

Chair: Dr. Jeffrey Brook

Speaker: Dr. Philip Demokritou, Cyprus
Ambient and Personal Measurements of PM10, PM2.5 and Gaseous Co-pollutants

Speaker: Dr. Walid Bouhamra, Kuwait
Health Risk Assessment of Common Hazardous Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in Typical Residential Areas in Kuwait

Session A-6
Urban Air Particles & Health Effects

Chair: Dr. Günter Oberdörster

Speaker: Dr. Joachim Heinrich, Germany
Improved air quality leads to improved respiratory health with the exception of allergies. Experiences from Eastern Germany

Speaker: Dr. Klea Katsouyanni, Athens
Joint Effects of High Temperature And Air Pollution on Mortality

Speaker: Dr. Sabit Cakmak, Canada
Alternative Estimation for Poisson Counting Process with Application to Study Acute Air Pollution Health Outcomes

Session B-6
Assessment of Indoor Air Quality

Chair: Dr. Lars Gidhagen

Speaker: Dr. Irina Cech, USA
Factors Contributing to Elevated Radon in the Indoor Air: Information for Public Health Workers

Speaker: Dr. Walid Bouhamra, Kuwait
Assessment of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) in Kuwait Residences and Evaluation of IAQ Models

Speaker: Dr. Jeremy Sarnat, USA
Conducting Particulate Matter Exposure Assessment for Time-series and Cross-sectional Health Effects Studies: Lessons from the Harvard Personal Exposure

Session A-7
Patho-physiological Mechanisms of Air Pollutants

Chair: Dr. Paulo Saldiva

Speaker: Dr. Günter Oberdörster, USA
The Brain as Target Organ for Inhaled Ultrafine Particles?

Speaker: Dr. Daniel Costa, USA
Respiratory-Cardiovascular Interactions: Effect of Respiratory Impairments on Cardiovascular Functions

Speaker: Dr. Robert Devlin, USA
Identification of Pathophysiological Pathways by Which Air Pollution Kills People.

Session B-7
Modeling of Air Pollutants

Chair: Dr. Najat Saliba

Speaker: Dr. Jeffrey Brook, Canada
Measuring and Modeling Ship Plumes to Improve Emissions and Determine Impacts: Case Study from Vancouver, Canada

Speaker: Dr. Philip Hopke, USA
The Formation of SOA and its Role in Fine Particle Mass

Speaker: Dr. Lars Gidhagen, Sweden
A Web-Based Model Tool to Assess Current and Future PM10, PM2.5 and NO2 Levels in Sweden

• Prof. Farid B. Chaaban
• Dr. Najat Saliba
• Dr. Daniel Costa
• Dr. Klea Katsouyanni
• Mr. Michael Walsh

Closing Ceremony