13 March 2024 – Hotel Golden Age Athens
Join us for this free International workshop, online and in person, in which three projects funded by the European Commission: GOLD Project H2020, Phy2Climate Project, & CERESiS project, are coming together to present in Athens, Greece.
During this event you will hear how each of these projects is using phyto-remediation crops not only to clean soils, but also as a feedstock to produce clean biofuels, through innovative conversion processes.
Free registration here:
Online attendance Webinar – Zoom
In Person attendance In Person – Eventbrite
Agenda (Time in East European / Athens Time)
Session 1
08:30 – 09:00 Registration & get together
| 9:00-9:20 | Welcome and presentation of workshop concept | Dr. Efthymia Alexopoulou, CRES |
| 9:20-9:40 | EU policy updates on renewable fuels | Dr. Maria Georgiadou, Commission, DG RTD |
| 9:40-10:10 | Phytoremediation and phytomanagement of polluted soils and groundwater: lessons from field experiments | Prof. Jaco Vangronsveld, UMCS |
| 10:10-10:40 | Mapping the contaminated lands in Europe (GOLD project) | Dr. Berien Elbersen, WR, Netherlands |
| 10:40-10:50 | Questions for session 1 |
10:50 – 11:00 Coffee break
Session 2
| 11:10-11:30 | Phytoremediation solutions on growing energy crops on contaminated lands (GOLD project) | Dr. Eleni G. Papazoglou, AUA |
| 11:30-11:50 | Insights to multi-annual phytoremediation pilot field trials covering heavy metal and organic soil pollution (Phy2climate project) | Dr. Snezana Maletic |
| 11:50-12:10 | Phalaris arundinaceae combines sustainable biomass production with phyto-management of contaminated sites (CERESiS project) | Dr. Richard Lord |
| 12:10-12:30 | Bridging the gap between phytoremediation & advanced biofuels productions (GOLD project) | Giacomo Talluri, RECORD |
| 12:30-12:50 | Supporting complex decisions for phytoremediation-to-biofuels value chains design (CERESiS project) | Prof. Athanasios Rentizelas, NTUA |
| 12:50-13:00 | Questions for session 2 |
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
| 14:00-14:30 | Conversion routes in GOLD | Dr. Heather Wray, TNO& Prof. Nicolas Abatzoglou, UDES |
| 14:30-15:00 | Two thermochemical technologies for the energetic utilization of contaminated biomass and subsequent product upgrading (CERESiS project) | Dr. Nikolaos Boukis, Dr. Paola Giudicianni (online) |
| 15:00-15:30 | Conversion routes in Phy2Climate: Valorisation of contaminated biomass applying a cascadic biorefinery process based on TCR technology (Phy2climate project) | Dr. Christopher Kick (online) |
| 15:30-15:40 | Questions for session 3 | |
| 15:40-16:00 | Final words and wrap up |
16:00 End of the workshop
