In 2008 GIGCAS held successfully four international conferences and one biparty conference, which include the following: (1) Symposium on the climate and environment in the city groups in Guangdong-Hong Kong – Macau city groups; (2) International symposium on observation of persistent organic pollutants and sand dusts in Asia; (3) Workshop on aquatic ecology and toxicology; (4) International symposium on fate and repair of pollutants in atmosphere, water and sediments; (5) 1st GIGCAS-Hong Kong University academic symposium. Additionally, GIGCAS hosted the Sino-Macau training class for management of aquifer backfilling in cooperation with Tsinghua University and Jinan University. In 2009 GIGCAS held successfully two international conferences, which include the following: (1) 2nd GIGCAS-Hong Kong University academic symposium, held in Hong Kong University, where 27 researchers and graduate students participated in the symposium. (2) Sino-UK workshop on water quality-related science and technology. |