The conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency Boston (Financial District) at One Avenue de Lafayette, Boston, Massachusetts. The HEI special group rate is $179 for a single or double room.

To register go to http://www.healtheffects.org/annual.htm

Meeting Rates*
(hotel not included)

Full Conference
Sunday afternoon through Tuesday (Includes all meals, Sunday lunch through Tuesday afternoon break -- except Monday dinner) $450

Single Day Rates
Sunday (Includes lunch, break, reception and dinner) $160
Monday (Includes breakfast, breaks and lunch) $160
Tuesday (Includes breakfast, breaks and lunch) $160

Conference Program

Sunday, May 2

12:30 Lunch
1:30 Opening Dan Greenbaum, Health Effects Institute
1:35 Common Science in an Uncommon World: Air Pollution, Health and Regulation in a Global Context
1:35 Global transport of air pollution
2:00 Perspectives on the role of health science in informing international regulation: Challenges and opportunities – a regulatory perspective
2:25 Perspectives on the role of health science in informing international regulation: Challenges and opportunities – an industry perspective
2:50 Break
3:05 HEI’s international program
3:25 Review of Asian epidemiologic research on air pollution and health
3:45 General discussion
4:00–5:30 Poster Session I
6:00 Opening Reception and Dinner

Monday, May 3

8:30 Hot Topics! Recent Developments in Air Pollution Research
8:30 Introduction, Chairs
8:35 Manganese neurotoxicity
9:00 Alternative tier 2 testing of the fuel additive MMT
9:25 Discussion
9:45 Update on the ACES diesel assessment program
10:10 Break
10:30–2:00 Poster Session II (with lunch)
Noon–2:00 Lunch
2:00 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Which Particles are Which?
2:00 Introduction, John Hoidal
2:05 Exposure to diesel exhaust and concentrated ambient particles in allergic rats
2:30 Comparison of exposure to diesel and gasoline engine exhaust and wood smoke
2:55 Exploring sources of particle toxicity in different European cities
3:20 Break
3:40 Allergic and cardiovascular responses to concentrated ambient particle exposure
4:05 Assessing toxicity of size-fractionated combustion and ambient air particles
4:30 Concluding remarks, Rogene Henderson
4:35 Discussion
4:45 Update on HEI’s new initiative on particulate matter toxicity
5:00 Free Evening

Tuesday, May 4

8:30 Living on the Edge: New Approaches in Assessing Exposure
8:30 Introduction, Ira Tager
8:40 Spatial exposure modeling in the new post-structural economy
9:00 Assessing population exposure to motor vehicle emissions
9:25 Comments
9:50 Break
10:10 Atmospheric chemical transformations: A significant challenge to air pollution exposure modeling
10:35 Measuring and modeling exposure to urban air pollution: Implications for epidemiology studies
11:00 General discussion
11:30 Lunch
1:00 Back to the Future: HEI Strategic Plan 2005–2010
3:30 Conference Adjourns