International Phytotechnologies Scholars Program Conference in St. Louis, MO

[1010487Burken]由国际植物技术协会在密苏里州圣路易斯举办的第六届国际植物技术会议提供了一个独特的教育机会，直接与可持续修复和发展有关，这是最近宣布的EPA关于绿色修复的倡议，声明所有现场清理将考虑5个新的因素：1)总能源使用和可再生能源使用；2)大气污染物和温室气体排放；3)水资源利用及对水资源的影响；4)物料管理与减废；5)土地管理与生态系统保护。没有比植物修复更环保的修复方法了，会议上介绍的相关技术还包括绿色屋顶、场地重建和雨水管理。国际植物技术学会将于今年秋天召开会议，这一新兴的国家倡议恰逢其时，我们建议利用这个机会开展一个独特的教育项目。国际植物技术学者计划第一次。植物学者项目充分利用了会议场地提供的机会。这个项目建立在BP之前的支持基础上，帮助学生参加以前的植物技术会议。在植物学者计划中，学生将被邀请参加会议并得到支持。他们的出勤率也将与他们选择的教育目标直接相关。这些学生中的许多人将展示研究成果，而其他作为学者计划的一部分参加的学生可能是他们第一次接触植物修复和相关研究课题的一部分。许多人将是第一次参加国际会议的本科生和初入职场的研究生，他们的职业生涯可能会受到他们接触到的技术的影响，这些技术的需求可能会不断增长。每个学生将使用附带的模板提交自己生成的学习目标和相关目标。学生将计划他们将参加的会议和主题，并整合这些主题来解决他们自己的目标和职业目标。通过计划植物学者将参加的会议和会谈，每个人都将被鼓励去研究演讲者的研究文章。在做背景研究时，学者们将更好地理解会议上提出的前沿研究，并在会议上进行有意义的讨论。项目中的每位植物学者还将参加一个学者午餐会，在那里他们将与国际植物修复杂志的编辑委员会成员坐在一起。这些在该领域建立的领导者将能够与学生互动，并通过他们的职业生涯讨论植物修复研究的进展，并回答学生的问题。会议结束后，学生将被要求提交一份简短的学习总结，作为植物学者计划的一部分。编辑的摘要将是植物学者计划的可交付成果。由于大多数学者将来自美国大陆，国际植物技术学者项目的国际方面对项目中的学生来说也将是一次独特的经历。这次会议有来自26个不同国家的研究人员提交的摘要。这次会议也标志着继2008年第五届国际会议在中国南京举行之后，该会议又回到了美国的土地上。估计将邀请100名学生参加，本提案中提到的费用是基于最新数据的最佳估计。植物学者计划的每个学生都将通过这项努力获得住宿和注册费用，并且每个学生还将提供从国内机构旅行的旅行支持。植物学者计划是与国际植物技术协会协调提供的。社会官员和会议策划者将担任学者计划的顾问，没有个人报酬。他们将负责招募和选拔参加的学生。

1010487Burken The hosting of the 6th International Phytotechnologies Conference in St. Louis Missouri by the International Phytotechnologies Society offers a unique opportunity for educational experiences directly relating to sustainable remediation and development, which was recently announced as EPA's initiative on green remediation stating that all site cleanups will consider 5 new factors: 1) Total Energy Use and Renewable Energy Use; 2) Air Pollutants and Greenhouse Gas Emissions; 3) Water Use and Impacts to Water Resources; 4) Materials Management and Waste Reduction; and 5) Land Management and Ecosystems Protection. No remediation is greener than phytoremediation and related technologies presented at the conference also cover green roofs, site redevelopment and storm water management. The conference put on by the International Phytotechnologies Society occurs this fall and this emerging national initiative could not be better timed, and we propose to utilize this opportunity in a unique educational program. The International Phytotechnologies Scholars Program for the first time. The Phyto Scholars program takes advantage of the opportunities provided at the conference venue. This program built out of previous support by BP to assist students to attend the previous Phytotechnologies conferences. In the Phyto Scholars Program, students will be invited to the conference and supported to attend. Their attendance will also be directly related to educational objectives they select. Many of these students will be presenting research, and others attending as part of the scholars program may be part of their first exposure to phytoremediation and related research topics. Many will be undergraduate students and early career graduate students attending their first international conference, and whose careers may be impacted by their exposure to technologies that will likely be in increasing demand. Each student will submit a self-generated learning goal and related objectives, using the attached template. Students will plan out the sessions and topics they will attend and integrate these topics to address their own objectives and career goals. By planning out the sessions and talks the Phyto Scholars will be attending, each will be encouraged to look into research articles from the presenters. In doing background research, scholars will better be able comprehend the cutting edge research presented at the conference and engage in meaningful discussions at the conference. Each Phyto Scholar in the program will also attend a scholars luncheon, where they will be seated with a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Phytoremediation. These established leaders in the field will be able to interact with the students and discuss the advancement of phytoremediation research through their careers and answers questions of the students. Following the conference, students will be asked to submit a short summary of their learning as part of the Phyto Scholars Program. The compiled summaries will be the deliverables from the Phyto Scholars Program. As the majority of the scholars will be from the continental US, the international aspects of International Phytotechnologies Scholars program will also be a unique experience for the students in the program. The conference has abstracts submitted by reseachers from 26 different countries. The conference also marks the return of the conference to US soil after the 5th international conference was held in Nanjing China in 2008. An estimated 100 students will be invited to participate and the costs noted in this proposal are best estimates, based on the most current data. Each student in the Phyto Scholars Program will have their lodging and registration covered through this effort, and each student will also be offered a travel support for travelling from domestic institutions. The Phyto Scholars Program is offered in coordination with the International Phytotechnologies Society. The society officers and conference planners will serve as the advisors for the scholars program, with no personal compensation. They will serve to recruit and select the students that will participate.