The Institute of Eco-Environmental Forensics, Shandong University, Qingdao Campus, Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and the International Network of Environmental Forensics invite you to attend and present at the International Conference on Eco-Environmental Forensic Science (ICEEFS 2024) held at Shandong University (Qingdao Campus) on December 1-3, 2024. In particular, we will invite Professor Stephen Michael Mudge, Chair of the International Network of Environmental Forensics, and well-known experts and scholars at home and abroad to make keynote speeches, aiming at having an in-depth discussion on the identification, assessment, restoration and legal litigation of eco-environmental damage.

The theme of this first conference is:

Eco-Environmental Challenges in the Asia-Pacific Region.

The Asia-Pacific region faces many environmental issues such as air, water and soil contamination; new and emerging contaminants; biodiversity loss; climate change and natural disasters. Environmental forensic science can play a vital role in addressing these challenges by identifying the sources, pathways and impacts of environmental contaminants, as well as providing scientific evidence for environmental litigation and remediation.

The conference will cover a wide range of topics related to environmental forensics, such as:

· Contaminant source identification, apportionment and tracking

· Novel approaches and analytical methods

· Demonstrating ecological effects

· Eco-environmental damage assessment

· Remediation technologies

· Environmental risk assessment and management

· Environmental policy and regulation

· Environmental justice and ethics

· Environmental education and communication

· Case studies and best practices

· Illegal export of cultural items or biota

Keynote Presenters

It is planned to invite relevant leaders in the field to attend the meeting and introduce China's ecological environmental damage identification, assessment, decision-making and deployment and related requirements; Well-known experts and scholars at home and abroad will be invited to make keynote reports on the theme of the conference, including Prof Jeff Obbard (CCRS, Singapore).

Poster Communication

In order to provide on-site face-to-face communication opportunities for participants, quickly establish academic contacts, potential future collaboration and exchanges, wall posters are displayed during the conference. Wall poster size: 90cm(width)*120cm (height).

Scientific and Technological Exhibition

An exhibition of scientific and technological achievements in the field of environmental forensic medicine will be held during the conference to display innovative scientific and technological achievements, technical products, and share typical engineering cases. The conference provides a 3x2.5 meter fast exhibition booth for displaying results and placing exhibits. Booth is limited, if there is any demand for exhibition, please contact the conference team (tsun64@uwo.ca) to book a booth as soon as possible.

Cultural or Social Programme

Qingdao is close to the Yellow Sea in the east and south and has remarkable Marine climate characteristics, suitable climate, and abundant seafood. Qingdao City is a national historical and cultural city, the birthplace of Chinese Taoism, the origin of the May Fourth Movement, is a national historical and cultural city, the key historical landscape protection city, and the first batch of Chinese excellent tourist cities. Qingdao is a famous tourist resort city with national scenic areas Laoshan Scenic Area, Qingdao Binhai Scenic Area, Badaguan Scenic Area, May fourth Square, Qingdao Beer Museum, etc., in addition to dozens of local delicacies. The meeting place is located in Oceantec Valley Hotel, Jimo District, Qingdao, near the mountains and the sea. During the meeting, you can not only enjoy local special food but also enjoy the sea view. After the meeting, you can also visit the famous scenic spots in Qingdao and experience the beauty of local customs.

Key information

Dates: 1rd – 3rd December 2024

Venue: Shandong University (Qingdao campus), Qingdao, Shandong Province, China

Deadline for submission of oral or poster abstracts: 28th October 2024

Acceptance information provided by: 28th October 2024

Deadline for early bird registration at reduced price: 2nd November 2024

Deadline for registration: 7th November 2024

Information on abstract submission and template

Abstracts should be written in English, not exceed 500 words, and the file format shall be word document. Specific elements include: paper title, author name, work unit, abstract, key words, text, main references and so on. This conference will set up excellent report award for young people and graduate students.

After the paper is approved, it will be made into a book as conference materials. Excellent papers will be voluntarily recommended to the member journals of the E-knowledge database journal group for priority publication. Email: gjshengtai@163.com (Deadline for submission: November 2)

Abstracts should be e-mailed to Ting Sun (tsun64@uwo.ca) and you will receive a notification that the abstract has been received. If you do not get this notification within two working days, please contact Ting Sun (tsun64@uwo.ca).

All abstracts will be peer-reviewed and, if accepted, placed into the most appropriate session for that topic. The conference timetable will be drawn up after the closing date for submission and sent along with an acceptance letter.

For those attendees from outside of China needing to obtain a visa, please e-mail Ting Sun (tsun64@uwo.ca) to receive an invitation letter for presentation at the appropriate visa issuing location.

Language

The meeting will be conducted in English.

Registration

Please download and fill in the registration form (Attachment 1) and send back to Ting Sun tsun64@uwo.ca.

Registration fee is 2600 RMB (Students only need 2000 RMB)

Discount

Information on Qingdao

Things to do in and around Qingdao

https://www.chinadiscovery.com/qingdao-tours/things-to-do.html

Climate data (link to Climate to Travel ©) https://www.climatestotravel.com/climate/china/qingdao#december

Information on the Conference Hotel

The conference hotel —Shandong University, Qingdao Campus—is located in the heart of Qingdao Blue Silicon Valley Central Business District, close to Binhai Avenue and Metro Line 11 Blue Silicon Shandong University station. Established in 1901, Shandong University is one of China’s first institutions of Chinese modern higher education. In 1930, Shandong University moved from Jinan to Qingdao and all through its 30-year phase in Qingdao, the University enjoyed its two glorious periods, when the pioneering scholars gathered and we ranked among the top in China. In the past century, Qingdao has played a remarkable role in making of Shandong University’s history. In 2016, Shandong University launched its new Qingdao campus and this campus became one of eight campuses of the University, with other six in Jinan and one in Weihai. SDU was proudly selected as China’s Double First-Class Initiative (First-class University with First-class Disciplines) in 2017. The Qingdao campus is the new engine in achieving that goal with its innovative research, and extensive international collaboration. At present, it is comprised of 8 schools and 14 research institutes with more than 10,000 students and 1,000 faculty. Here, our researchers work across disciplines with colleagues combatting the same challenges from different perspectives. Here, international students and Chinese students immerse in a multi-cultural community to share knowledge and experiences.

The link is http://www.en.qd.sdu.edu.cn/About/Introduction.htm

FYI: Please make a note in the registration if you need us to book the hotel for you. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us (tsun64@uwo.ca).

Getting to Qingdao

Direct flights from many cities across China,

Singapore, Macao, Indonesia, South Korea, Japan, Australia, Russia, Thailand, UK

Send your arrival information to Ting Sun (tsun64@uwo.ca), We will pick you up at the airport. The pick-up sign will be written “International Conference on Eco-Environmental Forensic Science (ICEEFS 2024)” with a blue background.”

Background on the Institute of Eco-Environmental Forensics

Date formed, staff, mission, student base, facilities

To meet the needs of ecological civilization construction and solve the technical identification problems in the judicial litigation and compensation cases of eco-environmental damage, Shandong University explored establishing the Institute of Eco-Environmental Forensics (hereinafter referred to as "Institute") in July 2019, which is the first interdisciplinary research institution covering Environmental Science, Ecology, Chemistry, Law and other fields in China. The institute developed a Master's program and a Doctoral program for the "Science of Environmental Forensic" to cultivate talents in the Environmental Forensic field in China.

The main research directions include 1. Pollutant Identification and Traceability. 2. Ecological risk and assessment. 3. Ecological destruction and human health. 4. Accounting of Ecological environmental damage. 5. Law and Policy on Eco-Environmental Forensics.

Relying on the Institute of Eco-Environmental Forensics, the Ministry of Justice and Shandong University established the " Ministry of Justice Hub for Research & Practice in Eco-Environmental Forensics" in October 2019. It implements a new mechanism and system with two different brand names but sharing the same group of personnel. The two parties cooperate in three aspects as follows:

1. Establish and improve the theoretical and technical system of Eco-Environmental Forensics.

2. Explore the training mode of the top talents in Eco-Environmental Forensics and strengthen the cultivation of the application-oriented and compound talents.

3. Set up an intelligent platform and high-end think tank for technical exchange and big data network sharing of Eco-Environmental Forensics, and promote the high integration of scientific research and practice of Eco-Environmental Forensics.

Here is a series of photographs that we have done. For example,

Illegal Fishing

Illegal fishing

Oil spill accident at sea

Air pollution prevention

Hazardous waste dumping

Cases of ecological destruction of cultural monuments

Illegal sale of wildlife or wildlife products