Conference Agenda

8:30 - 9:00Registration
9:00 - 9:10Opening Remarks
Conference Coordinators
9:10 - 9:40Overview of Air Quality in Houston
Matt Fraser - Professor at Rice University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
9:45 - 10:15A Case Study of Texas Petrochemical Plant;
Infrared Camera Monitoring of Volatile Organic Compounds

Syed Moinuddin & WeiYao Chang - Engineers at City of Houston, Bureau of Air Quality Control
10:20 - 10:50Houston Air Pollution: How Far Have We Come? A Personal Story
Brandt Mannchen - Air Quality Chair of Houston Regional Group of Sierra Club
10:55 - 11:25Harris County Public Health Ozone Monitoring Network
Matt Van Vleck - Investigator at Harris County Environmental Public Health
11:30 - 12:00Houston Air Quality Trends, Where Do We Stand
J. Steve Smith - Environmental Issues Manager at Lyondell Chemical Company
12:00 - 1:00Lunch
1:00 - 1:30Update on Health Effects of Air Pollution
Stuart Abramson - Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine
1:30 - 2:05Houston in Transition: Toward a New Politics of Environmental Concern
Stephen Klineberg - Professor at Rice University, Department of Sociology
2:10 - 2:40Houston's Air Quality Challenges: Past, Present and Future
Bill Dawson - Lecturer at Rice University, Center for the Study of Environment and Society
2:45 - 3:15Update on Houston's Air Quality
Karl Pepple - Director of Environmental Programming in the Mayor's Office
3:20 - 3:50Air Toxics in Houston
Craig Beskid - President of Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Research Center















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