Schedule

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION

AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN ASIA 2018 (ICACCCA 2018)

27-28 MARCH 2018

POSTGRADUATE CENTRE, UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA

DAY 1: 27^th March 2018 (TUESDAY)

TIME	SESSION
0800 – 0900	Registration
0900 – 0920	Opening Ceremony
0900 – 0910	Welcoming Remarks by Prof. Dr Mohd Talib Latif Chair Committee of ICACCCA 2018
0910 – 0920	Opening address by Prof. Dr Mohd Raihan Taha Director, Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
0920 – 1000	KEYNOTE SESSION 1 Keynote I: Prof. Dr Peter Brimblecombe City University, Hong Kong Effect of changes in emissions and climate on air pollution– Chairperson: Prof. Dr Mohd Talib Latif
1000 – 1030	Photo Session and Refreshment/ Tea Break/ Poster
1030 – 1230	SESSION 1 Convener: Dr Md Firoz Khan
1030 – 1045	James H. Crawford Developing future air quality observing strategies: contributions from integrated field studies
1045 – 1100	Indra Chandra Measurement and field observation of atmospheric nanoparticles in Fukue Island, Japan
1100 – 1115	Worradorn Phairuang Ambient nano-aerosol in Southern Thailand based on monitoring campaigns by East-Asia Nanoparticle Monitoring Network
1115 – 1130	Mohammed Iqbal Mead High density air quality monitoring in the Klang Valley (Malaysia). A new high resolution observational capability
1130 – 1145	Shani Tiwari Aerosol trend and its spatial distribution over Arctic
1145 – 1200	Dipesh Rupakheti Variation in aerosol optical properties over the foothills of the central Himalayas
1200 – 1215	Poh Seng Chee Characterization of sea breezes and their effects on air quality in East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia
1215 – 1230	Noor Zaitun Yahaya Instrumentation performance evaluations test for air quality network : quality assurance and control assessment
1230 – 1400	Lunch Break/ Prayer/ Poster
1400 – 1430	KEYNOTE SESSION 2 Keynote II: Prof. Dr Fredolin Tangang Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Climate change and climate variability: from global to regional on science, impacts, solutions and challenges Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Dr Liew Ju Neng
1430 – 1545	SESSION 2 Convener: Dr Fatimah Ahamad
1430 – 1445	Muhammad Fahim Khokhar Changing climate and Asian monsoon in Pakistan
1445 – 1500	Mansour Almazroui The uncertainties in CMIP3/CMIP5 temperature scenarios over Saudi Arabia
1500 – 1515	MD Nazrul Islam Impacts of AOD in simulation of precipitation by CMIP5 model over Saudi Arabia
1515 – 1530	Yusri Yusup Energy fluxes in the surface layer of a tropical coastal ocean
1530 – 1545	Ester Salimun Changes in mean precipitation over Malaysia based on multi-model regional climate simulations of SEACLID/CORDEX Southeast Asia
1545 – 1700	SESSION 3 Convener: Dr Mohamad Iqbal Mead
1545 – 1600	Abdus Salam Trend, chemical characterization and emission sources of atmospheric fine particulate matters in Bangladesh
1600 – 1615	Dudam Bharath Kumar Episodic analysis of biomass burning aerosols over east-coast India: effect of regional and long-range transport
1615 – 1630	Noor Faizah Fitri Md Yusof Physical and chemical properties of fine particles (PM2.5) at background station of Malaysia
1630 – 1645	Norhaniza Amil Seasonal variability and source apportionment of fine particulate matter in the Klang Valley urban-industrial environment
1645 – 1700	Noorlin Mohamad Temporal variation and chemical composition of coarse and fine particulate matter in an urban coastal environment.
1700	Tea Break & End of day 1
2000 – 2230	Conference Dinner Tenera Hotel, Bangi

DAY 2: 28^th March 2018 (WEDNESDAY)

TIME	SESSION
0800 – 0900	Registration
0900 – 0930	Keynote Session III Keynote III: Dr Hiroshi Tanimoto National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan Atmospheric chemistry research and international collaborations: The International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) Project and the IGAC Monsoon Asia and Oceania Networking Group (MANGO) Chairperson: Dr James Crawford
0930 – 1030	SESSION 4 Convener: Prof Dr Muhammad Fahim Khokhar
0930 – 0945	Faisal Makki Al Zawad Composition of aerosols over the Arabian Peninsula as seen by a global climate – aerosol model
0945 – 1000	Norsheilla Mohd Johan Chuah An assessment of climate change impacts on tropical forest ecosystem and formation of appropriate adaptation strategies
1000 – 1015	Supari Projected changes of precipitation extremes in Indonesia simulated by SEACLID/CORDEX-SEA models
1015 – 1030	Chung Jing Xiang Projected future mean precipitation in Southeast Asia depicted by an ensemble of downscaled CMIP5 GCMs from SEACLID/CORDEX Southeast Asia.
1030 – 1100	Refreshment/ Tea Break/ Poster
1100 – 1245	SESSION 5 Convener: Dr. Mohd Shahrul Mohd Nadzir
1100 – 1115	Paul Griffiths Analysis of surface ozone in UKCA CCMI simulations
1115 – 1130	Fatimah Ahamad Surface ozone suppression at higher temperatures: observations from long term data
1130 – 1145	Matthew Ashfold An ozone-climate penalty in Greater Kuala Lumpur?
1145 – 1200	Nazatul Syadia Zainordin Changes of ground level ozone as the effect from high particulate event nearby school
1200 – 1215	Norrimi Rosaida Awang Critical transformation characteristics of ground level ozone from nitrogen dioxide in urban area
1215 – 1230	Conor Bolas The iDirac: isoprene measurements from tropical forests
1230 – 1400	Lunch Break/ Prayer/ Poster
1400 – 1600	SESSION 6 Convener: Prof. Dr Abdus Salam
1400 – 1415	Guo Xinxin Assessment of heavy metals in dust fall around tin mining area
1415 – 1430	Nurul Bahiyah Abd Wahid Composition of surfactants and ionic elements from diesel and petrol soot
1430 – 1445	Manish Kumar New particle formation and growth during two extreme events: fireworks and biomass burning
1445 – 1500	Md Firoz Khan Ambient nanoparticles in Kuala Lumpur: potential sources and deposition flux in human respiratory system
1500 – 1515	Maizatun Mustafa Clean air: legal strategies towards air pollution control in Malaysia
1515 – 1530	Nor Eliani Ezani Personal black carbon exposure assessment: an alternative and low-cost effective approach
1530 – 1545	Xerxes T. Seposo Air pollution and outpatient skin disease visits in Japan
1545 – 1600	Pavel Tishchenko Deoxygenation and acidification of Japan/East Sea
1600 – 1700	CLOSING SESSION Discussion on Future Research Moderator: Prof. Dr. Joy Jacqueline Pereira
1700	Refresment/ Tea break END OF CONFERENCE

*each presentation in oral session is limited to 15 minutes

*any inquiries on the schedule can be forwarded to the secretariat at icaccca2018@gmail.com

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