The Congress will address the broader context of arsenic research along the following themes (but not only be restricted) to the following themes:
Theme 1: Arsenic Behaviour in changing environmental media- Sources, transport and fate of arsenic in groundwater systems
- Origin and reactivity of organic matter in high arsenic groundwater systems
- Biogeochemical processes controlling arsenic mobility and redox transformation
- Linkage of arsenic dynamics to groundwater hydraulic changing
- Impacts of climate change on groundwater arsenic and other redox-sensitive elements
- Arsenic and other trace elements in Chinese groundwater
- Spatial and temporal evolution of arsenic in mine waste and tailings
- Arsenic mobility and fate in contaminated soils and sediments
- Arsenic in dust and road deposits
- Advances and challenges in arsenic analysis in solid and aqueous matrix
Theme 2: Arsenic in a Changing Agricultural ecosystem- Processes and pathways of arsenic in agricultural ecosystems
- Arsenic dynamics in rhizospheres
- Microbial ecology of arsenic biotransformation in soils
- Molecular mechanisms of plant arsenic uptake
- Arsenic in marine biota
- Speciation and toxicity of arsenic in food chain
Theme 3: Health Impacts of Environmental Arsenic- Neurophysiological and IQ impacts of arsenic
- Exposure and epidemiology of arsenic impacts on human health
- Genetic predisposition of chronic arsenic poisoning
- Reliable biomarkers for arsenic exposure
- Risk assessment of chronic ingestion
- Threshold values of food arsenic
- Multi metal synergies in chronic exposure cases
Theme 4: Technologies for Arsenic immobilization and Clean Water Blueprints- Adsorption and co-precipitation for arsenic removal
- Ion exchange and membrane technologies
- Nanotechnology applications in arsenic treatment
- Arsenic solidification and immobilization for contaminated soils
- Phytoremediation of arsenic-contaminated soils
- Innovative technologies
Theme 5: Sustainable Mitigation and Management- Societal involvement for mitigations of long-term exposure
- Policy instruments to regulate arsenic exposures
- Risk assessments and remediation of contaminated land and water environments – Case studies
- Mitigation and management of arsenic in a sustainable way
- Drinking water regulations of water safety plan
- Arsenic in drinking water and implementation plan for safe drinking water supply from sustainable development perspectives
