{"id":28780,"date":"2021-11-18T22:02:29","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T21:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transformation-conference.de\/?page_id=28780"},"modified":"2021-11-29T10:57:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T09:57:39","slug":"kumi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/transformation-conference.de\/speaker\/kumi\/","title":{"rendered":"Kumi"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"28780\" class=\"elementor elementor-28780\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-10b7dc95 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"10b7dc95\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-14622d48\" data-id=\"14622d48\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c9b5b3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6c9b5b3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<span id=6c9b5b3f><\/span>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5978865 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"5978865\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<span id=5978865><\/span>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-xs\" href=\"https:\/\/transformation-conference.de\/speaker\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-long-arrow-alt-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">All speakers<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d5a2ae8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4d5a2ae8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<span id=4d5a2ae8><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"165\" height=\"165\" src=\"https:\/\/transformation-conference.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2021\/11\/Sam-Adu-Kumi-e1637269383692.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-28782\" alt=\"Sam Adu-Kumi\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transformation-conference.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2021\/11\/Sam-Adu-Kumi-e1637269383692.jpg 165w, https:\/\/transformation-conference.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2021\/11\/Sam-Adu-Kumi-e1637269383692-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/transformation-conference.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2021\/11\/Sam-Adu-Kumi-e1637269383692-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/transformation-conference.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2021\/11\/Sam-Adu-Kumi-e1637269383692-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/transformation-conference.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2021\/11\/Sam-Adu-Kumi-e1637269383692-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/transformation-conference.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2021\/11\/Sam-Adu-Kumi-e1637269383692-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c8d6913 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c8d6913\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<span id=3c8d6913><\/span><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dr. Sam Adu-Kumi <\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d5afca2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d5afca2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<span id=2d5afca2><\/span>\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Sam Adu-Kumi is currently the Programmes Coordinator and Focal Person for the chemical and waste-related multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) and Frameworks in Ghana. He is the immediate-past Director of the Chemicals Control and Management Centre of the <em>Environmental Protection Agency<\/em> (EPA) of Ghana. A position he occupied from 2012 until September 2021.<\/p><p>He holds a PhD degree in Nuclear and Environmental Protection from the University of Ghana.<\/p><p>Dr. Adu-Kumi has expertise in environmental fate, human exposure, and health risk assessment of POPs and Heavy Metals (Mercury, Lead, and Cadmium). He has particularly worked in monitoring, sampling, analysis, and risk characterization of human health risks.<\/p><p>In Ghana he was involved in technical reviews of chemical dossiers, which serve as basis for informed decisions in registration, licensing, and management of pesticides and hazardous chemicals and wastes. He participated in the work of the Inter-Governmental Negotiating Committee which culminated in the <em>Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants<\/em> (POPs) and served as the President of the 8<sup>th<\/sup> Conference of the Parties (COP-8) to the Stockholm Convention.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36347ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"36347ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<span id=36347ef><\/span>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All speakers Dr. Sam Adu-Kumi Dr. Sam Adu-Kumi is currently the Programmes Coordinator and Focal Person for the chemical and waste-related multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) and Frameworks in Ghana. 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