The Air We Breathe - A Public Health Dialogue
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Speakers
Speakers, Panellists and Resource Experts
Prof Ross Anderson
Prof Ross ANDERSON is Professor of Epidemiology at St George’s, University of London, and is an internationally respected expert on the public health consequences of air pollution. Based at St George’s, University of London, Prof. Anderson has held a number of high profile community health positions both in the UK and internationally. He was a member of the World Health Organization (WHO) Steering Committee for the Revision of Air Quality Guidelines 2004–2006, the WHO Task Force on Health Aspects of Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and the WHO Scientific Advisory Committee on the Health Effects of Air Pollution in Europe 2003–2004. He has been a long-time collaborator with other air quality research institutions in the UK, USA, Greece, Rome and Hong Kong.
Dr Terry Barker
Dr Terry BARKER is Director of the Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research (4CMR), Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge, Leader of the Tyndall Centre’s Integrated Modelling programme of research and Chairman of Cambridge Econometrics. Dr Barker was a Coordinating Lead Author in the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (2007) for the chapter on mitigation from a cross-sectoral perspective, covering the macroeconomic costs of mitigation at national, regional and global levels in the short and medium term (to 2030). Research interests are in greenhouse gas mitigation policy, large-scale computable energy-environment-economy and world energy modelling.
Prof. Bill Barron
Prof. Bill BARRON is a long term Visiting Scholar with the Institute for The Environment of the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology and a Senior Research Fellow with Civic Exchange. He received his Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins University. His work for nearly 20 years in Hong Kong has focused on environmental policy assessments, particularly with respect to transport and air quality. His current work includes trying to communicate more effectively to policy makers and the public an intuitive understanding of the challenges of sustainable development and how different types of responses fit into larger solutions.
Prof Bingheng Chen
Prof. Bingheng CHEN is Professor at the School of Public Health, at Fudan University, Shanghai and has worked in a number of high-profile capacities for the Shanghai Medical University, World Health Organization, Harvard University, and the Chinese Association of Preventive Medicine. Her major areas of research include air pollution and human health (HEI PAPA project, China CAPES project); health-based risk assessment and chemical safety, and standard setting on a series of environmental chemicals. Prof. Chen gives lectures on environmental health both in China and internationally and has written and contributed to numerous scientific papers and books. Currently, she sits on several important committees including the Olympic Games Air Quality Expert Panel and the WHO Steering Committee on WHO Air Quality Guidelines. Email: bhchen@shmu.edu.cn
Dr Quentin Chiotti
Dr Quentin CHIOTTI is the Climate Change Programme Director and Senior Scientist at Pollution Probe, a non-government, research, education, and advocacy organization in Canada. He has published numerous articles in scholarly journals and books, and has taught at various universities across Canada. He is a member of several important environment-related advisory boards and committees in Canada.
Dr Judith Chow
Dr Judith CHOW, Nazir and Mary Ansari Chair Research Professor in Entrepreneurialism and Science in the Division of Atmospheric Sciences at the Desert Research Institute (DRI) in Nevada USA, has over 30 years of experience in atmospheric, air quality, and environmental health research and education. Dr. Chow is the principal author or co-author of hundreds of scholarly papers, book chapters, presentations, and technical reports. Dr. Chow is fluent in spoken and written Mandarin Chinese and English and has been principal investigator or a major collaborator in more than 50 large atmospheric studies in California and China.
Dr Aaron Cohen
Dr Aaron COHEN is Principal Scientist at the Health Effects Institute (HEI), Boston, USA. He manages an international programme of epidemiologic research on the health effects of air pollution, and lectures in environmental epidemiology at Boston University. He is a consultant to the World Health Organization (WHO), and was closely involved in estimating the global burden of disease due to outdoor air pollution for the WHO.
Mr Antonio Da Roza
Mr Antonio DA ROZA is a Barrister-at-law, AM HKIArb, Senior Research Assistant for the Asian Institute of International Financial Law and the Centre for Comparative and Public Law, HKU.
Prof. Michael DeGolyer
Prof. Michael DEGOLYER is a Professor at the Department of Government and International Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, lecturing in Statistical and Survey Methods for Political Science, Introduction to Political Economy, Contemporary Europe and Asia, and World Order Issues. His major research interests include comparative/historical political development and political economy; Hong Kong political development; technology and learning. He is the Director of the Hong Kong Transition Project.
Dr John Froines
Dr John FROINES is the Director of the UCLA Center for Occupational and Environmental Health. His air pollution related research includes the health effects of particulate matter and vapor phase co-pollutants in the ambient environment, mechanisms of action of toxicants, chemical toxicology, health effects attributable to air pollution. He directs the Southern California Particle Center, a major research center devoted to studying the effects of particulate matter on human health. Dr. Froines serves on three committees of the Southcoast Air Quality Management District. He has been Chair of California’s Scientific Review Panel since 1997.
Prof. Tony Hedley
Prof. Tony HEDLEY has been Chair Professor of Community Medicine at the School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong since 1988. Professor Hedley trained in the medical schools of Aberdeen and Edinburgh universities. His main research and public health advocacy interests in recent years have been in the field of environmental health, including outdoor and indoor air pollution.
Dr Hu Tao
Dr HU Tao is Senior Environmental Economist of Policy Research Center, Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) of China. He is also the Chief Expert of the Trade and Environment Expert Group for the WTO New Round Negotiation for the MEP. He is also the member of UN Steering Committee of Sustainable Production and Consumption and provides environmental policy consulting services for World Bank, Asian Development Bank and the Global Environmental Facility. Dr. Hu also serves as Visiting Professor for the Chinese Flagship programme at the University of Oregon, USA. His research topics cover environmental economics, policies and governance, environmental and natural resources economics, globalization, trade and environment issue, and climate change issue.
Prof. Alexis Lau Kai-Hon
Prof. Alexis LAU Kai-Hon is Director of the Environmental Central Facility, at the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology. His main research interests include atmospheric data analysis, numerical modelling of the atmosphere, regional and urban air pollution, and environmental education. He has published widely in international journals of atmospheric and environmental science.
Mr Edwin Lau
Mr Edwin LAU is the Director of Friends of the Earth (HK) and he has been working on environmental issues in particular on waste and air pollution issues for almost 20 years. Mr Lau initiated the first waste paper recycling programme for schools and he developed Hong Kong’s first “Sort & Recycle” system for public housing estate. In 1997, he launched the “Stop Idling Engines Campaign” to lobby the government to tackle air pollution problems. In 2000, he initiated the first Solar Cart Race in Hong Kong to promote renewable energy. In recent years, he encourages the community to conserve energy to address both local air pollution and global climate change problems. He gives talks regularly to various sectors of the community to raise their environmental awareness and encourage them to take action to make a difference. He is a member of the Advisory Council on the Environment.
Prof. Frank S. C. Lee
Prof. Frank S. C. LEE is Professor and Air-Lab-In-Charge in the Department of Civil and Structural Engineering at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He received his Ph.D. in 1994 from University of Berkeley and was the founding Section Chair of the Air and Waste Management Association, Hong Kong Section in 1996. Prof. Lee has carried out several air quality studies in HK is an Advisory Panel Member of the review of Air Quality Objectives (AQO) commissioned by Hong Kong’s Environmental Protection Department.
Ms Susan Li
Ms Susan LI is the host of Asia Business Tonight for Bloomberg Television and is based in Bloomberg's Hong Kong bureau. Ms Li began her journalism career at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and her experience included working on Canada's longest-running nationwide newscast, The National. In China, Ms Li was anchor and editor at CCTV International’s two highest-rated programs, BizChina and the primetime newscast. Ms Li has interviewed scores of the world’s leading business executives and politicians. She counts Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez, former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and sports idol Yao Ming among her interviewees.
Prof. Shaw Chen Liu
Prof. Shaw Chen LIU, Distinguished Research Fellow and Director of the Research Center for Environment Changes at Academia Sinica, Taiwan, contributed to the scientific and technical reports that earned the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize shared with Al Gore. Since 2004, he has collaborated with colleagues from Pearl River Delta (PRD), Hong Kong, and a research group organized by Peking University to carry out air pollution experiments in PRD.
Dr Alan Lloyd
Dr Alan LLOYD is a founding member and current President of the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). He has served in several important government and research capacities, including Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency, where he led Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Climate Action Team and Chairman of the influential California Air Resources Board (CARB).
Ms Christine Loh
Ms Christine LOH, OBE, is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Civic Exchange. Prior to this, she was a member of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council from 1992 to 1997 and 1998 to 2000. Today, she is an International Advisor to the G8 + 5 Climate Change Dialogue, Senior Policy Advisor to the C40 Cities Climate Change Leadership Group (London) and an elected Director of the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd. In October 2007, she was recognized as one of the “Heroes of the Environment” by TIME magazine.
Prof. Sarah McGhee
Prof. Sarah MCGHEE is a Professor at the Department of Community Medicine, School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong. Her current research covers aspects of health economics including costing of the impacts of air pollution and tobacco, assessment of quality of life and cost-effectiveness of childhood vaccines.
Simon K. W. Ng
Simon K. W. NG is a Visiting Scholar at the Institute for the Environment, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology. He received his training as a geographer at the University of Hong Kong and the University of Cambridge, UK. Simon’s research interests include transport policy and planning, rail and seaport development, environmentally sustainable transport, and air quality management. Simon is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in Hong Kong.
Prof. Nuntavarn Vichit-Vadakan
Prof. Nuntavarn VICHIT-VADAKAN is Associate Professor and Dean of Environmental Health and Epidemiology at the Faculty of Public Health Thammasat University, Rangsit, Thailand. Her research interests include environmental exposures and health; policy oriented studies in environmental and occupational health; and health promotion. She has published a wide range of scholarly papers public health management, including disaster management, the effect of power plant emissions on children, unleaded gasoline, as well as Bangkok’s air quality with a special focus on particulate matter.
Mr Anders Wijkman
Mr Anders WIJKMAN has been a Member of the European Parliament since 1999, where he is currently a member of the Committees on Environment, Development Cooperation and Climate Change. Previosuly, he served as Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and Policy Director of UNDP (1995-1997), and Director-General of SAREC - Swedish Agency for Research Cooperation with Developing Countries - (1992-1994). He is chairman of GLOBE EU and the ZERI Foundation. He is a member of the Club of Rome, the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences and the Swedish Royal Academy of Agriculture and Forestry and a Board member of the Stockholm Resilience Center.
Prof. Wong Chit-ming
Prof. WONG Chit-ming is Associate Professor at the Department of Community Medicine, School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong. He obtained his Ph.D. from The University of Hong Kong. He is a Chartered Statistician of the Royal Statistical Society, UK, and an Honorary Member of the Faculty of Public Health of the Royal College of Physicians, UK. He is a co-ordinator for a multi-city study on public health and air pollution in Asia, and another multi-city study on the health impact of influenza in Hong Kong, Singapore and Guangzhou, as well as a study on the health effects of the 1990 regulation for restriction of sulphur content in fuels in Hong Kong.
Prof. Wang Xinming
Prof. WANG Xinming is connected to the State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry (GIG), as well as a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. His expertise includes organic pollutants in the atmospheric and their health impacts.
Prof. Wong Tze Wai
Prof. WONG Tze Wai is a Professor of Community and Family Medicine at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His primary research interest is the relationship between air pollution and health, including cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, a topic on which he has published widely in international journals. He is currently involved in a major research project on The Long-term Impact of Air Pollution on the Respiratory Health, Lung Functions and Cardiopulmonary Fitness among Schoolchildren.
Dr John Watson
Dr John WATSON, Research Professor in the Division of Atmospheric Sciences at the Desert Research Institute in Nevada USA, is well-known for the organization and planning of large-scale multi-year air quality studies in the U.S., with government, state, and local agencies, academies, consulting firms, and instrument manufacturers. Dr Watson has been involved in numerous other atmospheric studies including: California Regional PM2.5/PM10 Air Quality Study (CRPAQS); and the National Academy of Engineering’s U.S. Committee on Energy Futures and Air Pollution in Urban China and the United States.
Mr Zhang Baochun
Mr ZHANG Baochun is from the Guangzhou Research Institute of Environmental Protection. His fields of expertise include environmental management, planning and policy.
Dr Allen Zheng
Prof Allen ZHENG is Professor at the South China University of Technology, Guangdong, China., with special expertise in the development of emissions inventories for monitoring air pollution in Guangdong.
Prof. Zhong Liuju
Prof. ZHONG Liuju is from the Guangzhou Environmental Monitoring Center, with expertise in air quality monitoring, and air quality management at a regional scale.
Prof. Zhu Tong
Prof. ZHU Tong is Professor at the College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering and Director of the Centre for Environment and Sciences at Peking University. Air Pollution (especially particulate matter) and its related health impact is one of his main research focuses. He is the one of the leading professors in air pollution projects in the Pearl River Delta and was an advisor to the Beijing Olympics on air quality in Beijing.
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