15-19 June, 2003
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
Uppsala, Sweden

Main theme:  An interdisciplinary conference dedicated to linking biosphere phenomena to physical & chemical reactions in the pedo-and lithosphere

Registered participants: 605
Total abstracts: 736 (231 oral; 505 posters)
Countries participating: 54
Scholarships granted: 32

Conference Directorate
Chair and Host, George Gobran
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Uppsala, Sweden

Invited Keynote Speaker
Mike McLaughlin
CSIRO, Australia
“Transfer of trace elements through the food chain”

Giovanni Bidoglio
EU Commission, JRC – IES, Italy
“Trace elements and soil protection in Europe”

Maria Greger
Stockholm University, Sweden
“Phytoremediation – Does it work?”

Nicholas Lepp
Liverpool John Moores University, UK
“Bioavailability – A concept driven by science or legislation?”

Gary M. Pierzynski
Kansas State University, USA
“Trace Element Chemistry, Contamination, and Ecotoxicity.”

Special Symposia
Symposia Co-ordinators:
Steve Mc Grath, Rothamsted Research, UK 
H. Magdi Selim, Louisiana State University, USA

• Arsenic in soil and groundwater environment Biogeochemical interactions
• Biotic and abiotic processes in the rhizosphere
• Terrestrial ecological risk assessment
• Isotopic techniques to investigate trace element cycling in the environment
• Natural remediation-bioavailability interactions in contaminated ecosystems
• Chemistry, bioavailability and recycling within biota of artificial and natural radionuclides: Towards an integrated approach in mobility assessment
• Trace elements of natural origin in soils
• Groundwater contamination and remediation
• Colloids and biogeochemistry of trace elements
• Coal and coal combustion byproducts

National (Local) Organizing Committee (all from Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU) 
Conference chair: George Gobran
Conference Co-Chair: Olle Selinus
Conference Secretary: Roger Finlay
Göran Ågren
Lars Bergström
Gunnar Jacks
Maj-Britt Johansson
Mats Olsson
Ingrid Öborn

Local Scientific Committee
Bert Allard, Örebro University, Sweden
Hans Borg, Stockholm University, Sweden
Agneta Oskarsson, SLU, Sweden
Maria Greger, Stockholm University, Sweden
Rolf Hallberg, Stockholm University, Sweden
Kjell Johansson, SLU, Sweden
Björn Öhlander, LUTH, Sweden   
Klas Rosén, SLU, Sweden

International Committee
Nick Lepp, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Catherine Keller, EPFL, Switzerland
Herb Allen, University of Delaware, USA
Ronaldo Berton, Instituto Agronomico de Campinas,Brazil
Rebecca Hamon, CSIRO, Australia
Ali Boularbah,  Faculté des Sciences & Techniques Marrakech, Morocco
Bert Allard, Örebro University, Sweden
Alan J. M. Baker, University of Melbourne, Australia
Amos Banin, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Juan Barcelo Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
Nick Basta, Ohio State University, USA
Terry Beveridge, University of Guelph, Canada
Kim Bolton, University of Guelph, Canada
Sally Brown, University of Washington, USA
Ettore Capri, Universita Cattolica Sacro Cuore, Italy
Hyo-Taek Chon, Seoul National University, Korea
Thomas Christensen, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
John Cooke, University of Natal, South Africa
Scott Fendorf, Stanford University, USA
Martin Gerzabek, Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria
Carlo Gessa, University of Bologna, Italy
Rosanna Ginocchio Centro de Investigacion y Metalurgica, Chile
Sabine Goldberg, US Salinity Lab, USA
Carmen Gonzalez Chavez, Colegio de Postgraduados, Mexico
Maria Greger, Stockholm University, Sweden
Helja-Sisko Helmisaari, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Finland
Philip Hinsinger, INRA Montpellier, France
Shinjiro Kanazawa, Kyushu University, Japan
Martin Kaupenjohann, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
Anna Karczewska, Agricultural University of Wroclaw, Poland
Bill Kingery, Mississippi State University, USA
Kyoung-Woong Kim, K-JIST, S. Korea
Ferenc Laszlo, VITUKI, Hungary
Dar Yuan Lee, Taiwan National University, Taiwan
Peter Leinweber, University of Rostock, Germany
Franz Lobnik, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Richard Loeppert, Texas A&M University, USA
Yongming Luo, Institute of Soil Science, CAS, China
Lena Ma, University of Florida, USA
Luis Madrid, IRNAS-CSIC, Spain
Ron McLaren, Lincoln University, New Zealand
Wenderly J. Melo, FCAV-UNESP, Brazil
Tatyana Minkina, Rostov State University, Russia
Jean Louis Morel, ENSAIA, France
Ravi Naidu, CSIRO, Australia
Ram Phal Narwal, Haryana Agricultural University, India
Tamas Nemeth, RISSAC, Hungary
 Niels Erik Nielsen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Alexander Ponizovsky, ISSP/RAS, Russia
Alexandra Ribeiro, New University of Lisbon, Portugal
David Rimmer, University of Newcastle, UK
Brit Salbu, Agricultural University of Norway, Norway
Milan Sanka, Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture in Brno, Czech Republic
Henk Schat, Vrige Universiteit, Netherlands
Rainer Schulin, ETH, Switzerland
A. Paul Schwab, Purdue University, USA
Olle Selinus, Geological Survey of Sweden, Sweden
Nicola Senesi, University of Bari, Italy
Laura Sigg, Swiss Federal Institute of Science and Technology (EAWAG), Switzerland
Eric Smolders, KU Leuven, Belgium
Don Sparks, University of Delaware, USA
Siobhan Staunton, INRA Montpellier, France
Eiliv Steinnes, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Pavel Tlustos, Czech University of Agriculture, Czech Republic
Christos Tsadilas, National Agricultural Research Foundation, Greece
Katarzyna Turnau, Politechnika Krakowska, Poland
Hildegarde Vandenhove, SCK-CEN Mol, Belgium
Sjoerd E.A.T.M. vander Zee, Wageningen University, Netherlands
Jaco Vangronsveld, Hasselt University, Belgium
Jean-Frank Wagner, Trier University, Germany
Wolfgang Wilcke, Berlin University of Technology, Germany
Ming H. Wong, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Satoshi Yoshida, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Japan
Scott Young, Nottingham University, United Kingdom

Sponsorship/Finance Committee
Andrew Green, ILZRO, USA
Domy Adriano, University of Georgia’s Savannah River Ecology Lab, USA
George Gobran, SLU, Sweden
Beverley Hale, University of Guelph, Canada
Mike McLaughlin. CSIRO, Australia

Auditing Committee
Harvey Doner, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Magdi Selim, Louisiana State University, USA
Michel Mench, INRA, France
Z.S. Chen, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Youg-Ming Luo, Institute of Soil Science, CAS, China
Göran Ågren, SLU, Sweden

Main sponsors  
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FORMAS)
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Swedish Research Council
Municipality of Uppsala
The Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture & Forestry (KSLA)
International Lead and Zinc Research Organization
Nickel Producers Environmental Research Association
Rio Tinto Health Safety Environment
International Council on Mining and Metals
International Copper Association

Proceedings
Gobran, G.R. and N. Lepp (eds.). 2003. “International Conferences of “Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements, 7th ICOBTE 2003” June 15 – 19, 2003.

Editorial Committee: Domy Adriano, Walter WenzelLars Bergström, Roger Finlay, George Gobran, Alex Iskandar, Nicholas Lepp, Enzo Lombi, Steve McGrath, Tracy Punshon, Magdi Selim, Olle Selinus

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