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DATE: 14 – 16 OCTOBER 2009 VENUE: Emerald Hotel at Emerald Casino and Conference Centre, Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng
WEDNESDAY, 14 OCTOBER 2009
08h00 – 17h00 NACA Registration
09h30 – 12h00 DEAT/NACA Workshop - Air Pollution In Low-Income Settlements 11h00 – 17h00 NACA Conference Golf Day 14h00 – 16h30 DEAT/NACA Workshop – The Atmospheric Licensing Regime 17h00 – Late Ice-Breaker Cocktail
THURSDAY, 15 OCTOBER 2009
Plenary Session – Kilimanjaro Main Conference Room Chairperson: Vivienne Thomson
08h00 – 09h00 Registration
09h00 – 09h05 Welcome by Chair of the Conference Organising Committee Vivienne Thomson 09h05 – 09h15 Welcome by President of the NACA National Council and Introduction to Invited Speaker Hanlie Liebenberg-Enslin 09h15 – 09h45 Invited Address: Feedback from DEAT Lekgotla and Progress on Air Quality Policy and Management in South Africa Peter Lukey, Chief Director: Air Quality Management and Climate Change, Department of Environmental Affairs 09h45 – 09h50 Introduction To Keynote Speaker Hanlie Liebenberg-Enslin 09h50 – 10h30 Keynote address: International Environmental Agreements – a Journey to the End of the Rainbow Dr Piet Aucamp, Environmental Sciences and Development, North-West University 10h30 – 10h45 Advertorial/Sponsored Presentation Unitemp
10h45 – 11h15 Tea/Coffee Break – poster and exhibition viewing
Session: Air Quality Management in the Priority Areas
11h15 – 11h45 Ambient Air Quality In A Low Income Urban Area On The South African Highveld: A Case Study Of Leandra Charles Mugabo
11h45 – 12h15 Ambient Air Quality In The Highveld Priority Area Yegeshni Naicker 12h15 – 12h45 Air quality in the Vaal Triangle Airshed Priority Area Nicola Walton 12h45 – 13h15 European Integrated Project on Aerosol Cloud Climate and Air Quality interactions (EUCAARI) - South African component Lauri Laakso
13h15 – 14h00 Lunch
| | Breakaway Session: Air Quality Modelling | Breakaway Session: Air Quality Management in the Developing World | | 14h00 – 14h30 | Comparisons of Meso-Scale Air Pollution Dispersion Modelling of SO2, NO2 and O3 Using Regional-Scale Monitoring Results Micky Josipovic | Air Quality Index For eThekwini (Durban) Lemmy Narayansamy | | 14h30 – 15h00 | Modelling of acid deposition over the South African Highveld Gerrit Kornelius | Waterberg District Municipality Air Quality Management Plan Lunga Ngcukana | | 15h00 – 15h30 | Emission Factor Performance Assessment For Blasting Operations Renee Von Gruenewaldt | The Development Of A Logistic Resource Allocation Model For Air Quality Management Urishanie Govender | | 15h30 – 16h00 | Subsurface Gas Generation At A Landfill In Johannesburg Shaazia Bhailall | Noise Policy in South Africa Jan Bodenstein |
16h00 – 16h30 Tea/coffee and poster and exhibition viewing
| | Breakaway Session: Air Quality and the Receiving Environment | Breakaway Session: Emission inventories | | 16h30 – 17h00 | Trace metals in soil and leaves of J.mimosifolia in Tshwane area, South Africa Olowoyo, JO | The Implications Of Economic Development On GHG Emissions In Cities: Case Study Durban Zarina Moolla | | 17h00 – 17h30 | Determination Of Mercury In Ambient Air And Biological Matrices Andreas Trüe | Carbon dioxide Equivalent Emissions From The Manufacture Of Concrete In South Africa Marc A Wright | | 17h30 – 18h00 | Indoor air quality issues in South Africa Gillian Petzer | Impala Platinum Rustenburg Smelter Expansion: Improving air quality while increasing capacity. Graham, F and N de Bruin |
18h00 – 19h00 NACA AGM 18h30 - 19h00 Welcome drinks on terrace and in exhibition marquee 19h00 – late Gala Dinner and Prize-Giving – Golf Day and NACA Awards
FRIDAY, 16 OCTOBER 2009
Plenary Session – Kilimanjaro Main Conference Room
08h30 – 08h35 Welcome and Announcements Vivienne Thomson 08h35 – 08h40 Introduction To Keynote Speaker Vivienne Thomson 08h40 – 09h20 Keynote Address: Key Uncertainties in Climate Change Predictions – the Ignored Information Prof. Kobus Pienaar, Dean of the Faculty of Science, North-West University 09h20 – 09h30 NACA Conference 2010 Kick Off Hanlie Liebenberg-Enslin 09h30 – 10h00 Air quality monitoring and evaluation tools for human health risk reduction in South Africa Caradee Wright 10h00 – 10h30 Population Exposure To Cyanide Vapour From Gold Mine Tailings Dams Sholo Phakedi 10h30 – 10h45 Advertorial/Sponsored Presentation MikroPul
10h45 – 11h00 Tea/Coffee Break
| | Breakaway Session: Ambient Air Quality | Breakaway Session: Motor Vehicle Emissions | | 11h00 – 11h30 | Dealing With The Occupational Health And Safety Risks Of Air Quality Station Management Bennett, A | The Development of South African Vehicle Emission Factors Patricia Forbes | | 11h30 – 12h00 | The Comparison Between Mercury Concentrations Obtained With A Continuous Monitor To Those Obtained From Filter Tapes At The Mpumalanga DALA Air Quality Monitoring Stations Brad Keiser | Prediction Of Motor Vehicle Air Emission Reductions Through Intervention Policies Lucian Burger | | 12h00 – 12h30 | Air quality monitoring in the Western Cape: Continuous monitoring and passive sampling over a limited period. Shawn Le Roux | Periodic Vehicle Emissions Testing: Choosing the right option for South Africa David Oliver | | 12h30 – 13h00 | Treatment for fine particles and gas. Karen Rowe | Measuring the Economic Impacts of Vehicle Pollution on Human Health in São Paulo, Brazil Larry Ishmael |
13h00 – 13h45 Lunch
Session: Instrumentation 13h45 – 14h15 Monitoring Black Carbon and its role in Climate Change and Air Pollution Jim Mills 14h15 – 14h45 A study of Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems (CEMS) on Stationary Emissions Ty Smith 14h45 – 15h15 Final announcements and Conference Closing |
CONFERENCE 
