Day 1-Monday 26 June |
9.00 – 9.10 |
Openining and Welcome |
Prof. Giovanni Esposito |
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Session 1. Waste Treatment (chairman Dr. Stefano Papirio) |
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9.10 – 9.35 |
A study of organic matter and trace elements bio-accessibility in substrate and digestate from an anaerobic digestion plant |
A. Laera |
9.35 – 10.00 |
Bioelectricity production and role of the active microbial community in mesophilic and thermophilic microbial fuel cells |
P. Dessì |
10.00 – 10.25 |
Chemical treatments prior to the anaerobic digestion for the organic solid waste biorefinery |
A. Conte |
10.25 – 10.50 |
Process optimization of Thermotoga neapolitana Hydrogen production |
G. Dreschke |
10.50 – 11.20 |
Coffee Break |
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11.20 – 11.45 |
Different approaches to enhance biogas production from anaerobic digestion of lignocellulosic materials |
G. Mancini |
11.45 – 12.10 |
Hydrogen production by synthetic co-culture and pure cultures of Thermotoga neapolitana and Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus |
O. Okonkwo |
12.10 – 12.35 |
High-solids Anaerobic Digestion of Solid Waste in Batch and Semi-Continuous Mode |
V. Pastor-Poquet |
12.35 – 13.00 |
Methane production from LCFA-containing dairy wastewater at low temperature with granular sludge |
S. Singh |
13.00 – 14.30 |
Lunch break |
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14.30 – 14.55 |
ADM1 based mathematical model of trace element precipitation/redissolution in anaerobic digestion processes. |
B.C. Maharaj |
14.55 – 15.20 |
High biomass yield of Scenedesmus acuminatus cultivated in liquid digestates from pulp and paper industry biosludge |
R. Tao |
15.20 – 15.45 |
Parametric Effects on Fermentative H2 Production of Agroindustrial Residues |
M. Akhlaghi |
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Session 2. Biogas Treatment (chairman Dr. Eldon Ray) |
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15.45 – 16.10 |
Biosequestration of CO2 in algal photo-bioreactors |
N. R. Badgujar |
16.10 – 16.35 |
Simultaneous biodegradation of gas phase methanol and volatile fatty acid production using thiosulphate as the electron acceptor in a biotrickling filter |
T. Eregowda |
16.35 – 16.50 |
Coffee Break |
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16.50 – 18.00 |
Management assembly ETECOS3 |
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Day 2- Tuesday 27 June |
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Session 3. Wastewater Treatment (chairlady Dr. Marika Kokko) |
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9.00 – 9.25 |
Performance evaluation of sulfide-oxidizing bioreactors under autotrophic denitrification conditions |
R. Khanongnuch |
9.25 – 9.50 |
Ferrous iron mediated autotrophic denitrification: A new bioprocess for bioprecipitation/biorecovery of iron and treatment of nitrate-containing wastewaters |
K. Kiskira |
9.50 – 10.15 |
Denitrification coupled to sulfur solubilization: kinetics and mathematical modeling |
A. Kostrytsia |
10.15 – 10.40 |
Study of algal biofilm structure by using advanced microscopy techniques |
J. H. Moreno |
10.40 – 11.10 |
Coffee break |
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11.10 – 11.35 |
Comparison of UASB and BTF bioreactor for the removal of selenate with sulfate and heavy metals (Ni and Cd) |
L. C. Tan |
11.35 – 12.00 |
Selenite reduction using fungal-bacterial co-culture of Phanerochaetae chrysosporium and Delftia lacustris in the presence of phenol |
S. Chakraborty |
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Session 4. Soil Bioremediation (chairman Dr. Antonio Panico) |
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12.00 – 12.25 |
Chromium mobility in ultramafic areas: A isotopic study |
V. Bolaños |
12.25 – 12.50 |
Mass transfer mechanisms in a soil slurry bioreactor |
D.O. Pino-Herrera |
12.50 – 14.30 |
Lunch break |
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14.30 – 14.55 |
Toxicity assessment of a TPH Contaminated Weathered Clay Soil and a Sandy Soil after Bioremediation by Adding Solid Digestate Amendment |
A. Gielnik |
14.55 – 15.20 |
Biochar production from two different digestates as sorbing material for lead removal from aqueous solutions |
S. Wongrod |
15.20 – 15.45 |
Optimisation of soil washing for seleniferous soil from North-west India and biological treatment of soil leachate |
S. L. Wadgaonkar |
15.45 – 16.30 |
Coffee break |
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16.30 – 18.00 |
Management assembly ABWET |
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Day 3-Wednesday 28 June |
9.00 – 13.00 |
Technical Visit of a Solid Waste Treatment Plant |
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13.00 – 14.00 |
Lunch Break |
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14.00 – 16.00 |
PhD Defense of Ms. Chiara Cassarini |
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16.00 – 16.15 |
Coffee break |
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16.15 – 18.15 |
PhD Defense of Ms. Feishu Cao |
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Day 4-Thursday 29 June |
General Introduction (chairman Prof. Giovanni Esposito) |
8.30 – 9.00 |
Registration |
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9.00 – 9.20 |
Opening session and welcome |
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9.20 – 10.00 |
Biogas and biomethane in Italy and Europe |
Dr. Lorenzo Maggioni |
Anaerobic Digestion (chairman Prof. Jukka Rintala) Anaerobic Digestion (chairman Prof. Jukka Rintala) |
10.00 – 10.40 |
Physiological and metabolic aspects of biofilms in engineered systems |
Dr. Federica Villa |
10.40 – 11.00 |
Coffee Break |
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11.00 – 11.40 |
Mathematical modelling of anaerobic digestion |
Dr. Luigi Frunzo |
11.40 – 12.20 |
ADM1 as a tool to study system dynamics, parameter sensitivity and identification of anaerobic digestion processes |
Dr. Artin Hatzikioseyian |
12.20 – 13.00 |
Anaerobic digestion pre-treatments |
Prof. Vincenzo Belgiorno/Dr. Alessandra Cesaro |
13.00 – 14.00 |
Lunch Break |
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Anaerobic Digestion (chairman Prof. Jukka Rintala) Anaerobic Digestion (chairman Prof. Jukka Rintala) |
14.00 – 14.40 |
High-solids anaerobic digestion |
Dr. Renaud Escudie |
14.40 – 15.20 |
Biogas production from chicken manure: lab and full-scale experiences |
Prof. Erkan Sahinkaya |
Biohydrogen/Bioenergy/Biorefinery (chairman Prof. Eric van Hullebusch) Biohydrogen/Bioenergy/Biorefinery (chairman Prof. Eric van Hullebusch) |
15.20 – 16.00 |
Biorefinery: Concepts, Current Status, and Development Trends |
Prof. Jukka Rintala |
16.00 – 16.15 |
Coffee Break |
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16.15 – 18.15 |
PhD Defense of Mr. Silvio Riggio |
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19.00 – 23.00 |
Tour of Sperlonga and Social Dinner |
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Day 5-Friday 30 June |
Biohydrogen/Bioenergy/Biorefinery (chairman Prof. Eric van Hullebusch) |
9.00 – 9.40 |
BioHydrogen production in anaerobic digestion processes : innovations and challenges |
Dr. Eric Trably |
9.40 – 10.20 |
Photobioreactor design and illumination systems for H2 production with anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria |
Prof. Roberto De Philippis |
10.20 – 11.00 |
Hydrogen synthesis by Thermatoga Neapolitana: an unexpected deviation from the Dark Fermantation Model |
Dr. Angelo Fontana |
11.00 – 11.40 |
Coffee Break |
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11.40 – 12.20 |
Fuel cells in the waste-to-energy chain |
Dr. Viviana Cigolotti |
12.20 – 13.00 |
Metabolic aspects of microalgae in biorefinery applications: the case of Cyanidiophyceae, polyextremophilic red algae |
Dr. Claudia Ciniglia |
13.00 – 14.00 |
Lunch Break |
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Digestate and Gas Treatment and Valorization (chairman Prof. Piet Lens) |
14.00 – 14.40 |
Biogas desulfurization |
Prof. Piet Lens |
14.40 – 15.20 |
Novel bioreactor configurations for waste gas treatment and resource recovery |
Dr. Eldon Ray |
15.20 – 16.00 |
Coffee Break |
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16.00 – 16.40 |
Fate of trace metals in digestate and environment |
Prof. Eric van Hullebusch |
16.40 – 17.20 |
Using microalgae to remove nutrients from digestates while producing valuable products |
Prof. Elena Ficara |
17.20 – 17.40 |
Closing Session |
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