We are pleased to invite you to the next edition of ISIAQ’s flagship conference, Indoor Air, which in 2016 will be held in Ghent, Belgium. In this vibrant medieval city in the heart of Europe, a stone’s throw away from Brussels, we are planning a meeting that will bring together the whole indoor air and climate community. Join us for a week of networking, exchange of ideas, inspiration and above all the best and latest in indoor air sciences. With your exceptional contributions, we will match the high standards that were set by the 13 previous Indoor Air conferences. A top quality technical program fostering multi-disciplinary collaboration, workshops, interactive poster sessions, short courses and social media discussions will set IA2016 apart as the must see indoor air quality event in 2016.
Call for abstracts
With this Call for abstracts, we solicit 300 word abstracts for contributions on all topics within the broad field of indoor air sciences. The potential topics in the bullets below are just a list to demonstrate the broadness of our discipline and are not exclusive:
Fundamentals:
Indoor air chemistry, Indoor air physics, Indoor air microbiology, sources, transport and aerodynamics, sinks, epidemiology, perceived air quality, thermal comfort, acoustics and lighting, public health and exposure studies
Healthy and sustainable buildings:
Building ventilation, healthy homes, energy efficient buildings, renovations, refurbishment, environmental impact of buildings, low-energy buildings, impact of outdoor air
Abatement and exposure reduction:
Source reduction, air purification, filtration and air cleaning, absorbing materials, regulations, standards and policy
(Re)Emerging issues in indoor air sciences:
Respiratory infections, new chemical substances, nanoparticles in indoor air, transport cabin environments, olfactory assessment
Innovative solutions in practice:
Field studies, new sampling and technology applications, new materials, prediction and measurement
New technologies and applications:
Smart houses, smart technologies, wireless sensors, bio-monitoring for indoor applications
Developing countries:
IEQ and solutions, IEQ in rapidly urbanizing cities
Communication, Standards & Codes:
Education, sensitization, prevention and communication, community engagement, design solutions
Over the last months, we have solicited and received proposals for session topics for the conference. These session topics are listed below; a short summary for each of the topics is available on the submission page. We would especially like to encourage you to contribute to one of these sessions by indicating that your abstract fits the topic during the submission process.
The challenges in estimating and simulating natural ventilation airflow
Do healthy buildings need technology?
Hidden connections: building energy use and indoor air quality
Impact of demand controlled ventilation on indoor air quality, ventilation effectiveness and energy efficiency
Emerging analytical tools for the monitoring of indoor air composition
Policy based activities (research, legislation, practices) on indoor environment
Application and validation of models for whole building indoor-outdoor contaminant transport
Health
Health impact of inhaled ultrafine particles on pregnancy, infants/children, cardiovascular disease, elderly, asthma and COPD patients.
What is the role of “health” in indoor air science?
Preventive health care in practice
Beneficial microbial exposures and positive building interventions
Ventilation
Ventilation rate in homes
The next generation of ventilation
Stratum ventilation for uniform or differentiated thermal environments?
Duct cleaning and other maintenance: why, how, when?
Chemistry
Sampling and analysis of emissions from Spray Polyurethane Foam (SPF) insulation
New directions in Indoor Air Chemistry: the Role of Oxidation Processes
What can we learn from indoor pollutants modeling?
Emerging research areas in indoor oxidative chemistry
Indoor emission measurements and exposure quantification.
Emissions from building materials into the Indoor Air. Sources and control.
Specific environments
Exploring issues of indoor air quality with respect to structures resultant from the design and implementation of adaptive reuse of historic structures
Environmental airflows and how they may lead to isolation/containment failure in critical hospital/healthcare settings
Indoor environmental quality and health in green / sustainable buildings
Clothing and its impact on exposure to air pollutants in indoor environments
Cooking and indoor air quality
Indoor air quality and related low-cost solutions in school buildings
Designing buildings for outdoor thermal comfort: how far are we from thus goal?
Infectious diseases and indoor microorganisms in low income settings
Your work is the beating heart of the conference; we are counting on everyone in the community to support the technical program by submitting an abstract and extended abstract or paper. The submission page is now open. Please read the instructions carefully when drafting your abstract.
ISIAQ Student Travel Awards
ISIAQ is deeply committed to involve students in all its activities and especially in its flagship conference, Indoor Air. To allow students from all over the world to attend the conference, we offer affordable membership fees, registration fees and accommodation for students. In addition to this, ISIAQ has committed to make 5 individual travel awards - consisting of free registration and accommodation - available for students attending IA2016. Selection will be based on the quality of the submitted papers and priority will be given to students from developing countries. Registration for this competition is included in the abstract submission process.
Important dates
The schedule of the submission process leading up to the conference is as follows:
abstract submission opens: August 15th 2015
abstract submission closes: October 15th 2015
abstracts acceptance notification: December 1st 2015
extended abstract / full paper submission opens: December 1st 2015
extended abstract / full paper submission closes: February 1st 2016
paper review notification: March 1st 2016
conference: July 3rd-8th 2016
Please pencil in these dates in your calendar.
Contact
For further information, please visit the conference website at www.indoorair2016.org
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All inquiries related to the conference can be sent to us through the contact form on the webpage or by email at IA2016@ugent.be
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Thank you, we are looking forward to welcome you in Ghent!
Jelle Laverge, Tunga Salthammer & Marianne Stranger
The organizing committee of Indoor Air 2016
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