- Introduction and welcome
- Bioremediation Movie by Michael Seeger and Pepe Rovano
- Greetings from Philippe Corvini
- The view of European commission on Bioremediation by Silvia Maltagliati EC Policy Officer (Directorate General for Research and Innovation B1 - Circular Economy & Biobased Systems)
- Greetings from Falko Schlottig (Dean of the School of Life Sciences FHNW)
- Greetings from organising committee (Elisabet Aranda, Concepción Calvo, Ana Dujmovic, Ana Rita Lado Ribeiro, Olga Pastor Nunes)i
- Scientific Keynote Lecture: Bioremediation of a Disinfection By-product: From Lab to Commercial Scale-up, by Lawrence P. Wackett. Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, USA. Introduction by Ana Rita Ribeiro
- Company Keynote Lecture: What did we learn the last 30 years? - A Consultant View, by Thomas Held. Arcadis Germany GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany. Introduction by Elisabet Aranda
Chairs: Sebastia Puig (University of Girona) and Abraham Esteve (Metfilter)
11.30 - 11.45
Oral communication
- "Electrobioremediation of real groundwater polluted with chlorinated alkenes by means of electroactive biofilters" by Abraham Esteve-Núñez
11.45 - 12.25
Flash poster session
- "Self-powered bioremediation of contaminated soils with Soil Microbial Fuel Cells" by Simran Kaur Dhillon
- "Influence of polarized electrodes on the chemical-physical parameters and on the microbial community in a marine sediment polluted with polychlorinated biphenyls" by Alberto Botti
- "Radius of influence of electrodes in soil microbial fuel cells during hydrocarbon degradation" by Azariel Ruiz-Valencia
- "On-Site Electrobioremediation of Hydrocarbon polluted groundwater: from laboratory to scale up" by Martí Aliaguilla
- "Killing two birds with one stone: simultaneous bioelectrochemical removal of toluene and copper from groundwater" by Marco Resitano
- "Electrotalk between arsenic-oxidizing and nitrate-reducing bacteria in defined consortia for electro-bioremediation" by Lluis Bañeras
- "Electric field effects on microbial degradation of waterborne naphthalene" by Jinyao He
- "Soil TPHs bioremediation using bacterial consortia, vermicompost, and passive bioelectrochemical system: a pilot scale study" by Sandra Curiel Alegre
Chairs: Ramon Batista Garcia (UAEM) and Tatiana Stella (M3R)
11.30 - 11.45
Oral communication
- "Biodegradation of Plastic: Tracking the Assimilation of Labelled Carbon and Potential Enzymology" by Jeppe Lund Nielsen
11.45 - 12.25
Flash poster session
- "iACME method for the isolation of most efficient oil degrading bacterial consortia" by Maja Zugan
- "Bioplastic transformation by fungi to be implemented in plastic management process" by Federica Spina
- "Microbial colonization of fishing nets: searching for plastic-degrading potential" by Rafaela Perdigão
- "Enhancing bioplastic production in photosynthetic microbiomes: Methodology for enriching biomass in PHB-producers microorganisms" by Beatriz Altamira-Algarra
- "Deciphering the hydrocarbon and plastic degradation potential of Rhodococcus sp. VEM48 by -omics technologies" by Balbina Nogales
- "The potential role of microorganisms from sewage sludge composting process in the plastic degradation" by Tatiana Robledo
- "Metagenomic analysis of native microbial communities for oil spills bioremediation" by Maria L. Bôto
- "Improvement and monitoring of hydrocarbon polluted coastal soil bioremediation with an immobilized bacterial consortium" by Constanza Macaya
Chairs: Simona Di Gregorio (University of Pisa) and Roman Toth (Cenvis)
13.55 - 14.40
Oral communication
- "Metatranscriptomics-derived laccase-mediator system for organic pollutants biotransformation: from experimental observations to quantum chemical predictions" by Yaochun Yu
- "Effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on pharmaceuticals removal in constructed wetland" by Zhongbing Chen
- "Response of planted systems with Phragmites australis to remove pharmaceuticals - bioaugmentation can enhance the process?" by Joana Fernandes
14.40 - 15.10
Flash poster session
- "Removal of sulfamethoxazole by different immobilized laccase-mediator strategies" by Sergio Zamora-Martin
- "Insight into the degradation mechanisms of sulfamethoxazole in anoxic biofilters amended with wood chips and iron chips" by Tongxin Ren
- "Up-scaling mycoremediation for the cleanup of total petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated soil: insights from the Life MySOIL project" by Ilaria Chicca
- "Increased production of pathogenic, airborne fungal spores upon exposure of a soil mycobiota to chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbon pollutants" by Cristina Silva Pereira
- "Evaluation of different phytoremediation strategies in a trace element contaminated mine soil under Mediterranean semi-arid climatic conditions" by Rafael Clemente
- "Installation, commissioning and operation of an injectable in situ permeable reactive barrier to prevent PFAS at a European airport" by Marcello Carboni
Chairs: Andrea Franzetti (University of Milano) and Robin Kyclt (Abitec)
13.55 - 14.40
Oral communication
- "A multi-omics survey of the bacterial degradation of the persistent fluorinated fungicide fludioxonil" by Diogo Alexandrino
- "Designing social bioinoculants for bioremediation with Bsocial" by Jessica Purswani
- "Application of earthworms for stimulating herbicide mineralization in soil: Uncultured Planctomycetaceae and Sphingomonadaceae as key players" by Marcus A. Horn
14.40 - 15.10
Flash poster session
- "Design of a biopurification system for the on-farm removal of pesticides used in coffee crops" by Carlos E. Rodriguez-Rodriguez
- "Coalescence of microbial communities showing pesticides degradation potential: new tools for bioremediation" by Sylvia Thieffry
- "Study of the effect of sulfamethoxazole on microbes in continuous and intermittent Up Flow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket reactors" by Helena Nadais
- "Analysing microbial community dynamics and pharmaceuticals degradation in lab-scale MBRs under fluctuating micro-pollutant concentration" by Francesca Demaria
- "Potential of enriched cultures to degrade paroxetine and bezafibrate: microbial community characterization through culture-dependent and independent methods" by Alexandre van Heerden
- "Doing it together: microbiomes for the hexachlorocyclohexane depletion in the environment" by Giacomo Bernabei
- "Metagenomic insights into bacterial populations and mechanisms driving the biodegradation of azaarenes in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarboncontaminated soils" by Maria Jordán
Chairs: Michael Seeger (Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria) and Aleksandra Bogdan (Avecom)
16.10 - 17.25
Oral communication
- "Integrated study of a novel Dehalobacter strain degrading trichloromethane and 1,1,2-trichloroethane" by Jesica Soder-Walz
- "Enhancement of biotransformation of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans using secondary plant metabolites" by Robin Kyclt
- "Outlining the best remediation strategy at a multi-focus site where both shallow and deep aquifers are contaminated by chlorinated ethenes" by Natàlia Blázquez-Palli
- "Towards rapid and sensitive biomonitoring tools for bioremediation: Digital Droplet PCR as third generation quantification tool for the biomonitoring" by Bruna Matturro
- "Life cycle assessment as a tool to evaluate new bioremediation technologies" by Benjamine Belloncle
Chairs: Fabio Fava (University of Bologna) and Alfredo Pérez de Mora (TAUW)
16.10 - 17.25
Oral communication
- "Tracking gene expression, metabolic profiles, and biochemical analysis in the halotolerant basidiomycetous yeast Rhodotorula mucilaginosa EXF-1630 during benzo[a]pyrene and phenanthrene biodegradation under hypersaline conditions" by Nilda del Carmen Sanchez Castellanos
- "Bioaugmentation as Polishing Step of a Treatment Train for Remediation of an Oil Spill at a Coastal Aquifer in Spain" by Alfredo Pérez de Mora
- "Effect of three ligninolytic fungi used for mycoremediation of TPH polluted soil on the autochthonous microbiota" by Begoña Mayans
- "Physiological characterization of a toluene-degrading culture enriched from a BTEX-contaminated aquifer" by Maria Pinel-Cabello
- "Treatment of petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated soil by combination of electro-Fenton and biosurfactant-assisted bioslurry process" by Andrea Franzetti
Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal. Introduction by Jessica Purswani
Chairs: Olga Muter (University of Latvia) and Fiora Bagnato (ENI Rewind)
9.15 - 10.00
Oral communication
- "Microorganisms associated with PFAS release in an agricultural soil: Lab vs. field time scales" by Alexander Haluska
- "Transcriptomic analysis of polyaromatic hydrocarbon degradation by the halophilic fungus Aspergillus sydowii at hypersaline conditions" by Ramón Alberto Batista-García
- "Interactive effect of biosurfactant and biochar on the phytoremediation of heavy metal contaminated soil" by Achlesh Daverey
Chairs: Sema Karakurt-Fischer (Eawag) and Alberto Leombruni (Evonik)
9.15 - 10.00
Oral communication
- "Nanobioremediation approach in soil remediation" by Jose Luis Vilas Vilela
- "Bioelectrochemical system and phytoremediation co-assisted treatment of metal(loid)s polluted groundwater" by Aqib Hassan Ali Khan
- "Artificial biocatalytic structures can induce precipitation of toxic metals" by Dmitrii Deev
Chairs: Joan Garcia (UAB) and Pierre Queloz (FOEN)
11.00 - 11.45
Oral communication
- "In situ bioaugmentation of sewage sludge compost with Penicillium oxalicum" by Gabriela Angeles
- "Nitrate electro-bioremediation: From laboratory to on-site pilot plant" by Sebastià Puig
- "Pseudomonas citronellolis lipopeptide production by clean and oily wastewater sources: culture optimization and wastewater biodisposal potential" by Argyro Tsipa
11.45 - 12.25
Flash poster session
- "Digital microbiome solutions to improve organic pollutant removal" by Silvia Cretoiu
- "Design of a decentralized multifunctional wetlands - case study in Ebro Delta" by Jofre Herrero
- "Understanding biochemical and molecular mechanisms behind the tolerance of three emergent macrophytes used in phytoremediation of polluted groundwater" by Alberto Soto
- "Enhanced constructed wetlands for the removal of pesticides, metabolites, adjuvants and nitrates" by Priyanka Kumari
- "Constructed wetlands as a tool to treat emergency outflow from nuclear power plant" by Dana Komínková
- "The performance of intensive green roofs for the treatment of greywater: the contribution of biochar and mycorrhiza inoculum" by Adam Sochacki
- "A xenobiotic-triggered “cry-for-help” affects plant-microbes interactions and shapes root niches to accommodate polychlorinated biphenyls degrading bacteria" by Eleonora Rolli
- "Partially-saturated constructed wetlands as performance all-rounders for the removal of household micropollutants" by Tongxin Ren
Chairs: Angeles Prieto-Fernández (MBG-CSIC) and Eduard Alesi (IEG)
11.00 - 11.45
Oral communication
- "Biologics edited by machine learning to reach a healthy zero-polluted environment" by Manuel Ferrer
- "How to find the most convenient remediation strategy at a former large industrial" by Kevin Kuntze
- "Fluid dynamics and design verification using digital twins of a packed column bioreactor for groundwater remediation" by Anastasia August
11.45 - 12.25
Flash poster session
- "Assessment of vinyl chloride biodegradation in a contaminated aquifer" by Martina Bertolini
- "Biodegradable polymeric nanocarriers for encapsulation and delivery of water-soluble nutrients in bioremediation systems" by Sara MuñanaGonzález
- "Completed in situ bioremediation with Groundwater Circulation Wells (IEGGCW®)" by Niloufar Falakbaz
- "Spatial distribution of microbial cells as the strategy for enhancing bioremediation processes" by Ales Lapanje
- "Effect of temperature during traditional activated sludge wastewater treatment on the fate of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and associated genes" by Sara Ribeirinho-Soares
-"Microalgal decolorization of azo dye wastewater: Insights into Chlorella sorokiniana's tolerance and molecular mechanisms" by Vladimira Tarbajova
- "Rhodococcus erythropolis LP27217, a new metagenomic organism with a unique bioremediation potential" by Carolina Cruz Viggi
Chairs: Balbina Nogales (UIB) and Thomas Held (Arcadis)
14.00 - 14.30
Oral communication
- "Combining a microalgae photobioreactor with a cork-wood pellet biofilter to treat groundwater polluted by nitrates and antibiotics" by Marc Viñas
- "Winery wastewater valorisation by Chlorella vulgaris in small scale raceway reactors" by Leonilde Marchão
14.30 - 15.00
Flash poster session
- "Experimental insights into metal recovery potential: example of metallurgical wastes" by Anna Potysz
- "Assisting nickel agromining using sustainable amendments" by Alexis Durand
- "Copper resistance gene identification in hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria for molecular monitoring in a pilot-scale bioremediation of hydrocarbon and copper polluted soils" by Ester G. Rivera
- "Long term phytomanagement field trials established in mine tailings of contrasting characteristics: changes in metal availability and main soil properties" by Ángeles Prieto-Fernández
- "Cupriavidus metallidurans CH34 displays a versatile aromatic catabolism and degrades benzene in the presence of heavy metals" by Roberto E. Durán
- "Microalgal systems for wastewater tertiary treatment: a promising solution for pollutants removal, disinfection, and reduction of antibiotic resistance genes" by Joana Sousa
Chairs: Antonio Serrano (IWR, University of Granada) and Marcel Alesi (IEG)
14.00 - 14.30
Oral communication
- "Peptide-based biocomposites - innovative materials for recycling applications" by Nora Schönberger
- "Vaterite particles as a tool to assess the effectiveness of bacterial consortia against recalcitrant agents" by Anatolii Abalymov
14.30 - 15.05
Flash poster session
- "Tailor-made bioremediation strategies of hydrocarbon-polluted soils towards urban sustainability" by Michael Seeger
- "Production of value-added compounds from waste lignin released form paper industry by lignin utilizing bacterial soil isolates" by Maja Zugan
- "Upcycling tritium contaminated water through biologically assisted isotope fractionation" by Farzaneh Hosseini
- "Influence of pH on volatile fatty acid production and microbial population from olive mill solid waste digestion" by Elena Jiménez Páez
- "Metagenomic and metatranscriptomic analysis of a bacterial consortium for the bioremediation of hydrocarbon polluted soil" by Rafael Rivilla
- "The third dimension in the conceptual model of a contaminated site and the application of the Soil-omic process to complex contamination, the Posidon project" by Giacomo Bernabei
- "Effect of linear anionic surfactant (sodium dodecyl sulphate) dosage on the nitrogen removal performance of anammox reactor - a preliminary study" by Achlesh Daverey
- Best poster awards by Concepcion Calvo and Elisabet Aranda
- Reach out award by Ken Timmis
- Concluding remarks by Francesco Matteucci, Programme Manager on Advanced Materials and Environmental Sustainability within the EIC - EISMEA (European Innovation Council and Small and Medium enterprises Executive Agency of the European Commission)
- Concluding remarks by Philippe Corvini and organising committee
- Announcement of the next edition by Simona Di Gregorio