DIOXIN 2006

DIOXIN2006
Oslo, Norway
21–25 August 2006

The 26th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants – DIOXIN2006 was held August 21 – 25, 2006 at the Radisson SAS Scandinavia Hotel in Oslo Norway.

The symposium brought together 903 participants and 64 accompanying persons from 40 countries to spend five days with an exciting scientific program and memorable social events under the motto: “Communicating the science of halogenated POPs in a friendly atmosphere”.

The scientific program comprised 653 Short Papers of which 254 had been selected for oral presentation by the session co-chairs and scheduled into five concurrent sessions covering 36 topic areas. The remaining papers were presented in two poster sessions after lunch break on two consecutive days. The Short Papers submitted by the presenters are published as Volume 68 of Organohalogen Compounds.

We acknowledge the participation of the 24 companies who were presenting their products and services in the exhibition area. A special thank to the following exhibiting companies for sponsor contributions:

Wellington Laboratories, Inc.
Cambridge Isotope Laboratories
Waters Corporation
Thermo Electron (Bremen) GmbH
FMS, Fluid Management Systems, Inc.
Chiron AS

DIOXIN2006 would not have been possible without the financial support from a number of governmental and commercial sponsors. We gratefully acknowledge the support of

Norwegian Ministry of the Environment
Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal affairs
Norwegian Directorate for Health and Social Affairs
Norsk Hydro
Statoil

Thank you all for making DIOXIN2006 a great success. We hope to see you all again next year at DIOXIN2007 in Tokyo. For information, visit www.dioxin2007.org.

NEWS

04.08.06
Final Program
The final program is now available under heading "Program".

04.08.06
Short Papers
All accepted Short Papers are now available on the Internet through a Personal Program Planner, see URL under heading "Short Paper".

28.06.06
Instructions for presenters
Instructions for oral and poster presentations are accessable under heading "Program".

08.06.06
Deadline for discounted fee postponed
The deadline for early registration with discounted fees has been postponed until June 25.

30.05.06
Tours announced
The description of tours for accompanying persons has been posted under heading "Social".

24.05.06
Final schedule established The final schedule for all sessions is now established and may be accessed under heading Program by clicking on "Program at a glance".

19.05.06
Short Paper Topics revised
Due to insufficient response to some of the topics, several sessions have been merged and some have been omitted. The list of Short Paper topics has been revised accordingly and represents now the various sessions at DIOXIN2006, see under heading Short Papers.

24.04.06
Deadline submission changes
The deadline for submission of Short Papers has been extended to May 8. This is the final deadline and there will be no more extensions. After that date, Short Papers will only be accepted for poster presentation and included in Organohalogen Compounds if submitted by June 15.

23.02.06
Official Airline
SAS – Scandinavian Airlines has been appointed the Official Airline for DIOXIN2006. Delegates and accompanying persons are offered discount air fares to the conference in Oslo. For more information click here.

6.02.06
Scientific Program
Key issues this year will focus on effects of halogenated POPs on wildlife and humans. With this we want to attract scientists in the field of toxicology, health effects and epidemiology to actively participate in the symposium .

31.08.04
Short Paper
All short papers must be submitted by May 1, 2006.

Conference Registration
Early registration for the conference is recommended. Deadline for early registration with reduced fee is June 15, 2006.

The Dioxin 2006 conference website is hosted and maintained by NILU
on behalf of the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.

Symposium Secretariat: dioxin@congrex.no
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