SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT - 12th CROATIAN SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE with international participation “AIR PROTECTION 2021“
CROATIAN AIR POLLUTION PREVENTION ASSOCIATION
in cooperation with:
INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH
AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
CROATIAN METEOROLOGICAL
AND HYDROLOGICAL SERVICE
EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF CLEAN AIR AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ASSOCIATIONS – EFCA
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF AIR POLLUTION PREVENTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ASSOCIATIONS – IUAPPA
invite you to the
12th CROATIAN SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE
with international participation
"AIR PROTECTION 2021"

SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT
MEDULIN
15th - 17th September 2021
| UNDER THE AUSPICES OF |
Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development
| SCIENTIFIC AND EXPERT COMMITTEE |
- Gordana Pehnec - President
- Ivan Bešlić
- Darijo Brzoja
- Zdenko Franić
- Ivana Hrga
- Željko Linšak
- Željka Zgorelec
- Silva Žužul
| ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE |
- Ranka Godec - President
- Elvis Ciliga
- Silvije Davila
- Ivona Igrec
- Ivana Jakovljević
- Bruno Kostelić
- Jasmina Rinkovec
- Zdravka Sever Štrukil
- Vedran Vađić
- Nina Zovko
| ADVISORY BOARD |
- Ana Lucić-Vrdoljak
- Branka Ivančan Picek
- Dunja Mazzocco Drvar
- Andrzej Jagusiewicz
- Thomas Reichart
- Richard Mills
- Vladimira Vađić
- Krešimir Šega
- Mirjana Čačković
| PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME |
Wednesday, 15th September 2021
8.30-10.00 – Registration and distribution of the conference materials
10.00-10.30 – Opening ceremony
10.30-11.30 – Introductory lectures
Richard Mills: GLOBAL AIR POLLUTION: LESSONS FROM THE LAST 20 YEARS
Sandra Krmpotić, Nina Zovko, Gordan Došen: AN OVERVIEW OF LEGISLATION IN THE FIELD OF AIR
QUALITY AT NATIONAL AND EU LEVEL
Vedranka Bobić: EXPERT WITNESS EXAMINATION AND COURT PRACTICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS NOT REGULATED BY LAW– ODORS
11.30-12.00 – Coffee break
12.00-12.45 – Topic 1 - Managing air quality – inspection and control
Mirela Poljanac, Elvira Horvatić Viduka, Nirvana Franković Mihelj, Iva Švedek, Vladimir Jelavić, Valentina-Delija Ružić: SYNERGY OF POLICIES FOR A MORE EFFICIENT TACKLING OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND AIR POLLUTION IN CROATIA
Martina Beuk: AIR EMISSIONS REPORTED IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION REGISTER (EPR)
Vedran Vađić, Iva Baček, Predrag Hercog: COMMERCIAL ROUNDING RULES AND PERCENTILES
12.45-12.55 – Technical and business presentation: 
12.55-14.00 – Lunch break
14.00-15.15 – Topic 2 – Atmospheric emissions of pollutants
Željko Keliš, Kornelija Bogdan, Mihael Polenus, Goran Butković, Luka Cerovečki, Petar Pukljak: EMISSIONS OF POLLUTANTS FROM THE SHAFT FURNACE FOR LIME PRODUCTION AND NMVOC DETERMINATION IN THE INTERCAL CROATIA COMPANY
Ivana Roksa, Monika Babačić, Tamara Tarnik:
AN EU-ETS OVERVIEW OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF HEP THERMAL POWER PLANTS
Tamara Tarnik, Ivana Roksa, Monika Babačić: EUROPEAN CLIMATE POLICY AND ITS IMPACT ON THE
CROATIAN POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM
Josipa Hećimović, Ksenija Papa:
RAW MATERIAL AND FUEL IMPACT ON SO2 AND TOC EMISSION IN NEXE COMPANY2 I TOC U POSTROJENJU NEXE D.D.
Darijo Brzoja, Velimir Milić: INVESTIGATION OF ADMS-URBAN AND LOTOS-EUROS MODEL RESPONSES TO EMISSION REDUCTIONS IN THE ZAGREB REGION
15.15-15.35 – Technical and business presentation: ![]()
15.35-15.45 - Coffee break
15.45-17.15 – Topic 3 - Monitoring ambient air pollution
Zvjezdana Bencetić Klaić, Manuel A. Leiva-Guzmán, Andrijana Brozinčević:
ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATE MATTER LEVELS IN PLITVICE LAKES NATIONAL PARK DURING SUMMER AND FALL
Vedrana Džaja Grgičin, Velimir Milić:
SOURCE APPORTIONMENT OF PARTICULATE MATTER OVER CROATIA USING THE LOTOS-EUROS CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODEL
Ivan Bešlić, Silvije Davila, Ranka Godec, Ivana Jakovljević, Zdravka Sever Štrukil, Silva Žužul, Jasmina Rinkovec, Valentina Gluščić:
SOURCE APPORTIONEMENT OF AIR POLLUTION IN ZAGREB USING PMF RECEPTOR MODEL
Darijo Brzoja, Astrid Manders, Velimir Milić, Vesna Gugec:
THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN AIR QUALITY MODELLING SYSTEM FOR ZAGREB, CROATIA
Gordana Pehnec, Ivan Bešlić, Silvije Davila, Ivana Jakovljević, Zdravka Sever Štrukil, Valentina Gluščić: INFLUENCE OF COVID-19 CONTROL MEASURES ON AIR QUALITY IN THE CITY OF ZAGREB
Velimir Milić, Vedrana Džaja Grgičin, Darijo Brzoja: THE USE OF THE REGIONAL CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODEL LOTOS-EUROS OVER THE TERRITORY OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA
17.15-17.30 - Coffee break
17.30-18.15 – Topic 3 - Monitoring ambient air pollution - continuation
Marko Marić, Ivana Hrga, Adela Krivohlavek: ECOLOGICAL MAP OF THE CITY OF ZAGREB – AIR QUALITY
Ranka Godec, Martina Šilović Hujić, Valentina Gluščić, Ivan Bešlić, Silvije Davila, Ivana Hrga, Marko Marić: ECOLOGICAL MAP OF THE CITY OF ZAGREB – A REVIEW OF CARBON
Suzana Sopčić, Gordana Pehnec: LEVELS OF ANHYDROSUGARS IN PM10 PARTICULATE MATTER DURING FOUR SEASONS OF 2020
Thursday, 16th September 2021
9.00-11.00 – Topic 7 – EFCA session: "Air pollution from shipping emissions"
Andrzej Jagusiewicz: SHIPPING AS AN AGGRESSIVE SECTOR OF ULTRAFINE PARTICLES (UfP) EMISSIONS
Nadine Allemand, Grégoire Bongrand: MARITIME SHIPPING EMISSIONS, REDUCTION TECHNIQUES AND THEIR COSTS
Matija Široka, Stjepan Piličić, Teodora Milošević, Ignacio Lacalle, Luka Traven: PORT ENVIRONMENTAL INDEX
Ana Alebić-Juretić: CHARACTERIZATION OF MARITIME IMPACT ON AIR QUALITY IN THE PORT CITIES OF RIJEKA (CROATIA) AND VENICE (ITALY)
Zdenko Franić: SYSTEM OF MONITORING, REPORTING AND VERIFICATION OF CO2 EMISSIONS IN MARITIME TRANSPORT
Sari Repka, Anne Erkkilä-Välimäki, Jan Eiof Jonson, Maximilian Posch, Janne Törrönen Jukka Pekka Jalkanen: ASSESSING THE COST AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF IMO REGULATIONS OF SHIP-ORIGINATED SOX AND NOX EMISSIONS IN THE BALTIC SEA – presented by Andrzej Jagusiewicz
Panel discussion
11.00-11.30 – Coffee break
11.30-12.15 – Topic 4 - Developing and testing measuring methods
Anka Ozana Čavlović, Ivan Bešlić, Stjepan Pervan, Silvana Prekrat, Miljenko Klarić: APPLICATION OF PHOTOMETRY IN DETERMINING THE DUST MASS CONCENTRATION OF THERMALLY MODIFIED HARDWOODS
Silvije Davila, Gordana Pehnec, Ivan Bešlić: EXPERIENCES WITH THE WORK OF ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS FOR MONITORING AIR QUALITY FROM 2014 TO 2021
Predrag Hercog, Vedran Vađić, Zlatko Grgić: EVALUATION OF RESULTS FROM PROFICIENCY TESTING FOR SO2 AND CO IN AIR OBTAINED IN CROATIA FROM 2010 TO 2018
12.15-12.35 – Predstavljanje sponzora: ![]()
12.35-13.30 – Poster session
Borna Božiković, Domagoj Mihajlović, Luka Mrvoš: COMPARATIVE MEASUREMENTS OF GROUND OZONE CONCENTRATIONS IN OUTDOOR AIR AT KARLOVAC-1 AND VARAŽDIN-1 WITH ANALYZERS TELEDYNE API T400 AND HORIBA APOA 370
Goran Gajski, Marko Gerić, Mirta Milić, Vilena Kašuba, Katarina Matković, Gordana Pehnec, Silvije Davila, Ivana Jakovljević, Ante Cvitković, Mandica Sanković, Antun Šumanovac, Ana-Marija Domijan, Irena Brčić Karačonji, Irina Guseva Canu, Pascal Wild, Nancy Hopf: USUSRET NOVOM PROJEKTU: HUMNap – ONEČIŠĆENJE ZRAKA I BIOMARKERI UČINKA U LJUDI
Valentina Gluščić, Iva Šimić, Gordana Pehnec: SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF IONS IN BULK DEPOSITION IN THE ZAGREB CITY AREA
Ivana Hrga, Iris Bujas, Barbara Stjepanović, Anita Vucić, Ana Večenaj, Mirjana Špehar, Ivan Ivanec, Nikolina Furlan, Itana Bokan Vucelić, Danijela Peroš-Pucar, Marijana Matijić Cvjetović, Ivana Brnica, Mirna Mamić, Tatjana Puljak, Nina Vuletin, Željka Cerovac, Zdenka Šušić, Mirta Eberhard, Marija Mulanović Smolčić, Vesna Kauzlarić, Lea Ivančić, Martina Nadih, Jasenka Babić, Adela Krivohlavek, Dragoslav Dragojlović: POLLEN ALLERGY- REAL TIME INFORMATION VIA THE "PELUDNA PROGNOZA" APPLICATION
Karla Jagić, Marija Dvoršćak, Blanka Tariba Lovaković, Darija Klinčić: HOUSEHOLD VARIABLES AFFECTING PBDE AND TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS IN HOUSE DUST
Valentina Jagić, Vesna Gugec: DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTI-USER DATABASE AIR QUALITY NETWORK IN THE GIS SYSTEM FOR THE TERRITORY OF REPUBLIC OF CROATIA
Ivana Jakovljević, Zdravka Sever Štrukil, Gordana Pehnec: A COMPARISON OF ULTRASONIC EXTRACTION AND ACCELERATED SOLVENT EXTRACTION OF PAH FROM AIR PARTICULATE MATTER
Patricija Kapš, Kristina Jazvo, Vesna Sarajčić: STATE AIR QUALITY NETWORK DATA CONTROL AND DATA VALIDATION
Zdenko Mlinar, Ivančica Kovaček, Vesna Bogdan: DEVELOPMENT OF A METHOD FOR DETECTING SARS-CoV-2 IN AIR
Marija Surić Mihić, Branko Petrinec, Gordana Marović, Ivan Bešlić, Silvije Davila, Luka Pavelić i Jasminka Senčar: AIR POLLUTION 106Ru IN EUROPE, part two: FINGERPRINT OF 106Ru IN PM10 IN CROATIA
Ivan Pavičić, Ana Marija Marjanović Čermak: PRESENCE OF ASBESTOS FIBERS IN THE AIR AT THE CROATIAN NATIONAL THEATRE BUILNING IN ZAGREB
Nenad Periš, Angela Stipišić: THE GROUND - LEVEL OZONE CONCENTRATIONS IN THE AIR OF THE SPLIT CITY AREA
Branko Petrinec, Marko Šoštarić, Dinko Babić, Jasminka Senčar: AIR POLLUTION BY 106Ru IN EUROPE, part one: GAMMA - RAY SPECTROMETRY MEASUREMENTS OF 106Ru IN CROATIA
Jasmina Rinkovec, Magdalena Vincetić, Gordana Pehnec, Silva Žužul, Silvije Davila, Ivan Bešlić: PLATINUM, PALADIUM AND RHODIUM IN ZAGREB AIR
Zdravka Sever Štrukil, Ivana Jakovljević, Ranka Godec, Gordana Pehnec: CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN PM1 PARTICLE FRACTION IN ZAGREB
Stipica ŠarčevićEVALUATION OF AIR QUALITY IN CROATIA BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE MEASUREMENTS 2016 - 2020 WITH REGARD TO PARTICULATE MATTER CONTAMINATION10 I PM2.5 , NO2 AND OZONE
Magdalena Vincetić, Jasmina Rinkovec, Silva Žužul, Ivan Bešlić, Silvije Davila, Ivana Hrga, Adela Krivohlavek: METALI U PM10 PARTICLES DURING WINTER AT DIFFERENT SITES IN ZAGREB
13.30-14.00 – Tema 8 – IUAPPA AND GLOBAL FORUM SPECIAL SESSION: “Respiratory pandemics and air pollution: exploring the links“
WHO representative
14.-14.30 – Lunch break
14.30-16.00 – Topic 8 - IUAPPA AND GLOBAL FORUM SPECIAL SESSION: “Respiratory pandemics and air pollution: exploring the links“ – continuation
Heather Watson: UNDERSTANDING THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN COVID-19 AND AIR POLLUTION: PROGRESS SO FAR AND PRIORITIES FOR FUTURE WORK
Robert Maynard: AIR POLLUTION AND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A REVIEW OF SOME INITIAL STUDIES
Robert Maynard: REVIEW FIVE OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT PEER-REVIEWED STUDIES FROM 2020 AND 2021 AND ASSESS THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DIRECTION OF FUTURE WORK
Chiara Copat: THE ROLE OF AIR POLLUTION (PM10 AND NO2) IN COVID-19 SPREAD AND LETHALITY
Young Sunwoo: REDUCTION OF AIR POLLUTION DUE TO COVID-19 IN THE SEOUL METROPOLITAN AREA
16.00-16.30 – Coffee break
16.30-16.40 – Technical and business presentation: ![]()
16.45-17.45 – Topic 5 – Estimating exposure to air pollutants and impact on health
Kaća Piletić, Dijana Tomić Linšak, Marin Repustić, Ivana Gobin: EFFECT OF GASEOUS OZONE ON AIR QUALITY IN HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT
Lucija Ražov, Nikolina Furlan, Ivana Gobin, Gabrijela Begić, Dijana Tomić Linšak, Goran Crvelin, Željko Linšak: BACTERIAL FILTRATION EFFICIENCY OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROTECTIVE MASKS
Ivana Hrga, Ana Večenaj, Barbara Stjepanović, Jasenka Babić, Dragoslav Dragojlović, Adela Krivohlavek: PRESENTING BIRCH POLLEN IN THE AIR OF THE CITY OF ZAGREB AND ITS IMPACT ON HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE
Zdenka Šušić, Mirta Eberhard, Hrvoje Mrkonjić, Ivan Damjanović: TWENTY YEARS OF RAGWEED (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) POLLEN CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENTS IN OSIJEK–BARANJA COUNTY
17.45-18.30 – Topic 6 - Air protection in physical planning, construction and environmental protection
Željka Zgorelec, Jasmina Rinkovec, Gordana Pehnec, Milan Mesić, Ivica Kisić, Igor Bogunović, Aleksandra Perčin, Ivana Šestak, Darija Bilandžija, Marija Galić, Iva Hrelja: Pt, Pd AND Rh CONCENTRATIONS IN AIR, SOIL AND PLANTS IN THE CITY OF ZAGREB
Silva Žužul, Valentina Gluščić, Iva Šimić, Abra Penezić, Andrea Milinković, Sanja Frka: HEAVY METALS IN DEPOSITED MATTER IN THE VICINITY OF ŠIBENIK
Iva Šimić, Gordana Mendaš Starčević, Ranka Godec, Martina Šilović Hujić, Gordana Pehnec: ORGANIC POLLUTANTS IN THE TOTAL DEPOSITED MATTER OF THE AREA OF ZAGREB AND SOUTH OF THE SAVA RIVER
20.00 – Conference dinner
Friday, 17th September 2021
9.00-10.30 – Round table – Final discussion on all topics of the Conference
10.30-11.00 – Closing of the Conference
Excursion
- presentation in English
| NOTICE FOR CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS |
All presenters should send their presentations and posters to sazeci-zrak2021@huzz.hr najkasnije do September, 3rd 2021.
The recommended poster dimensions are 80 cm x 100 cm or 90 cm x 110 cm (width x height). During the poster session, the authors will briefly (2-3 minutes) present their results. The posters presented in the section will participate in the selection for the best poster.
The Conference will be held live and virtually via the Microsoft Teams platformRegistered participants will subsequently receive instructions and connection information..
All participants of the Conference are obliged to follow the instructions and epidemiological recommendations of the Croatian Institute of Public Health, which prescribe the provision of general and special hygienic and safety measures regarding COVID-19, and are available at https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=hr&tl=en&u=https://www.hzjz.hr/sluzba-epidemiologija-zarazne-bolesti/koronavirus-najnovije-preporuke/. If additional epidemiological measures are taken, we will send an e-mail with instructions to registered participants. We ask participants to follow the information on the CAPPA website www.huzz.hr
Authors may send the results presented at the “Air Protection 2021” Conference in the form of a scientific paper to be published in the journal Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology (https://www.imi.hr/en/publishing/archives-of-industrial-hygiene-and-toxicology/) indexed in SCI Expanded, Medline/PubMed, Scopus and other databases.
After the Conference, the Proceedings of full papers (“in extenso“) in electronic formwill be published. Instructions for preparing papers for the Proceedings can be found at: www.huzz.hrThe papers should be sent as an attachment to: radovi-zrak2021@huzz.hr to 30.10.2021. Submitted papers will undergo a review process.
CONTACT
Ranka Godec, PhD
Croatian Air Pollution Prevention Association
Ksaverska c., 2
HR-10000 ZAGREB, Croatia
Tel: +385 1 4682-585; 4682-586
Fax: +385 1 4673-303
E-mail: kontakt-zrak2021@huzz.hr or info@huzz.hr
Web: www.huzz.hr
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