Invited Speakers of Conference on Nov 26-Nov 28, 2014, Taipei, Taiwan Subject: Country " 2014 Taipei International Conference on Remediation and Management of Soil and Groundwater Contaminated Sites and Taipei Soil and Groundwater Exhibition" to be held on November 26 to November 28, 2014, at Taipei city, Taiwan. Name/ Afflation/ Topic Prof. Dr. Paul Nathanail (Keynote) Professor of Engineering Geology, University of Nottingham Managing Director, Land Quality Management Ltd. UK Topic: Risk Based Contaminated Land Management Prof. Dr. Rao Surampalli (Keynote) President, CEO and Chief Technology Officer Global Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainability Editor-in-Chief, ASCE Journal of Hazardous and Toxic Waste Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of South Australia USA Topic: Sustainable Development and Management of Brownfields Prof. Dr. Jonathan Smith Senior Hydrogeologist, Shell Global Solutions Visiting Professor, University of Sheffield UK Topic: Sustainable Remediation: Incorporating sustainability into risk-based soil and groundwater management projects Mr. Marc Soellner Senior Environmental Scientist Expert Group Leader Soil & Groundwater Remediation URS Nuremberg office Germany Topic: Green and Sustainable Remediation: A Review and an Outlook INVITED SPEAKERS Country Name/ Afflation/ Topic Dr. Kung-Hui (Bella) Chu (朱宮慧) USA Associate Professor and Division Head Environmental & Water Resources Division Zachry Department of Civil Engineering Interdisciplinary Faculty of Toxicology & Water Program Texas A&M University Topic: Bioremediation of RDX, an Explosive Nitroamine Dr. Jun Lu Principal Technical Specialist AECOM USA Topic: Environmental Forensics and Remedial Site Investigations Dr. Karin Guiguer Principal Consultant Contaminated Site Management (CSM) ERM Brazil Ltd. Brazil Topic: Current Approach Used in Canada for Managing Contaminated Sites under the Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan (FCSAP) – Case Study Example Mr. Jeffrey D. TeGrotenhuis Principal Engineer MWH Americas, Inc. USA Topic: Containment and Bioreactor, Wetlands, or Ion Exchange Resin Ex-Situ Treatment to Facilitate In-Situ Remediation Mr. Ed Norrena Senior Advisor Air Quality, Climate Change, Sustainability and Government Relations SNC Lavalin Environment Canada Topic: Mine Remediation Training and Employment In Canada’s North 2 INVITED SPEAKERS Country Name/ Afflation/ Topic Dr. Rebecca Chou USA Section Chief Groundwater Permitting and Land Disposal California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal EPA) Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (Water Board) Topic: Low-Threat Underground Storage Tank Case Closure Policy in California Dr. Dora Chiang Associate Vice President Deputy Director of Remediation Technology Environment, USA (AECOM) USA Topic: An Overview of the History, Accomplishments, and On-going Initiatives of the Sustainable Remediation Forum (SURF-USA) Prof. Dr. Nanthi Bolan Australia Chair in Environmental Science Centre for Environmental Risk Assessment and Remediation (CERAR) CRC CARE (Room X-10) University of South Australia Mawson Lakes Campus Topic: Remediation of Heavy Metal(loid)s Contaminated Soils – to Mobilize or to Immobilize? Dr. Sophie Wood Partner, ERM-ANZ NSW Accredited Site Auditor Australia Topic: Assessment of ecological risks in coastal sediments: An Australian oil refinery case study 3 INVITED SPEAKERS Country Name/ Afflation/ Topic Prof. Dr. Yong Sik OK Korea Director Korea Biochar Research Center Environmental Remediation and Restoration Laboratory Department of Biological Environment Kangwon National University Topic: The role of biochar, natural iron oxides and nanomaterials as soil amendments for immobilizing metals in shooting range soil Mr. Jonathan Meier Partner, ERM-Japan Technical Director Contaminated Site Management (CSM) Group Japan Topic: Challenges in implementing groundwater remedial technologies in Asia with case studies from Japan: Permeable Reactor Barrier (PRB) and In-Situ Thermal Remediation (ISTR) Prof. Jae E. Yang Department of Biological Environment Kangwon National University Korea Topic: The use of CCP for remediation and revegetation of the metal-contaminated lands. Dr. Kazuhiro Takagi Japan Senior Research Scientist Organochemicals Division National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences & Professor Graduate School of Agricultural Chemistry Tokyo University of Agriculture Topic: Research and development on bioremediation of POPs-contaminated soil 4