| 8:30 - 9:00 | Registration |
| 9:00 - 9:10 | Opening Remarks Conference Coordinators |
| 9:10 - 9:40 | Overview of Air Quality in Houston Matt Fraser - Professor at Rice University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| 9:45 - 10:15 | A 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 - 10:50 | Houston Air Pollution: How Far Have We Come? A Personal Story Brandt Mannchen - Air Quality Chair of Houston Regional Group of Sierra Club |
| 10:55 - 11:25 | Harris County Public Health Ozone Monitoring Network Matt Van Vleck - Investigator at Harris County Environmental Public Health |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Houston Air Quality Trends, Where Do We Stand J. Steve Smith - Environmental Issues Manager at Lyondell Chemical Company |
| 12:00 - 1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00 - 1:30 | Update on Health Effects of Air Pollution Stuart Abramson - Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine |
| 1:30 - 2:05 | Houston in Transition: Toward a New Politics of Environmental Concern Stephen Klineberg - Professor at Rice University, Department of Sociology |
| 2:10 - 2:40 | Houston's Air Quality Challenges: Past, Present and Future Bill Dawson - Lecturer at Rice University, Center for the Study of Environment and Society |
| 2:45 - 3:15 | Update on Houston's Air Quality Karl Pepple - Director of Environmental Programming in the Mayor's Office |
| 3:20 - 3:50 | Air Toxics in Houston Craig Beskid - President of Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Research Center |
Conference Agenda



