ESA 2016

18 to 22 July 2016 - Berges du Rhône campus, Lyon, France

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Tuesday 19 July

08:30-09:00

Registration

PLENARY SESSION

Amphitheatre

09:00-09:30

LECTURE 2 - Challenges in aerobiology

Bernard Clot (Payerne, Switzerland)

09:30-10:30

SESSION Aerobiology

Chairs: I. Sauliene / L. Grewling

  • O10 - Geographic and temporal variations in Poaceae pollen exposure in Lombardy (Northern Italy)
    M. Bonini
  • O11 - Long-term variability of the tree pollen seasons in Krakow (SE Poland) against a background of meteorological conditions
    D. Myszkowska
  • O12 - Airborne Quercus pollen behavior in 4 different bioclimatic areas, Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv (Israel); Tulsa, Oklahoma (USA); Córdoba (Spain)
    I. Helfman-Hertzog

Discussion

10:30-11:00

Coffee break - Visit of exhibition - Posters

PARALLEL SESSIONS

Amphitheatre

11:00-12:30

SESSION Aerobiology

Chairs: J. Belmonte / E. Severova

  • O13 - Airborne Pollen and Fungal Spores in Garki, Abuja (North-Central Nigeria)
    H.-O. Adekanmbi
  • O14 - Short seasons and nightly atmospheric circulation of allergenic pollen in Augsburg, Germany: is it really good news?
    A. Damialis

Discussion

  • O15 - Winter Pollination of Betula in South Anatolia - Is it Fact or Fiction?
    A. Tosunoglu
  • O16 - Case Study France: Analysis of plant occupation of public green spaces
    S. Monnier

Discussion


Green Room

11:00-12:30

SESSION Environmental studies: pollution, meteorology

Chairs: D. O’Connor / B. Crouzy

  • O27 - Impact of meteorological conditions on seasonal pollen index: outcome of 35 years of pollen re-analysis
    M. Sofiev
  • O28 - Controversial study: autumn vs spring conditions
    L. Sukiene

Discussion

  • O29 - Survey of biological ice nucleators in precipitation at the rural site of Opme, Puy-de-Dôme, France
    P. Amato
  • O30 - Estimating the bacterial source strength and the downwind influence of outdoor composting platforms
    Y. Brunet

Discussion

12:30-14:00

Lunch - Coffee - Visit of exhibition - Posters

PARALLEL SESSIONS

Amphitheatre

14:00-14:30

LECTURE Ragweed - Has allergy to pollen not increased the spread of common ragweed?

Bruno Chauvel (Dijon, France)

14:30-16:10

SESSION Ragweed IRS/Cost SMARTER

Chairs: M. Bonini / H. Müller-Schärer

  • O17 - Analysis of airborne Ambrosia pollen in Europe within the framework of Cost SMARTER
    M. Smith
  • O18 - Risk assessment of the leaf beetle Ophraella communa, a biological control candidate for Ambrosia artemisiifolia
    H. Müller-Schärer

Discussion

  • O19 - The potential impact of an exotic beetle on ragweed pollen in Europe
    S. Lommen
  • O20 - Ophraella communa and ragweed pollen reduction in the air of Northern Italy
    M. Bonini
  • O21 - Italian ragweed pollen inventory
    C. Skjoth

Discussion


Green Room

14:00-16:10

SESSION Modeling/Forecasting

Chairs: R. Gehrig / M. Sadys

  • O31 - How to predict the shape of pollination season? Approaches to model calibration for birch and grass
    M. Sofiev
  • O32 - Modelling the intra- and inter- seasonal variations of birch pollen concentrations
    O. Ritenberga
  • O33 - Progress, status and plans of MACC/CAMS pollen forecasting
    M. Sofiev

Discussion

  • O34 - Pollen forecasts for alder, birch, grasses and ragweed based on the numerical pollen dispersion model cosmo-art at 1 km resolution
    A. Pauling
  • O35 - Operational ragweed forecasting over the Rhone-Alpes region
    F. Troude
  • O36 - From the Smart Pollen - project to the Norkko-pollen service: Results and experiences of the new kinds of pollen forecasts in Finland
    P. Siljamo
  • O37 - Emissions of ryegrass pollen in South Eastern Australia
    J. Silver

Discussion

16:10-16:30

Coffee break - Visit of exhibition - Posters

PLENARY SESSION

Amphitheatre

16:30-17:30

SESSION Ragweed IRS/Cost SMARTER

Chairs: M. Bonini / H. Müller-Schärer

  • O22 - Estimating the economic effects of Ophraella communa on common ragweed pollen risks in South-Eastern France
    R. Mouttet, B. Chauvel
  • O23 - Results of the European Quality Control exercise for Ambrosia pollen
    B. Sikoparija
  • O24 - Relationships between ragweed and mugwort pollen seasonal parameters and assessment of their potential impact on health
    C. Testoni, M. Bonini
  • O25 - Stability of ragweed populations in Central Russia: self-maintenance or seed import?
    E. Severova
  • O26 - 2015: evolution of Ambrosia pollen concentration in 5 traps in the Rhone-Alpes Region by AFEDA
    C. Déchamp

Discussion

PARALLEL SESSIONS

Amphitheatre

17:30-18:00

POSTERS Ragweed

Chairs: M. Bonini / H. Müller-Schärer

Title in bold letters = short oral presentation

  • PR34 - Comparative study of Ambrosia pollen and Amb a 1 allergen in Turkey
    A. Acar
  • PR35 - Temporal Changes of Ragweed (A. artemisiifolia, A. trifida, A. psilostachya) Pollen Concentration In Latvia
    O. Ritenberga
  • PR36 - Pollen of common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.): Illumina-based de novo sequencing and differential transcript expression upon elevated NO₂/O₃
    F. Zhao, D. Ernst
  • PR37 - Effects of NO2 on the pollen/seed production and flavonoid amount of common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.)
    F. Zhao, D. Ernst
  • PR38 - First volumetric data on ragweed pollen in Ryazan’ (Central Russia)
    I. Posevina
  • PR39 - Regional pollen counts reflect local loads of Ambrosia spp. but not of Xanthium ssp.
    F. Zemmer
  • PR40 - Can pollen concentrations measured at roof level represent local exposure to Ambrosia pollen in an urban area?
    M. Atalgic
  • PR41 - The interactive platform ‘Signalement-Ambroisie’ a participative tool for the fight against ragweed
    S. Monnier

Green Room

17:30-18:00

COST-Core Group meeting

Yellow Room

18:00

IRS Committee meeting

Technical contacts for oral presentations
Amphitheatre: Gilles Oliver / Edouard Sorin - Green Room: Samuel Monnier / Sylvain Rigaud