In observance of the 2011 International Year of Chemistry, this symposium is being convened to recognize the contributions of scientists, policy decision makers, industry, and intergovernmental agencies to characterize and counteract the threat that industrially produced halocarbons posed to the Earth's protective stratospheric ozone layer. The American Meteorological Society (AMS), American Geophysical Union (AGU), and American Chemical Society (ACS) are the primary co-sponsors for this symposium. International co-sponsors include the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP - Ozone Secretariat), World Meteorological Organization (WMO - Research Department), and the International Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution (ICACGP) of the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (IAMAS). World-renowned atmospheric chemists and other scientists, who have made important contributions to stratospheric ozone research, will be invited to deliver keynote speeches. In addition, invited presentations on the regulatory and policy aspects of stratospheric ozone and climate changes will be planned from the policy and industry communities. The last day of the symposium will be dedicated to a young scientist forum: the agenda will include both oral and poster presentations from young scientists, covering the topics of research in stratospheric ozone and climate change, policy decision making, and integration between science and policy.
In observance of the 2011 International Year of Chemistry (IYC), a symposium was organized November 7-10, 2011 to recognize the contributions of scientists, industry, policy makers and intergovernmental agencies to characterize and counteract the threat that industrially produced halocarbons posed to the Earth's protective stratospheric ozone layer. Keynote speakers of this symposium included Ralph Cicerone, president of National Academy of Sciences; Mario J. Molina, 1995 Nobel laureate in chemistry; Robert T. Watson, chief scientific adviser of Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of the United Kingdom and former chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; C. Boyden Gray, White House Counsel (1989-93); Susan Solomon, winner of the National Medal of Science; and William K. Reilly, Administrator of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1989- 93). Former President George H. W. Bush, senior cabinet members, and congressional representatives discussed the history, implementation, and impacts of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA). The symposium was open to scientists, government and non-government policy officials, and representatives from industry, who are interested in science and policy addressing environmental protection, in general, and climate change, in particular. World-renowned atmospheric chemists and other scientists, who have made important contributions to stratospheric ozone research, were invited to deliver keynote speeches. In addition, invited presentations on the regulatory and policy aspects of stratospheric ozone and climate changes were planned from the policy and industry communities. A young scientist forum was planned in the symposium, and the agenda included oral and poster presentations from young scientists on the subjects of research in atmospheric sciences and climate change and integration between science and policy. More information on this symposium can be found at (http://2011-iyc-o3.org/).
