second International Conference on environment

2-3 August 2007

Athens, Greece

PROGRAM

Organized by 

 

THE ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (AT.IN.E.R.)

 

Conference Venue: Athens Cultural Centre of the Municipality of Athens, 50 Akademias Avenue (Metro Station Panepistimiou).

  Organizing and Scientific Committee

1      Dr. Theofilos Theophanides, Academic Member, ATINER & Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece.

2      Dr. Joanna Anastasopoulou, Professor, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

3      Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, President and Director, ATINER.

4      Dr. Panagiotis Petratos, Head, Computer Research Unit, ATINER & Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems, California State University, Stanislaus, USA.

5      Dr. Ioannis Stivachtis, Head, Politics & International Affairs Research Unit, ATINER & International Studies Program Director, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, USA.

6      Dr. David A. Frenkel, Academic Member, ATINER & Professor, Head of Law Area, Department of Business Administration, School of Management, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel.

 

 Administration

Fani Balaska, Natasa Filiou, Eirini Lentzou, Thomas Papanikos, Sylia Sakka.

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

 (The time for each session includes a 10 minutes coffee break)

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

 

07:30-08:15 Registration

08:15-08:30 Welcome and Opening Remarks

Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, President and Director, ATINER.

08:30-10:00 Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

Session I

Chair: Dr. Theofilos Theophanides, Academic Member, ATINER & Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece.

  1. Murillo-Luna, J.L., Assistant Professor, University of Zaragoza, Spain. Environmental Stakeholders’ Pressures and Strategic Responses.
  2. Paleologos, E., Associate Professor, University of South Carolina, USA. A Critical Assessment of the European Regulations on the Landfill of Waste and of the Calculation of Costs for Decision-Making in Environmental Projects.
  3. Studer, M.A., Dean, Defiance College, USA. Integrated Natural Resource Management as a Framework for Multidisciplinary Research in Belize.
  4. Barthel, J., Researcher, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany. Environmental Policy in Dynamic Models with Pollution by Consumers: The Greening and Blackening of Preferences.

 

 

 

10:00-11:30 Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

Session II

Chair: Malek, E., Associate Professor, Utah State University, USA.

  1. Chakraborty, S., Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India, Potsangbam, A.K., Researcher, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India & Ray, M.., Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India. Effect of Solution Ph and Kinetics on Removal of Trivalent Chromium by Aniline Formaldehyde Condensate Coated Silica Gel.
  2. Georgescu, L.P., Professor, University “Dunarea de Jos” of Galati, Romania. Solutions to Fix Slag Deposits from Iron and Steel Industry in Eastern Europe Using Atmosphere Carbon Dioxide.
  3. Gnandi, K., Faculty, University of Togo, West Africa & Rezaie Broon, H., Lecturer, California State University, USA. Distribution and Bioavailability of Cadmium in the Phosphatic Tertiary Sediment of Hahotoé-Kpogamé (Southern Togo, West Africa)

 

11:30-13:00 Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

Session III

Chair:

  1. Malek, E., Associate Professor, Utah State University, USA. The Wintertime Air Pollution in Cache Valley, Utah, USA: Causes and Possible Solutions.
  2. Koumoutsaris, S., Ph.D. Student, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Switzerland. Interannual Variation in Ozone Precursors and Distribution.
  3. Anastasopoulou, J., Professor, National Technical University of Athens, Greece & Theophanides, M., Senior Software Specialist, Canada. Air Pollution and Health Effects.  

 

 

13:00-14:00 LUNCH

 

20:30 - 22:30 GREEK NIGHT AND DINNER

 

 

Friday, August 3rd, 2007

 

09:00-10:30 Friday, August 3rd, 2007

Session IV Water and Soil Pollution

Chair:

1      Bezbaruah, A., Assistant Professor, North Dakota State University, USA & Thompson, J., Graduate Student, North Dakota State University, USA. Iron Nanoparticles for the Treatment of the Herbicides Atrazine, Alachlor and Dicamba in Groundwater.

2      Canares, M., Assistant Professor, Holy Name University, Philippines. The Seaweed Tragedy in the Philippines: A Case of How Rural Livelihoods Can Be Disastrous to the Environment.

3      Gostin, I.N., Lecturer, University “Al. I. Cuza” Iasi, Romania. Structural Changes in Vegetative Aerial Organs from Trifolium Pratense Under the Air Pollution Action in Ceahlau National Park (Cnp) and its Adjacent Area.

4      Lungu, C., Assistant Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA & Crawford, S., Ph.D. Student, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA. Laboratory Determination of Styrene Emission from Thermoset Composite Materials.

  

 

10:30-12:00 Friday, August 3rd, 2007

Session V

Chair:

1      Bollone, M., Associate Professor, Tallahassee Community College, USA. Increasing Environmental Awareness in Non-Science Major Students.

2      Maier, C., Associate Professor, Texas Woman’s University, USA. The Power of Environmental Education: Enhancing Environmental Literacy of College Students.

3      Mathur, S., Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India & Chakma, S., Ph.D. Student, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India. Modelling Gas Generation from Lanfills.

4      Theophanides, M., Senior Software Engineer, Canada & Malvar, A., Senior Software Engineer, Canada. Atmospheric Simulation, Pollution Monitoring and GIS-Based Visualization for Industrial Parks and Airports.

 

 

12:00-13:30 Friday, August 3rd, 2007

Session VI

Chair:

 

1      Draughon, L., Ph.D. Student, Florida Atlantic University, USA, Hartmann, J., Professor, Florida Atlantic University, USA, Scarpa, J., Associate Professor, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, USA & Keating, P., Ph.D. Student, Florida Atlantic University, USA. Potential Estuarine Water Quality Improvement Via Marine Invertebrate Bioremediation.

2      Gressitt, S., Medical Director, Northeast Occupational Exchange, USA & Ruhoy, I., Ph.D. Student, University of Nevada, USA. Rationale for a Concerted Focus on Unused Pharmaceuticals.

3      Lagos, T., Lecturer, University of Washington, USA. Fight for Our Lives: Communication Messages and the Environment; A Case Study of Greek Environmental Organizations and the Effectiveness of Environmental Discourse in Rural Populations. (Friday, 3rd August 2007, afternoon)

 

  

13:30-14:30 LUNCH

 

20:00 - 21:30 DINNER

Saturday, August 4th, 2007

CRUISE: Departure at 7:00 a.m. Return at 8:30 p.m.

 

Sunday, August 5th, 2007

Tour: Departure at 8:00 a.m. Return at 3:30 p.m.