Water Safety Symposium: Emerging Contaminants and Innovative Approaches to Water Purification

Organizers:

J. Gurauskis (INMA - CSIC / UNIZAR), S. G. Mitchell (INMA - CSIC / UNIZAR), F. Silva (I3A, UNIZAR)


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Objectives

- Explore Innovations: Discovering the latest breakthroughs in materials science, engineering, and technology for water safety analysis and novel water purification strategies.
- Address Challenges: Identifying emerging contaminants, designing resilient systems, and discussing strategies to mitigate the global water crisis.
- Foster Collaboration: Promoting partnerships between academia, industry, and policymakers to accelerate the adoption of effective measures for sustainable water use and contaminant mitigation.

Thematic Sessions

- Water Resources: Discussion on water sources, scarcity, and other pressing issues.
- Emerging Contaminants and Challenges: Addressing microplastics, PFAS, pharmaceutical residues, and other topics.
- Advanced Materials for Water Purification: Exploring multifunctional membranes, nanomaterials, innovative surfaces, and high-performance composites.
- Smart Devices and Sensors: Information on innovations in real-time water quality monitoring and purification techniques based on artificial intelligence.
- Sustainable and Energy-Efficient Approaches: Discovering low-energy desalination, bioremediation, bio-inspired systems, solar purification, and circular water systems.

Invited Speakers

Emerging Contaminants and Challenges
'Characterizing and tracing micro and nano-plastics'
Dr. Stefania Federici - University of Brescia (Italy)

Academia-Industry Debate
'Legislating nanomaterials and micro and nano-plastics from a European perspective'
Dr. Blanca Serrano - European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals (ECETOC), Brussels

Advanced Materials for Water Purification: Multifunctional membranes, nanomaterials, innovative surfaces, and high performance composites
'Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) for water purification'
Dr. Sara Rojas Macías - University of Granda (Spain)

Sustainable and Energy-Efficient Approaches: Low-energy desalination, bioremediation, bio-inspired systems, solar-driven purification, and circular water use systems
'Developing microbial approaches for plastic remediation'
Prof. Eva C. Sonnenschein - Swansea University (United Kingdom)

Emerging contaminants
'PFAS: novel toxicity mechanisms based on their surfactant properties'
Prof. Patrick Allard - University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Call for participation

Abstract submission is closed

Abstract deadline was March 26
Decisions on abstracts will be notified on March 27

Registration fee information

The registration fee for this conference is:

Regular fee: 450 eur.
Students fee: 300 eur.

The registration fee includes:

- organised bus transportation (reserve seat in advance)
- one reception buffet
- one coffee break with pastries a day
- use of the Centro de Ciencias facilities
- technical assistance and secretarial support


*Cancellation Policy*
A 30 euro charge will be applied for cancellations made up to 10 days before the conference start date.
A no refund policy will be applied to cancellations made after this date.

Bus transportation

The center provides free buses:
From Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 686, Metro: L3 Palau Reial at 15:00h (Note that the bus stops opposite University of Barcelona, Facultat de Física i Química)

From Barcelona airport ('El Prat', Terminal T2A: on leaving exit, turn left and you will find a police building called 'Mossos d'Esquadra'.
Cross the road using the zebra crossing and turn left. The bus will stop there) at 15:30h.

From Zaragoza, Edificio I+D, Campus Río Ebro, Universidad de Zaragoza at 15:00h.

Return buses:
From Benasque to Barcelona airport and then university, departure at 9:00h.
The trip by bus to Barcelona takes 4-5h. approximately. The trip by car only takes 3h 30m.

From Benasque to Zaragoza, Edificio I+D, Campus Río Ebro, Universidad de Zaragoza, departure at 9:00h.
The bus trip to Zaragoza takes approximately 3-4h. The trip by car takes 2h 45 min.

Bus trajectories and dates:
- Barcelona-Benasque, May 06 and Zaragoza-Benasque, May 06.
- Benasque-Barcelona, May 09 and Benasque-Zaragoza, May 09.

Registration & accommodation

Application deadline is April 13

Further Information.