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
Tuesday 18th June
Detailed overview
Sessions A
Session A1 – Innovative practices
Full presentation Cecilie Thrysøe Accelerating innovation: Learnings from a Global Start-up Program Full presentation Janina Moschner Fostering sustainable water resource policies in complex and uncertain futures with qualitative systems analysis and serious games Full presentation Chuan Jiet Teo A conceptual framework for a water efficient process industry: Transition toward circularity Speed talk Sarah Brudler Friis Navigating Compliance: Analysis of Sustainable Climate Speed talk Enrico Pizzi Building a synergistic vision for multi-objective control of WRRFs through stakeholder engagement Speed talk Katja Barendse Art-Science Collaborations for Transformative Change in the Water Sector Creative Presentation Mathias Thuborg Madsen What 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 presentation Koko Kawaura Microbial encapsulation of nitrifiers, denitrifiers and polyphosphate accumulating organisms for treatment of domestic and industrial wastewater Full presentation Sofia Högstrand Biological vs. chemical phosphorus removal – What are the environmental impacts of a chemical shortage? Full presentation Yifan Yang A machine learning proxy for optimizing start-up phase of de novo anaerobic granulation in well mixed system Speed talk Influence of sulphate on autotrophic bioelectrochemical denitrification at low temperatures Speed talk Detection and characterization of air nanobubbles in wastewater
Session A3 – Decarbonization
Full presentation Power-to-gas: tackling operational conditions in electro-methanogenesis for carbon dioxide valorization Full presentation El Hierro Hydro-wind Power Plant: A Key Player in the Spanish Island’s Energy Self-Sufficiency Full presentation Francisca Braga Unveiling the water-energy nexus: Wastewater reuse for district heating application Speed talk Teresa Oltra LIFE TURBINES-Empowering smart renewable cities Speed talk Jaume Cotolí Sancho LIFE ELEKTRA – Circular economy applied to nitrate removal: hydrogen generation and waste recovery in drinking water. Speed talk Desara Malluta A review of technologies for carbon sequestration in wastewater treatment plants. Speed talk Tianyu Lei Dynamic prediction of nitrous oxide emissions in a full- scale industrial wastewater treatment plant using a plant-wide model approach
Session A4 – Sustainable WRRF
Full presentation Reiva Sibi Simultaneous recovery of energy, nutrients and water from source separated urine using Bio-osmotic Recovery Reactor Full presentation Bogna Śniatała Influence of Operational Conditions on N Recovery from Wastewater Using Gas-Permeable Membrane Technology Full presentation Patricia Ruiz Barriga Electrodialysis technology for nutrient recovery from the effluent of an AnMBR. Speed talk Anna Stefania Laino Non-Linear analysis of a Water Resource Recovery Facility Speed talk Ksenija Golovko Involving wastewater treatment plant operators in digital twin development: workshop experience
Sessions B
Session B1 – Drinking water treatment
Full presentation Fien Waegenaar Pilot-scale study: Impact of temperature and water source on drinking water bulk and biofilm microbiome Full presentation Katerina Sichrova Mixed sorbents – A promising way to enhance conventional adsorption during drinking water treatment Full presentation Bayan Khojah Exploring the factors influencing the biological activity in slow sand filters using stable isotope probing Speed talk Samuel Yeboah Nyarko Removal of Organic Matter by Coagulation and Ion- exchange in High-hydrophilic Source Water Speed talk Michaela Prokopova TWIN SKIN – System for monitoring and management of technological units of a drinking water treatment plant Speed talk Jaume Cotolí Sancho Understanding, monitoring, and remediating the spread of chemical, microbiological and plastic pollution in drinking water treatment plants
Session B2 – Advanced water treatment
Full presentation Lineker Coelho Development of a portable low-cost voltammetric device to enhance in situ water quality analysis or organic compounds Full presentation Simon Duchi Designing a full-scale ozonation plant for maximum micropollutants removal and minimal bromate formation supported by Computational Fluid Dynamics Full presentation Frida Viktor Quaternary treatment to comply with the upcoming EU Urban Wastewater Directive? – Digital Twins as a decision support tool for wastewater utilities Speed talk Gülay Arslan Çene Enhanced Adsorption of Organic Matter on Powdered Activated Carbon with CaCO3 Particles Speed talk Egzona Bejtullahu Comparison of two effluent disinfection tanks with different geometric designs Speed talk Alessia Cossettini Detecting viruses and pathogens in water and wastewater with biosensors
Session B3 – Groundwater and drinking water distribution
Full presentation Mirvahid Mohammadpour Chehrghani Shark Inspired Riblet Structures for Drag Reduction in Drinking Water Pipelines Full presentation Rahul Misra Decentralized control of Pressure in a large-scale Drinking water distribution network Full presentation Nicolaj Schmidt Damgaard Utilizing Treatment Trains To Treat Complex Pollution In Groundwater Caused By Generational Pollution Speed talk Juan Pablo Garcia Montealegre The groundwater contribution to e-flows: A systematic map Speed talk Eric Cowan The effect of ozone on the biostability of chlorine- treated drinking water Speed talk Elisabetta Gover New curcumin-based polymers for water disinfection
Session B4 – Water resources 2
Full presentation Najib Boubakri Innovative tool for enhancing water use efficiency in irrigated agriculture Full presentation Thomas Pluym Flow cytometry for online microbial regrowth monitoring in a membrane filtration plant: pilot-scale case study for wastewater reuse Speed talk Nil Llopart Aguado Integrated flotation–filtration desalination pre-treatment for highly challenging water quality scenarios Speed talk Igor Luketina Solar Desalination Greenhouse: A Comprehensive Study of Prototype Design and Performance Analysis
Sessions C
Session C1 – Storm water and nature-based solutions
Full presentation Ida Linde How co-benefits of nature-based solutions can enhance the climate resilience business case Full presentation Thomas Molnár Karlsson Chemical fingerprinting of urban runoff using target- and suspect screening analysis Full presentation Abdul Ghafoor Nizamani Categorization Green Walls for Effective Stormwater Management Speed talk Lukas Guericke Assessing the Longevity of CIPP Sewer Liners: A Comprehensive Study of Service Life and Failure Modes Discussion Franca Bauer Navigating complexity in advocating nature-based solutions
Session C2 – Water resources 1
Full presentation Cecilie Thrysøe Digital waves in COWI: A case study on a hydraulic model QA tool Full presentation Francesca Mangiagli Multidisciplinary experimental methodology for the evaluation of crops irrigation with reclaimed wastewater Speed talk Jan Vespalec Reuse of laundry wastewater and associated requirements Speed talk Matia Mainardis Fighting water scarcity under climate change: the contribution of treated effluent reuse in agriculture Speed talk Umut Kirdemir How do modeling strategies affect uncertainties in streamflow projections? A case study of Tahtali Dam Basin Creative presentation Juan Pablo García Montealegre Hydrological Modelling in the Cloud with Copernicus products: A hands-on demonstration
Session C3 – Industrial wastewater treatment and non-sewered sanitation
Full presentation Marunga Moureen and Sharon Nakigudde Weyonje Mobile Application: Providing Pit-Emptying Services through GIS-Enabled Mobile Application. Full presentation Daria Popugaeva Remediation of mine-impacted water in Northern Canada using a nature-based approach Full presentation Fabiano Asunis Improving PHA production by mixed microbial culture Speed talk Sharon Nakigudde and Moureen Marunga A Comparative Study of Pit Emptying Technologies in Informal Settlements
Session C4 – Anaerobic treatment and biogas production
Full presentation Maria Silvia Morlino Cupriavidus necator as an efficient utilizer of anaerobic digestion residues for polyhydroxyalkanoate production Full presentation Felix Müller Increased methane production through CO2 enrichment Full presentation Sergi Vinardell Techno-economic assessment of implementing ex-situ biomethanation in wastewater treatment plants for grid-quality biomethane production Speed talk Rebecca Serna- García Hollow fiber membrane contactor for biogas upgrading Speed talk Simon Duchi Anaerobic digesters mixing performance simulations, considering solids to understand long-term performances Speed talk Barbara Tonanzi Uncovering the anaerobic digestion microbiome: the case of a full-scale mesophilic system
Sessions D
Session D1 – Emerging contaminants
Full presentation Miriam Pèrez Cova Towards an innovative solution to remove contaminants of emerging concern in water treatment systems Full presentation Filippo Fazzino Spectroscopic indexes to control removal of contaminants of emerging concern through advanced oxidation processes Full presentation Alba Rodríguez Otero Non-target screening of micropollutants for assessing adsorption treatments with different materials on secondary effluent wastewater Speed talk Yrsa Larsson Benzalkonium chloride metabolites – in moving bed biocarrier reactors and WWTPs Speed talk Alen Simonic Enhancing biodegradation of organic micropollutants by methanotrophic microbiomes: insights into the interaction between heterotrophic and methane oxidizing bacteria
Session D2 – PFAS and antibiotic resistance
Full presentation Maria Kalli Removal of antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli and antibiotic resistance genes from the wastewater of constructed wetlands via ultraviolet disinfection Full presentation Pinelopi Savvidou Fate Models Predicting PFAS Removal and Distribution in Activated Sludge Treatment Full presentation Dhruv Sharma LCA & LCC model for water purification treatment trains: A case study on PFAS Speed talk Jonathan Guld Christensen Successful pretreatment for removal of PFAS and regeneration of used adsorption materials Speed talk Silvy Rijsdijk Electrochemical oxidation of PFAS in reverse osmosis concentrate on a RuO2-IrO2 anode Speed talk Erica Gagliano Regeneration of PFAS-laden GAC through microwave irradiation
