Calendar of Events
Below are the environmental health events that match the items selected here, listed chronologically. To search for a different subset of events, please select from these options:
Search tip: To quickly find a term – such as "asthma" or "pesticides" – on this page, use your browser's search function from the menu, or try Ctrl-F on a PC or Command-F on a Mac.
*This searchable calendar of events is maintained by ICEH for these collaborations:
- The Partnership for Children's Health and the Environment (PCHE)
- The Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiative (LDDI)
- CHE-Northwest (CHE-NW) that includes CHE-Washington, CHE-Oregon and CHE-Alaska
List of Upcoming Events |
Updated July 2, 2008 | First Thursday Films on Pollution and Health
Thursday July 3, 2008
6:30 p.m.
Portland, Oregon at the Screening Room, 925 Northwest 19th Avenue Sponsor: Health and Environment Committee, a subcommittee of the Northwest District Association
Join Neighbors West Northwest for two locally-produced documentaries, "Living Diesel" and "What's in Our Air?" "Living Diesel" explores the effects of this pollution on human health and the resolutions being explored and implemented, with the help of new government policies and the good will of some private companies. "What's in our Air?" looks at the health impacts of air pollution in residential neighborhoods and documents neighbors' activism to counter the effects of air pollution. A wine and beer bar will provide no-host refreshments and snacks.
Price: free
Website: http://www.neighborhoodnotes.com/nw/northwest_district/events/2008/06/free_screening_of_two_local_documentaries_on_air_pollution_and_health/ Contact: Neighbors West Northwest, 503-823-4288
Teleconference -- The Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiative Scientific Consensus Statement
Tuesday July 8, 2008
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Eastern time
Sponsor: AAIDD's Environmental Health Initiative (EHI)
Scientific research and experience has clearly established that environmental contaminants can cause developmental disorders. The LDDI Scientific Consensus Statement outlines the current scientific understanding of the links between environmental factors and learning and developmental disabilities. It also identifies important research areas that hold promise of further advancing our understanding of these links. This statement is intended as a guide to scientists, medical professionals, policymakers, public health advocates and the general public in advancing their efforts to address the important individual and social issues raised by learning and developmental disabilities.
Price: free
Website: http://www.ehinitiative.org/Projects/tele_con.htm Contact: Laura Abulafia, 202-387-1968 or Laura@aaidd.org
Principles of Scientific Sampling for Environmental Professionals: Study Design, Data Reporting and the Appropriate Use of Statistics to Support Conclusions
Tuesday through Thursday, July 8 - 10, 2008
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Austin, Texas at the Hilton Garden Inn, 500 North Interstate 35 Sponsor: Northwest Environmental Training Center (NWETC)
This course provides an overview that will cover the basic terms, concepts and logic that underlie modern scientific sampling. Much of the class will be devoted to the understanding of how to apply the basic concepts of probability to sampling problems and how to use probability to measure the effectiveness of the sampling process. We will discuss the difference between purposive and random sampling and discuss why random sampling (and its many variations) is so frequently used in manufacturing, science and government. Continuing education credits are available.
Price: $595, $495 reduced tuition is available to those who qualify
Website: http://www.nwetc.org/stat-403_07-08_austin.htm Contact: Northwest Environmental Training Center, 206-762-1976
Autism Society of America 39th National Conference and Exposition
Wednesday through Saturday, July 9 - 12, 2008
Kissimmee, Florida
Policy Analysis and Advocacy Training for Community-based Participatory Research Practitioners
Thursday July 10, 2008
9:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Eugene, Oregon at Serbu Youth Campus, Carmichael Training Room, 2727 Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard Sponsor: Northwest Health Foundation
Public policies have an enormous impact on our personal health and well-being, aw well as that of our communities. Community-based research partnerships (CBRP) are uniquely qualified to devise and propose healthy public policies. In this half-day training, CBPR practitioners will learn how to design a policy-change project from the ground up, as well as how to use completed research to impact policy.
Price: free, but space is limited and registration is required
Website: http://nwhf.org/registration_form_new.php Contact: David Rebanal, 503-220-1955 or rebanal@nwhf.org
The Fourth National Integrity in Science Conference
Friday July 11, 2008
Washington, DC at the Ronald Reagan International Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Sponsor: The Center for Science in the Public Interest
Become part of the growing movement to reinvigorate public sector science and end corporate and political influence over the scientific process. Sessions will include 1) Tackling the Climate Crisis: Unleashing Government Research, 2) Curbing Conflicts in Medical & Environmental Science, 3) Rebuilding Research Capacity at Regulatory Agencies, 4) Clean Energy -- Do Special Interests Drive the Agenda?, and more.
Price: unknown
Website: http://www.cspinet.org/integrity/conflictedscience_conf.html Contact: Integrity in Science Project, science@cspinet.org
Policy Analysis and Advocacy Training for Community-based Participatory Research Practitioners
Friday July 11, 2008
11:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Portland, Oregon at Kaiser Permanente's Town Hall in the Ballroom, 3704 North Interstate Avenue Sponsor: Northwest Health Foundation
Public policies have an enormous impact on our personal health and well-being, as well as on that of our communities. Community-based research partnerships (CBRP) are uniquely qualified to devise and propose healthy public policies. In this half-day training, CBPR practitioners will learn how to design a policy-change project from the ground up, as well as how to use completed research to impact policy.
Price: free, but space is limited and registration is required
Website: http://nwhf.org/registration_form_new.php Contact: David Rebanal, 503-220-1955 or rebanal@nwhf.org
Brain Development and Learning: Making Sense of the Sciences
Saturday through Tuesday, July 12 - 15, 2008
Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
Fundamental Contaminant Chemistry: A Review of Chemistry Principles Essential for Understanding Contaminant Behavior in the Environment
Monday July 14, 2008
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Reno, Nevada at the Circus Circus Hotel and Casino, 500 North Sierra Street Sponsor: Northwest Environmental Training Center (NWETC)
This course provides participants with an overview of key chemistry concepts associated with environmental contamination and provides a foundation for understanding contaminant transport and fate. This material is intended for environmental professionals who are not chemists but who require a fundamental understanding of chemistry principles for their work. This course is recommended for all environmental professionals working with contaminated soil and water with minimal formal training in the subject. It is also recommended for project managers seeking a review of the subject. Continuing education credits are available.
Price: $250, $195 reduced tuition is available to those who qualify
Website: http://www.nwetc.org/chem-403a_07-08_reno.htm Contact: Northwest Environmental Training Center, 206-762-1976
Teleconference -- Intro to the Collaborative for High Performance Schools
Monday July 14, 2008
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Pacific time
Sponsor: Collaborative for High Performance Schools
Interested in learning more about the CHPS program? CHPS is offering a free one-hour online/phone seminar. Participants will learn about the various resources and programs CHPS offers, the CHPS implementation roadmap, upcoming resources that are under development at CHPS, the newest states developing CHPS programs and the 2009 CHPS Criteria edition that will be released in June. School district officials, design professionals, nonprofits, product and service providers, students and anyone else are invited to join CHPS staff for this informative introduction to the program.
Price: free
Website: http://www.chps.net/events/trainingRSVP.htm
The Educated Citizen and Public Health: An Undergraduate Curriculum Development Institute
Monday and Tuesday, July 14 - 15, 2008
Crystal City, Virginia Sponsor: Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR)
The Association of American Colleges and Universities, in partnership with the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research, announces the next phase of The Educated Citizen and Public Health, a project designed to help faculty members create coherent undergraduate curricula that engage students with the world's major questions through the lens of public health. Application Deadline: February 27, 2008
Price: see financial support and obligations at the website below
Website: http://www.aacu.org/public_health/SummerInstitute08.cfm Contact: Nicole De Marco, 202-387-3760 ext. 810 or demarco@aacu.org
CHE Partnership Call -- Table Matters: How Industrial Animal Farms Impact Health and the Environment
Tuesday July 15, 2008
10:00 a.m. Pacific time/1:00 p.m. Eastern time
Sponsor: Collaborative on Health and the Environment
American industrial animal farms contribute to major environmental and human-health problems, according to a recent report from the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production. The two-year study outlines the negative impacts that the industrial farm animal production system has on public health, the environment, rural communities and animal welfare, and it proposes some measures to reduce them. Among the topics the speakers will discuss are hormones, pollution and overuse of antibiotics. Featured speakers will include Robert Lawrence, MD, MPH, professor of environmental health sciences, health policy, and international health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (a primary sponsor of the Pew report), and David Wallinga, MD, MPA, director of food and health at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.
Price: free
Website: http://www.healthandenvironment.org/articles/partnership_calls/3868
Public meeting -- The Voluntary Children's Chemical Evaluation Program (VCCEP)
Tuesday July 22, 2008
9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Washington, DC at EPA headquarters Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency
The purpose of the meeting is to discuss certain modifications of the Voluntary Children's Chemical Evaluation Program (VCCEP). EPA will present the modifications it is considering for VCCEP due to the comments received from stakeholders and the public on VCCEP's performance and implementation. Requests to participate in the meeting must be submitted to by July 17, 2008. Please identify the modification(s) you wish to discuss.
Price: free
Website: http://www.epa.gov/oppt/vccep/index.htm Contact: roman.catherine@epa.gov
A Small Dose of Toxicology: Health Hazards of Toxic Chemicals and Methods for Preventing Exposure
Wednesday July 23, 2008
9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Boulder, Colorado at the University of Colorado Humanities Building, 1775 Central Campus Mall Sponsor: Northwest Environmental Training Center
Do you want to learn more about the health effects of chemical exposures? Join Steven G. Gilbert, award-winning author, director and founder of the Institute of Neurotoxicology and Neurological Disorders, for this course. The course identifies potential health hazards of toxic chemicals and methods for preventing exposure. Chemicals we encounter in everyday life are used as examples to evaluate the hazards and risk of exposure and put them into perspective. Learn the basic principles of toxicology, tools for assessing the toxicology of chemicals, effects of chemicals on the body, and why some people are more sensitive to chemicals than others. Continuing education credits are available.
Price: $150, $95 reduced tuition is available for those who qualify.
Website: http://nwetc.org:80/etox-510_07-08_boulder.htm Contact: Northwest Environmental Training Center, 206-762-1976
2008 Annual Convention and Scientific Assembly
Saturday through Thursday, July 26 - 31, 2008
Atlanta, Georgia at the Atlanta Convention Center Sponsor: National Medical Association (NMA)
The 2008 NMA Annual Convention and Scientific Assembly offers an exciting venue to interact with the largest spectrum of African American physicians, academicians and scientists in the country as well as other allied health professionals. The focus for the conference is the "Elimination of Health Disparities." Educational sessions include Environmental Exposures Affecting Our Children, Update on Lead Exposure, Impact of Asthma on African American Communities: Clinical Lessons for Treating Patients for Environmental Toxins, and more.
Price: see website below for prices
Website: http://www.nmanet.org/ Contact: National Medical Association, 202-347-1895
A Small Dose of Toxicology: Health Hazards of Toxic Chemicals and Methods for Preventing Exposure
Tuesday July 29, 2008
9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Seattle, Washington at the Northwest Environmental Training Center, 650 South Orcas Street, Suite 220 Sponsor: Northwest Environmental Training Center
Do you want to learn more about the health effects of chemical exposures? Join Steven G. Gilbert, award-winning author, director and founder of the Institute of Neurotoxicology and Neurological Disorders, for this course. The course identifies potential health hazards of toxic chemicals and methods for preventing exposure. Chemicals we encounter in everyday life are used as examples to evaluate the hazards and risk of exposure and put them into perspective. Learn the basic principles of toxicology, tools for assessing the toxicology of chemicals, effects of chemicals on the body, and why some people are more sensitive to chemicals than others. Continuing education credits are available.
Price: $150 until July 5th, $245 after, $175 reduced tuition is available for those who qualify.
Website: http://nwetc.org/etox-510_07-08_seattle.htm Contact: Northwest Environmental Training Center, 206-762-1976
Fundamental Contaminant Chemistry: A Review of Chemistry Principles Essential for Understanding Contaminant Behavior in the Environment
Monday August 4, 2008
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Denver, Colorado at the Courtyard Marriott, 934 16th Street Sponsor: Northwest Environmental Training Center (NWETC)
This course provides participants with an overview of key chemistry concepts associated with environmental contamination and provides a foundation for understanding contaminant transport and fate. This material is intended for environmental professionals who are not chemists but who require a fundamental understanding of chemistry principles for their work. This course is recommended for all environmental professionals working with contaminated soil and water with minimal formal training in the subject. It is also recommended for project managers seeking a review of the subject. Continuing education credits are available.
Price: $250, $195 reduced tuition is available to those who qualify.
Website: http://www.nwetc.org/chem-403a_08-08_denver.htm Contact: Northwest Environmental Training Center, 206-762-1976
Summer Institute for Public Health Practice 2008
Monday through Friday, August 11 - 15, 2008
Seattle, Washington at the University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine Sponsor: Northwest Center for Public Health Practice
Network with other scholars who bring knowledge and experience from many perspectives, including epidemiology, communications, emergency preparedness, environmental health, program planning, evaluation, program management, leadership and other public health disciplines. In morning plenary sessions, experts will present their best thinking on climate change, built environment and communicable disease. In your course, you will learn methods, tools, and best practices in public health.
Price: $1200 if paid by June 21st, $1500 after June 21st, plus $100 GIS materials fee
Website: http://www.nwcphp.org/training/summer-institute/index_html Contact: Northwest Center for Public Health Practice 206-685-1130 or nwcphp@u.washington.edu
60th Annual Education Meeting and Trade Show
Monday through Friday, August 11 - 15, 2008
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida at PGA National Resort and Spa, 400 Avenue of the Champions Sponsor: Florida Environmental Health Association
Sessions will address environmental epidemiology/risk assessment, onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems, global climate change and environmental health, water programs, community environmental health, food hygiene and safety, environmental science and ecology, disaster preparedness, andtoxicology and environmental medicine
Price: see http://www.feha.org/aem2008/REGISTRATION.pdf
Website: http://www.feha.org/ Contact: Scott Turner, 904-665-2422
Fundamental Contaminant Chemistry: A Review of Chemistry Principles Essential for Understanding Contaminant Behavior in the Environment
Wednesday August 20, 2008
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Pasadena, California at the Courtyard Marriott, 180 North Fair Oaks Avenue Sponsor: Northwest Environmental Training Center (NWETC)
This course provides participants with an overview of key chemistry concepts associated with environmental contamination and provides a foundation for understanding contaminant transport and fate. This material is intended for environmental professionals who are not chemists but who require a fundamental understanding of chemistry principles for their work. This course is recommended for all environmental professionals working with contaminated soil and water with minimal formal training in the subject. It is also recommended for project managers seeking a review of the subject. Continuing education credits are available.
Price: $250, $195 reduced tuition is available to those who qualify.
Website: http://www.nwetc.org/chem-403a_08-08_pasadena.htm Contact: Northwest Environmental Training Center, 206-762-1976
Fundamental Contaminant Chemistry: A Review of Chemistry Principles Essential for Understanding Contaminant Behavior in the Environment
Monday August 25, 2008
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Oakland, California at the Washington Inn, 495 10th Street Sponsor: Northwest Environmental Training Center (NWETC)
This course provides participants with an overview of key chemistry concepts associated with environmental contamination and provides a foundation for understanding contaminant transport and fate. This material is intended for environmental professionals who are not chemists but who require a fundamental understanding of chemistry principles for their work. This course is recommended for all environmental professionals working with contaminated soil and water with minimal formal training in the subject. It is also recommended for project managers seeking a review of the subject. Continuing education credits are available.
Price: $250, $195 reduced tuition is available to those who qualify.
Website: http://www.nwetc.org/chem-403a_08-08_oakland.htm Contact: Northwest Environmental Training Center, 206-762-1976
North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology
Thursday through Tuesday, September 11 - 16, 2008
Toronto, Ontario Canada at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, 123 Queen Street West Sponsor: American Academy of Clinical Toxicology and American Association of Poison Control Centers
The annual conference provides an opportunity for physicians, nurses, pharmacists and scientists from around the world to participate in the sharing of knowledge on a wide variety of issues in clinical toxicology. In addition, there will be multiple original research papers presented and a number of symposia, as well as other traditional and novel continuing-education sessions. General objectives and symposia include identifying the risks and treatments of occupational and environmental hazards to humans, ethical dilemmas in toxicology, case studies in maternal-fetal toxicology, and more.
Price: see http://www.clintox.org/Documents/08_NACCT_Brochure.pdf
Website: http://www.clintox.org/ Contact: Contemporary Forums Conference Management, 800-377-7707
2008 National Healthy Homes Conference: Building a Framework for Healthy Housing
Monday through Wednesday, September 15 - 17, 2008
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Baltimore, Maryland at the Baltimore Hilton and Conference Center, 401 West Pratt Street Sponsor: US Department of Housing and Urban Development
The conference will gather a broad community of experts to discuss regulatory, policy, research and outreach needs and their implications in the development of comprehensive, integrated approaches linking health and housing to ensure safe, healthy and efficient housing. The conference will examine the lessons learned from our national lead-poisoning-prevention strategy and the current state of the art as we begin building the framework needed to develop a national healthy housing agenda.
Price: free
Website: http://www.hud.gov/offices/lead/2008NHHC.cfm Contact: US Department of Housing and Urban Development, 202-708-1112
Principles of Scientific Sampling for Environmental Professionals: Study Design, Data Reporting and the Appropriate Use of Statistics to Support Conclusions
Tuesday through Thursday, September 16 - 18, 2008
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sacramento, California at the Tsakopoulos Library Galleria, Sacramento Public Library, 828 I Street, East Meeting Room Sponsor: Northwest Environmental Training Center (NWETC)
This course provides an overview that will cover the basic terms, concepts and logic that underlie modern scientific sampling. Much of the class will be devoted to the understanding of how to apply the basic concepts of probability to sampling problems and how to use probability to measure the effectiveness of the sampling process. We will discuss the difference between purposive and random sampling and discuss why random sampling (and its many variations) is so frequently used in manufacturing, science and government. Continuing education credits are available.
Price: $595, $495 reduced tuition is available to those who qualify
Website: http://www.nwetc.org/stat-403_09-08_sacramento.htm Contact: Northwest Environmental Training Center, 206-762-1976
Sixth Annual Conference on Children's Health and the Environment
Thursday and Friday, September 18 - 19, 2008
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman Quad Sponsor: The Mid-Atlantic Center for Children's Health and the Environment (MACCHE), Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry RIII (ATSDR), Children's National Medical Center (CNMC) Drexel University (DU), The George Washington University (GWU), Pennsylvania Department of Health (PADOH), University of Pennsylvania Center for Public Health Initiatives (CPHI), US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), US Environmental Protection Agency RIII (EPA)
The first day of the conference will include an optional Walk in the Park -- a guided tour of the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum. The second day will be full of engaging discussions that will explore the intersection between the environment and children's health issues and will be centered on the following tracks: climate change, healthy homes, children in nature, exposure to toxicants and outcomes in children, and emerging issues in children's environmental health. Continuing education credits are available.
Price: unknown
Website: http://www.gwu.edu/%7Emacche/philadelphiaconference08/ Contact: The Mid-Atlantic Center for Children's Health and the Environment, 866-622-2431 or pehsu@gwu.edu
Public Health Puzzles and Perspectives: An Integrated Case Study of Industrial Waste, Fertilizer, and Food Safety
Monday and Tuesday, September 22 and 23, 2008
7:30 a.m.
Seattle, Washington University of Washington, Health Sciences Building T-435 Sponsor: University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine (SPHCM)
What do leach residue from Arizona mines, brass mill waste from Illinois, and tire ash from New England have in common? They are all banned from air and water release, and they can all be found in significant amounts in the fertilizer that is spread on crops from Washington State to Bangladesh. Do these toxins show up in our food? Do they pose a hazard to health? Are health-care providers equipped to recognize these hazards? Incoming SPHCM students will meet to discuss these and other issues in an integrated public health case study based on the book Fateful Harvest by Duff Wilson. Through the case study, students will explore how the pieces of public health puzzles fit together and how their own secialized role contributes to the interdisciplinary public health whole.
Price: unknown
Website: http://apps.sphcm.washington.edu/envhlth/cal/cal.asp?mo=9&dd=All+Days&yr=2008&calendar=envhlth Contact: University of Washington School of Public Health, 206-543-1144 or sphcm@u.washington.edu
Fundamental Contaminant Chemistry: A Review of Chemistry Principles Essential for Understanding Contaminant Behavior in the Environment
Tuesday September 23, 2008
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Missoula, Montana at the Courtyard by Marriott, 4559 North Reserve Street, Bitterroot Room Sponsor: Northwest Environmental Training Center (NWETC)
This course provides participants with an overview of key chemistry concepts associated with environmental contamination and provides a foundation for understanding contaminant transport and fate. This material is intended for environmental professionals who are not chemists but who require a fundamental understanding of chemistry principles for their work. This course is recommended for all environmental professionals working with contaminated soil and water with minimal formal training in the subject. It is also recommended for project managers seeking a review of the subject. Continuing education credits are available.
Price: $250, $195 reduced tuition is available to those who qualify.
Website: http://www.nwetc.org/chem-403a_09-08_missoula.htm Contact: Northwest Environmental Training Center, 206-762-1976
Contaminant Vapor Migration and Intrusion
Wednesday and Thursday, September 24 - 25, 2008
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sacremento, California at the Tsakopoulos Library Galleria Sacramento Public Library's East Meeting Room, 828 I Street Sponsor: The Northwest Environmental Training Center
This course provides an overview of the vapor intrusion exposure pathway including its scientific foundation, regulatory framework, and the technical aspects of investigating and remediating contaminated vapor sites. The class will cover topics such as screening sites for potential vapor intrusion concerns, conducting field investigations, sampling techniques, data analyses, exposure point calculations, the Johnson and Ettinger predictive model, vapor intrusion risk assessment, vapor intrusion mitigation, and remediation. Continuing education credits are available.
Price: $495, $395 reduced tuition is available for those who qualify
Website: http://www.nwetc.org/training.htm Contact: Northwest Environmental Training Center, 206-762-1976 or info@nwetc.org
The Help Group Summit: 2008 Advances and Best Practices in Autism, Learning Disabilities and ADHD
Friday and Saturday, September 26 - 27, 2008
Los Angeles, California at the Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 North Sepulveda Boulevard Sponsor: The Help Group
An in-depth and thought-provoking one-and-a-half-day conference for professionals and parents. This conference features leading researchers, educators and clinicians in Autism Spectrum Disorders, Asperger's Disorder, Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Price: unknown
Website: http://www.thehelpgroup.org/conf.htm Contact: The Help Group, 877-943-5747
Distance Education and Citizenship: A Pathway to Social Justice
Sunday through Wednesday, October 5 - 8, 2008
at the SulAmérica Convention Center, Avenida Paulo de Frontin, numero 1, Cidade Nova Sponsor: Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health (ENSP/FIOCRUZ) and Distance Education Network Consortium (CREAD)
Beyond civil and political rights, the concept of citizenship now presupposes an interrelationship with values like ethics, social equality, democracy, justice, and human dignity. This vision, consistent with the contemporary concept of health, is materialized through access to education, cultural goods, leisure, and work.
Price: see http://www.cread2008.com.br/english/inscricoes/index.php
Website: http://www.cread2008.com.br/english/index.php Contact: Método Eventos, 55-21-25485141 or to send an email, see http://www.cread2008.com.br/english/fale/index.php
Fundamental Contaminant Chemistry: A Review of Chemistry Principles Essential for Understanding Contaminant Behavior in the Environment
Tuesday October 7, 2008
8:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Santa Fe, New Mexico at the Holiday Inn Santa Fe, 4048 Cerrillos Road Sponsor: Northwest Environmental Training Center (NWETC)
This course provides participants with an overview of key chemistry concepts associated with environmental contamination and provides a foundation for understanding contaminant transport and fate. This material is intended for environmental professionals who are not chemists but who require a fundamental understanding of chemistry principles for their work. This course is recommended for all environmental professionals working with contaminated soil and water with minimal formal training in the subject. It is also recommended for project managers seeking a review of the subject. Continuing education credits are available.
Price: $250, $195 reduced tuition is available to those who qualify.
Website: http://www.nwetc.org/chem-403a_10-08_santa_fe.htm Contact: Northwest Environmental Training Center, 206-762-1976
International Environmental Nanotechnology Conference: Applications and Implications
Tuesday through Thursday, October 7 - 9, 2008
Chicago, Illinois at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, 151 East Wacker Drive Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency: National Center for Environmental Research
Nanomaterials present new opportunities to improve our ability to detect, monitor, control and clean up environmental pollutants and contaminants and potential new risks to human health and the environment. The conference will bring together researchers and practitioners from around the world to discuss the nanotechnology applications for remediation of environmental contaminants, the implications of releasing manufactured nanoparticles into the environment, and pollution control and nano-enabled sensing.
Price: $475
Website: http://emsus.com/nanotechconf/ Contact: Dr. Warren Layne, 312-886-7336 or layne.warren@epa.gov
Principles of Scientific Sampling for Environmental Professionals: Study Design, Data Reporting and the Appropriate Use of Statistics to Support Conclusions
Tuesday through Thursday, October 7 - 9, 2008
8:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Honolulu, Hawaii at the Pagoda Hotel, 1525 Rycroft Street, C'est Si Bon Makai Room Sponsor: Northwest Environmental Training Center (NWETC)
This course provides an overview that will cover the basic terms, concepts and logic that underlie modern scientific sampling. Much of the class will be devoted to the understanding of how to apply the basic concepts of probability to sampling problems and how to use probability to measure the effectiveness of the sampling process. We will discuss the difference between purposive and random sampling and discuss why random sampling (and its many variations) is so frequently used in manufacturing, science and government. Continuing education credits are available.
Price: $595, $495 reduced tuition is available to those who qualify
Website: http://www.nwetc.org/stat-403_10-08_honolulu.htm Contact: Northwest Environmental Training Center, 206-762-1976
Measuring Environmental, Social and Economic Performance a.k.a Triple Bottom Line Reporting
Thursday and Friday, October 9 - 10, 2008
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Seattle, Washington at the Entrix Inc. Conference Room, 200 First Avenue West, Suite 500 Sponsor: The Northwest Environmental Training Center
Triple bottom line reporting is emerging as an important and necessary part of an organization’s disclosure. Two main issues addressed are 1) what a triple bottom line report is and 2) the areas addressed in a triple bottom line report. The first issue involves establishing an understanding of the triple bottom line and a structure for accountability. The second issue deals with identifying boundaries, a methodology for reporting and development of an understanding of the issues around subject areas in reporting. Continuing education credits are available.
Price: $320 business rate, $275 government rate, $220 reduced tuition is available for those who qualify
Website: http://www.nwetc.org/sust-404_10-08_seattle.htm Contact: Northwest Environmental Training Center, 206-762-1976 or info@nwetc.org
2008 Joint Annual Conference: Exposure and Health in a Global Environment
Sunday through Thursday, October 12 - 16, 2008
Pasadena, California at the Pasadena Convention Center, 300 East Green Street Sponsor: International Society for Environmental Epidemiology and International Society of Exposure Analysis, see http://secure.awma.org/events/isee-isea/sponsor.htm for the complete list
Join with participants from around the world to exchange ideas about exposure, health and epidemiology in our global environment. Topics include global transport of pollution; epidemiological studies of population health disparities; differential impacts of environmental hazards and risks in developing and industrial societies; changing patterns of exposures and diseases; and much more.
Price: unknown
Website: http://secure.awma.org/events/isee-isea/index.htm
2008 North American Hazardous Materials Management Association Conference
Monday through Friday, October 13 - 17, 2008
Burlington, Vermont
Seattle Bioneers Conference
Friday through Sunday, October 17 - 19, 2008
8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Seattle, Washington at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center, 800 Convention Place Sponsor: Northwest Environmental Education Council
Now in it's 19th year, Bioneers brings together some of the world's most renowned and innovative people to present their ideas and experiences. They speak to a well-educated, interested and progressive audience willing to discuss solutions to current environmental and social-justice issues. This conference features a live satellite downlink of the Bioneers Conference in San Rafael, California, for each of the morning plenary sessions.
Price: see http://nweec.org/seattlebioneers/register.php?form=attend
Website: http://nweec.org/seattlebioneers/about-seattle_bioneers.php Contact: Northwest Environmental Education Council, 206-923-1980
New Mexico Environmental Health Conference
Saturday through Wednesday, October 18 - 22, 2008
Albuquerque, New Mexico at the Radisson Hotel Albuquerque, 2500 Carlisle Boulevard Northeast Sponsor: New Mexico Environmental Health Association
The goals of this conference are to provide the finest professional development courses and the latest cutting-edge technology to individuals and organizations at an affordable registration fee, and to bring together people and organizations from as many diverse backgrounds as possible and to foster lasting partnerships in solving environmental health problems facing the entire community. Continuing education credits are available. More information will be available at the website below.
Price: unknown
Website: http://www.nmehc.net/ Contact: Lorie Stoller, 505-768-2718 or nmehc@swcp.com
Fundamental Contaminant Chemistry: A Review of Chemistry Principles Essential for Understanding Contaminant Behavior in the Environment
Wednesday October 22, 2008
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Portland, Oregon at the Audubon Society of Portland, 5151 Northwest Cornell Road, Heron Hall Sponsor: Northwest Environmental Training Center (NWETC)
This course provides participants with an overview of key chemistry concepts associated with environmental contamination and provides a foundation for understanding contaminant transport and fate. This material is intended for environmental professionals who are not chemists but who require a fundamental understanding of chemistry principles for their work. This course is recommended for all environmental professionals working with contaminated soil and water with minimal formal training in the subject. It is also recommended for project managers seeking a review of the subject. Continuing education credits are available.
Price: $250, $195 reduced tuition is available to those who qualify.
Website: http://www.nwetc.org/chem-403a_10-08_portland.htm Contact: Northwest Environmental Training Center, 206-762-1976
2008 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting: Public Health Without Borders
Saturday through Wednesday, October 25 - 29, 2008
San Diego, California at the San Diego Convention Center, 111 West Harbor Drive Sponsor: American Public Health Association
This is the oldest and largest gathering of public health professionals in the world, attracting more than 13,000 national and international physicians, administrators, nurses, educators, researchers, epidemiologists and related health specialists. American Public Health Association's meeting program addresses current and emerging health science, policy and practice issues in an effort to prevent disease and promote health.
Price: see http://www.apha.org/meetings/registration/reg_fees.htm
Website: http://www.apha.org/meetings/ Contact: American Public Health Association, 202-777-2478
A Public Health Summit
Sunday through Wednesday, October 26 - 29, 2008
Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada at the Sheraton on the Falls, 5875 Falls Avenue Sponsor: Association of Public Health Agencies, Ontario Public Health Association, and Niagara Region Public Health
The conference theme, Making Healthy Communities Count, reflects the upcoming implementation of the new Ontario Public Health Standards and the ability to plan for, assess, survey and evaluate our healthy communities. The goal of this conference is to provide a forum for profiling the leading developments and topical issues facing public and community health across Ontario. Conference tracts include environment/climate change, poverty/health inequalities, and more.
Price: more information will be available on their website
Website: http://www.ophaconference.ca/index.html Contact: Karen Reece, 416-595-0006 or karen@alphaweb.org
Global STAR Grants on Fire, Transportation, Land Use, Global Change and Air Quality
Monday and Tuesday, October 27 - 28, 2008
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina EPA Building Room C111A-C Sponsor: National Center for Environmental Research (NCER)
NCER's Global Change and Air Quality STAR Grantees will be presenting on progress and results from grants investigating Global Change impacts on Air Quality. Presentations will include modeling results of new methods for predicting the extent and amount of emissions from wildfires, impact of land use and transportation changes resulting from global change considerations, and the predicted changes to air quality that result.
Price: unknown
Website: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/events/#june2408 Contact: Bryan Bloomer, bloomer.bryan@epa.gov
Fundamental Contaminant Chemistry: A Review of Chemistry Principles Essential for Understanding Contaminant Behavior in the Environment
Monday November 3, 2008
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Lacey, Washington at the Lacey Community Center, Woodland Creek Community Park, 6729 Pacific Avenue Southeast Sponsor: Northwest Environmental Training Center (NWETC)
This course provides participants with an overview of key chemistry concepts associated with environmental contamination and provides a foundation for understanding contaminant transport and fate. This material is intended for environmental professionals who are not chemists but who require a fundamental understanding of chemistry principles for their work. This course is recommended for all environmental professionals working with contaminated soil and water with minimal formal training in the subject. It is also recommended for project managers seeking a review of the subject. Continuing education credits are available.
Price: $250, $195 reduced tuition is available to those who qualify.
Website: http://www.nwetc.org/chem-403a_11-08_lacey.htm Contact: Northwest Environmental Training Center, 206-762-1976
Texas Water Quality Conference
Wednesday and Thursday, November 5 - 7, 2008
8:30 a.m. to 5: 30 p.m.
San Antonio, Texas at the Radisson Hill Country Resort & Spa, 9800 Westover Hills Boulevard Sponsor: Northwest Environmental Training Center
This exciting and informative meeting will address the issues and discuss the technology of the quality and supply of the world's most valuable resource -- water. This conference will intertwine five tracks through many workshop sessions in this three-day conference. The theme is "Emerging Issues and Technology for Managing Water Quality and Supply in the 21st Century."
Price: see website below for prices
Website: http://nwetc.org/hyd-550_11-08_san_antonio_save_the_date.htm Contact: Northwest Environmental Training Center, 206-762-1976 or info@nwetc.org
Introduction to Managing Environmental Data with Microsoft Access
Wednesday and Thursday, November 12 - 13, 2008
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Honolulu, Hawaii at the Honolulu Community College, 847 Dillingham Boulevard Sponsor: Northwest Environmental Training Center (NWETC)
This course is the first part of a two-part series and is designed for participants who wish to gain beginning to intermediate skills in designing, implementing and testing Microsoft Access relational database applications. This comprehensive class using Access 2003, covers in depth the table, querie, form, report, page and macro objects and how to use them through extensive hands-on exercises. These database subjects are taught using real-world examples with actual field data. Continuing education credits are available.
Price: $495, $395 reduced tuition is available to those who qualify
Website: http://www.nwetc.org/comp-401_11-08_honolulu.htm Contact: Northwest Environmental Training Center, 206-762-1976
National Association for the Dually Diagnosed (NADD) 25th Annual Conference: A Quarter Century of Awareness, Assessment, Treatment, and Policy Advances
Wednesday through Friday, November 12 -14, 2008
Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada at the Sheraton Fallsview Hotel Sponsor: National Association for the Dually Diagnosed (NADD), ABILITY Magazine, US Department of Health and Human Services Office on Disability (HHS/OD), Development Disabilities Nurses Association (DDNA), Drexel University College of Medicine Organization for Autism Research (OAR) and Institute for Children's Environmental Health (ICEH)
You are invited to submit a proposal for the NADD 25th Annual Conference. In celebration of our 25 years, proposals are encouraged that illustrate the evolution of assessment, treatment and policy, as well as other topic areas. Skill-building, three-hour workshops are encouraged as well. More information about the conference will be available at the website below. Continuing education credits are available.
Price: unknown
Website: http://www.thenadd.org/pages/conferences/25th/index.shtml Contact: Brena Reuss, 800-331-5362 or breuss@thenadd.org
Applied Environmental Database Design and Queries with Microsoft Access
Friday November 14, 2008
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Honolulu, Hawaii at the Honolulu Community College, 847 Dillingham Boulevard Sponsor: Northwest Environmental Training Center (NWETC)
This is the second part of the Managing Data with Microsoft Access for Professionals training class. In the introductory class, the students learned the basic elements of database design and implementation. Now they build on and deepen those skills while being introduced to more advanced Access topics such as PivotCharts, PivotTables, Data Access Pages and SQL. This second class is highly recommended to complete the comprehensive Access training series. Continuing education credits are available.
Price: $250, $195 reduced tuition is available to those who qualify
Website: http://www.nwetc.org/comp-402_11-08_honolulu.htm Contact: Northwest Environmental Training Center, 206-762-1976
Fundamental Contaminant Chemistry
Monday November 17, 2008
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Honolulu, Hawaii at the Waikiki Beach Marriott, 2552 Kalakaua Avenue Sponsor: Northwest Environmental Training Center
This course provides participants with an overview of key chemistry concepts associated with environmental contamination and provides a foundation for understanding contaminant transport and fate. This material is intended for environmental professionals who are not chemists, but who require a fundamental understanding of chemistry principles for their work. This course is recommended for all environmental professionals working with contaminated soil and water with minimal formal training in the subject. It is also recommended for project managers seeking a review of the subject. Continuing education credits are available.
Price: $250, $195 reduced tuition is available for those who qualify.
Website: http://www.nwetc.org/chem-403a_11-08_honolulu.htm Contact: Northwest Environmental Education Council, 206-923-1980
2008 Network of Autism Training and Technical Assistance Programs Pre-Conference Sessions
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
9:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Columbus, Ohio at the Greater Columbus Convention Center (GCCC), 400 North High Street Sponsor: Network of Autism Training and Technical Assistance Programs (NATTAP), Autism Society of America (ASA), and Autism Pro
NATTAP is pleased to present full-day pre-conference sessions from recognized leaders in the field. Take advantage of their expertise and experiences through sessions designed to immerse you in a full day of idea and practice exchange.
Price: $100
Website: http://www.nattapconference.org/view.php?nav_id=68 Contact: 2008 NATTAP Conference, 866-886-2254
Principles of Scientific Sampling for Environmental Professionals: Study Design, Data Reporting and the Appropriate Use of Statistics to Support Conclusions
Wednesday through Friday, November 18 - 20, 2008
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Denver, Colorado at the Carl Park Community Center, 5401 Meade Street Sponsor: The Northwest Environmental Training Center
This course provides an overview that will cover the basic terms, concepts, and logic that underlie modern scientific sampling. Much of the class will be devoted to the understanding of how to apply the basic concepts of probability to sampling problems and how to use probability to measure the effectiveness of the sampling process. We will discuss the difference between purposive and random sampling and discuss why random sampling (and its many variations) is so frequently used in manufacturing, science and government. Continuing education units are available.
Price: $595, $495 reduced tuition is available for those who qualify.
Website: http://www.nwetc.org/stat-403_11-08_denver.htm Contact: Northwest Environmental Training Center, 206-762-1976
2008 Network of Autism Training and Technical Assistance Programs Conference
Wednesday through Friday, November 19 - 21, 2008
Columbus, Ohio at the Greater Columbus Convention Center (GCCC), 400 North High Street Sponsor: Network of Autism Training and Technical Assistance Programs (NATTAP), Autism Society of America (ASA), and Autism Pro
The second annual NATTAP Conference will gather educators, service providers and parents from across the United States and from around the globe. The objectives of the conference are to review current systems models for addressing the needs of individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), promote use of best practices in research and intervention and provide methods for capacity building –- all of which contribute to the ultimate goal of improving outcomes for individuals ages three to 21. The 2008 NATTAP Conference will provide a forum for the continued exchange of ideas and promising practices that will provide common solutions to the common problems in ASD.
Price: see http://www.nattapconference.org/view.php?nav_id=2
Website: http://www.nattapconference.org/view.php?nav_id=1 Contact: 2008 NATTAP Conference, 866-886-2254
Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools Symposium
Tuesday through Thursday, December 4 - 6, 2008
Washington, DC at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, 1000 H Street Northwest Sponsor: Environmental Protection Agency. For the complete list, see http://www.iaqsymposium.com/partners.html
This symposium brings together teachers, school nurses, maintenance and custodial staff, school decision makers, school administrators, parents, school and health association members and community leaders from across the country to discuss the importance of developing effective indoor air quality management practices and how the indoor environment relates to teaching and learning. Educational programs include the latest issues in environmental health, including radon and mold; asthma management; effective risk communication and much more.
Price: unknown
Website: http://www.iaqsymposium.com/index.html Contact: Symposium Coordinator, 703-247-6194
9th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant
Sunday trough Friday, June 7 - 12, 2009
Guiyang, China Sponsor: national Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP)
The depth, breadth and pace of scientific discoveries on the sources, environmental transport and fate, biogeochemical cycling and adverse effects of mercury have increased enormously since the inaugural conference was convened in Sweden in 1990. The 9th ICMGP will present a timely opportunity to stimulate and universalize the scientific studies on mercury as a global pollutant.
Price: see http://www.mercury2009.org/registration.htm
Website: http://www.mercury2009.org/index.htm Contact: Lihai Shang, +86-851-5891517 or mercury2009@mails.gyig.ac.cn
Seventeenth International Conference on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution
Monday through Wednesday, July 20 - 22, 2009
Tallinn, Estonia at the Reval Hotel Olümpia Sponsor: Wessex Institute of Technology Transactions on Ecology and the Environment
The goal of this conference is to bring together researchers who are active in the study of air contaminants and to exchange information through the presentation and discussion of papers dealing with the wide variety of topics such as air pollution modeling, energy and air quality, environmental health effects, and much more. Case study papers are encouraged, as well as papers of a more theoretical nature dealing with advanced mathematical and computational methods.
Price: unknown
Website: http://www2.wessex.ac.uk/09-conferences/air-pollution-2009.html Contact: Rachel Creasey, 44-0-238-0293223 or rcreasey@wessex.ac.uk
Fifth International Conference on the Impact of Environmental Factors on Health
Monday through Wednesday, September 21 - 23, 2009
New Forest, England United Kingdom at the Wessex Institute, Ashurst Lodge Sponsor: Wessex Institute of Technology: Transactions on Biomedicine and Health
Health problems related to the environment have become a major source of concern all over the world. The conference aims to provide a forum for the dissemination and exchange of information on the diverse aspects of the impact of environmental factors on health across different disciplines.
Price: unknown
Website: http://www2.wessex.ac.uk/09-conferences/environmental-health-risk-2009.html Contact: Rachel Swinburn, 44-0-238-029-3223 or rswinburn@wessex.ac.uk
Please send events or updates to iceh@iceh.org.
|
