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April 3-7, 2005
Adelaide International Convention Center
Adelaide, Australia
Conference Directorate
Chair and Host, Michael J. McLaughlin CSIRO, Division of Soils
Glen Osmond, Australia
Invited Keynote Speakers
Peter G.C. Campbell, C. Fortin, A. Boullemant, and B. Vigneault
INRS, Universite du Quebec, Canada
“Advances in our understanding of the role of speciation in trace element uptake and toxicity”
Chris M. Wood
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
“Uptake and toxicity of trace elements in food crops and human health”
Ross M. Welch
U.S. Plant, Soil and Nutrition Lab, USDA-ARS, Cornell University, New York, USA
“Linkages between trace elements in food crops and human health”
Gordon T.A. McEwan, D.A. Scott, L.M. Heath, J.W. Edwards
School of Medicine, University of Aberdeen, UK
“Trace element absorption by human small intestine”
Jill Banfield
University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
“Deciphering structure and function of microbial communities underpinning acid mine drainage formation”
Jason Plumb, R. Hawkes, M. Stott, H. Watling, D. Readett, Peter Franzmann
CSIRO, Division of Land and Water, Floreat, Australia
“Mining copper with microbes”
Special Symposia
Trace element speciation in the environment
Synchrotron applications in trace element analysis
Quantifying reduction in bioavailability and human and ecological risk in treated heavy metal-contaminated soils using in vitro methods and bioassays
Arsenic in the environment: Biology and chemistry
Soil and sediment remediation: Natural and human-manipulated processes, bioavailability, consequences for ecosystems and human health
Micronutrient deficiencies in global crop production
National (Local) Organizing Committee (all from CSIRO)
Chair, Mike McLaughlin
John Edwards
Ravi Naidu
Kris Broos
Rob Fitzpatrick
Rebecca Hamon
Rai Kookana
Enzo Lombi
Steve Rogers
Graham Taylor
Sandra Tyrrell
Michael Warne
Bernie Zarcinas
International Committee
Domy Adriano, University of Georgia’s Savannah River Ecology Lab, USA
Herb Allen, University of Delaware, USA
Brian Alloway, University of Reading, UK
Mike Amacher, US Forest Service, USA
Alan Baker, University of Melbourne, Australia
Gary Banuelos, USDA-ARS, USA
Juan Barcelo, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
Graeme Batley, CSIRO, Australia
Marc Benedetti, CNRS, France
Lars Bergstrom, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Bill Berti, E.I. DuPont de Nemours, USA
Kim Bolton, University of Guelph, Canada
Ali Bourlabah, Faculté des Sciences & Techniques Marrakech, Morocco
Sally Brown, University of Washington, USA
Ettore Capri, Universita Cattolica Sacro Cuore, Italy
Hyo-Taek Chon, Seoul National University, Korea
John Cooke, University of Natal, South Africa
Karaj Dhillon, Punjab Agricultural University, India
Nick Dickinson, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Maria Electorowics, Concordia University, Canada
Che Fauziah Ishak, Universiti Putra Malaysia, West Malaysia
Walter Fitz, BOKU, Austria
Bob Garrett, Geological Survey of Canada, Canada
Wouter Geebelen, Hasselt University, Belgium
Martin Gerzabek, BOKU, Austria
Carlo Gessa, University of Bologna, Italy
Rosanna Ginocchio, Centro de Investigacion y Metalurgica, Chile
Sabine Goldberg, US Salinity Lab, USA
Zhang Hao, Lancaster University, UK
Helja-Sisko Helmisaari, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Finland
Philippe Hinsinger, INRA Montpellier, France
Peter Holm, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark
Jacqui Horswell, Environmental Science and Research, New Zealand
Pan Ming Huang, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Phil Jardine, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
A.D. Karathanasis, University of Kentucky, USA
Anna Karczewska, Agricultural University of Wroclaw, Poland
Dar-Yuan Lee, National Tawan University, Taipei
Nick Lepp, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Corrine Leyval, CNRS, France
Franc Lobnik, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Dick Loeppert, Texas A&M University, USA
Yong-Ming Luo, Institute of Soil Science, CAS, China
Joerg Luster, Swiss Federal Institute of Forest, Snow and Landscape, Switzerland
Lena Ma, University of Florida, USA
Luis Madrid, CSIC, Spain
Ron McLaren, Lincoln University, New Zealand
Andy Meharg, University of Aberdeen, UK
Michel Mench, INRA, France
Neil Menzies, University of Queensland, Australia
Graeme Merrington, Environment Agency, UK
Tamas Nemeth, RISSAC, Hungary
Bjorn Ohlander, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
Al Page, University of California, Riverside, USA
Gary Pierzynski, Kansas State University, USA
Charlotte Poschenreider, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
Tracy Punshon, Dartmouth College, USA
Mieke Quaghebeur, VITO, Belgium
Alexandra Ribeiro, New University of Lisbon, Portugal
David Rimmer, University of Newcastle, UK
Ken Sajwan, Savannah State University, USA
Sebastien Sauve, Universite du Montreal, Canada
Henk Schat, Vrige Universiteit, Netherlands
John Seaman, Savannah River Ecology Lab, USA
Nicola Senesi, University of Bari, Italy
George Shaw, University of Nottingham, UK
Irina Schantgeeva, St. Petersburg University, Russia
Laura Sigg, Swiss Federal Institute of Science and Technology (EAWAG), Switzerland
Robert Simmons, International Water Management Institute, Thailand
Laszlo Simon, Nyiregyhaza University, Hungary
Eric Smolders, KU Leuven, Belgium
Don Sparks, University of Delaware, USA
Eiliv Steinnes, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Tomas Stuczyinski, IUNG, Poland
Ed Tipping, Center for Ecology and Hydrology, UK
Pavel Tlustos, Czech University of Agriculture, Czech Republic
Christos Tsadilas, National Agricultural Research Foundation, Greece
Hildegarde Vandenhove, SCK-CEN Mol, Belgium
Sjoerd van der Zee, Wageningen University, Netherlands
Jaco Vangronsveld, Hasselt University, Belgium
Jean-Frank Wagner, Trier University, Germany
Gerhard Welp, University of Bonn, Germany
Wolfgang Wilcke, Berlin University of Technology, Germany
Jonathan Wong, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Ming H. Wong, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Fang-Jie Zhao, Rothamsted Research, UK
Yong-Guan Zhu, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, CAS, China
Scholarship Committee
Rebecca Hamon, CSIRO, Australia
Peter Holm, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark
Domy Adriano, University of Georgia’s Savannah River Ecology Lab, USA
Michael Warne, CSIRO, Australia
Sponsorship Committee (all from CSIRO)
Mike McLaughlin
Steve Rogers
Rai Kookana
Ravi Naidu
Enzo Lombi
Rob Fitzpatrick
John Edwards
Michael Warne
Scientific (Editorial) Committee (all from CSIRO)
Rai Kookana
Mike McLaughlin
Enzo Lombi
Carine Saison
Rebecca Hamon
Sandra Tyrrell
Conference Proceedings
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