Conference Information

Particulate Matter: Atmospheric Sciences, Exposure and the Fourth Colloquium on PM and Human Health March 31-April 4, 2003 An International Conference Managed by the American Association for Aerosol Research PM2003 Conference Final Program Abstracts Publications Policy

Conference Chairs
AAAR PM Organizing Committee
AAAR PM Meeting Sponsors
Introduction and Background
Objectives of the Conference
General Information
Student Travel Award Information (pdf)
Future Meeting Dates

Description of Workshops
List of Workshops and Related Plenary Sessions
2003 AAAR PM Workshops and Posters (pdf)
Description of Plenary Sessions on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
List of Plenary Sessions
Exhibitor List

Monday, March 31-Friday, April 4, 2003: Proposed Schedule at a Glance
Tentative Timeline for the Conference

Conference Chairs

Cliff I. Davidson, Carnegie Mellon University
Robert Phalen, University of California at Irvine
Paul Solomon, EPA/ORD

AAAR PM Organizing Committee

Cliff Davidson, CMU, Chair
Robert Phalen, UC Irvine Tech, Co-Chair for Health and Exposure
Paul Solomon, EPA/ORD/NERL, Tech, Co-Chair for Atmospheric Sciences
Bill Aljoe, DOE/NETL
Susanne Hering, Aerosol Dynamics
Spyros Pandis, CMU
Allen Robinson, CMU
John Vandenberg, EPA/ORD/NEERL
John Bachmann, EPA/OAR/OAQPS
Beverly Cohen, NYU School of Medicine

Scientific Advisory Committee
Cliff Davidson, CMU, Co-Chair
Robert Phalen, UC Irvine, Co-Chair
Paul Solomon, EPA/ORD/NERL, Co-Chair
Dan Albritton, NOAA
Mike Bergin, Georgia Tech
Daniel Costa, EPA
Maria Costantini, HEI
Bart Croes, CARB/CA-EPA
Robin Dennis, EPA
Robert Devlin, EPA
Douglas Dockery, Harvard
Dan Greenbaum, HEI
Allen Hansen, EPRI
Don Hastie, York U
Carol Henry, API
Philip Hopke, Clarkson
John Jansen, Southern Company
Lester Lave, CMU
Joellen Lewtas, EP
Morton Lippmann, NYU
Peter Lunn, DOE
Bill Malm, National Park Service
Pat Mastin, NIEHS
Joe Mauderly, LRRI
Peter McMurry, U Minn
Fred Miller, CHT
Suresh Moolgavkar, Fred Hutchinson Research Center
Granger Morgan, CMU
Tom Pace, EPA
Arden Pope, BYU
Ted Russell, Georgia Tech
Jonathan Samet, Johns Hopkins
Richard Schlesinger, NY
Christian Seigneur, Atmos. & Environ Research
Marjorie Shepherd, Environment Canada
Harry ten Brink, ECN (Holland), European Contact
Barbara Turpin, Rutgers
Mark Utell, U of Rochester
Leendert van Bree, RIVM (Holland)
James Vickery, NARSTO
Ron Williams, EPA
William Wilson, EPA
Ronald Wyzga, EPRI

Principal Investigators of PM - Health Centers, PM Supersites Program and Ozone-PM Centers
Guner Oberdorster, U of Rochester - Health Center
John Froines, UCLA PM - Health Center
Petros Koutrakis, Boston PM - Health Center
Jane Koenig, Seattle PM -Health Center
David Allen, Houston Supersite
Bill Chameides, Atlanta Supersite
Ken Demerjian, New York City Supersite
John Ondov, Baltimore Supersite
Spyros Pandis, Cliff Davidson, Allen Robinson, Pittsburgh Supersite
Costas Sioutas, Los Angeles Supersite
Jay Turner, St. Louis Supersite
John Watson, St. Louis Supersite
John Watson and Judy Chow, Fresno Supersite
Bill Chameides, Atlanta Ozone - PM Center
Russ Philbrick, Philadelphia Ozone - PM Center

Publications Committee
Co-Chairs: Paul Solomon, EPA, ORD and Robert Phalen, UCI

Atmospheric Sciences Committee Members
Jay Turner, Washington University
Ann Middlebrook, NOAA, Aeronomy Laboratory
John Ondov, University of Maryland
Cliff Davidson, CMU
Judy Chow, Desert Research Institute
Richard Scheffe, US EPA, OAQPS, RTP
Charles Brock, NOAA, Aeronomy Laboratory

Health and Exposure
Robert Phalen, UCI

AAAR PM Meeting Sponsors
(As of March 27, 2003)

The American Association for Aerosol Research gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the following sponsors of the AAAR PM Meeting, March 31-April 4, 2003 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

American Chemistry Council
American Petroleum Institute (API)
Air & West Management Association (AWMA)
Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, University of California Irvine
California Energy Commission
DOE - NETL
EPA
EPRI
Ford Motor Company
Health Effects Institute (HEI)
International Society for Aerosols in Medicine (ISAM)
MARAMA
NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory
NARSTO
NIEHS
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority - NYSERDA
Southern Company

Introduction and Background

The first few years of the new millennium promise to be a landmark time period for research on airborne particulate matter (PM) in the United States and around the world. This has been stimulated in large measure by the establishment of revised U.S. standards in 1997, the re-examination of PM norms by the World Health Organization and the governments of a number of countries, and the release of the National Research Council reports on PM research. Centers for research on PM and Health, PM Supersites, and Ozone-PM Centers have been established by the U.S. EPA at a number of institutions throughout the U.S. National PM mass and chemical speciation networks are also being established by the EPA to support these programs and national goals. In addition, numerous public and private research and monitoring efforts concerning airborne particles are underway worldwide. Overall, these new efforts are expected to provide major improvements in PM monitoring methods, PM characterization, data for emission-based air quality models, information on source-receptor-exposure relationships, and data on exposure and health effects that can help regulatory agencies establish appropriate policies.

The results of these efforts need to be communicated throughout the PM research community. Currently, there are numerous organizations that sponsor meetings where only a fraction of the talks are devoted to PM, and the talks are generally confined to a narrow discipline. For example, epidemiological meetings include a limited number of talks on PM epidemiology, while aerosol research meetings include a fraction of the full program on ambient atmospheric PM. Toxicology meetings include a small number of presentations on the toxicology of PM. Rather than disparate efforts, a single coordinated meeting devoted to many different aspects of PM is needed, covering topics such as source-receptor modeling, atmospheric chemistry, long-range transport and transformation, air quality and exposure modeling, epidemiology, toxicology, dosimetry, instrumentation, QA, data treatment, and newly emerging issues. Such a meeting would enable cross-disciplinary discussions that could generate new insights not possible in conventional meetings hosted by a single organization.

The 2003 AAAR PM Conference has been designed to fill this need. The dates have been chosen to avoid conflicts with meetings of other societies having an interest in PM. By 2003, there will be significant amounts of information from the PM research centers, mass and chemical speciation networks, and numerous other projects in the U.S. and overseas. The venue for the meeting is the Hilton Hotel located adjacent to Point State Park in downtown Pittsburgh, PA. This is a full-service hotel with over 700 guest rooms and space for workshops, plenary sessions, exhibits, and receptions.

This document includes the following sections: Objectives of the Conference, Description of Workshops on Tuesday, Description of Plenary Sessions on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, and a Tentative Timeline for the Conference.

Objectives of the Conference

The overall goal of the conference is to advance a dialog on how we can improve public health and welfare from damage caused by airborne particles. To achieve this goal, we will bring together individuals with different backgrounds to engage in conversation that integrates information from several disciplines. Specific objectives of the conference include the following:

1. To enable the findings of PM research programs at institutions in North America, Europe, Asia, and elsewhere to be disseminated to the scientific, industrial, and regulatory communities in a timely manner, and to enable rigorous debate of the findings
2. To highlight findings from major programs in North America (e.g., the U.S. PM-Health Centers, PM Supersites Program, and Ozone-PM Centers), Europe, Asia, and possibly other continents
3. To showcase national assessments (e.g., the NARSTO North American PM Assessment and Integrated Critical Review, Canadian Assessment, and others)
4. To evaluate progress on national PM strategies (e.g., the NRC Committee on Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter), and
5. To add significantly to the peer-reviewed literature by publishing research results presented at the conference in a variety of special issues of selected journals.

This international conference will thus provide a forum for the results of focused research to be integrated in a way that can enable progress in solving the broad problem of damage from airborne particles.

To promote interdisciplinary discussions, the 2003 AAAR PM Conference will include one day of workshops followed by three days of plenary sessions. The workshops will be held on Tuesday, with plenary sessions on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Platform presentations will be given only by a limited number of invited speakers. These presentations are intended to be summaries of the state-of-the-art on various topics related to PM; note that there will be no platform presentations on results of research projects. Instead, results of research will be presented by contributing authors using posters. Dedicated time periods will be allocated throughout the conference for viewing posters, including open viewing times as well as organized poster sessions. All posters will remain standing through Thursday of the conference week. Posters will be organized by workshop topic.

General Information

Plenary Sessions

There are eight plenary sessions in addition to two evening poster viewing sessions (Monday and Tuesday), three daytime poster sessions on Wednesday, and three daytime poster sessions on Thursday. These sessions consist of open discussions, invited speaker presentations along with one hour dedicated to poster viewing.

Poster Viewing/Exhibitor's Reception

Poster Viewing #1: Monday, March 31, 2003 - 7:00-10:00PM

Poster Viewing #2: Tuesday, April 1, 2003 - 7:00-9:30PM

Exhibitor Reception: Tuesday, April 1, 2003 - 7:00-9:30PM

A poster session is based on a submitted and approved abstract. The size of a poster should not be larger than 4 foot by 4 foot. The posters are available for viewing at all times during the meeting in the exhibit area. The exhibits and posters are located in Ballroom 2,3,4 located on the Mezzanine Level in the Hilton Pittsburgh. There are six poster sessions, along with time following each plenary session during which the authors will man their posters and be available for discussions. The exhibitor's reception is a time to visit with the exhibitors and all conference attendees in an informal, relaxed atmosphere. This also allows attendees additional time to view the posters to discuss the information with the presenting authors.

Late Breaking Posters

Late breaking posters are scheduled for presentation of very recent research results. The posters are displayed during the regularly scheduled poster sessions. Please note the last date for submissions for such abstracts is March 1, 2003. Abstracts received after this date will be accepted only if space is available. Call the AAAR office for more information.

Registration Instructions - Pre-registration has closed. Please register onsite at the Conference.

Registration for members and nonmembers will be accepted via the AAAR Web site, www.aaar.org., or by mail or fax by clicking here for a pdf of the form. REGISTRATIONS NOT BE ACCEPTED VIA PHONE.

Registrations submitted on-line are not considered complete until processed. Acknowledgement of your registration will be available immediately once you receive confirmation that your registration has been received and processed. A detailed receipt will be mailed with your confirmation packet.

AAAR offers a discounted registration fee if you register by February 10, 2003. Registration forms, including complete payment, must be received by this date to qualify for the early registration discount. Pre-registration ensures timely processing of your registration and helps avoid lengthy on-site lines. The pre-registration fees are considerably lower than on-site due to the increased costs for on-site registration including equipment, staff and set up. Please remember both attendees and presenters are required to pay registration fees.

Registration forms will be accepted January 13 through February 10 at a reduced early bird rate. Registration received between February 11 and March 10, 2003 are processed at the advance registration fee. After March 10, all late registrations are taken to the meeting and processed as on-site registrations. The walk-in fee/on-site registration fee is applicable.

Member Fees

It's easy to become a member of AAAR. By doing so, you are investing in your professional growth and development. You receive the AAAR newsletter, Particulars, as well as a subscription to the AAAR journal, Aerosol Science and Technology. To become a member, mark on the registration form you are paying the member registration fee and are a new member.

Student Registration

Full-time students 18 years of age or older can attend AAAR PM meeting for only $100 (early bird registration fee) if the registration is accompanied by a copy of a current class schedule (spring or fall) or an official notification from the university indicating full-time enrollment. You should fax to Pat McFadden, AAAR registration manager, at (856) 439-1972. Your online registration will not be processed until receipt of faxed class schedule.

Cancellations/Refunds

To cancel your registration and receive a refund, a written request must be received by March 1, 2003. Cancellation requests received by this date receive a refund less a $75 processing fee. Requests will be processed after the meeting. All requests received after March 1, 2003 forfeit 100 percent of monies paid.

ADA Clause

The American Association for Aerosol Research uses its best efforts to provide reasonable accommodations for attendees with disabilities.

Meeting Location & Accommodations

The Hilton Pittsburgh is located 17 miles/20-30 minutes from the Pittsburgh International Airport. Located adjacent to all city attractions, the Hilton Pittsburgh offers a premier location in town. If you would like to view the hotel you may visit their Web site at www.hilton.com (click on Pittsburgh). You may book your reservations by contacting the hotel directly at 412-391-4600..

Make your reservation directly with the hotel by March 1, 2003. After March 1 reservations are taken on a room and rate availability basis. AAAR has negotiated a special discounted rate of $79 single/$89 double. All reservations require a deposit equivalent to one night's room and tax (tax is 14 percent). Hilton Pittsburgh accepts deposits made by check and all major credit cards. Refunds are made only when cancellations are received at least 72 hours prior to scheduled arrival date.

All room type accommodations and other special requests may not be available. Should this be the case, the next available room type will be assigned.

DO NOT SEND HOTEL REQUESTS TO THE AAAR REGISTRATION OFFICE. This will delay your hotel reservation.

Air Travel

US Airways - US Airways has been designated as the official carrier for the attendees of the American Association for Aerosol Research 2003 PM Meeting, March 31-April 4, 2003, in Pittsburgh, PA. US Airways agrees to offer special fares of 5% discount off First or Envoy Class and any published US Airways promotional round trip fare. A 10% discount off unrestricted "Y" or B8US / B4AUS fares will apply with no advance reservations and ticketing required. Plan ahead and receive an additional 5% discount by ticketing 60 days or more prior to departure. These discounts are valid provided all rules and restrictions are met and applicable for travel from all points on US Airways' route system.

US Airways also offers exclusive negotiated rates for attendees unable to meet the restrictions of the promotional round trip fares. Certain restrictions, including advance purchase requirements, may apply. These special rates are applicable for travel from the Continental United States.

The above discounts are not combinable with other discounts or promotions, and are valid between March 28-April 7, 2003. Additional restrictions may apply on international travel.

To obtain these discounts, you or your professional travel consultant must call US Airways' Group and Meeting Reservation Office toll free at (877) 874-7687; 8:00 AM - 9:30 PM., Eastern Time. REFER TO GOLD FILE NO.60672641.

United Airlines is also offering similar special discounted rates for AAAR.

To obtain more information on these discounts call toll free 1-800-521-4041. Please refer to the identification number 517BB.

Ground Transportation

A drive from the airport is approximately 20-30 minutes. The Hilton Pittsburgh does not offer an exclusive hotel shuttle.

Rental Car

Avis Rent A Car has arranged special negotiated rates for US Airways customers. Please call Avis, toll free, at 866-629-6995. Reference AWD K609400 for additional information.

Shuttle

Express Shuttle USA offers our guests a rate of $16.00 one way/per person and $30.00 round trip/per person. It is not necessary to make reservations prior to arrival. However, if you wish to contact the shuttle you may do so by calling 412-321-4990. If you do not make reservations, you may go to the baggage claim area located at the lower level to pick up the shuttle. There is a 5-10 minute wait for your shuttle to arrive. For your return trip, the shuttle stops at the Hilton Pittsburgh every hour, please contact the hotel concierge for additional information.
Cab - The approximate cost is $28.00-$30.00 one way.

There is alternate public transportation from the Pittsburgh Airport. There is a city bus that travels between the airport and the Hilton with a minimum number of stops. The bus leaves the airport roughly every 20-30 minutes during the day, and the fare is $2.25, exact change (subject to change).

Once your completed registration is submitted, a confirmation letter will be mailed directly to you. If you do not receive your confirmation by March 1, 2003 contact the AAAR registration office at 856-439-9080, Pat McFadden (extension 3062) or Mary Miller (extension 3061).

Speaker Ready Room

There is a speaker ready room for presenters located at the Hilton Pittsburgh. Please check your final program for available hours and location. We request you visit the speaker ready room the day prior to your presentation to ensure your presentation is complete. There is not to be any personnel in this room. The room is equipped with a computer for your use; it does not have Internet access available. We request all speakers plan to load your presentations in the appropriate meeting room one half hour prior to the beginning of the session. The presentations should be on CD or PC-compatible (not MAC) disks.

Final Abstract Book

There will not be a printed abstract book at this meeting. We will supply all submitted abstracts on CD at the meeting. They will also be available on-line at the AAAR Web site no later than March 24, 2003. AAAR will supply a printer at the registration desk to print selected abstracts. This is not to be used for any other purpose other than one or two abstracts during the meeting if you are unable to print the abstracts prior to the meeting.

Future Meeting Dates

AAAR 2003 Annual Conference
October 20-24, 2003
Hilton Anaheim
Anaheim, CA

AAAR 2004 Annual Conference
October 4-8, 2004
Hyatt Regency Atlanta
Atlanta, GA

Description of Workshops

We are planning 15 workshops. Seven of these are on atmospheric sciences and policy, while the other eight are on human exposure and health effects. The workshops will provide input to the plenary sessions; each workshop will be linked to at least one of the plenary sessions.

The workshops will last 90 minutes each addressing the topic of interest. Several formats are possible; two examples of formats are: 1) four brief platform presentations of roughly 15 minutes each followed by a 30 minute discussion, and 2) an overview talk followed by brief poster previews (one slide each) with a 30 minute discussion. Posters set up for a specific workshop will remain standing for the entire conference so that discussions can continue during breaks and after hours. The workshop chair is responsible for selecting the format for the session, selecting platform presenters, and ensuring that the topic of interest is adhered to during discussion. Note that the workshop chair will be contacted by the chair of the associated plenary session to discuss the best ways of incorporating workshop material into the plenary discussions.

There will be five time slots for the workshops, all on Tuesday April 1:

8:00-9:30, 10:00-11:30, 1:00-2:30, 3:00-4:30, and 5:00-6:30.

Three simultaneous workshops are planned for each time slot. The complete list of workshops, related plenary sessions, and proposed chairs is shown below.

List of Workshops and Related Plenary Sessions

Click on the workshop number for further program information regarding each workshop.

8:00-9:30 am

Workshop 1: The NARSTO North American PM Assessment - Associated with Plenary Session A. Chair: James Vickery (EPA), Co-chairs: Marjorie Shepherd (Environment Canada) and William Wilson (EPA)

Workshop 2: Epidemiology: short-term and long-term health effects - Associated with Plenary Session E. Chair: George Thurston (NYU), Co-chair: Doug Dockery (HSPH)

Workshop 3: Ambient air pollution concentrators and dose-response data - Associated with Plenary Session A. Chair: Terry Gordon (NYU), Co-chair: Frances Silverman (U Toronto)

10:00-11:30 am

Workshop 4: Time-integrated sampling and analysis of PM for composition (including semi-volatile species) - Associated with Plenary Sessions B and F. Chairs: John Watson (DRI) and R.K.M. Jayanty (RTI), Co-chair: Jay Turner (Wash U)

Workshop 5: Emissions: Measurement, Characterization, and Modeling - Associated with Plenary Session C. Chair: Tom Pierce (EPA), Co-chair: Brent Bailey (CRC)

Workshop 6: Dosimetry and exposure issues for health effects applications - Associated with Plenary Session D. Chair: Beverly Cohen (NYU), Co-chair: W. Michael Foster (Duke)

1:00-2:30 pm

Workshop 7: Semi-continuous methods for measuring PM - Associated with Plenary Session H. Chair: Susanne Hering (Aerosol Dynamics), Co-chairs: Rodney Weber (GA Tech) and Shelly Eberly (EPA)

Workshop 8: Toxicology: metals, mixtures, and new models - Associated with Plenary Session B. Chairs: Gunter Oberdorster (U Rochester) and Robert Devlin (EPA), Co-chairs: Kevin Dreher (EPA) and Kevin Driscoll (Procter and Gamble)

Workshop 9: Regional, seasonal and temporal factors in health effects - Associated with Plenary Session D. Chair: Fred Lipfert (Environmental Consultant), Co-chair: Suresh Moolgavkar (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center)

3:00-4:30 pm

Workshop 10: Measurement of particle size (ultrafine, fine, and coarse) - Associated with Plenary Session B. Chair: Richard Flagan (Caltech), Co-chair: Fatima Andrade (U Sao Paulo)

Workshop 11: Air quality modeling - Associated with Plenary Session G. Chair: Christian Seigneur (Atmospheric and Environmental Research), Co-chair: Robin Dennis (EPA)

Workshop 12: Integrating epidemiology, toxicology, and human clinical studies - Associated with Plenary Session H. Chair: Mark Utell (U Rochester), Co-chair: Jane Koenig (U Wash)

5:00-6:30 pm

Workshop 13: Receptor modeling and source apportionment - Associated with Plenary Session C. Chair: Jamie Schauer (U Wis), Co-chair: Gary Norris (EPA)

Workshop 14: Susceptibility, genetics and biological indicators - Associated with Plenary Session E. Chair: George Leikauf (U Cincinnati), Co-chair: Andrew Ghio (EPA)

Workshop 15: Personal, Indoor, and Outdoor Exposures: Measurements and Modeling - Associated with Plenary Session D. Chair: Michael Kleinman (UC Irvine), Co-chair: John Godleski (EPA)

Description of Planary Sessions on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday

There will be eight plenary sessions on cross-disciplinary topics that are intended to bring together experts in atmospheric sciences, health and welfare effects, and policy. There will also be a conference summary and wrap-up session.

Each plenary session will have the following format:

• Introduction by the plenary session chair
• Two introductory speakers, each a recognized expert in the topic (15 minutes each)
• Panel discussion and workshop summaries, with a number of panelists plus the two introductory speakers (45 minutes)
• Questions and comments from audience (30 minutes)
• Brief summary of the plenary session

A list of plenary session topics with invited participants is shown below. Nearly all of the listed participants have been confirmed. Individuals are being contacted in the TBA categories.

List of Plenary Sessions

Exhibitor List (as of March 19, 2003)

BGI
Grimm Technologies Inc.
Magee Scientific
Met One Instruments
MSP Corporation
RJ Lee Group
Rupprecht & Patashnick
SKC Inc.
Taylor & Francis
Thermo Electron Corp.
TSI
URG Corporation

Monday, March 31-Friday, April 4, 2003: Proposed Schedule at a Glance (Tentative)
Note: Each Poster Session includes a subset of the posters (organized by workshop topic).

Tentative Timeline for the Conference

May 1, 2002: Arrangements completed by AAAR to advertise the conference in journals hosting special issues resulting from the conference. "Intent to Submit an Abstract" form printed for use at other meetings to advertise the conference. Form also put on the following web sites: AAAR, DOE, EPA, EPRI, HEI, NARSTO, NIEHS, and other sponsors.

November 22, 2002: Deadline for submittal of abstracts. Must be submitted electronically.

December 16, 2002: Invited conference participants confirmed.

Early January 2002: Preliminary program, abstracts, and floor plan for posters on web.

March 1, 2003: Deadline for submittal of late breaking posters. Will be put on web in advance of the meeting, and will be included in printed Final Program.

March 20, 2003: Final program and all abstracts (including late breaking posters) on the web. Final program books printed for distribution at the meeting (no mailing). All abstracts sorted by session, and searchable by key words which are chosen by the authors on the abstract submittal form. Links set up between abstracts and sessions, so users can move between the two fields.

March 31-April 4, 2003: Conference is held.

May 30, 2003: Deadline for non-peer reviewed papers for Conference Proceedings.

June 30, 2003: Deadline for peer reviewed papers for special issues of journals. Special issues are currently planned for Aerosol Science and Technology, Atmospheric Environment, Journal of Geophysical Research, Inhalation Toxicology, Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, and possibly others.

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