Notice on Hosting the Peking University-ACS Publications International Forum on Environmental Health

(Second Round)

Emerging pollutants can disrupt ecosystems and threaten human health, posing significant risks to global environmental health. Addressing these pollutants has become a critical task in the field of environmental pollution management both in China and globally. China has formulated the "Action Plan for the Management of Emerging Pollutants", which proposes a systematic approach of "Screening-Assessment-Control." This plan actively promotes foundational research on the combined exposure, pollution control, and health effects of emerging contaminants. It also integrates new technological tools from environmental chemistry, geography, medicine, artificial intelligence, and big data into the research system for emerging contaminants. Furthermore, during the development of new energy sources for a clean and low-carbon transition under the carbon neutrality goal, the issue of emerging pollutants will also arise. Especially under global warming conditions, the re-release of pollutants and some extreme events may lead to newly recognized environmental behaviors of pollutants. Therefore, managing emerging pollutants requires new theories, methods, and paradigms to address complex environmental pollution exposure scenarios. Against this backdrop, Peking University, as the organizing institution, in collaboration with the ACS Publications, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fudan University, Tsinghua University, Zhejiang University of Technology, Dalian University of Technology, et al. is inviting top international experts in the field of environmental health to host a multidisciplinary international forum on environmental and health.

Peking University has established the nation's first "Undergraduate Program in Environmental Health" (jointly offered by the College of Urban and Environmental Sciences and the School of Public Health) and has founded the first "Department of Environmental Health" (within the College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering). The university has conducted long-term explorations in the field of environmental health and has undertaken a series of research projects on emerging contaminants. We warmly welcome colleagues from both domestic and international institutions to gather at Peking University this autumn to discuss academic challenges and hot topics in the prevention and control of emerging contaminants, and to promote global cooperation aimed at mitigating and preventing health issues caused by these contaminants

Theme: What Are Next Waves for Emerging Pollutants?

Academic Committee:

Chairman: Guibin Jiang, Shu Tao

Vice-Chairman: Fengchang Wu, Tong Zhu, Chunying Chen, Yunjiang Yu, Bo Pan, Bryan Brooks, Daniel Schlenk, Gregory Lowry, Jonathan Martin, Pablo Gago-Ferrero, Susan Richardson

Organizing Committee:

Chairman: Bin Wang, Guofeng Shen

Vice-Chairman: Yuanchen Chen, Yanhui Dong, Mingliang Fang, Xiaogang Jiang, Yuelong Ji, Tiantian Li, Wei Li, Nan Li, Hongtian Li, Zhiwen Li, Xuehua Li, Qian Liu, Xiaoxia Lu, Tao Xue, Chenyi Yuan, Qirui Zhong, Ying Zhu

Attendees:

(1) Foreign Experts

Name	Affiliation	Lecture title
Bryan Brooks, Professor, ES&T Lett Editor-In-Chief	Baylor University (US)	Looking to the Horizon: Trajectories Influencing Contaminants Research
Chirag Patel*, Associate Professor	Harvard University (US)	Data Science Approaches to Map the Exposome to Phenome
Daniel Schlenk, Professor, ES&T Executive Editor	University of California Riverside (US)	Effects Directed Analysis to Characterize Polyethylene Shopping Bag Leachate Following Simulated Gastric Digestion
Donghai Liang*, Assistant Professor, EHP Editorial Member	Emory University (US)	Per-and polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) Exposure, Maternal and Newborn Metabolomic Perturbation, and Adverse Birth and Child Health Outcomes in the Atlanta African American Maternal Child Cohort
Gary W. Miller*, Professor Exposome Editor-In-Chief	Columbia University (US)	Using Exposomics to Study Complex Human Diseases
Gregory Lowry， Professor, ES&T Executive Editor	Carnegie Mellon University (US)	PFAS: Managing Emerging and Emerged PFAS through Chemical Destruction
Hao Zhu, Professor, EES Associate Editor	Tulane University (US)	From Machine Learning to Deep Learning: The Progress of Computational Toxicology in Big Data Era
Jonathan Martin, Professor, ES&T Lett Associate Editor	Stockholm University (Sweden)	Molecular Discovery by Untargeted Chemical Exposomics
Michael Bloom, Associate Professor, Environment and Reproductive Health	George Mason University (US)	Mixed Sources of Exposure to Phthalates and Their Replacements in Children: A Novel Perspective from the ECHO-FGS Study
Pablo Gago-Ferrero, Professor, ES&T Associate Editor	Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (Spain)	The Chemical Exposome in Glioblastoma and its Potential Connection with Ultrafine Particles
Shane Snyder, Professor, ACS ES&T Water Editor-In-Chief	Georgia Institute of Technology (US)	Exploring the Great Unknown: Modern Techniques for Evaluation of Complex Mixtures
Susan Richardson, Professor, ES&T Executive Editor	University of South Carolina (US)	The Next Wave of Disinfection by-products and Emerging Directions

* Online lecture

(2) Domestic Experts

Name	Affiliation	Lecture title
Guibin Jiang, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences	CAS Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences	Progress of New Pollutants Study
Fengchang Wu, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering	Chinese Academy of Environmental Sciences	Preliminary Thoughts on the Treatment of New Pollutants in China
Tong Zhu, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences	Peking University	Emerging Pollutants in the Atmosphere: Black Carbon and Ultra-fine Particles
Yunjiang Yu, Reseacher/Principal Scientist	South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Environmental Protection, China	Exploration of Environmental Health Risk Identification for New Pollutants and Green Alternative Technologies for Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals
Bo Pan, Professor, Vice-president of Kunming University of Science and Technology	Kunming University of Science and Technology	Identification and Implication of Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals
Mingliang Fang, Professor	Fudan University	ExposomeX: Integrative Exposomic Platform Expediates Discovery of "Exposure-Biology-Disease" Nexus
Wei Du, Application engineer	Agilent Technology Co. LTD	Application of Metabolomics Combined with Cellular Analysis in Exposure and Health Studies

(3) Specially invited guests

Guest	Affiliation
Sarah Tegen，Senior Vice President and Chief Publishing Officer	ACS Publications
Julie B. Zimmerman，ES&T Editor-In-Chief	Yale University
Zhiheng Wang, Peking University Boya Distinguished Professor，Deputy Director of the Discipline Office, Deputy Dean of the College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University	Peking University
Jiancheng Wang，Peking University Boya Chair Professor, Deputy Director of Research Department, Peking University	Peking University

Host: Institute of Reproductive and Child Health, Peking University; College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University

Co-hosts: ACS Publications, CAS Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Fudan University, Tsinghua University, Zhejiang University of Technology, Dalian University of Technology, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Shanghai Jiaotong University, Special Committee on Environmental and Reproductive Health, National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Epidemiology of Major Diseases (Peking University), Ministry of Education (Peking University), Chinese Society of Environmental Mutagens, Ministry of Education Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes (Peking University), China Cohort Consortium (Peking University)

Date: 9.20+9.21 morning (1.5 days)

Location: Peking University

Format: On-site meeting + broadcast live online (American Chemical Society, Peking University Institute of Reproductive of Child Health, Peking University College of Urban and Environmental Sciences).

Cost of registering: No registration fee, lunch provided, transportation and accommodation are self-arranged.

Registration Requirements: Due to limited venue capacity, there is a limit of 100 on-site participants. Participants will be selected based on registration information and relevance to the profession. Registration information includes: Name, Affiliation, Email, Mobile Number, and a brief personal introduction (up to 200 words).

Conference Assistants:

Registration: Changxin Lan, Email: lancx@pku.edu.cn, Wechat: 15159616839

Consultation: Bin Wang, Email: binwang@pku.edu.cn

Corporate sponsor:

Agilent Technology Co. LTD

Beijing Haimeihua Technology Co., LTD

Beijing KNORTH Technology Co., LTD

Jiangsu Hongzhe Xinyue Information Technology Co., Ltd

Institute of Reproductive of Child Health, Peking University

College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University

Date: August 5th, 2024