(Note 1: the program is organized along time slots and not according to common theme)
(Note 2: at the end of each session questions and discussions will follow)
(Note 3: Please note that many attendees including those who present a paper may choose the online option. However, ATINER will provide full-fledged services (lunches, dinners, excursions, etc.) for all those who present onsite.)
Monday 10 July 2023
08.30-09.15
Registration
09:15-10:00
Opening and Welcoming Remarks:
- Gregory T. Papanikos, President, ATINER.
10:00-11:30 Session 1
Moderator: Nadhir Al-Ansari, Head, Environment Unit, ATINER & Professor, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden. |
- Mona Ray, Professor, Morehouse College, USA.
Title: Environmental (In)Justice for Women in Africa Caused by Climate Change.
- Xiaohong Xu, Professor, University of Windsor, Canada.
Tianzhu Zhang, Researcher, University of Windsor, Canada.
Yushan Su, Senior Scientific Advisor, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, Canada.
Title: Long-Term Trends of Ground-Level Ozone and Its Precursors in Windsor, Canada.
- Svitlana Prokhorova, Visiting Researcher, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland.
Title: Prospects for Using Herbarium and Archival Data to Track the Relationship between Climate Change and Plant Morphological Parameters.
- Piyali Chowdhury, Researcher, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, UK.
Title: Data Driven Methods in Identifying Climate Change Induced Coastal Erosion around Local Beaches.
Discussion |
11:30-13:00 Session 2
Moderator: Xiaohong Xu, Professor, University of Windsor, Canada. |
- Roberto Alves Braga, Professor, Federal University of Lavras, Brazil.
Title: Identification of Greenish Soybean Seeds Through Image Processing, Under Different Types of Lighting.
- Juan Martinez Solis, Assistant Professor, Chapingo Autonomus University, Mexico.
M. Gisela Pena Ortega, Assistant Professor, Chapingo Autonomus University, Mexico.
Title: Radicle Protrusion: An Alternative to Predict Germination Percentage in Seed Certification Processes.
- Priya Huzar Futty Beejan, Researcher, Food and Agricultural Research and Extension Institute, Mauritius.
Rita Nowbuth, Researcher, Food and Agricultural Research and Extension Institute, Mauritius.
Title: Preliminary Studies on the Potential of Button Mushroom Production in Mauritius: Research Undertaken and the Future Production Prospects and Impact Food Security.
- Ertan Yildirim, Professor, Atatürk University, Turkiye.
Melek Ekinci, Professor, Atatürk University, Turkiye.
Metin Turan, Professor, Yeditepe University, Turkiye.
Title: Effect of Amino Acid Application on Physiological and Biochemical Properties of Salt-Stressed Broccoli Seedlings.
Discussion |
13:00-14:30 Session 3
Moderator: Priya Huzar Futty Beejan, Researcher, Food and Agricultural Research and Extension Institute, Mauritius. |
- Isaac Rampedi, Associate Professor, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Title: Planning and Implementing an ISO 14 001 Environmental Management System in a High Technology Company in South Africa: A Case Study of Conceptualisation, Benefits and Challenges.
- Olalekan Olatunji, Researcher, Keele University, UK.
Title: Determination of Radiological Stressors in Petroleum Drilling, Bitumen Exploitation and Coal Mining Site in Southern Nigeria.
- Melek Ekinci, Professor, Atatürk University, Turkiye.
Ertan Yıldırım, Professor, Atatürk University, Turkiye.
Metin Turan, Professor, Yeditepe University, Turkiye.
Title: Effects of Microplastics in Plants.
Discussion |
14:30-16:00 Discussion + Lunch
16:00-17:30 Session 4
Moderator: Olga Gkounta, Researcher, ATINER. |
- Gloria Marchetti, Professor, University of Milan, Italy.
Title: The Changes in the Approach to Environmental Protection by the European Union and its Member States and the Regulatory Innovations in Italy.
- António dos Santos Queirós, Professor, Lisbon University, Portugal.
Title: Ecological Civilization, The Fourth Stage of Human Civilization.
- Surinder Deswal, Professor, National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, India.
Shiyam Shubhanker Sahu, PhD Student, National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, India.
Title: Effectiveness of Sequential Batch Reactor in Treating Wastewater from a Residential Campus of Academic Institute.
- Bianca Mihalache, PhD Student, University of Bucharest, Romania.
Sabina Stefan, Emeritus Professor, University of Bucharest, Romania.
Ana – Maria Rosianu, PhD Student, University of Bucharest, Romania.
Gabriela Iorga, Lecturer, University of Bucharest, Romania.
Title: Temporal Patterns and Trend Analysis of Trace Gases for Selected Sites in South-Eastern Romania.
Discussion |
17:30-19:00 Session 5
Moderator: Olga Gkounta, Researcher, ATINER. |
- Brij Tewari, Professor, University of Guyana, Guyana.
Title: Phytochemical Microbial Fungal and Oxidant Properties of Syzygium Cumini Leaves Extract: Flora of Guyana.
- Betty Cepeda-Salgado, Graduate Student, Louisiana State University, USA.
Gyu S. Lee, Director, Korea Rural Community Corporation, South Korea.
Seung I. Kam, Professor, Louisiana State University, USA.
Title: Evaluation of Pilot-Scale Surfactant and Foam Remediation Processes for LNAPL Removal.
- Dhanuska Wijesinghe, Assistant Professor, James Madison University, USA.
Spencer Schmidt, Undergraduate Student, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.
Title: Influence οf Soil Properties οn the Variability of Sediment Transport Within Cave Systems – Owl Cave, Highland County Virginia, USA.
Discussion |
20:30-22:30
Athenian Early Evening Symposium (includes in order of appearance: continuous academic discussions, dinner, wine/water, music and dance)
Tuesday 11 July 2023
10:00-11:30 Session 6
Moderator: Ms. Celia Sakka (ATINER Administration) |
07:30-10:30
Old and New-An Educational Urban Walk |
- Kamilia Mahdaoui, PhD Student, Hassan II University of Casablanca, Morocco.
Title: Evaluation of Future Climate in the Bouregreg River Basin (Morocco) Under Climate Change.
- Christoph Schattschneider, PhD Student, Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau, Germany.
Sina Piontek, Student, Berliner Hochschule für Technik, Berlin, Germany.
Hannes Jacobs, Scientific Assistant, Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau, Germany.
Andreas Foitzik, Professor, Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau, Germany.
Giovanni la Rosa, Scientific Assistant, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy.
Title: Proof of Principle of Wastewater Treatment Using Plasma Discharge to Reduce the Amount of Methylparaben.
Discussion |
The urban walk ticket is not included as part of your registration fee. It includes transportation costs and the cost to enter the Parthenon and the other monuments on the Acropolis Hill. The urban walk tour includes the broader area of Athens. Among other sites, it includes: Zappion, Syntagma Square, Temple of Olympian Zeus, Ancient Roman Agora and on Acropolis Hill: the Propylaea, the Temple of Athena Nike, the Erechtheion, and the Parthenon. The program of the tour may be adjusted, if there is a need beyond our control. This is a private event organized by ATINER exclusively for the conference participants.
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11:30-13:00 Session 7
Moderator: Ertan Yıldırım, Professor, Atatürk University, Turkiye. |
- Zbyněk Sokol, Researcher, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic.
Title: Utilization of Satellite-Derived Cloud Cover in the Model of Road Surface Conditions.
- Ikhlas Alhejoj, Associate Professor, The University of Jordan, Jordan.
Title: Invertebrate Assemblages as an Indicator of Aquatic Environmental status in the Eastern Side Wadis of Wadi Araba.
- Dikeledi Petunia Malatji, Senior Lecturer, University of South Africa, South Africa.
Title: 16srrna-Based Bacterial Community Profiling of Ascaridia Galli Positive and Negative Village Chickens Using Next Generation Sequencing.
Discussion |
13:00-15:00 Session 8
Moderator: Ikhlas Alhejoj, Associate Professor, The University of Jordan, Jordan. |
- Ahmed Alsagan, Professor, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia.
Khalid Abdoun, Professor, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.
Osman Altahir, Professor, Naif Arab University for Security Sciences, Saudi Arabia.
Mohamed Alsaiady, Professor, Arabian Agricultural Services Company, Saudi Arabia.
Ahmed Al-Haidary, Professor, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.
Title: Effects of Irrigation Frequency and Organic Selenium Fertilization on the Chemical Composition of Moringa Oleifera and Moringa M. Peregrina.
- Recep Ozkan, Senior Micropaleontologist, Turkish Petroleum Co., Turkiye.
Demir Altiner, Professor, Middle East Technical University, Turkiye.
Title: Stratigraphy, Micropaleontology (Benthic Foraminifer) and Sedimentology of the Cretaceous Carbonate Sequence on the Northern Arabian Plate (Southeast Turkey).
- Jagannatha Venkataramaiah, PhD Student, JAIN (Deemed-to-be-University, India), India.
Shobha Jagannath, Former Professor, Mysore University, India.
Sahana Jagnanath, Former Scientific Assistant, MSS 11 International Space University, France.
Spanadana Jagannatha, Resident Surgeon, SGSSH & RI Lucknow, People Science Forum, KRVP, India.
Sadhana Jagannatha, Research Fellow, University of Stirling, UK.
Title: Space Eco Literacy as a Public Good for Enabling Communities.
- Zhen Wang, Senior Engineer, Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, China.
Title: Tectonic and Sedimentary Evolution of the Precaspian Basin during Late Paleozoic Period.
- Jaroslaw Milewski, Professor, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland.
Title: Multi-modal Porous Microstructure for High Temperature Fuel Cell Application.
Discussion |
15:00-16:00 Discussion + Lunch
16:00-17:30 Session 9
Moderator: Olga Gkounta, Researcher, ATINER. |
- Hongqi Liu, Director, Southwest Petroleum University, China.
Title: Study on Electrical Characteristics and Formation Mechanism of Micro-Ion- Capacitor in Shale Pore and Fracture Structure.
- Diana Olah, Assistant Professor, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, Romania.
Title: Changes in Stress Levels Influence the Non-Specific Antimicrobial Protection in Angora Goats during Acclimatization.
- Marco Giampaoletti, Research Fellow, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
Fabrizio Tucci, Full Professor, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
Title: Reforestation of Urban Districts in Mediterranean Climate: New Decarbonization Models for Cities.
Discussion |
17:30-19:00 Session 10
Moderator: Olga Gkounta, Researcher, ATINER. |
- Arturo F. Castellanos-Ruelas, Professor & Researcher, Autonomous University of Yucatan, Mexico.
Alan Garcia-Lira, Professor & Researcher, Autonomous University of Yucatan, Mexico.
David A. Betancur-Ancona, Professor & Researcher, Autonomous University of Yucatan. Mexico.
Luis A. Chel-Guerrero, Professor & Researcher, Autonomous University of Yucatan, Mexico.
Title: Feasibility of the Use of Bioactive Compounds in Pet Food.
- Silvia Salustiano, Professor, Federal Institute of Education, Brazil.
Jesiel Souza Silva, Professor, Federal Institute of Education, Brazil.
Tânia Marcia Freitas, Researcher, Federal Institute of Education, Brazil.
Pedro Abel Vieira Junior, Researcher, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA), Brazil.
Durval Dourado Neto, Professor, Superior School of Agriculture “Luiz de Queiroz”-ESALQ/ University of São Paulo – USP, Brazil.
Title: Sustainable Rural Development: Mapping and Multidisciplinary Analysis.
- Dante Arturo Rodríguez-Trejo, Professor, Chapingo Autonomous University, Mexico.
Title: Logistic Probability of Mortality Models to Estimate Adaptation to Fire in Three Mexican Tree Species.
- Jose Manuel Castillo Lopez, Professor, University of Granada, Spain.
Title: Myths, Fallacies, Paradoxes, Mistakes and Virtual Water in the Mediterranean.
Discussion |
19:00-20:30
Ancient Athenian Dinner (includes in order of appearance: continuous academic discussions, dinner with recipes from ancient Athens, wine/water)
Wednesday 12 July 2023
An Educational Visit to Selected Islands
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Mycenae Visit
Thursday 13 July 2023
Visiting the Oracle of Delphi
Friday 14 July 2023
Visiting the Ancient Corinth and Cape Sounio