🌍Join Us at Filtration Hour!
📅 Date:April 17, 2025
⏰ Time: 10:00 - 11:30 AM EST
🎤 Topic: Air Quality Governance
This "Filtration Hour" focuses on air quality, emphasizing governance, filtration technologies, and monitoring. The panelists are public health, environmental science, monitoring, and engineering experts. They will discuss challenges and opportunities to ensure breathable air for all and highlight proactive measures to mitigate health impacts like respiratory and cardiovascular issues.
Panelists will explore advancements in air quality monitoring, including sensor technologies and challenges in urban settings. They will also discuss integrating air quality into urban planning and building design, emphasizing strategies to reduce pollution and enhance green spaces. The session will start with analyzing current air quality governance, examining policies and their effectiveness, and discussing economic implications such as healthcare costs and productivity loss.
The discussion will address the ethical dimensions of air quality governance, particularly its disproportionate impact on vulnerable populations and the importance of public awareness in promoting environmental justice. With their "closing statements," panelists will urge collaboration among stakeholders to prioritize air quality in public health and sustainability, reflecting on its connection to global challenges like climate change and international cooperation in addressing transboundary air pollution.
Got questions about filtration? Ask the Experts at Filtration Hour! Our panel of distinguished experts will answer your live questions on Air Quality Governance.
Don’t miss this opportunity to engage with leading experts and gain valuable insights into the future of sustainable air quality solutions.
Session Chair: Dr. Iyad Al-Attar, Strategic Director, WFI (Canada) Moderator: Mitch McCreary, Marketing Director, WFI (USA)
Distinguished Speakers:
Sotirios Papathanasiou, Air Quality Expert, GO AQS (Spain)
R. Vijayakumar, PhD, Founder
AERFIL, USA.
Andrew Guido
Vice President, Sustainability & Innovation, Canada.
Stephanie Taylor, MD, CEO and Founder, Building4Health, USA
Thomas Peters, PhD, Director, Peters Consulting, Germany
About World Filtration Institute
World Filtration Institute (WFI) is a global non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the science, technology, and application of filtration and separation solutions to promote the global filtration industry. WFI fosters innovation, collaboration, and professional development to create a cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable world. Read more: https://www.wfius.org/.
