Closing Plenary Session, Monday, October 29, 2007 1:30 – 5:00 pm - Sunny Hall, Yingjie Exchange Center, Peking University

Chairs: Dr. Baoshan Zheng, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Dr. David Carpenter, University at Albany, USA

1:30

The International Copper Association's Health & Environment Program - Current Funded Research on Copper in Asia Robert L Dwyer, International Copper Association

1:40

Environment, Health, and Sustainable Well-Being: What Do We Know?  What Should We Do?

John P.  Holdren, Harvard University, Woods Hole Research Center, USA

2:10

Emerging Environmental Issues in the Asia Pacific Region

Genandrialine Peralta, University of the Philiippines, Diliman

2:40

Development of Implementation of the Stockholm Convention on POPs in China

Yang Xiaoling, State Environmental Protection Administration, China

3:10

Tea Break

 

3:30

The tough choices we must make - and why we must make them now

Harpreet Singh Giani, India

4:00

Children's Environmental Health in the 21st Century Challenges and Solutions

Jenny Pronczuk, WHO

4:30

Strategies for addressing global environmental health concerns

William Suk, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, USA