2010 JOINT CONFERENCE OF THE ISES-ISEE, SEOUL, KOREA

2010年国际暴露科学学会（ISES）和国际环境流行病学学会（ISEE）联合年会将于2010年8月28日至9月1日在韩国首尔COEX会展中心（http://www.coex.co.kr/eng/index.asp）举行。这将是一次大型的多学科国际科学会议，重点关注人类暴露分析、流行病学和环境健康科学。本次会议的目的是汇集来自世界各地许多环境和公共卫生领域的科学家，介绍、交流和传播有关暴露科学和环境流行病学领域的最新进展和研究应用的信息和想法。总主题是技术、环境可持续性和健康。重点将放在交流信息和发展跨研究学科和组织的合作上，以便从全球环境的角度处理导致环境因素暴露和健康风险的复杂关系。此外，会议形式允许科学家在同行评审选择过程后，介绍与暴露科学，流行病学和环境健康科学相关的任何主题的重要和新兴研究。2010年的会议旨在促进整个亚洲和全世界发展中国家成员的参与，并将举办专门针对知识转移和促进与发展中国家科学家合作的讲习班。我们协会的成员进行的研究与许多NIH研究所相关，会议将讨论几个突出的主题，这些主题反映了NIEHS和其他研究所的战略重点。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The 2010 Joint Annual Conference of the International Society of Exposure Science (ISES) and the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) will be held on August 28th through September 1st, 2010, at the COEX Convention & Exhibition Centre in Seoul, Korea (http://www.coex.co.kr/eng/index.asp). It will be a large multi-disciplinary international scientific conference, focusing on human exposure analysis, epidemiology, and environmental health science. The purpose of this meeting is to bring together scientists from many environmental and public health fields worldwide to present, exchange, and disseminate information and ideas about recent advances and research applications in the fields of exposure science and environmental epidemiology. The overall theme is Technology, Environmental Sustainability and Health. The emphasis will be on exchanging information and developing collaborations across research disciplines and organizations to address the complex relationships that lead to exposure and health risks from environmental factors in the context of a global environmental perspective. In addition, the conference format allows scientists to present important and emerging research on any topic related to exposure science, epidemiology, and environmental health science, after a peer-review selection process. The 2010 conference aims to facilitate the participation of members from developing countries, throughout Asia and worldwide, and will have workshops specifically aimed at knowledge transfer and fostering collaboration with scientists from developing countries. Our Societies' members conduct research that is relevant to many NIH Institutes, and the conference, as it has in previous meetings, will address several salient topics that reflect the NIEHS's and other Institutes' strategic priorities. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This joint conference plays an important role in facilitating a dialogue among leading exposure scientists and environmental epidemiologists from around the world. It also provides opportunities for young scientists and students to interact with more senior investigators. Finally, it has become known as one of the leading venues for discussion of cutting edge issues encompassed by its theme "Technology, Environmental Sustainability and Health." The 2010 conference location in Seoul, Korea will significantly enhance the public health impact by facilitating multi-national collaboration between leading environmental scientists from the United States, Europe, and Asia with researchers and public health officials from regions of the developing world with major environmental hazards.