29th June 2023


  1. 8.00 - 9.00 Accreditation

  2. 9.00 - 10.30 Plenary opening session

    - Introduction and welcome

    - Scientific Keynote Lecture: Lawrence Wackett. Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, USA

    - Company Keynote Lecture: Thomas Held. Arcadis Germany GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany

  3. 10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break. Poster Session

    4. Session 1. Emerging pollutants I. Plastic based materials


  4. 11.00 - 11.30 Keynote Lecture: Nikolas Kalogerakis.

    Technical University of Crete, School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Chania, Greece

  5. 11.30 - 12.00 Oral communications (selected abstracts)

  6. 12.00 - 12.30 Flash session poster

  7. 12.30 - 13.30 Lunch break

    8. Session 2. Emerging pollutants II. Pharmaceutical active compounds


  8. 13.30 - 14.00 Keynote Lecture: Paula Castro.

    Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, CBQF, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal

  9. 14.00 - 14.30 Oral communications (selected abstracts)

  10. 14.30 - 15.00 Flash session poster

  11. 15.00 - 15.30 Coffee break. Poster Session.

    12. Session 3. Priority pollutants I (organics)


  12. 115.30 - 16.00 Keynote Lecture: Rainer Meckenstock.

    Universität Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany

  13. 16.00 - 16.30 Oral communications (selected abstracts)

  14. 16.30 - 17.00 Flash session poster

  15. 17.00 - 18.00 Networking session

30th June 2023


    Session 4. Priority pollutant II (Heavy metals)


  1. 9.00 - 9.30 Keynote Lecture: Paula V. Morais

    Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal

  2. 9.30 - 10.00 Oral communications (selected abstracts)

  3. 10.00 - 10.30 Flash poster session.

  4. 10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break. Poster Session.

    5. Session 5. New bioremediation strategies and integral cycle water management


  5. 11.00 - 11.30 Keynote Lecture: Victor de Lorenzo.

    National Center of Biotechnology CSIC, Campus Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain

  6. 11.30 - 12.00 Oral communications (selected abstracts)

  7. 12.00 - 12.30 Flash poster session

  8. 12.30 - 13.30 Lunch break

    9. Session 6. Organic waste management of biowastes (transition towards new legal concept)


  9. 13.30 - 14.00 Keynote Lecture: Paula Vasconcelos Morais.

    Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery, University of Borås, Sweden

  10. 14.00 - 14.30 Oral communications (selected abstracts)

  11. 14.30 - 15.00 Flash session poster

  12. 15.00 - 15.30 Coffee break. Poster Session.

  13. 15.30 - 16.30. Closing Session: Closure Speech (invited speaker to be announced soon)

  14. 16.30 - 17.00 Concluding remarks. Best poster awards