Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Disinfectants vs. Microorganisms: Biomolecule Transformation Products Are DBPs
Discussion Leader: Krista Wigginton (University of Michigan, USA)
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Opening Remarks
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:30 pm
Tamar Kohn (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland)
"How Do Disinfectants Kill Pathogens?"
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:15 pm
Julie Timberman (Clorox Corporation, USA) and Arun Agarwal (The Clorox Company, USA)
"Bringing a Household Disinfecting Product to Market"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Microorganisms vs. DBPs in Distribution Systems - The Final Frontier
Discussion Leader: Benito Marinas (University of Illinois, USA)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:45 am
Wen-Tso Liu (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
"Drinking Water Microbiome in Distribution Systems"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Gerald Speitel (University of Texas at Austin, USA)
"DBPs and Biofilm Interactions in Distribution Systems"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Mark LeChevallier (American Water Company, USA)
"Minimizing Microorganisms and DBPs in Distribution Systems"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Merging Chemistry and Toxicology
Discussion Leader: Ben-Zhan Zhu (State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:05 pm
Xiangru Zhang (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR China)
"TOX Evolution from High Molecular Weight DBPs to Aromatics to Aliphatics"
8:05 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm
Xingfang Li (University of Alberta, Canada)
"Identification of New DBPs of Health Relevance: Analytical and Toxicological Studies"
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm
Hailin Wang (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
"Analysis of DNA Methylation and Related Oxidation Products for Testing DBP Epigenotoxicity"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Frontiers in DBP Chemistry and Engineering
Discussion Leader: Teng Zeng (Syracuse University, USA)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:45 am
Raymond Hozalski (University of Minnesota, USA)
"Remote Sensing for Source Water Characterization"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Michael Gonsior (University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, USA)
"What Are High Molecular Weight Disinfection By-Products? New Insights from Non-Targeted Ultrahigh Resolution Mass Spectrometry"
11:00 am - 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am - 11:40 am
Ching-Hua Huang (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
"F-DBPs - DBPs from Food Processing"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:20 pm
Chao Chen (Tsinghua University, China)
"Nitrosamine Precursor Characterization, Tracing and Control: Some New Insights by the Polarity Rapid Assessment Method (PRAM)"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Linking Toxicology and Exposure Assessment: Which DBPs Are the Toxicity Drivers in Drinking Waters?
Discussion Leader: Jane Simmons (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:15 pm
Michael Plewa (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
"Toxicity Forcing Agents for Conventional Drinking Waters"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
Weidong Qu (Fudan University, China)
"Exposure Assessment of DBPs in China and Potential Adverse Effects"
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Wastewater Recycling and DBPs: Which DBPs Matter and How Can We Control Them?
Discussion Leader: Paul Westerhoff (Arizona State University, USA)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:45 am
Christiane Hoppe-Jones (University of Arizona, USA)
"Forcing Agents for Potable Reuse - What Really Matters?"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Urs Von Gunten (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG), Switzerland)
"Wastewater Ozonation Combined with Biological Treatment/BAC: Micropollutants, DBPs and DBP Precursors"
11:00 am - 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am - 11:40 am
Jurg Keller (University of Queensland, Australia)
"Intersection of Potable Reuse Treatment Objectives and DBPs"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:20 pm
Chii Shang (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR China)
"UV/Chlorine Process - Degradation of CECs vs. Formation of DBPs"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Promises and Pitfalls of High Throughput Toxicological Bioassays
Discussion Leader: Michael Plewa (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:15 pm
April Gu (Northeastern University, USA)
"Risk-Based Assessment of DBPs - Roles of High Throughput Bioassays"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
Matias Attene Ramos (Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, USA)
"Cautions for High Throughput"
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Designing the Ideal Epidemiology Study of the Future
Discussion Leader: Michael Wright (National Center for Environmental Assessment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, USA)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:35 am
Manolis Kogevinas (Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Spain)
"How to Introduce Omics in Molecular Epidemiology Studies on DBPs"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Stuart Krasner (Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, USA)
"What's Feasible to Measure - Can Correlations Be Made?"
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 10:55 am
Coffee Break
10:55 am - 11:25 am
John Nuckols (Colorado State University, USA)
"How Can We Improve DBP Exposure Assessment?"
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 12:05 pm
Cristina Villanueva (CREAL, IS Global, Spain)
"Constraints for Conducting Epidemiology Studies"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Disinfection Systems of the Future: How Can We Minimize Toxicity Drivers?
Discussion Leader: Susan Richardson (University of South Carolina, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:15 pm
Bram Martijn (PWNT, The Netherlands)
"How to Run a Disinfectant-Free Distribution System"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Stig Regli (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, USA)
"New Regulatory Approaches to Minimizing DBP Toxicity Drivers"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure