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.
Condensed Agenda
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 |