COST action 633: Particulate matter: Properties related to health effects

Program day 1, March 13, 2008

9:00 Welcome to participants

Regina Hitzenberger, chair, COST 633

9:15 Differences and similarities in PM characteristics across Europe: what we learnt and what we might like to know

Jean-Philippe Putaud, JRC Ispra

9:45 Heterogeneity in toxicity of particulate matter collected across Europe

Flemming Cassee (RIVM, Netherlands)

10:15 Organic aerosols in relation to small-scale wood combustion, forest fires and traffic

Risto Hillamo, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki

11:15 Introduction of topics for afternoon breakout group sessions

11:30 Inorganic tracers of source pollutions from PM

Xavier Querol, CSIC, Barcelona

12:00 New aspects on particulate matter modelling

Ana Miranda (University of Alveiro) and Wilfried Winiwarter (Austrian Research Centers, Vienna)

14:00 – 15:30 Breakout group discussions

15:45 – 17:00 Synthesis of results from breakout group discussions

Program day 2, March 14, 2008

9:00 Welcome

Regina Hitzenberger, chair, COST 633

9:15 PM over Europe – from measurement to modelling and from ambient air to exposure

Thomas Kuhlbusch, IUTA, Germany

9:45 Heterogeneities of PM-associated health effects, sources and PM characteristics

Raimo Salonen, KTL, Finland

10:15 PM Health Effects - New Directions

Bert Brunekreef, Utrecht University, NL

11:15 A policy maker's views on PM pollution

Peter Bruckmann, Landesamt für Natur, Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz, Recklingen

11:45 Community-funded research on air pollution and health

Tuomo Karjalainen, EU

12:15 Panel Discussion moderated by Regina Hitzenberger