The “International Symposium on Airliner Cabin Environment: Recent Progress in Characterization and Improvement” will be held April 10-11, 2008, at the Marriott Anaheim Hotel in Anaheim, California. Sponsored by ASTM International Committee D22 on Air Quality and its Subcommittee D22.05 on Indoor Air, the symposium will be held in conjunction with the April 7–9 standards development meetings of the committee.

The purpose of this symposium is to provide a forum for presentation and discussion of new information about the aircraft cabin environment and its effects on passengers and crew members. The aircraft cabin is a challenging environment for maintaining the health, comfort and well-being of its occupants. Passengers and crew can experience noise, reduced atmospheric pressure, vibration, low relative humidity, variable temperature and potential air quality degradation.

Concern over the impact of the cabin environment on the traveling public and flight crews led to National Research Council (NRC) studies reported in 1986 and 2002, and to major research efforts in the United States and Europe. This symposium will assist in the dissemination of results from these recent studies, reveals the entity’s press release.