October 7, 2026
Innovative Soil
Remediation Solutions
08:00
Welcoming participants
08:30
Opening remarks and welcome address
08:45
Chairman introduction
The State of Soil
Contamination in Catalonia and Challenges for the Future
ARC, Catalonia Waste Agency
Regulatory framework - Characterisation - Risk assessment
09:00
From soil
monitoring to remediation: Contributions and limitations of the EU Soil
Monitoring Law
Elsa Edynak, International Projects Manager - UniLaSalle (France)
09:20
Integrating soil health into contaminated site and soil management
compliant with French national methodology and the NF X31-620 series of French
standards
Virginie Derycke, Ingénieur Chercheur - French Geological Survey, BRGM (France)
09:40
Field Comparison of Contaminant and Water Mass Flux in CVOCs- and
PFAS-Contaminated Sites to Effectively Build Conceptual Site Models and Design
Permeable Reactive Barriers
Dr. Janis Patiño, Remediation Solutions
Specialist - Regenesis (Italy)
10:00
Refining source attribution and remediation obligations through advanced
mass flux and conceptual site model analyses
Daniel Díaz Casado, Environmental Restoration Manager - Arcadis (Spain)
10:20
A probabilistic model for evaluating human health and environmental
risks of chemicals in advanced treated water: the Montornès case study
Hèctor de Buen Lapena, Advanced Researcher -
Fundació Eurecat (Spain)
10:40
Coffee break
Appropriate remediation strategies
11:10
What monitoring data really tell us: Lessons learned from ISCO, ERD and
ISCR field applications
Lionel Counet, Project Engineer - Injectis (Belgium)
11:30
Polymeric gel injection: A scalable solution for the in-situ degradation
of Lindane
Arnau March Roca, Technical Director - Geoambient-Serpol (Spain)
11:50
Biogeochemical technology application for the full-scale treatment of an
aquifer impacted with chlorocarbons near a salt pond ecosystem in Sardinia,
Italy
Alberto Leombruni, Technical Business Manager Europe - Evonik
Operations (Italy)
12:10
Beyond pump & treat: Aggressive in situ remediation of a historical
chlorinated solvent source zone using Groundwater Circulation Wells (GCWs) at
Bussi sul Tirino, Italy
Marco Petrangeli Papini, CEO - Trireme (Italy)
12:30
The local soil loop, a Marseille case study: Integrating soil security
and robustness into climate-resilient land rehabilitation
Hugo Maurer, Head of Regional Projects and R&D Strategy - Neo-Eco (France)
12:50
Lunch
Innovative solutions - Nature-based - Bioremediation
14h00
Risk based and sustainable redevelopment of a contaminated industrial site
using an integrated bioremediation design
Andrea Bianchini, Country Manager Iberia - GreenSoil International (The
Netherlands)
14h20
Selection of the best available technology for the reduction of chlorinated
solvents in groundwater, based on a thorough understanding of the site,
complementing remediation works with targeted monitoring
Unai Reyes, Chemical Engineer in the Contaminated Soil - AFESA Medio Ambiente
(Spain)
14h40
LIFE InBioSoil: In-situ advanced biological treatment of the unsaturated soil
zone
Asia Rosatelli, Environmental Microbiologist - Eurecat (Spain)
15h00
Advances in the characterisation and remediation of LNAPL-contaminated sites:
insights from a collaborative effort
Evangelos Gatsios, Head of R&D and Innovation - Intergeo (Greece)
15h20
Combining whey injection and isotope verification for robust nitrate removal in
polluted aquifers
Rosanna Margalef Marti, Postdoc Researcher - Universitat de Barcelona (Spain)
15h40
Coffee break
Existing and emerging technologies
16h10
New technology for monitoring the efficiency of in situ chemical oxidation
(ISCO) treatments with persulfate
Sara Herrero Martín, Scientific Project Manager & Innovation Promoter - Universitat de Barcelona (Spain)
16h30
RED4SOLS – Short-time electrodialytic remediation of Walloon polluted soils
Mathieu Henry, Senior Researcher and Project Manager - CTP (Belgium)
16h50
In-situ reductive dechlorination by direct push injection of groundwater
contaminated with perchloroethylene
Cynthia Alcantara, Innovation Coordinator - Kepler (Spain)
17h10
Reduction of air activated carbon consumption by on-site regeneration
Guillaume Morel, Head of Business Development, Environmental Remediation - Aircovery-Dessica (France)
17h30
End of the first day
October 8, 2026
PFAS Challenges
08:00
Welcoming participants
08:30
Ouverture et mot de bienvenue
08:45
Chairman
introduction
Overview of Groundwater Contamination by PFAS in Catalonia
Montse Toribio, ACA - Catalan Water Agency (Spain)
Regulations - Sources &
Identification
09:00
PFAS in Spain: current regulations and future legal developments - issues,
challenges and prospects
Noemi
Blázquez Alonso, Lawyer - URÍA (Spain)
09:20
The new European Wastewater Directive and PFAS: implications of quaternary
treatment from a holistic perspective
Aitor González, Consultant in Soil Management and Sustainable Remediation -
IDOM (Spain)
09:40
PFAS in fire-fighting foams: Regulation and analytical approaches
Ariadna Macip, Country Manager Iberia - SGS Nederland (Spain)
10:00
PFAS released by our buried waste: how effective are the treatments currently
in place?
Alice Senet, CIFRE Doctoral Student - Serpol & INSA (France)
10:20
PFAS site characterization and source identification: Analytical challenges and
investigation methodologies for groundwater and soil matrices
Silvia Naranjo Blanco, Director of Environment - AGQ LABS (Spain)
10:40
Coffee break
Advanced characterisation - Fate & Transport - Risk Assessment
11:10
Influence of macropores on PFAS transport in low-permeability media: From
experimental setup to modelling
Léonard Botella, Ph.D. Candidate in PFAS - WSP (France)
11:30
Feedbacks on PFAS site characterization
Juliette Chastanet, R&D Project Manager - Burgeap (France)
11:50
Measuring the success of PFAS remediation: Integrating human health risk
assessment and mass flux assessments to inform PFAS management
Diderik Göschel, Senior Managing Consultant - Ramboll Iberia (Spain)
12:10
Quantitative human health risk assessment for PFAS: Toxicology, environmental fate,
and critical challenges
Domingo Espinosa Pulido, Expert Consultant - Kepler (Spain)
12:30
European Benchmark of remediation technologies for soil and groundwater
polluted by PFAS
Jesús Casado León, Technical Director Remediation - Veolia,
Sarpi Remediation (Spain)
12:50
Lunch
Physico-chemical and thermal treatments
14:00
Restoring PFAS-contaminated soils to their pristine state: thermal treatment of
source zones and pathways to full-scale remediation with Krysalis®
Jan Haemers, CEO - Haemers Technologies (Belgium)
14:20
Technologies for treating PFAS-contaminated water – an analysis based on our
own experience, including an economic assessment
Thomas Meyer, International Manager - Züblin Umwelttechnik (Germany)
14:40
Innovative PFAS destruction in industrial wastewater: Pilot-scale development
of UV-based photo-oxidation and photo-reduction technologies
Jehanne Merkler, R&D Engineer - Envitech (France)
15:00
Pilot-scale evaluation of a novel PFAS-selective adsorbent matrix as a
sustainable alternative to granular activated carbon in groundwater remediation
Matteo Dei, General Manager - Geostream Iberica (Spain)
15:20
Capturing what others overlook - Lewatit ion exchange resins remove short-chain PFAS from drinking water and wastewater
Jaume Alemany, Country Sales Manager - Lanxess Chemicals
(Spain)
15:40
Coffee break
Biological and Emerging Treatments
16:10
An advanced biological treatment for PFAS removal from landfill leachate
Claudio Di Iaconi, Research Director - Water Research Institute, C.N.R (Italy)
16:30
High-throughput bioprospecting of PFAS-degrading microbial consortia using
microencapsulation and functional screening
Florian Jabally, Research Student - Yphen (France)
16:50
Scaling fungal biofiltration for the remediation of concentrated PFAS streams:
From site-specific bioprospecting to full-scale on-site pilot demonstration in
Willebroek (Belgium)
Caroline Zaoui, Scientific Director - Novobiom (Belgium)
17:10
Conclusions and closing of the conference
17:30
End of the conference