| Tuesday, 6 June 2006 |
| Time |
Session |
Speaker/Chair |
| 10:00 |
Introduction and Review of Task Force Progress |
André Zuber (European Commission) & Terry Keating ( U.S. EPA), Chairs |
| 11:00 |
Break |
| Hemispheric Transport of POPs |
Sergey Dutchak (MSC-E), Chair |
| 11:30 |
POP long-range transport modelling: main processes |
EMEP Meterological Synthesizing Centre-East |
| 12:00 |
Monitoring of POPs on global scale |
Kjetil Tørseth (EMEP Chemical Coordinating Centre) |
| 12:30 |
Global and hemispheric emission inventories for POPs |
Knut Breivik (Norwegian Institute for Air Research) |
| 13:00 |
Lunch |
| 15:00 |
Global transport of POPs: the role of aerosol particles |
Sunling Gong (Environment Canada) |
| 15:30 |
Modelling of Arctic pollution by POPs |
Paul Bartlett (City University of New York) |
| 16:00 |
Modelling of POP intercontinental transport |
EMEP Meterological Synthesizing Centre-East |
| 16:30 |
Break |
| 17:00 |
Applicability of active & passive ambient air monitoring for the validation of hemispheric models |
Ivan Holoubek (Masaryk University, Czech Republic) |
| 17:30 |
Discussion of Draft Conclusions |
Sergey Dutchak |
| 18:00 |
Adjourn |
| Wednesday, 7 June 2006 |
| Start |
Session |
Speaker/Chair |
| Hemispheric Transport of Mercury |
Nicola Pirrone (CNR-Institute for Atmospheric Pollution, Italy), Chair |
| 9:00 |
Overview on Hemispheric/Regional Atmospheric Mercury Transport and Chemistry |
Nicola Pirrone |
| 9:22 |
Review of mercury emissions from anthropogenic sources in different regions |
John Munthe (IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute) |
| 9:45 |
Mercury emissions, transport and deposition in China and other Asian Countries |
Xinbin Feng (Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences) |
| 10:07 |
EMEP experience in the investigation of hemispheric transport of mercury with emphasis on Europe |
Oleg Travnikov (EMEP MSC-E) |
| 10:30 |
Break |
| 11:00 |
Atmospheric Mercury Model Testing and Application in North America |
Russ Bullock (U.S. NOAA) |
| 11:22 |
Atmospheric mercury results/activities inside the AMAP programme |
Jesper Christensen (National Environmental Research Institute, Denmark) |
| 11:45 |
Mercury Transport and Deposition in North America |
Gerald Keeler (University of Michigan) |
| 12:07 |
Mercury Cycling between the Atmospheric-Ocean-Terrestrial Ecosystems |
Robert Mason (University of Connecticut) |
| 12:30 |
Discussion of Draft Conclusions |
Nicola Pirrone |
| 13:00 |
Lunch |
| Methane as an Ozone Precursor |
Arlene Fiore (U.S. NOAA) & Jason West (Princeton University), Chairs |
| 15:00 |
Abating Global Ozone Pollution with Methane Emission Controls |
Arlene Fiore |
| 15:30 |
Abating Global Ozone Pollution with Methane Emission Controls: Costs and Global Health Benefits |
Jason West |
| 16:00 |
CH4, CO, and O3 for India and Neighbouring Countries |
A. P. Mitra (National Physical Laboratory, India) |
| 16:30 |
Break |
| 16:50 |
Global CH4 and F-gas emissions and mitigation potential up to 2020: Analysis with the AIM/Enduse[Global] model |
Tatsuya Hanaoka (National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan) |
| 17:10 |
Projections of global anthropogenic methane emissions up to 2030 |
Markus Amann (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis, Austria) |
| 17:30 |
Discussion of Draft Conclusions |
Arlene Fiore & Jason West |
| 18:00 |
Adjourn |
| Thursday, 8 June 2006 |
| Start |
Session |
Speaker/Chair |
| Conclusions from Previous Sessions |
Zuber & Keating |
| 9:00 |
POPs |
Sergey Dutchak |
| 9:15 |
Mercury |
Nicola Pirrone |
| 9:30 |
Methane |
Fiore and West |
| 9:45 |
Concluding Discussion |
Zuber and Keating |
| 10:00 |
TF HTAP Assessment Report Outlines & Process |
Zuber & Keating |
| 11:00 |
Break |
| 11:30 |
Workplan and Future Activities |
Zuber & Keating |
| 13:00 |
Lunch |
| 15:00 |
Review of Main Conclusions for Workplan and TF Report |
Zuber & Keating |
| 16:00 |
Adjourn |
