July 29-August 2, 2001
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario, Canada

 Main theme: The quest for solutions to environmental issues involving metal(loid)s in terrestrial and aquatic systems.

Registered participants:  620
Total abstracts:  300+ posters; 300+ orals
Countries participating: 50+
Scholarships granted: 44

Conference Directorate
Chair and Host, Les Evans
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Co-Chair and Co-Host, Muhammad Sadiq, University of Guelph
Secretariat, Kim Bolton, University of Guelph

Invited Plenary Speakers
John Zachara
Pacific Northwest National Lab
Richland, WA
“Factors controlling trace metal fluxes from iron (III) oxides during reductive transformation of metal-reducing bacteria”

James Fredrickson
Pacific Northwest National Lab
Richland, WA
“Microbial reduction and immobilization of uranium in Mn (IV)-containing sediments”

E. Nieboer
McMaster University
Ontario, Canada
“Relevance of reactivity determinants to environmental and biological monitoring of the elements and their inorganic compounds”

Donald Gutzman
Environment Canada
Ontario, Canada
“Environmental risk assessment under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act”

Alan J.M. Baker
University of Melbourne
Victoria, Australia
“Phytoremediation: Past and present achievements and the future of “green” technology in the remediation of inorganic contaminants”

David Blowes
University of Waterloo
Ontario, Canada
“In-situ remediation of metal-contaminated ground waters”

Kenneth Nealson
 Center for Life Detection
JPL/Caltech, CA, USA
“Searching for life in the universe: Lessons from earth”

Robin Renaut
 University of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan, Canada
“Mineral precipitation and trace element concentration in thermal spring deposits: Assessing the microbial role”

Special Symposia
Biosorption of trace elements: Bacteria, algae and fungi
D. A. Fowle, University of Windsor, Canada

Bioavailability of metals for uptake and effects
R. Behra, EAWAG, Switzerland

Natural attenuation of trace element availability in soils
M.J. McLaughlin and R. Hamon, CSIRO, Australia

Metal Speciation and bioavailability: The role of metal-organic interactions (Part 1 and 2)
C.L. Chakrabarti, Carleton University, Canada

R. Brooks Memorial Symposium on Phytoremediation
F.J. Zhao and A.J.M. Baker, IACR-Rothamsted, UK

Phyto-, microbial and chemical remediation tools for metal contaminated soils and ground waters
A.J.M. Baker, University of Melbourne, Australia
N. van der Lelie,Environmental Technology Centre, Belgium
 J. Vangronsveld, Limburgs Universitair Centrum, Belgium

Geochemical surface controls on trace element fate
W.L. Kingery, Mississippi State University, USA
M. Selim, Louisianna State University, USA

Temporal trends of trace metals in biota
P.M. Outridge, Geological Survey of Canada, Canada

National Organizing Committee
Chair, Les Evans, University of Guelph
Co-Chair, Muhammad Sadiq, University of Guelph
Terry Beveridge, University of Guelph
Kim Bolton, University of Guelph
Bruce Conard, INCO, Toronto
Paula Cypas, University of Guelph
Bev Hale, University of Guelph
Terry McIntire, Environment Canada, Ottawa
Jerome Nriagu, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Claude Roleau, National Water Research Institute, Burlington
Kristina Rudnitski, University of Guelph
Graeme Spiers, Laurentian University, Sudbury
Chris Wren, Ecological Services Group International, Guelph

International Committee
Herb Allen, University of Delaware, Newark
Alan J.M. Baker, University of Sheffield, UK
Amos Banin, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Nicholas Basta, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
Sally Benson, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, CA
William Berti, E. I. duPont de Nemours, Wilmington, DE
G.W. Brümmer, University of Bonn, Germany
Zhihong Cao, Institute of Soil Science, CAS, Nanjing
Dipankar Chakraborti, Jadavpur University, India
Tom Christensen, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby
John Cooke, University of Natal, South Africa
Maria Elektorowics, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Robert Garret, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa
Carlo Gessa, Bologna University, Italy
George Gobran, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala
Cindy Grant, Agriculture Canada, Manitoba
Maria Greger, Stockholm University, Sweden
Satish K. Gupta, Swiss Federal Research Station for Agro-ecology and Agriculture, Bern
Philippe Hinsinger, INRA, Montpellier, France
Pan Ming Huang, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
 Shinjiro Kanazawa, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan    
Martin Kaupenjohann, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart
Kyoung-Woong Kim, Kwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
William Kingery, Mississippi State University
Leon Kochian, U.S. Soil, Plant and Nutrition Lab, USDA-ARS, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Dar-Yuan Lee, National Taiwan University, Taipei
Franc Lobnik, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Enzo Lombi, CSIRO, Glen Osmond, Australia
Victor de Lorenzo, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Spain
Luis Madrid, CSIC, Seville, Spain
Katsumi Marumo, Geological Survey of Japan, Ibaraki
Ron McLaren, Lincoln University, New Zealand
Wanderley J. Melo, UNESP, Jaboticabal, Brazil
Tatyana Minkina, Rostov State University, Russia
J. L. Morel, ENSAIA-INPL/INRA, France
Galina Motuzova, Moscow State University, Russia
Ravi Naidu, CSIRO, Glen Osmond, Australia
Christina Negri, Argonne National Lab
Tamas Nemeth, RISSAC, Budapest, Hungary
Fiona Nicholson, ADAS Gleadthorpe Research Centre, UK
Dave Parker, University of California, Riverside
Alexander Ponizovsky, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Margarita Prendez, Universidad de Chile, Santiago
Alexandra Ribeiro, New University of Lisbon, Portugal
Paul Schwab, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Nicola Senesi, University of Bari, Italy
Laura Sigg, Swiss Federal Institute for Science and Technology (EAWAG)
Laszlo Simon, Nyiregyhaza University, Hungary
Bal Ram Singh, Agricultural University of Norway, As
Eric Smolders, KU Leuven, Belgium
Eilif Steinnes, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim
Gerhard Stingeder, BOKU, Vienna, Austria
Barbara Szteke, Institute of Agricultural and Food Biotechnology, Warsaw, Poland
Shu Tao, Peking University, Beijing
Pavel Tlustos, Czech University of Agriculture, Prague, Czech Republic
Hildegarde Vandenhove, SCK-CEN, Mol, Belgium
Niels van der Lelie, VITO, Mol, Belgium
SEATM van der Zee, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Jean-Frank Wagner, Trier University, Germany
Ming H. Wong, Hong Kong Baptist University

Main sponsors
Ontario Power Generation
Canadian Society of Soil Science
Environment Canada
ESG International
Falconbridge Ltd.
INCO Ltd.
International Lead and Zinc Research Organization
Mandel Scientific  Co. Ltd.

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