Program

The meeting was built around a small number of stable formats, arranged to keep time for discussion and for the informal exchange that happens between sessions.

Each day combined plenary moments with parallel streams. Symposia brought invited groups around a shared question. Oral sessions grouped submitted abstracts by topic. Poster discussion sessions gave selected posters a structured forum, while thematic poster sessions placed a larger body of work on the floor.

Plenary sessions

Plenary lectures brought the whole meeting together around a small number of speakers. The six keynote speakers represented air pollution and exposure science, climate and health, global risk assessment, toxicology, environmental neuroscience and African environmental health research.

Symposia

Twenty one symposia were selected from more than sixty proposals. Each symposium was designed as a focused block of talks on a shared topic, often crossing disciplines and regions.

Parallel oral sessions

Submitted abstracts were grouped into parallel sessions. In the programme codes, these sessions were marked PAR. Each session had chairs to keep time and guide discussion.

Poster discussion sessions

Poster discussion sessions, coded PDS, combined a viewing period with a structured group discussion. Presenters were expected to join the chairs at the front for the discussion.

Thematic poster sessions

Thematic poster sessions, coded TPS, placed posters in topic areas across the venue. The committee also used these sessions to identify work for a best poster award.

PechaKucha

A PechaKucha session used fifteen slides, each advancing automatically after twenty seconds. The format gave presenters five minutes to make a case and kept the room moving.

Preconference workshops

Sunday 25 August was given to workshops on methods, policy, publishing and practice. They were booked separately and ran in morning, afternoon and full day formats.

1. Sunday 25 AugustWorkshops and welcomePreconference workshops during the day, then the welcome reception at 18:00 in the Beatrix Building.
2. Monday 26 AugustMain programme opensPlenaries, symposia, oral sessions and posters. The student and new researcher football match followed in the evening.
3. Tuesday 27 AugustThe long middle dayA full scientific day, followed by the conference dinner at the Dutch Railway Museum from 19:30 to 23:00.
4. Wednesday 28 AugustClosing sessionsThe final day of plenaries, symposia, oral sessions and poster discussions.