44thAnnual Air Pollution Workshop and Joint Meeting
International IUFRO & APW & COST & ENVeurope Conference
Kaunas, Lithuania
May 18-27, 2012
Air Pollution Workshop Hosted by
John King, North Carolina State University
Teodora Best, The Pennsylvania State University
Stan Cieslik, Joint Research Center, Ispra
Kris Novak, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
The organizing committee of the international conference invites you to attend the 44th Annual Air Pollution Workshop to be held in Kaunas, Lithuania from May 18-27, 2012. This is the first Air Pollution Workshop to be held in Europe and will be part of a joint conference with IUFRO, COST and ENVeurope. On one day of the conference, the Workshop will provide an informal forum for presentations and discussions of current research, monitoring, and issues pertaining to air quality effects on forests, agricultural crops, and natural ecosystems.
The joint International Conference will facilitate contacts, enhance new collaboration,
and stimulate intellectual exchanges amongst the researchers throughout the world.
We hope that you will be able to join us at this joint
IUFRO&APW&COST&ENVeurope
International Conference!
Lithuanian University of Agriculture,
Faculty of Forestry and Ecology
Kaunas, Lithuania
and supported by:
USDA Forest Service International Programs
The Workshop provides an informal setting for presentations and discussions of current research topics and issues pertaining to various aspects of air pollution effects on agricultural crops, forests and natural ecosystems. Since the first meeting, held at Penn State University in 1969, plant scientists with interest in air pollution effects to all forms of vegetation and natural ecosystems have met each year at various locations around the USA, Canada and Mexico for the Air Pollution Workshop. Participants are from research programs within universities, Agricultural Experiment Stations, and federal agencies such as the US EPA, USDA and the National Park Service. In addition, many state and local officials have attended meetings when held nearby to their offices. A strong contingent of European and Asian colleagues with interests in air pollution and vegetation effects have attended the Workshops.
The Air Pollution Workshop provides an informal setting for presentations and discussions of current research topics and issues on various aspects of air pollution effects on agricultural crops, forests and ecosystems. In recent years, issues related to climate change effects have become part of the scope of the Workshop. The regional effects of pollutants, especially ozone, nitrogen deposition and particulate matter, are topics of particular interest. In addition, issues related to evaluation of risks associated with air pollution in natural systems have become part of the most recent Workshop discussions.
Each year the Workshop consists of a few general sessions with topics of broad interest along with several smaller sessions on specific topics. The topics selected for the final program are based upon input from Workshop participants planning to attend. The 44th Air Pollution Workshop Program will be chaired by John King. Please contact him with your suggestions regarding the Workshop program.
A 9-member committee is responsible for directing the workshop's activities. For additional information, please visit our Introduction web page.
Dr. Marcus Schaub is the European contact for information regarding this meeting and can be reached via email at: marcus.schaub@wsl.ch
Future Workshops
45th Air Pollution Workshop, 2013 - Portland, Oregon
46th Air Pollution Workshop, 2014 - Toronto, Canada
APW Webmaster: fitz.booker@ars.usda.gov
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Updated April 25, 2012