12-15 NOVEMBER 2001   BRIGHTON, UK

  Pesticide Behaviour in Soils and Water
 The Symposium

The Programme
Timetable


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13 - 15 November 2001
The Hilton Brighton Metropole Hotel

A new feature to this year's, BCPC Conference - Weeds 2001 is a special interest Symposium that will run concurrently with the main conference on 13 and 15 November, dealing with issues relating to the effects of pesticides on soil or water quality.

A full understanding of the interacting processes that control the environmental dynamics of pesticides is essential in order to maximise their effectiveness while minimising the risk of environmental contamination. A major environmental concern at present is the potential for pesticides to effect soil or water quality.

Our knowledge and understanding of these issues have increased over the past few years with significant advances being made in quantitative prediction. For this to be successful, it is necessary to understand the basic processes that occur in soil (sorption, diffusion, degradation, water flow etc) and the interactions that take place between them. Also, we need to use our increased understanding to devise appropriate practical management strategies that reduce the potential for environmental contamination.

A special double session will run on Thursday 15 November and will consider 'Herbicides - Environmental Exposure and Risk Assessment'

This Symposium will provide a forum for discussion, and will hopefully identify those areas where knowledge is still limited and where further research is required.
 Symposium Timetable
 
Delegates can register for the Symposium from 14.00 hours on Sunday 11 November 2001.
TUESDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2001
09.00 - 12.40 Sessions 1 and 2
12.40 - 14.00 Lunch - not provided
14.00 - 15.45 Poster Session
15.45 - 17.30 Session 3
19.30 Symposium Dinner
WEDNESDAY 14 NOVEMBER 2001
09.00 - 10.30 Session 4
11.00 - 12.45 Session 5
12.45 - 14.00 Lunch - not provided
14.00 - 15.45 Poster Session
15.45 - 17.30 Session 6
THURSDAY 15 NOVEMBER 2001
09.00 - 10.30 Session 7
11.00 - 12.30 Session 8
12.30 Symposium ends
 The Programme
 
The following papers were presented at this event. Scripts of all papers are included in the Proceedings
Tuesday 13 November 2001
SESSION 1

Platform Presentations
09.00 - 10.30
  Introduction
SESSION 2 Platform Presentations
11.00 - 12.45
  Sorption and mobility (small scale)
SESSION 3 Poster Session A
14.00 - 15.30
  Sorption and mobility
Degradation
SESSION 4
Platform Presentations
16.00 - 17.45
  Sorption and mobility (large scale)
Wednesday 14 November 2001
SESSION 5 Platform Presentations
09.00 - 10.30
  Degradation
SESSION 6 Platform Presentations
11.00 - 12.45
  Quantitative aspects
SESSION 7 Poster Session B
14.00 - 15.30
  Sorption and mobility
Quantitative aspects
Risk management
SESSION 8 Platform Presentations
16.00 - 17.50
  Risk management
Thursday 15 November 2001
SESSION 9 Platform Presentations
09.00 - 10.30
  Herbicides in the environment: exposure, consequences and risk assessment - part 1
SESSION 10 Platform Presentations
11.00 - 12.30
  Herbicides in the environment: exposure, consequences and risk assessment - part 2
 
 HOTEL BOOKING SERVICE
  Accommodation is NOT included within the Symposium registration fee. As hotel accommodation in Brighton is always in great demand during the BCPC Conference, delegates are advised to reserve accommodation well in advance.

The Brighton & Hove Delegate Accommodation Bureau has been appointed to handle the hotel booking service for the Symposium.
Contact:
The Brighton & Hove Delegate Accommodation Bureau, Brighton & Hove Council, First Floor, Brighton Town Hall, Bartholemew Square, Brighton, BN1 1PS, UK.
Tel: +44 (0) 1273 292626
Fax: +44 (0) 1273 292617
Email: accom.bureau@brighton-hove.gov.uk
Or access from www.bcpc.org/bcpcconfer2001/brighton.htm
 THE VENUE
 

This Symposium, although a discrete entity, will run alongside the BCPC Conference - Weeds 2001 at the Hilton Brighton Metropole Hotel. Symposium delegates will be segregated from the main BCPC Conference, but will be able to use the facilities available to the Conference delegates and to visit the two Exhibitions. Registration to the Symposium does not allow access to the main BCPC Conference platform and poster sessions.

 THE EXHIBITION
 

Organisations with an interest in the content of this Symposium are invited to exhibit within the Trade Services Exhibition

 OFFERS OF PAPERS AND POSTERS
 

The Symposium is made up of platform presentation sessions and two complementary poster sessions.

The deadline for the Offers of Papers has now passed.
 IF YOUR PAPER IS ACCEPTED
 

Each session is managed by a Session Organiser who will be the point of contact for an author.

After an offered paper is provisionally accepted, the appropriate Session Organiser will make contact. A full draft of the paper will be required by 4 July 2001 with final scripts produced, in the required style, by 5 September 2001.

Any provisionally accepted paper that fails to meet these deadlines will be rejected.
 THE PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
 

Prof Allan Walker (Chairman)
Horticulture Research International,
Wellesbourne, Warwick, CV35 9EF, UK.
Tel +44 (0) 1789 470382
Fax: +44 (0) 1789 470552
Email: Allan.Walker@hri.ac.uk

Dr Gary Bending Horticultural Research International, Wellesbourne.
Dr Colin Brown Soil Survey and Land Research Centre, Cranfield University
Dr Andrew Johnson Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH), Wallingford
Dr Richard Bromilow IACR-Rothamsted, Harpenden
Dr Andree Carter ADAS Rosemaund
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