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

Organizers:

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

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: Insights into innovations in real-time water quality monitoring and AI-driven purification techniques.
- 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'
Prof. Patricia Horcajada - IMDEA Energy, Madrid

Sustainable and Energy-Efficient Approaches: Low-energy desalination, bioremediation, bio-inspired systems, solar-driven purification, and circular water use systems
'Microbiology (microalgae) and microplastic ecosystems'
Dr. 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)

Emerging contaminants
'Analytical challenges in PFAs quantification'
Dr. Paula Vera - University of Zaragoza (Spain)

Call for participation

Abstract submission should be done through here.

* Abstracts files should be 1 page abstract in .pdf format
* The use of graphics in the abstract is optional.
* A complete editable abstract example and guidelines could be downloaded here.
* You have to be registered before abstract submission

Abstract deadline: March 01
Decisions on abstracts will be notified on: March 05

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.

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.

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