Tuesday March 24, 2026



08h30 Welcome participants


Project design


09h00
Guide to « Specifications and contracts for contaminated sites and soils »: a new practical tool
Laurent Jay, Deputy Technical Director - Sarpi Remediation / Union of Site Remediation Professionals (UPDS)

09h30
The legal status of concentrated pollution
Antoine Carpentier, Partner Lawyer - Fidal

10h00
Natural soils, constructed soils: are they really so different?
Julien Laurette, Agricultural Engineer, PhD

10h30 Coffee Break


11h00

Round table:

Production & animation :

• Romain Garnier, Environment Project Manager, Soils Sector - Water Milieux Soils Cluster Paris Ile-de-France

• Christian Nsonda Chemistry, Environment and Digital Innovation Project Manager - Axelera

12h00 Lunch

13h00

Strategy development for large-scale excavated material deposits renaturation: An integrated and adaptive process to better consider risks and uncertainties
Anaëlle Prieur, Contaminated Sites and Soils Engineer - Microhumus Laboratory

13h30

Waste management crisis and the legal and technical risks associated with degraded soil

• Hugues Rollin, Partner Lawyer & Co-Chair of the Environment Committee of the Lyon Bar Association - Hélios Avocats

• Roxane Chambaud-Olivesi, Lawyer & Co-Chair of the Environment Committee of the Lyon Bar Association - Hélios Avocats

14h00
Liability and historical pollution: lessons from the 2025 Shell case law on contaminated land
Pauline Leddet-Troadec, Partner Lawyer in Environmental Law - Latournerie Wolfrom Avocats

14h30
Innovative soil remediation and risk management on an industrial brownfield

• Gwénaël Barroux, Environmental Design and Support - Brézillon

• Sarah So, Polluted Sites and Soils Research Engineer - Brézillon

15h00
From polluted soils to transformative soils: dynamics, alliances, and territorial reorientations
Rose Uomobono, PhD student in Architecture and Territorial Sciences - Vinci

15h30 Coffee Break


Diagnosis (Part. 1)


16h00
Methodology for identifying agricultural soils potentially suitable for the beneficial use of dredged sediments
Julie Paciello, Head of Resource Management Studies - Cerema

16h30
Determination of bioconcentration factors for modeling metal concentrations in vegetable crops in urban agriculture contexts
Benjamin Pauget, Head of R&D - Tesora

17h00
Controlling uncertainties in numerical models for managing contaminated sites
David Pitaval, Project Manager - Ginger Burgeap

17h30
Modeling of organic contaminant plumes using inverse analytical modeling (IAM) - case study
Alexis Gris, Technical advisor, Research and Development - Apave

18h00 End of the Day One





Wednesday March 25, 2026



Diagnosis (Part. 2)

09h00
From data to decisions: Building effective conceptual site models by Integrating PFAS forensic tools and historical datasets
Mark Higgins, Managing Scientist - Exponent, USA

09h30
Combination of chemical clustering, the use of QSARS (Quantitative Structure Activity Relation) models and the experimental approach for a new toxicological approach
Philippe Oudin, Founding Manager - Semaco Environnement

10h00
Environmental forensics to determine the origin of perchlorate
Jacques Martelain, Senior managing scientist in environmental forensics and litigation support - Terraquatron

10h30 Coffee Break

11h00

National guide : Characterisation of oral bioavailability for As, Cd and Pb in soils and integration in human health risk assessments

• Corinne Hulot, R&D and Project Manager - Health Impact and Exposure Unit - French National Institute for Industrial Environment and Risks (Ineris)

• Aurélie Pelfrêne, Associate Professor in Environmental Toxicology, Laboratoire Génie Civil et géo-Environnement (LGCgE), JUNIA Lille

11h30
Ilot Neyron Project (Saint-Étienne): Innovations in contaminated sites and soils for sustainable cities
Benjamin Pauget, Head of R&D - Tesora

12h00
Experimental validation of two in vitro physiologicals assays and for determining PAH bioaccessibility in soils
Rabia Badreddine, Research and Development Engineer - French National Institute for Industrial Environment and Risks (Ineris)

12h30
Microplastics : Overview and emerging developments
Isabelle Zoia, Customer Service Manager / Technical Support - SGS Environmental Analytics

13h00 Lunch


Work (Part. 1)


14h00
In Situ Remediation of a High-Concentration TCE Plume at a Former Chemical Works in the UK
Mariangela Donati, District Manager - Regenesis, Italy

14h30
Treatment of pollued matrix with high organic carbon content: Challenges and limitations
Carole Marcon, Area Manager - Ortec Soleo

15h00
Feedback: management and discovery of concentrated pollution, invasive alien species and hazardous waste during the rehabilitation of a brownfield site
Adeline Janus, Project Manager - Énergipole Remediation

15h30 Coffee Break

16h00

Application of an All-in-One ISCO Technology for the treatment of monochlorobenzene, BTEX and chloroform in groundwater at a former pharmaceutical facility in Italy
Alberto Leombruni, Technical Business Manager, Soil & Groundwater Remediation - Evonik Active Oxygens, Italy

16h30
The multi-mechanism role of Fenton in unsaturated zones: feedback on the synergy between ISCO, venting and biosparging
Lionel Counet, Project Engineer - Injectis, Belgium

17h00
Breakthrough PFAS Removal with Lewatit® MDS TP 108 – A New Benchmark in Ion Exchange
Simon Libert, France Sales Manager - Lanxess

17h30 Questions - Answers - Discussions

18h00
End of the Day Two





Thursday March 26, 2026



Work (Part. 2)

09h00
The Île de Nantes Ecocenter: an innovative model for managing excavated materials and reducing soil-related risks

• Stéphane Olivier, Head of Sales for West France - Brézillon

• Honorine Haguet, Deputy Head of Decontamination Works - Brézillon

09h30
Application of an All-In-One ISCO technology for the treatment of hydrocarbons, BTEX and MTBE at a former retail petrol station in Italy
Alberto Leombruni, Technical Business Manager, Soil & Groundwater Remediation - Evonik Active Oxygens, Italy

10h00
Biodegradation of dioxin model compounds in contaminated urban soils : feedback from the application of indigenous bacterial strains in semi-natural microcosms
Emmanuelle Boisard, Environmental Engineer - Daxtachem (Monaco)

10h30 Coffee Break

11h00

Rehabilitation of industrial lagoons on a SEVESO site – managing risks and uncertainties

• Adeline Rente, Deputy Head of Technical Studies - Brézillon

• Cyril Gisbert, Decontamination Works Engineer - Brézillon

11h30
Arkema Mont (64): Management of a concentrated source. Review of a treatment strate

• Marine Leclerc, Remediation Project Manager, Europe - Arkema

• Jacques Villemagne, Project Director - Ginger Burgeap
• Boris Devic-Bassaget, Remediation Director - Hazardous Waste Europe

12h00
PFAS – Soil treatment by activated thermal degradation at low temperature, updates on laboratory testings
Clotilde Johansson, Business Manager - Ortec Soleo

12h30 Lunch

13h30

Combined in-situ Remediation of PFAS, via microbiological pre-treatment of Precursors and biochemical aquifer and soil elution
Frank Karg, Chief Executive Officer - Atlantis Développement SAS & HPC International SAS, France & Germany

14h00
Ground2In: a tool for secure conversion projects
Pierre-Antoine Fourrier, Head of the Northern Region - Colas Environnement

14h30
Treatment using BRP (permeable reactive barrier): From design to implementation of injections and points to note
Lionel Counet, Ingénieur Projet - Injectis, Belgique

15h00 Coffee Break

15h30

In situ assessment of biostimulation for chloroethene degradation: introducing BIO-PRISM
Cédric Malandain, Technical Manager - Hydreka

16h00
RED4SOLS - Rapid electrodialysis remediation of polluted soils in Wallonia
Mathieu Henry, Project manager - Centre Terre & Pierre (CTP), Belgium

16h30
Valorization of nanomodified clay minerals: An economic and high-tech approach for the removal of emerging micropollutants in water
Nezha Sekkal, Senior Lecturer, Head of the Pharmacy Department, Taleb Mourad Faculty of Medicine, Djillali Liabes University, Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria

17h00 End of the Day Three / End of the congress