Sessions

On this page you can find an overview of the sessions for both days and more detailed information. Some changes to these pages can occur.

Monday 17th June

Session A B C D
11:30 – 13:00 Innovative practices Drinking Water Treatment Storm water and nature based solutions Emerging Contaminants
14:00 – 15:30 Advances in nutrient removal Advanced water treatment Water resources 1 PFAS and ARB

Tuesday 18th June

Session A B C
09:00 – 10:30 Decarbonization Groundwater and drinking water distribution Industrial WWT and non-sewered sanitation
11:00 – 12:30 Sustainable WRRF Water resources 2 Anaerobic treatment and biogas production

Detailed overview

Sessions A

Session A1 – Innovative practices

Full presentationCecilie ThrysøeAccelerating innovation: Learnings from a Global Start-up Program
Full presentationJanina MoschnerFostering sustainable water resource policies in complex and uncertain futures with qualitative systems analysis and serious games
Full presentationChuan Jiet TeoA conceptual framework for a water efficient process industry: Transition toward circularity
Speed talkSarah Brudler FriisNavigating Compliance: Analysis of Sustainable Climate
Speed talkEnrico PizziBuilding a synergistic vision for multi-objective control of WRRFs through stakeholder engagement
Speed talkKatja BarendseArt-Science Collaborations for Transformative Change in the Water Sector
Creative PresentationMathias Thuborg MadsenWhat strategies can be implemented to increase utilization and minimize risks in large-scale water infrastructure investments in the Global South?

Session A2 – Advances in nutrient removal

Full presentationKoko KawauraMicrobial encapsulation of nitrifiers, denitrifiers and polyphosphate accumulating organisms for treatment of domestic and industrial wastewater
Full presentationSofia HögstrandBiological vs. chemical phosphorus removal – What are the environmental impacts of a chemical shortage?
Full presentationYifan YangA machine learning proxy for optimizing start-up phase of de novo anaerobic granulation in well mixed system
Speed talk
Francesco Savio
Influence of sulphate on autotrophic bioelectrochemical denitrification at low temperatures
Speed talk
Giacomo Messina
Detection and characterization of air nanobubbles in wastewater

Session A3 – Decarbonization

Full presentation
Silvia Bolognesi
Power-to-gas: tackling operational conditions in electro-methanogenesis for carbon dioxide valorization
Full presentation
David Benjamin Seelmann Freire
El Hierro Hydro-wind Power Plant: A Key Player in the Spanish Island’s Energy Self-Sufficiency
Full presentationFrancisca BragaUnveiling the water-energy nexus: Wastewater reuse for district heating application
Speed talkTeresa OltraLIFE TURBINES-Empowering smart renewable cities
through hydropower technology in urban drinking water supply system
Speed talkJaume Cotolí SanchoLIFE ELEKTRA – Circular economy applied to nitrate removal: hydrogen generation and waste recovery in drinking water.
Speed talkDesara MallutaA review of technologies for carbon sequestration in wastewater treatment plants.
Speed talkTianyu LeiDynamic prediction of nitrous oxide emissions in a full- scale industrial wastewater treatment plant using a plant-wide model approach

Session A4 – Sustainable WRRF

Full presentationReiva SibiSimultaneous recovery of energy, nutrients and water from source separated urine using Bio-osmotic Recovery Reactor
Full presentationBogna ŚniatałaInfluence of Operational Conditions on N Recovery from Wastewater Using Gas-Permeable Membrane Technology
Full presentationPatricia Ruiz BarrigaElectrodialysis technology for nutrient recovery from the effluent of an AnMBR.
Speed talkAnna Stefania LainoNon-Linear analysis of a Water Resource Recovery Facility
Speed talkKsenija GolovkoInvolving wastewater treatment plant operators in digital twin development: workshop experience

Sessions B

Session B1 – Drinking water treatment

Full presentationFien WaegenaarPilot-scale study: Impact of temperature and water source on drinking water bulk and biofilm microbiome
Full presentationKaterina SichrovaMixed sorbents – A promising way to enhance conventional adsorption during drinking water treatment
Full presentationBayan KhojahExploring the factors influencing the biological activity in slow sand filters using stable isotope probing
Speed talkSamuel Yeboah NyarkoRemoval of Organic Matter by Coagulation and Ion- exchange in High-hydrophilic Source Water
Speed talkMichaela ProkopovaTWIN SKIN – System for monitoring and management of technological units of a drinking water treatment plant
Speed talkJaume Cotolí SanchoUnderstanding, monitoring, and remediating the spread of chemical, microbiological and plastic pollution in drinking water treatment plants

Session B2 – Advanced water treatment

Full presentationLineker CoelhoDevelopment of a portable low-cost voltammetric device to enhance in situ water quality analysis or organic compounds
Full presentationSimon DuchiDesigning a full-scale ozonation plant for maximum micropollutants removal and minimal bromate formation supported by Computational Fluid Dynamics
Full presentationFrida Viktor
Quaternary treatment to comply with the upcoming EU Urban Wastewater Directive? – Digital Twins as a decision support tool for wastewater utilities
Speed talkGülay Arslan ÇeneEnhanced Adsorption of Organic Matter on Powdered Activated Carbon with CaCO3 Particles
Speed talkEgzona BejtullahuComparison of two effluent disinfection tanks with different geometric designs
Speed talkAlessia CossettiniDetecting viruses and pathogens in water and wastewater with biosensors

Session B3 – Groundwater and drinking water distribution

Full presentationMirvahid Mohammadpour ChehrghaniShark Inspired Riblet Structures for Drag Reduction in Drinking Water Pipelines
Full presentationRahul MisraDecentralized control of Pressure in a large-scale Drinking water distribution network
Full presentationNicolaj Schmidt DamgaardUtilizing Treatment Trains To Treat Complex Pollution In Groundwater Caused By Generational Pollution
Speed talkJuan Pablo Garcia MontealegreThe groundwater contribution to e-flows: A systematic map
Speed talkEric CowanThe effect of ozone on the biostability of chlorine- treated drinking water
Speed talkElisabetta GoverNew curcumin-based polymers for water disinfection

Session B4 – Water resources 2

Full presentationNajib BoubakriInnovative tool for enhancing water use efficiency in irrigated agriculture
Full presentationThomas PluymFlow cytometry for online microbial regrowth monitoring in a membrane filtration plant: pilot-scale case study for wastewater reuse
Speed talkNil Llopart AguadoIntegrated flotation–filtration desalination pre-treatment for highly challenging water quality scenarios
Speed talkIgor LuketinaSolar Desalination Greenhouse: A Comprehensive Study of Prototype Design and Performance Analysis

Sessions C

Session C1 – Storm water and nature-based solutions

Full presentationIda LindeHow co-benefits of nature-based solutions can enhance the climate resilience business case
Full presentationThomas Molnár KarlssonChemical fingerprinting of urban runoff using target- and suspect screening analysis
Full presentationAbdul Ghafoor NizamaniCategorization Green Walls for Effective Stormwater Management
Speed talkLukas GuerickeAssessing the Longevity of CIPP Sewer Liners: A Comprehensive Study of Service Life and Failure Modes
DiscussionFranca BauerNavigating complexity in advocating nature-based solutions

Session C2 – Water resources 1

Full presentationCecilie ThrysøeDigital waves in COWI: A case study on a hydraulic model QA tool
Full presentationFrancesca MangiagliMultidisciplinary experimental methodology for the evaluation of crops irrigation with reclaimed wastewater
Speed talkJan VespalecReuse of laundry wastewater and associated requirements
Speed talkMatia MainardisFighting water scarcity under climate change: the contribution of treated effluent reuse in agriculture
Speed talkUmut KirdemirHow do modeling strategies affect uncertainties in streamflow projections? A case study of Tahtali Dam Basin
Creative presentationJuan Pablo García MontealegreHydrological Modelling in the Cloud with Copernicus products: A hands-on demonstration

Session C3 – Industrial wastewater treatment and non-sewered sanitation

Full presentationMarunga Moureen and Sharon NakiguddeWeyonje Mobile Application: Providing Pit-Emptying Services through GIS-Enabled Mobile Application.
Full presentationDaria PopugaevaRemediation of mine-impacted water in Northern Canada using a nature-based approach
Full presentationFabiano AsunisImproving PHA production by mixed microbial culture
through the integration of a selective VFA extraction
step
Speed talkSharon Nakigudde and Moureen MarungaA Comparative Study of Pit Emptying Technologies in Informal Settlements

Session C4 – Anaerobic treatment and biogas production

Full presentationMaria Silvia MorlinoCupriavidus necator as an efficient utilizer of anaerobic digestion residues for polyhydroxyalkanoate production
Full presentationFelix MüllerIncreased methane production through CO2 enrichment
Full presentationSergi VinardellTechno-economic assessment of implementing ex-situ biomethanation in wastewater treatment plants for grid-quality biomethane production
Speed talkRebecca Serna- GarcíaHollow fiber membrane contactor for biogas upgrading
Speed talkSimon DuchiAnaerobic digesters mixing performance simulations, considering solids to understand long-term performances
Speed talkBarbara TonanziUncovering the anaerobic digestion microbiome: the case of a full-scale mesophilic system

Sessions D

Session D1 – Emerging contaminants

Full presentationMiriam Pèrez CovaTowards an innovative solution to remove contaminants of emerging concern in water treatment systems
Full presentationFilippo FazzinoSpectroscopic indexes to control removal of contaminants of emerging concern through advanced oxidation processes
Full presentationAlba Rodríguez OteroNon-target screening of micropollutants for assessing adsorption treatments with different materials on secondary effluent wastewater
Speed talkYrsa LarssonBenzalkonium chloride metabolites – in moving bed biocarrier reactors and WWTPs
Speed talkAlen SimonicEnhancing biodegradation of organic micropollutants by methanotrophic microbiomes: insights into the interaction between heterotrophic and methane oxidizing bacteria

Session D2 – PFAS and antibiotic resistance

Full presentationMaria KalliRemoval of antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli and antibiotic resistance genes from the wastewater of constructed wetlands via ultraviolet disinfection
Full presentationPinelopi SavvidouFate Models Predicting PFAS Removal and Distribution in Activated Sludge Treatment
Full presentationDhruv SharmaLCA & LCC model for water purification treatment trains: A case study on PFAS
Speed talkJonathan Guld ChristensenSuccessful pretreatment for removal of PFAS and regeneration of used adsorption materials
Speed talkSilvy RijsdijkElectrochemical oxidation of PFAS in reverse osmosis concentrate on a RuO2-IrO2 anode
Speed talkErica GaglianoRegeneration of PFAS-laden GAC through microwave irradiation