Conference Themes

The presentations, both oral and poster, in this proposed conference will cover the following topics:

• Scientific methodologies for the derivation of short- and long-term water and sediment quality guidelines for ecosystem protection in mainland China and different parts of the world;
• Scientific derivation of site-specific water and sediment quality guidelines;
• Quality control and assurance on acquisition of eco-toxicity data for EQB development;
• Advance methods for setting microbial quality standards;
• Establishment of benchmarks for indicating ecosystem health status;
• Application and validation of water and sediment quality guidelines/ criteria/ standards;
• The relationship between EQB, environmental policy and legislation for water and sediment quality management; and
• Plan for international collaboration in data sharing and knowledge exchange in relation to the derivation and application of EQB.