Fourth Symposium on Global Emerging Environmental
Challenges and Government Responses
Global Chinese Scientists Environment Forum - Special Session

Presented By
Southern California Chinese American Environmental Protection Association（SCCAEPA）
Professional Association for China’s Environment（PACE）
Global Chinese Scientists Environment Forum（GCSEF）

Support and Co-organizer Agencies：Chinese Society for Environment Sciences, Overseas Chinese Environmental Engineers and Scientists Association, Chinese Environmental Scholars & Professionals Network
U.S. EPA Region IX, Cal EPA-Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board, and California State University at San Bernardino

August 18 – 20, 2011
Hilton Los Angeles/San Gabriel
225 West Valley Boulevard
San Gabriel, California 91776

You are cordially invited to the Symposium on Global Emerging Environmental Challenges Government Responses.  Preliminary session topics are listed below.  The symposium will include two days of technical sessions and a one day technical tour.

Forum Topics:

• Green Industry
• Low Carbon Economy
• Alternative Energy
• Eco-Recovery
• US-China Cooperation

Symposium Topics:

• Governmental Management in Environmental Protection
• Water Resources Protection
• Air Pollution Controls
• Solid Waste Management and Recycling
• US National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System（NPDES）Program
• Lake and Reservoir Management for Eutrophication
• Low Carbon Economy, Green Industry, and Alternative Energy
• Soil and Groundwater Remediation
• Brownfield Redevelopment and Land Use Management
• Marine Environment Protection and Coastal Environment Management
• Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology

Please send the abstract to： 

SCCAEPA
P.O. Box 90783
City of Industry, CA 91715-0783

or email to：sccaepa2011@gmail.com

Invited Speakers（preliminary）

• Dr. Paul Bishop, Program Director of Environmental Engineering Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport System Division（CBET）, US National Science Foundation（NSF）
• Dr. Stephen Shu-hung Shen, Administrator of Taiwan EPA
• Dr. Chung Liu, Deputy Executive Officer, South Coast Air Quality Management District
• Prof. Jiming Hao, Tsinghua University, member of Chinese Academy of Engineering
• Prof. Chengwen Wang, Vice Dean, Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, Tsinghua University
• Prof. Shu Tao, Dean of College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, member of Chinese Academy of Science
• Prof. Zhong Ma, Dean of School of Environment and Natural Resources, Renming University of China
• Prof. Zhifeng Yang, Dean of School of Environment, Beijing Normal University
• Prof. Yanqing Wu, Dean of School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
• Ms. Lida Tan, Director of China Initiative, U.S. EPA Region 9

Symposium Highlights

• Excellent speakers（high rank government officers, world class environmental experts, well-known university professors, executive officers of international corporations）.
• Contemporary environmental topics that most developed countries are currently challenged with.
• Most of the materials presented in the symposium are from State of California, which has the most stringent environmental regulations among 50 states in the USA and well-developed environmental industry（over 100 environmental consultant companies and numerous environmental equipment manufacturers）
• All presentations and site visit guides will be in Chinese.
• Great opportunity to network with the US environmental community, i.e., governmental agencies, universities, and environmental consultants.
• Symposium is organized by a non-profit professional organization

Site Visit Trips（subject to change）

• Trip one - City of Los Angeles Hyperion Waste Water Treatment Plant,  West Basin Municipal Water District - Advanced Recycled Water Facility
• Trip two - Southern California Edison New Technology Center,  Miller Beer Factory — Waste to Electricity Project
• Trip three - Brownfield project one — Douglas Park Development, Brownfield project two — Campus Playa Vista Development and Fresh Water Wetland Restoration

Guided local city tours for spouse and family members

Golf tournament（optional if enough interest）

Tour visit to other cities in the US

Potential Participants

• Chinese regulators in government environmental protection agencies
• Environmental professionals in major Chinese corporations
• Professors and researchers from Chinese universities
• Chinese professionals from US governmental agencies, universities, and environmental consulting companies

Registration fee：US$300 / person（Fee includes lunches for 8/18, 19, and 20, and dinners for 8/18 and 8/20, symposium materials, site visit transportation）

Symposium Steering Committee

• Committee Chair
  Jian Peng, Ph.D. Environmental Scientist
  Orange County Watersheds Program
• Deputy Committee Chair
  Eric Wu, Ph.D., P.E., Unit Chief, Cal/EPA Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board（LARWQCB）
• Members
  • Rebecca Chou, Ph.D., P.E., Section Chief, Cal EPA LARWQCB
  • Dan Q. Fang, President of American Green Environmental Academy of Science
  • Steve Fan, P.E., Plant Manager of Hyperion Wastewater Treatment Plant, City of Los Angeles
  • Tianpeng Guo, Ph.D., P.E., Water Resource Engineer, CH2M Hill
  • Eddy Huang, Ph.D., P.E., Air Quality Director, Tetra Tech, Inc.
  • Jim Kang, Ph.D., P.E., Senior Vice President of URS Corporation
  • Justin Lin, LLB, CEO, Global Waste Solutions, Inc.
  • Yue Rong, Ph.D., Acting Assistant Executive Officer/Section Chief, Cal/EPA LARWQCB
  • Michael E. Shiang, RG., CHG, President and CEO, ADvTech Environmental, Inc.
  • Weixing Tong, Ph.D., RG., CEG., CHG., Unit Chief, Cal/EPA LARWQCB
  • Guangyu Wang, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission, Cal/EPA   LARWQCB
  • Jason Wen, Ph.D., P.E., Assistant Utility Manager, City of Downey
  • Zhong Xiong, Ph.D., P.E., Project Engineer, AMRC GeoMatrix, Inc.
  • Yu Yang Gong, Ph.D., P.E., Managing Director, ESD China Limited