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Administration Enquiries: Go West Conference & Event Management Ltd., Furbo, Galway, Ireland. Tel: +353‐91‐491222 Web: http://www.gowest.ie Email: [email protected] Academic Enquiries: Dr. Chaosheng Zhang, International Network for Environment and Health, School of Geography and Archaeology, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland. Tel: +353‐91‐49 2375 Email: [email protected] Web: www.nuigalway.ie/iseh2016

ISEH 2016, ISEG 2016 & Geoinformatics 2016

Joint International Conference on Environment, Health, GIS and Agriculture Galway, Ireland, August 14 – 20, 2016

Conference Report The first joint international conference of ISEH 2016 (3rd International Symposium on Environment and Health), ISEG 2016 (10th International Symposium on Environmental Geochemistry) and Geoinformatics 2016 (24th International Conference on Geoinformatics) on Environment, Health, GIS and Agriculture was successfully held at National University of Ireland (NUI), Galway, Ireland during August 14 – 20, 2016. This conference provided a historical opportunity for international experts working in several closely related areas of environment, health, geographical information system (GIS) and agriculture, to meet and share the latest understanding of the ever growing challenges between human and our changing environment. As a joint conference, delegates were encouraged to attend any sessions of the conference and to extend their academic networks. The conference quality was recognized as at the internationally top level, and the conference administration was recognised as professional. The reputation of the conference has been well established.

Group photo of conference delegates




General statistics The joint conference attracted a total number of 308 participants (62 for Geoinformatics) from 34 countries/regions. There were 206 oral presentations (51 for Geoinformatics) and 78 posters, in 44 parallel sessions. Out of which, there were 29 keynote speeches presented. Session topics Besides the plenary and keynote sessions, the parallel session topics included: Agriculture, Biogeochemistry, Coastal & Marine Ecosystem, Contaminated land with IBN, Drinking water, Environmental geochemistry, Environmental governance, Environmental health, Environmental management, Environmental Technology, Geochemical database, Geochemical mapping with EuroGeoSurveys, GIS and quantitative methods, Health risk, Health risk of metals, Indoor exposure, Indoor particles, Medical Geology, Mercury and other pollutants, Microbiology, Organic Chemicals, POPs, Session honouring Jiamo Fu, Soil pollution, Urbanization impacts, Water Quality, and GIS sessions. Conference The conference was chaired by Chaosheng Zhang (NUI Galway) and opened by James Browne (President of NUI Galway), followed by speeches of Xiaoyong Yue (Chinese Ambassador), Shu Tao (Honorary chair of ISEH conference series, Peking University), Hui Lin (Founder of CPGIS, The Chinese University of Hong Kong), and Cathal O’Donoghue (Head, Teagasc Rural Economy and Development Programme and Nominated Dean of Arts, Social Science and Celtic Studies at NUI Galway).

Group photo at conference opening




Delegates in conference theatre during opening ceremony

Delegates having lunch




Social activities

Welcome reception in Aula Maxima




In the evening of Aug. 14, the welcome reception was held in Aula Maxima, inside the historical building of the Quadrangle, NUI Galway, with traditional Irish music performance, followed by a professional performance of Tsinghua University Symphony Orchestra in the Black Box Theatre in Galway.

Tsinghua University Symphony Orchestra




Irish dancing during dinner The conference dinner was arranged in Radisson Blu Hotel in the evening of Aug. 16, with a contemporary Irish show featuring an electrifying mix of music, song and dance. Delegates were encouraged to participate in the Irish dancing. Field trips Three fieldtrips were organised for conference delegates to experience the natural beautify and culture of the West of Ireland: The Burren and Cliffs of Moher (Aug. 18), Connemara (Aug. 19) and Aran Islands (Aug. 20).




Conference fieldtrips




International Board The ISEG International Board was established in the evening of Aug. 15, on a trip to Lough Corrib in the ship “Corrib Princess”. The board comprises of internationally leading experts in the field of environmental geochemistry, who are tasked to help to promote ISEG conference series. The ISEG International Board is supported by 4 international societies:

AAG: The Association of Applied Geochemists IAGC: The International Association of GeoChemistry IMGA: International Medical Geology Association SEGH: Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Members of ISEG International Board




Special issues in journals During the conference, discussions were made with the Editors-in-Chief of Applied Geochemistry, Environmental Geochemistry and Health, and Environmental Pollution, and guest-editor of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. The arrangements were made as follows and relevant messages were sent to delegates in the end of August. Applied Geochemistry (Invitation ONLY) Guest-editors: Dr. Clemens Reimann (Leading Guest-Editor) Geochemistry, Chairman, EuroGeoSurveys Geochemistry Expert Group Leiv Eirikssons vei 39, 7040 Trondheim [email protected] www.ngu.no Co-Guest-editors: Ron Fuge, Mark Cave, Chaosheng Zhang Queries regarding this Special Issue should be directed to the Leading Guest-Editor! DO NOT send your queries to conference chair! Environmental Geochemistry and Health (Invitation ONLY) Guest Editors: Prof. Jörg Rinklebe (Leading Guest-Editor) Full Professor for Soil- and Groundwater-Management Kommission Head of Water- and Waste-Management / Sanitary Environmental Engineering Institute for Soil Engineering, Water- and Waste-Management Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering University of Wuppertal, Pauluskirchstraße 7, 42285 Wuppertal, Germany E-Mail: [email protected]

http://www.boden.uni-wuppertal.de/en/home.html Co-Guest Editors: Yong Sik Ok, Mark Cave, Chaosheng Zhang Queries regarding this Special Issue should be directed to the Leading Guest-Editor! DO NOT send your queries to conference chair! Environmental Pollution (No special issue from this conference) It was decided that there will be no special issue in Environmental Pollution from this conference. Delegates are welcome to submit their full papers to Environmental Pollution in the ordinary way. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (Online submission is available) A Special Issue for International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is going forward. Please notice that this is an Open Access journal, and publication fee will be required. The detailed instructions are available here: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph/special_issues/ISEH Guest Editor: Dr. Jose A. Centeno, PhD, FRSC (Leading Guest Editor)




Director, Division of Biology, Chemistry and Materials Science USFDA - Center for Devices and Radiological Health Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Building 64, Room 4028 Silver Spring, MD 20993 Email: [email protected] Queries regarding this Special Issue should be directed to the Leading Guest-Editor! DO NOT send your queries to conference chair! Student awards Following the recommendations from the Student Award Committee, three students were given the best student oral presentation awards, and three students were given the best student poster presentation awards. The Student Award Committee members were: Mark Cave, Carla Patinha, Birgitte Hansen. Winners of the best student oral presentations were (with no order):

Antoine Adde, Christopher Finnegan, Songyan Jiang. Winners of the best student poster presentations were (with no order):

Laurence Kavanagh, Bo Meng, Coren Pulleyblank. Organisers and co-organisers The joint international conference was organized by:

NUI Galway (Ryan Institute GIS Centre and School of Geography and Archaeology) and CPGIS (International Association of Chinese Professionals in Geographic Information

Sciences). There were 4 major international societies served as co-organisers:

AAG: The Association of Applied Geochemists IAGC: The International Association of GeoChemistry IMGA: International Medical Geology Association SEGH: Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health

The other co-organisers are (with no particular order): The Geographical Society of China (GSC), Environmental Sciences Association of Ireland (ISAI), Geographical Society of Ireland (GSI), Ireland Chinese Association of Environment, Resources & Energy (ICAERE), National Centre for Geocomputation (NCG), Nanchang University (NCU), Institute of Subtropical Agriculture Chinese Academy of Sciences (ISA), The Ireland Brownfield Network (IBN), Institute of Geochemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences (GYIG), Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (YIC), Institute of Geographical Science and Natural Resource Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGSNRR), Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Science (NIGLAS), Guangzhou Institute of




Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (GIG), Croucher Institute for Environmental Sciences, Hong Kong Baptist University (CIES), Southwest University (SWU), Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IUE), British Geological Survey (BGS), Central South University of Forestry & Technology (CSUFT), Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences (RCEES), Guangdong University of Technology (GDUT), Korea Biochar Research Center (KBRC), UK Chinese Association of Resource and Environment (UK_CARE), International Panel on Chemical Pollution (IPCP), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), The Geological Surveys of Europe (EuroGeoSurveys), The European Centre for Environment and Human Health (ECEHH), Tsinghua University (THU), The Irish Organisation for Geographic Information (IRLOGI), Plant and Agricultural Biosciences Centre (PABC) of NUI Galway. Sponsors and exhibitors List of sponsors:

NUI Galway, Ryan Institute, Failte Ireland, EPA, XOS List of exhibitors:

Springer Nature, Easy Sensor, Olympus Announcement of future conferences of ISEH, ISEG & Geoinformatics

ISEH 2018 will be held in Shanghai (to be organized by Fudan University), China, during

summer 2018 (ISEH is held once every two years).

ISEG 2019 will be held in Beijing (to be organised by Peking University), China, during summer 2019 (ISEG is held once every three years).

Geoinformatics 2017 will be held in Buffalo, the USA (to be available on https://cpgis.org) More information will be announced via email and on the conference website in Galway: www.nuigalway.ie/iseh2016 2016-09-15

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