Agenda

ECEC24 is on April 24-25, 2024, and was a virtual conference. The full agenda and virtual attendance and networking will be on Whova. Whova will be available until July with the recordings of presentations that presenters gave permission to post.

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April 24, 2024

Time (Central Daylight Time) Program on Day 1
8:30-9:00 am Open Plenary
9:00-10:00 am Keynote: Chelsea Rochman – Assistant Professor of Ecology at the University of Toronto and co-founder of U of T Trash Team
Managing Microplastics: Monitoring and Risk Assessment/Management Frameworks to report baselines, statuses and trends
10:00-10:30 am Networking & Break
10:30-11:30 am Session 1 – Microplastics & Marine Debris
11:30 am – 1:00 pm Lunch Break
12:00-12:30 pm Speed Networking Event on Whova
1:00-2:00 pm Keynote: Kaytee Canfield – Social Scientist with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development
Moving Beyond Science for Science’s Sake
2:00-3:30 pm Session 2: Novel Techniques in Detection & Remediation of CECs
3:30-4:00 pm Networking & Break
4:00-5:00 pm Session 3: General CECs
5:00 pm Adjourn – See you on Day 2!

April 25, 2024

Time (Central Daylight Time) Program on Day 2
9:00-10:00 am Keynote: Jahred Liddie – PhD Student at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Who is most exposed to PFAS in drinking water? Current insights and data gaps
10:00-10:30 am Networking & Break
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Session 4: Pharmaceuticals, Personal Care Products, and Household CECs
12:00-1:00 pm Lunch Break
12:15-12:45 pm Speed Networking Event on Whova
1:00-2:00 pm Keynote: Linda Birnbaum – Former Director for the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences
The Perils of PFAS: Everything, Everywhere, All of Us
2:00-2:30pm Networking & Break
2:30-4:00 pm Session 5: Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
4:00 pm Closing Remarks
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