
Tenth Colombian Congress and International Conference on Air Quality, Climate Change, and Public Health
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May 14, 15, and 16, 2025 / Fórum UPB Events Center, Medellín - Colombia
May 14, 15, and 16, 2025
Fórum UPB Events Center,
Medellín - Colombia

The Colombian Congress and International Conference on Air Quality, Climate Change, and Public Health (CASAP) is a leading event in Colombia and one of the most relevant in Latin America and the Caribbean. Since 2007 and every two years, CASAP has been the platform where the academic, scientific, and professional community socializes and updates themselves on the latest developments in the comprehensive management of local and global pollution, its causes, and impacts.

Comprehensive management of local and regional air quality, and interaction between local pollution and climate change, and the role of superpollutants.
Air quality and climate change modelling, application of Big Data and artificial intelligence.
Personal exposure and health effects associated with air pollution and climate change.
Urban air quality by particulate matter – sources, cross-border transport, characterization, modeling.
Technologies for controlling emissions and reducing local and global pollution.
Air quality governance and national and international public policy frameworks.
Noise and odour pollution.
Indoor air pollution and its implications.
National and international keynote conferences
Parallel technical sessions with short presentations
Pre-congress courses and master classes

Panel conversations with experts
Technical visits and cultural activities
Meetings of work groups and associations

Benefits of plant cover on air quality

Aerosol-Cloud Interaction

Measurement of vehicle emissions

Organizational carbon footprint
Air Pollution and Health in Latin America: Results of the Salurbal-Clima Study
may 14th
12:00 pm
Room 1 (plenary)
Forum UPB

Ana-Diez Roux, MD, PhD
Distinguished Professor Director of the Collaborative Center on Urban Health

Olga Lucía Sarmiento, MD, PhD
Full Professor, Director of the EPIANDES group

Nelson Gouveia, MD, PhD
Professor of the Department of Preventive Medicine

Ricardo Morales
Moderador
Director of the Center for Research in Environmental Engineering (CIIA)
Citizen science and governance initiatives in air quality and climate change
may
13th
2:30p.m. to 3:30p.m.
Room 4, UPB Forum Events Center

Eliana Martínez
Epidemiologist and PhD in epidemiology. Professor and researcher at the National Faculty of Public Health

Santiago Aldana
Environmental administrator and specialist in natural resource management and environmental law

Mónica Espinosa
She holds a PhD in environmental engineering and is part of Hill’s technical team

Laura Rodríguez
Moderate
Full Professor in the Department of Public Health at the School of Medicine-Faculty of Health.
keynote speakers

Florencia Carreras
International Methane Emissions Observatory

Philippe Thunis
Harmonisation of air quality modelling approaches in support to legislation: the European experience

Omar Amador Muñoz
Study of unregulated toxic atmospheric organic pollutants: Implications and technological developments
keynote speakers

Jesus Serrano
Emerging challenges in assessing the effects of air pollutants in observational epidemiological studies.

Diana Marín Pineda
Impact of air pollution and ambient temperature on children’s health: an exposome approach.

Jaime Rueda
Herramientas para el cálculo de emisiones y análisis costo-beneficio de estrategias de reducción en vehículos y maquinaria

