Second International Conference on Air Pollution – Programme and presentations

We proudly announce the “Second International Conference on Air Pollution – Moving Towards Clean Air for Europe” which is organized in the framework of the HungAIRy LIFE integrated project on 25-26 September 2024.

 

 

PROGRAMME AND PRESENTATION

 

Day 1 - 25 September 2024

 

8:30 - 9:00                 Virtual welcome coffee/tea and connection checks

 

OPENING

9:00 - 9:15     

                          Anikó Raisz, state secretary, Ministry of Energy, Hungary
  Gábor Szanka, chief executive, HungaroMet Hungarian Meteorological Service, Hungary
  Guido de Wilt, policy officer, European Commission

 

PLENARY SESSION
9:15 - 9:45

Guido de Wilt, policy officer, European Commission
Air Quality - Revision of EU Rules, review of the NECD

Presentation
9:45 - 10:15

Stijn Janssen, program manager, VITO
ATMOSYS, modelling toolbox to support the AAQD implementation

Presentation

 

SESSION I.                          
10:15 - 10:35                      

Tamás Szigeti, Nóra Koplányi, Ildikó Babcsány, Orsolya Tamás-Józsa, Barbara Bezegh
Improving air quality in Hungary: A comprehensive approach to emission reduction and community engagement in the LIFE IP HungAIRy

Presentation
10:35 - 10:55

Tomasz Pietrusiak
LIFE Integrated Project “Implementation of Air Quality Plan for Małopolska Region – Małopolska in a healthy atmosphere”

Presentation
10:55 - 11:10        Virtual coffee/tea break

 

SESSION I. (cont.)
11:10 - 11:30         

Helena Jadwiszczok-Molencka
Summary of results from the first phase of the Silesia Blue Sky Restored LIFE IP

Presentation
11:30 - 11:50

Giulia Righi, Lucia Ramponi, Katia Raffaelli
LIFE IP PREPAIR

Presentation
11:50 - 12:10

Júlia Čaplová, Zuzana Kopinová, Dana Stopková, Jana Palúchová, Katarína Mičáková, Marta Bejdáková
New measures for tackling emissions in Slovakia

Presentation
12:10 - 12:30

Yana Kirilova, Dochka Velkova
Towards cleaner air in Bulgaria with LIFE IP CLEAN AIR

Presentation

 

12:30 - 13:00        Virtual lunch break

 

SESSION II.
13:00 - 13:20                                

Tymoteusz Sawiński, Magdalena Korzystka-Muskała, Joanna Kubicka, Anetta Drzeniecka-Osiadacz, Marek Kowalczyk
Air quality forecasts and measurements and how we use them in educational way - experiences of LIFE-MAPPINGAIR/PL Project


 
13:20 - 13:40

Anna Lorynowicz
Effective implementation of the Air Quality Plan for the Podkarpackie Voivodeship, taking into account the problem of energy poverty: Podkarpackie – Live and Breathe

Presentation
13:40 - 14:00

Robert Mazurkiewicz-Biczuk, and the LIFE AQP Opolskie 2019 Project Team
Implementation of the air quality management system in the local governments of the Opole Voivodeship

Presentation
14:00 - 14:20

David Kelleghan, Dermot Burke, Patrick Malone, Stijn Vranckx, Lisa Blyth, Patrick Kenny
Emissions ModEling and FoRecasting of Air in IreLanD – LIFE EMERALD


 

End of the programme for Day 1

 

 

Day 2 - 26 September 2024

 

9:30 - 10:00                           Virtual welcome coffee/tea and connection checks

 

SESSION III.
10:00 - 10:20                                        

Cathy Wing Yi Li, Claire Granier, Thierno Doumbia, Renske Timmermans, Gabriele Pfister, Rajesh Kumar, Mikhail Sofiev, Marc Guevara, Nicolas Huneeus, Dan Mo, Olivier Salvi, Bastien Caillard, Guy Brasseur
Overview of the AQ-WATCH Toolkit and the lessons learnt from its codevelopment process


 
10:20 - 10:40

Plamenko Tais, Sanela Salihagic
Air Quality measurements and Functional Review of Air Quality Management in Canton Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Presentation
10:40 - 11:00

Melas Dimitrios, Parliari Daphne, Economou Theo, Kushta Jonilda, Giannaros Christos
Quantifying mortality burden from combined environmental stressors: the LIFE SIRIUS approach


 
11:00 - 11:20

Jovan Javorac, Miroslav Ilić, Dejan Živanović, Marija Jevtić
Impact of nitrogen dioxide exposure on the risk of severe acute exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
 

Presentation

 

11:20 - 11:40                  Virtual coffee/tea break

 

SESSION IV.
11:40 - 12:00            

András Hoffer, Ádám Tóth, Beatrix Jancsek-Turóczi, Tibor Ajtai, Szabolcs, Hodovány, András Gelencsér
Identification of waste burning based on the physicochemical properties of aerosols emitted from chimneys


 
12:00 - 12:20

Claudia Schön, Juho Louhisalmi, Kamil Krpec, Isaline Fraboulet, Benjamin Cea, Hans Hartmann, Jarkko Tissari
Novel real-life test protocol for log wood stoves during round robin

Presentation
12:20 - 12:40

Claudia Schön, Juho Louhisalmi, Kamil Krpec, Isaline Fraboulet, Benjamin Cea, Hans Hartmann, Jarkko Tissari
Novel method for TPM determination – Combination of ENPME and Porous Tube Dilution

Presentation
12:40 - 13:00

Kristóf Pázmándy
Introduction to the LIFE-IP NORTH-HU-TRANS

Presentation

End of the Conference