SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT

10th INTERNATIONAL HCH AND PESTICIDES FORUM

Time: 06-10 September, 2009

Venue: Hotel Continental, Kounicova 6, Brno, Czech Republic

 

Theme:

Obsolete stockpiles of pesticides in the Central European and EECCA Countries and other regions – state-of-the-art of the solution of these problems 5 years after the Stockholm Convention has come into force

 

Organizers:

  • International HCH & Pesticides Association (IHPA), The Netherlands
  • Ministry of Environment, Czech Republic
  • RECETOX, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
  • Central and Eastern European Regional POPs Centre
  • Federal Environment Agency of Germany (UBA)
  • Institute of Public Health, Ostrava, Czech Republic
  • TOCOEN, s.r.o.

 

Host Organizations:

  • International HCH & Pesticides Association (IHPA), The Netherlands
  • Ministry of Environment, Czech Republic
  • RECETOX, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
  • Central and Eastern European Regional POPs Centre
  • Federal Environment Agency of Germany (UBA)

 

Sponsored by:

  • Ministry of Environment of the Czech Republic
  • FAO - GEF funded project “Capacity building on Obsolete and POPs Pesticides in Easter European, Caucasus and Central Asia Countries (EECCA) countries
  • Czech industry
  • European Crop Protection Association (ECPA)
  • Tauw Group, The Netherlands

 

Background:

The aim of 10th International HCH and Pesticide Forum is to present and discuss the problems connected with a huge amount of obsolete pesticides in the regions of Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia and many others around the Globe, their inventory, present amounts and  elimination, which had started successfully during the previous nine Fora. This Forum is undertaken under the framework of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) five years after the Convention has come into force. Special attention will be given to solve the problems with obsolete pesticides in the Central and Eastern European region.

 

CONFERENCE PUBLISHING:

BOOK OF ABSTRACTS – will be available in the Forum materials:

 

ABSTRACTS PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION (for oral and poster presentation):

Abstracts should be concise, 1 800 characters long and prepared according to following examples:

 

PESTICIDES WATER CONTAMINATION IN BULGARIAN DANUBE REGION
First, A.1, Second, B.2, Third, B.1
1Research Institute, Town, Country
2University Department, Town, Country

The text of abstract should be written in English, single-spaced with no indentations. Use standard abbreviations only. Do not include referenced and figures or tables into the abstract. Use 12 pt Times New Roman fonts with 2.5 cm side margins. Submit your abstract only by e-mail or disk. The deadline to submit the abstract is June 30, 2009.
The abstracts of oral and poster presentation will be published in their original forms as received from the authors. No additional editing works will be done.
The abstract book will be distributed to Forum participants at the start of the 10th Forum.

 

TRADITIONAL FORUM BOOK – will be published after Forum

 

PAPER PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION
For oral and poster presentation:

 

The papers should be written in English. The papers should not exceed five A4 (210 x 297 mm) pages and should be typed in MS Word, Times New Roman font, single-spaced, font size 12, left and right margins should be 25 mm wide,  30 mm should be margins at the top and the bottom of the pages. The paper should contain:

 

TITLE
In bold, capital letters and centered
Double space

NAME(s) OF AUTHOR(s)
In bold, italic letters and centred
Double space
Author’s affiliations
Italic letters. If more than one institution is included, number them according to authors
Double space

Abstract
All articles should start with abstracts. The abstracts should be no loner than 300 words and state briefly and specifically what the paper reports, summarize the conclusions. Point out new information and indicate the relevance of the work.
Double space

Key-words
5 –10
Double space

Article  
The authors could structure of the article depending on its content, as for example: introduction, one or more chapters/paragraphs, and conclusions. All figures and tables have to be incorporated in the text, they must be clear and simple, and they should be properly identified with number and text which explain the figure/table. Measurements should be expressed in SI/units.
Double space

References
in bold
Double space

Text of References

Papers must be sent to the Organizing Committee by e-mail to: kostrhounova@recetox.muni.cz within the established deadline: July 31, 2009.

 

10th Forum proceedings

The presented papers will be published after the Forum on the IHPA Web-site. The materials will be published in their original forms as received from the authors. No additional editing works will be done. The authors are fully responsible for the content of their abstracts. 


Registration fee:

The Forum participation fee is € 200,-. This covers participation in all presentations, coffee breaks, two lunches, reception, field trip and a "Forum bag" which includes the ‘Forum Book’.


Accomodation:

The Organizers will help you to book a hotel room.
The venue of the 10th Forum will be Hotel Continental Brno, Kounicova 6, 602 00 Brno, CZ:
http://www.continentalbrno.cz/ENG


Tentative schedule of the 10th forum:

The Forum organizers are planning a three-day program consisting of two/three (?) session days and one day post conference field trip.

September 06, 2009:

Arrival of participants - registration and arrangement of accommodation

GTZ, BMZ, IHPA, PAN Germany Exhibition from COP-4: “Obsolete and POPs Pesticides in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia”

September 07, 2009:
09:00 – 10:00 - Opening ceremony
10:00 – 13:00 - Presentations
13:00 – 14:00 - Lunch
14:00 – 17:00 – Presentations
17.00 – 18.30 – Poster session
19:00 - Reception

September 08, 2009:
09:00 – 13:00 - Presentations
13:00 – 14:00 - Lunch
14:00 – 17:00 - Presentations
17.00 – 19.00 - Poster Session

September 09, 2009:
09:00 – 13:00 – Presentations, closing ceremony
13:00 – 14:00 - Lunch

September 10, 2009:
Field trip to Spolana Neratovice
Departure of participants


Summary of dates for submissions:

Registration – June 30, 2009
Abstract submission - June, 2009
Paper submission – July 31, 2009


Contacts:

If you have any questions concerning the Forum please contact the Forum Secretariat:

Prof. Dr. Ivan Holoubek – chair of the Organizing Committee
RECETOX, Masaryk University
Kamenice 126/3, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
Phone: +420 549 491 475
Mobile: +420 602 753 138
Fax: + 420 549 492 840
E-mail: holoubek@recetox.muni.cz
tocoen@tocoen.cz
http://recetox.muni.cz
http://www.tocoen.cz

 

Secretariat:

Mgr. Romana KOSTRHOUNOVÁ, Ph.D.
RECETOX, Masaryk University
Kamenice 126/3, 625 00 Brno
Phone: +420 724 25 98 56
Fax: +420 549 492 840
E-mail: kostrhounova@recetox.muni.cz

Lýdia TUPOVÁ
RECETOX, Masaryk University
Kamenice 126/3, 625 00 Brno
Phone: +420 549 497 787
Fax: +420 549 492 840
E-mail: tupova@recetox.muni.cz

 

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