Welcome Message

On behalf of the Organizing Committee, Scientific Committee, and the Dioxin Symposia and
PCB Workshop International Advisory Boards, it is with great pleasure that we welcome you
to Kraków for the 38th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic
Pollutants (POPs) & 10th International PCB Workshop : DIOXIN 2018.

The year 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the regaining of independence by Poland.

The Dioxin Symposium and International PCB Workshop are recognized as the leading
international POPs meetings for scientists and regulators. This year, apart from the
International PCB Workshop, the Dioxin Symposium will also host the Pre-Dioxin Students
Session “All POPs & Pseudo-POPs”, five major Special Sessions (Biodetection Methods for
POPs and Related Food and Environmental Contaminants; Environmental Persistence,
Analytical Methods and Risk of Human and Veterinary Pharmaceuticals that can act as
pseudo-POPs; European Food Safety Authority Special Session: EFSA Risk Assessments of
Persistent Organic Pollutants in Food and Feed; Legacy and Emerging Fluorinated Organic
Compounds Update and Progress in Industrial Technology and Sustainable Chemistry to
Phase out and Control POPs) and traditional sessions throughout the meeting.

Dioxin 2018 highly promotes the involvement of industry in fighting POP pollution and
interaction of industry representatives with potential and existing customers and clients in all
areas of investigation: analytical, regulatory, exposure assessment, and toxicological aspects
relating to Persistent Organic Pollutants. Therefore, the message of the DIOXIN 2018 is: no
boundaries in POPs pollution, research and control.

Symposium will be held in the heart of downtown Kraków. The site for the Students – Pre-
Dioxin Session: “All POPs & Pseudo-POPs” will be held in the Auditorium Maximum
building of the Jagiellonian University located near the Old Downtown Kraków area, the core
Symposium will be held at the International Congresses Entrainment (ICE) Kraków
Congress Centre and at the Q Hotel Plus Kraków. There are numerous restaurants, museums,
historical jewels, the old Jewish suburb Kazimierz, theatres, and other attractions within
walking distance. Generally, Kraków and the region are highly attractive for tourists and a
spacious Kraków historical downtown is crowded in the summer time. We hope that you
participate in Dioxin 2018 and look forward to welcoming you to Kraków.

All important details and dates are presented on the conference website –
www.dioxin2018.org that will be updated regularly.
 Larry Robertson
Jerzy Falandysz
Co-ChairProfessor, Department of
ChairProfessor, Laboratory of Ecotoxicology
Occupational
& Environmental ChemistryUniversity of
& Environmental HealthCollege of Public
Gdańsk
Health
63 Wita Stwosza Street
The University of Iowa
Gdańsk, Poland, PL 80-308Email:
100 Oakdale Campus, #219 IREH
jerzy.falandysz@ug.edu.pl,
Iowa City, IA 52242-5000, USAEmail: larry-
jerzy.falandysz@gmail.com
robertson@uiowa.edu

WELCOME

On behalf of the Organizing Committee, Scientific Committee, and the Dioxin Symposia and
PCB Workshop International Advisory Boards, it is with great pleasure that we welcome you
to Kraków for the 38th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic
Pollutants (POPs) & 10th International PCB Workshop – DIOXIN 2018.

The year 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the regaining of independence by Poland. The
country rebirth occurred in 1918 after 123 years of occupation and enslavement of the nation
by three big invaders.

The Dioxin Symposium and International PCB Workshop are recognized as the leading
international POPs meetings for scientists and regulators. This year, apart from the
International PCB Workshop, the Dioxin Symposium will also host the Pre-Dioxin Students
Session “All POPs & Pseudo-POPs”, four major Special Sessions (Biodetection
Methods for POPs and Related Food and Environmental Contaminants; Environmental
Persistence, Analytical Methods and Risk of Human and Veterinary Pharmaceuticals that can
act as pseudo-POPs; Legacy and Emerging Fluorinated Organic Compounds Update and
Progress in Industrial Technology and Sustainable Chemistry to Phase out and Control POPs)
and other special and traditional sessions throughout the meeting.

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CONFERENCE PROGRAM
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GUIDELINES FOR ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS

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CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE ONE PAGE ABSTRACT TEMPLATE
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE SHORT PAPER TEMPLATE

Up-dates:

All presenters can send their PowerPoint presentation in advance by e-mail in a period
from July 16 to August 18, 2018, at the address: presentations@dioxin2018.org that will
be active from July 16. Presenters who will not submit their presentation by e-mail must
load and test their presentations in the Audio Visual Preview Room the day prior their
session.
PLENARY SPEAKERS
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ACCOMMODATION
A selection of hotels with rooms available at reduced rates for the DIOXN 2018 participants
will be posted. Cheap rooms in a dormitory style accommodation – located very close to the
Old Town Kraków area – will be available for students who will participate in the Pre-
Symposium Student Session and the core Symposium.
Symposium hotel booking link: (please, click here to view a link).

REGISTRATION

Registration for the Symposium is open now. Registration for the Symposium should be done
through the online registration system. The registration is one and includes International PCB
Workshop and core Dioxin symposium. All participants and accompanying persons must
register for the Symposium.

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Sessions
Dioxin 2018 will host a Students Session prior to the main symposium and there will be the
PCB Workshop and five major Special Sessions ((i) Biodetection Methods for POPs and
Related Food and Environmental Contaminants; (ii) Environmental Persistence, Analytical
Methods and Risk of Human and Veterinary Pharmaceuticals that can act as pseudo-POPs;
(iii) Progress in Industrial Technology and Sustainable Chemistry to Phase out and Control
POPs, (iv) Legacy and Emerging Fluorinated Organic Compounds Update; and (v)
European Food Safety Authority Special Session: EFSA Risk Assessments of Persistent
Organic Pollutants in Food and Feed).

Students for Students – Pre-Dioxin 2018 Symposium Students Session “All POPs and
Pseudo-POPs” (Advisors: Mehran Alaee and Eric J Reiner) – is free for the students with
a presentation and registered at Dioxin 2018 and for students without presentation fee is 25 €
(for coffee break and lunch).

The Students Session will be held at the symposium venue which is located very close to the
Old Downtown Kraków area. Only students may present at this gathering and one submission
per registered student is permitted at this time. The oral presentation is to be 20 minutes in
length (including questions). Ideally, all submissions are to be a one page abstract or a four
page short paper (see the guidelines established by the meeting organizers). In addition to the
oral and poster presentations, there will be a short (5 min) poster highlight session. This is to
consist of short oral presentations that are intended to give young researchers the opportunity
to present their work and initial results with an opportunity to receive constructive feedback.
Awards for the best student presentation (oral or poster) will be granted to students for
outstanding presentations at the Students Symposium. Your abstract can be considered as
accepted unless you receive a notice of rejection. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Any supporting company or sponsor of the Students Session is welcome – a platform for a
company displays and inserts will be available.
10th International PCB Workshop (26-30 August, Q Hotel Plus) ● Chairs : Magdalena
Urbaniak & Larry Robertson

Stockholm convention, sources, exposures, inventories and actions to reduce exposures ●

Chairs: Niklas Johansson & Keri Hornbuckle

Evolving approaches to assessing exposures and health risks from environmental chemical
mixtures ● Chairs: Geniece Lehmann & Mattias Öberg

Novel studies on PCB toxicity and mechanisms action ● Chairs: Mirek Machala & Michael
Duffel

Regulatory actions – Where are we going? Follow up on recent actions +”new end-points” +
ongoing new initiatives ● Chairs: Helen Håkansson & Vince Cogliano

Special Sessions and Chairs

Biodetection Methods for POPs and Related Food and Environmental Contaminants ● Chairs
: Daniela Meloni & Lisa Connolly

EFSA Special Session: EFSA risk assessments of persistent organic pollutants in food and
feed ● Chairs : Ron L Hoogenboom & Tanja Schwerdtle

Environmental Persistence, Analytical Methods and Risk of Human and Veterinary

Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products that can act as pseudo-POPs ● Chairs : Beate
Escher & Jolanta Kumirska

Legacy and Emerging Fluorinated Organic Compounds Update ● Chairs : Nobuyoshi

Yamashita & Kurunthachalam Kannan

Progress in Industrial Technology and Sustainable Chemistry to Phase out and Control POPs
● Chairs : Roland E Weber & Allan Astrup Jensen

Other Sessions

 Abiotic Environmental Compartments

 Advances in Environmental Forensics
 An Analytical Update for Dioxins and Related Halogenated Compounds
 Biochemistry and Toxicology of POPs
 Biomonitoring and Levels I: An Update and Obesogens
 Contaminated Sites – Cases, Remediation, Risk and Management
 Dioxins and other POPs in Vietnam and humans after Agent Orange
 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Toxicology of POPs
 Emission, Control and Cleanup
 Endocrine Disruption I: Biochemical and Molecular Mechanisms
 Endocrine Disruption II: Tyroidogenicity, Exposure and Health
  Endocrine Disruption III: Multi-models, Mixtures, and Translation
 Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals
 Epidemiology
 Exposure – Food Chain, Maternal, Indoor, Occupational and Accidental
 Exposure – POPs in Pets and their applicability as Models for Human Health
 Fate and Behavior of Volatile Methylsiloxanes in the Environment
 Halogenated PAHs and PAHs
 Legacy and Emerging Flame Retardants I: Environmental Levels and Human Exposure
 Legacy and Emerging Flame Retardants II: Metabolism and Toxicokinetics
 Legacy and Emerging Flame Retardants III: Identification, New Analytical Methods and
Application
 Levels in Human Foods and Animal Feeds
 Mechanisms of Formation and Destruction of Halogenated Dioxins, PAHs, Biphenyls and
Similar Compounds
 Non-target Screening – Multimedia Analysis
 Organometallic Contaminants
 Persistent Biocides and Pesticides
 Polychlorinated Naphthalenes and Chlorinated Paraffins (PCNs/CPs)
 POPs and Emerging Contaminants in Developing Countries
 POPs and Emerging Contaminants in Urban Environment
 POPs in Polar, Circumpolar and Alpine Regions
 QAQC of POPs Analysis – Recent ISO and National Standards
 Risk Assessment and Risk Management
 Sampling and Preparation
 Sources, Fate, Transport, Modelling and Inventories
 Strategy for a Non-Toxic Environment: Addressing Persistence

Plenary Speakers
Monday, August 27 : Beate Escher

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ (Leipzig): “Bioanalytical tools for the
assessment of mixtures of organic micropollutants in water, sediment, biota and people”.

Tuesday, August 28 : Kurunthachalam Kannan & Nobuyoshi Yamashita

State University of New York (Albany) & National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science
and Technology, AIST (Tsukuba): “An update on legacy and emerging perfluoroalkyl
substances”.

Wednesday, August 29 :

Keri Hornbuckle

The University of Iowa (Iowa City) : “Emissions of Legacy and non-Legacy PCB congeners
to air of homes and schools”

Larry Robertson

The University of Iowa (Iowa City): “Hepatic effects of halogenated biphenyls”.

Thursday, August 30 : Richard Hull

University of Central Lancashire (Preston): “The effect of fire retardants on smoke toxicity”

Friday, August 31 : Martin Rose

Manchester University (Manchester): “Dietary exposure, risk assessment and regulation for
legacy and emerging POPs”.