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Inhaled Particles X Conference 2008
23rd - 25th September 2008, Sheffield, UK
Organised by BOHS in conjunction with The Aerosol Society of Britain and Ireland
Why attend IPX
Multi-disciplinary research is vital to the science of particle-mediated lung disease and a distinctive feature of the Inhaled Particles Conference series. Continuing this tradition, Inhaled Particles X will bring together world-renowned and up-and-coming researchers from a wide range of specialist disciplines, but with a common interest and purpose: to better understand the nature of inhalable particles and their effects once inhaled, for the protection of workers’ and public health.
Conference Topics
IPX will be an integrative Conference, in three ways. By this we mean first that it will encompass the full range of disciplines concerned with protection of health from inhaled particles – engineers concerned with dust control, scientists characterising and modelling emissions, exposure measurement – in the field and in the laboratory; experts in particle deposition and clearance; toxicologists discovering mechanisms of damage; epidemiologists, developing and applying methods to link exposure with risk; and those concerned with policy – with setting standards, with protection of individuals. People from all of these disciplines and more can find a place in the programme of IPX. Secondly, IPX will be concerned with particles in the workplace, in outdoor air, and in the general indoor environment; and will try to find common threads and encourage cross-over of ideas between research and researchers in these three broad fields. And thirdly, IPX will integrate experience and perspectives internationally, including issues such as silicosis and pneumoconiosis that are unfashionable in the developed Western economies but still constitute a major public health risk internationally.
Scientific Committee
A prestigious committee of experts from a range of scientific disciplines will oversee the programme of IPX, chair its sessions, and lead the reviewing of papers for the published proceedings. The core UK Scientific Committee will include:
Fintan Hurley - IOM (Institute of Occupational Medicine), Edinburgh (Chair)
Professor Raymond Agius – University of Manchester
Professor Ross Anderson – St. George’s Hospital, London
Professor Jon Ayres – University of Aberdeen
Dr. John Cherrie – IOM and University of Aberdeen
Professor Ken Donaldson – University of Edinburgh
Dr. Sarah Dunnett – Loughborough University
Dr. Paul Harrison – IEH (Institute of Environment and Health), Cranfield University
Professor Roy Harrison – University of Birmingham
Dr. Lee Kenny – HSE (Health and Safety Executive), Sheffield
Professor Bob Maynard – HPA (Health Protection Agency), Chilton
Professor Anthony Seaton – IOM and University of Aberdeen
Dr. Jim Wild – University of Sheffield
These will be advised and supported by an International Scientific Committee covering the key conference topics.
Conference format
The scientific programme of Inhaled Particles Conferences is organised around many plenary sessions and a limited number of parallel sessions, encouraging interdisciplinary interactions. Poster sessions are given space for short presentation and discussion within the plenary sessions of the conference, and all accepted papers are given equal treatment in the published proceedings, whether poster or platform presented. This means that even though the conference is short, there is space in the programme for many papers; typically, previous Inhaled Particles Conferences have included around 125 papers. The timeline for submission of abstracts and preparation of papers ensures that the work presented is right up to date.
Publication of Proceedings
Authors of Conference presentations will be invited, but not required, to submit full papers for publication in the Proceedings. In contrast to many Conference proceedings, the Inhaled Particles proceedings (i) are fully peer-reviewed and (ii) include papers based on poster presentations as well as oral presentations. This allows for publication of high quality scientific material over a much greater range than would otherwise be possible; and the timeline for publication is intentionally short to ensure that the Proceedings will be up-to-date when published. The IP approach also ensures that poster presentations get a good hearing, both at Conference and in the Proceedings, so that the posters themselves form a key part of the core of the Conference. Having a choice about submitting a full paper allows scientists to present at Conference their most important results, without prejudice to later publication in high impact journals; or to present those preliminary results and speculations which are not yet ready for full publication, but whose general direction can add greatly to informed discussion and cross-fertilisation at the Conference itself. Where oral or poster presentations do not lead to a full paper in the Proceedings, an Abstract will be published, to maintain the integrity of the Proceedings as a record of the Conference as a whole.
Venue
Inhaled Particles X will be held in Sheffield, UK, at The Showroom and Workstation. This is a well-equipped conferencing facility close to the centre of Sheffield and the main railway station and hence with excellent transport links by air, rail and road, as well as a wide choice of hotels nearby. Click here for links to nearby hotels offering preferential rates for bookings up to six weeks before the conference.
For our platform sessions, IPX has booked two of the Showroom's four auditoriums, seating 180 and 280 people. Our poster sessions will be held in the Workstation, a large two-level space with plenty of room for poster-viewing and catering.
Important dates
· June 2007: Main conference announcement, with call for abstracts
· November 2007: Closing date for abstracts
· February 2008: Conference programme finalised; notifications to authors and call for full papers
· May 2008: Deadline for submission of full papers
· August 2008: Review of papers completed; final alterations allowed up to the date of the Conference
· September 2008: The Conference.
· January 2009: Conference Proceedings published
Contact information
If you would like to receive further information regarding this meeting, please email conferences@bohs.org, putting the words Inhaled Particles in the subject line.