Events

ENCSS 2008 Annual Conference
Date: May 19, 2008, through Thursday, May 22, 2008
Location: Washington, DC
 
 

Holland and Knight is co-sponsoring the Environment & Public Health Network for Chinese Students and Scholars (ENCSS) 2008 Annual Meeting May 19-22 in Washington, D.C.  ENCSS is a formal and highly influential network of 200 researchers from China placed at universities and other organizations across the U.S. to investigate and learn about public health and environmental policy and other issues.

Among the ENCSS goals are advising senior Chinese government officials on environmental and health policy, and coordinating on comparative international research in these areas based on their observations while in the US.  ENCSS annual meetings are attended by members of the international regulatory community and multinational corporations.  At the 2008 Annual Meeting, participants also will include representatives of China's Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) and Center for Disease Control (under the Ministry of Health).

The Chinese delegation for this year's Annual Meeting includes faculty from Beijing Normal University, the China Academy of Sciences, the the China Research Academy of Environmental Sciences.

While in Washington, the delegates will participate in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (U.S. EPA's) Annual Science Forum and Annual Environmental Partnership Summit, covering U.S. EPA's pollution prevention, compliance assistance and performance track programs. 

Holland and Knight's involvement reflects the firm's ongoing work and commitment to the field of Chinese regulatory and government affairs, focus on environment, health and safety, social responsibility, and other client compliance and risk issues.  Tad Ferris and Hongjun Zhang are the lead contacts for this event.

For more information please visit  http://www.encss.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30&Itemid=45