Tuesday March 25, 2025




08h30
Welcome participants



Legal, regulatory and normative news

09h00
The 4th of July 2024 Decree: new requirements for managing the cessation of activities and the restoration of polluted sites and soils as part of the Green Industry Act
Speaker being confirmed

09h20

The challenges of preserving the memory and restricting use of contaminated land

• Carine Le Roy-Gleizes, Attorney at the Paris Bar - UGGC Avocats

• Alice Messin-Roizard, Attorney at the Paris Bar - UGGC Avocats

09h40

Converting brownfield sites into natural sites: opportunity or illusion?

• Carine Le Roy-Gleizes, Attorney at the Paris Bar - UGGC Avocats

• Antoine Juquin, Attorney at the Paris Bar - UGGC Avocats

10h00
PFAS and polluted sites: anticipating the legal challenges of emerging pollution

Pauline Leddet-Troadec, Attorney at the Paris Bar - Latournerie Wolfrom Avocats


10h20 Questions - Answers - Discussions

10h30 Coffee Break

11h00
Introduction to the round table

Speaker being confirmed


11h30
Round table:
Reconciling nature and cities: SFN for a sustainable urban future

(Program in progress)

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

12h30 Lunch

Integrated strategy for the sustainable management of soils and subsoils

13h30
Assessment of soil ecological potential for sutainable development and rehabilitation of degraded sites

Quentin Vincent, Technical Director, Living Soils Expert - EODD Ingénieurs Conseils


13h50
CO2POL - Carbon Footprint of depollution projects and remediation sites-establish national reference standard of the emission calculations’ methodology and provide key figures

Clotilde Johansson, Business Manager R&D sector - Ortec Soleo


14h10
The problem of pyritic soils in underground works

• Myriam Duc, Head of Research - Gustave Eiffel University
• Agnès Cherrey, Head of studies and research in the management of excavated materials and eco-design of tunnels - Center for Tunnel Studies (CETU)


14h30
Advancing PFAS soil remediation with energy efficient destruction solution: From lab success to on-site optimization

Ali Cohen-Mangold - Oxyle (Swiss)


14h50
Fricheco and Appllex: Operationalising a ‘small land cycle’ in Marseilles. Action research to care for living soil in the Aygalades catchment area

Hugo Maurer, Head of regional projects and R&D strategies - Neo-Eco


15h10 Coffee Break

15h30
A decision support tool dedicated to rainwater infiltration in a context of soil residual pollution

Marie Lemoine, R&D Project Manager - Ginger Burgeap


15h50
Contaminant Treatment with Sequestered Residuals: Combining In Situ Stabilization (ISS) and In Situ Chemical Oxidation (ISCO)

Brant Smith, Director of Technology - Evonik (United States)


16h10
Management of Invasive Exotic Plant Species (EVEEs) on polluted sites and soils: Innovative valorization through sequestration

Sébastien Illovic, Deputy Director - ADEV Environment


16h30
On Site thermal treatment of mercury and pesticide impacted soils from former chlor alkali plant final

Jan Haemers, CEO - Haemers Technologies (Belgium)


16h50
Virtuous approach of industrial wastelands rehabilitation through circular economy, preservation of resources and innovative on-site thermal treatment

Laurent Siblot, North-East agency manager - Ortec Soleo


17h10 Questions - Answers – Discussions

17h30 End of the Day One





Wednesday March 26, 2025





Innovation: Young researchers/creators/startups session

09h00
Optimization of soil remediation volumes by inverse analytical modeling

Alexis Gris, PhD student - ​​University of Poitiers


09h20
Feedback on the contribution of the use of a new approach to integrate the oral bioaccessibility of lead in a pilot area

Madeleine Billmann, Project Engineer and R&D collaborator in polluted sites and soils - Tesora


09h40
From water to sediment quality assessment using Gammarus fossarum

Cécile Luc, Doctoral student - Biomae

10h00
Assessment of contaminated soils with plant-based solutions using indicators of functionality and ecotoxicity of polluted soils

Julien Goutant, PhD student - Ineris

10h20 Coffee Break

Health and environmental risk assessments
10h50
Optimization of the reconversion of an old wasteland thanks to the integration of bioaccessibility and environmental risks

Benjamin Pauget, R&D Manager, Partner - Tesora

11h10
Spatially explicit simulation software for multi-exposure and contaminant impact assessment in food webs

Virgile Baudrot, Company Manager - Qonfluens

11h30
CARTHAGE: Contribution of air to the risks and transfers associated with PAHs in urban agriculture: Management and assessment

Anne Barbillon, Coordinator of SecurAgri - AgroParisTech Innovation

11h50
ARAGORN: Pioneering sustainable solutions for Europe's contaminated soils

Alexandre Perlein, Project Engineer - Microhumus

12h10
Influence of microbial activities on the mobility, bioavailability, and toxicity of arsenic and metals for plants in arsenic-contaminated phytostabilized mining waste

Marina Le Guedard, R&D Manager - LEB Aquitaine Transfert, ADERA

12h30 Questions - Answers - Discussions
13h00 Lunch
14h00
Feedback: Assessment of PFAS transfer in unsaturated and saturated zones and remediation strategy

Jérôme Texier, R&D Engineer - XSEM

14h20
Environmental behavior of some key-PFAS and aromatic amine pollutants of Benzidine type

Frank Karg, Scientific Director of HPC-Group (INOGEN JV) & President-CEO - HPC International (France & Germany)

14h40
Towards an integrated strategy for environmental data management : Harmonizing soil gas data exchange

Olivier Roussel, Customer Success Manager - TerraIndex (The Netherlands)

15h00 Coffee Break
15h30
Manufacture of fertile soil on site, how to assess the health and environmental risks?

Olivier Pacaud, Deputy Development Director - Brézillon

15h50
Assessment of the Abandoned Mine of Zaida in Morocco and Perspectives on Bioremediation

Soufiane Alami, PhD in Microbial Biotechnology and Molecular Biology - Faculty of Sciences, University V Mohammed (Morocco)

16h10
eDNA: Soil microbiome and one health approach

Federica Cattapan, R&D Biology Director - Mérieux NutriSciences (Italy)

16h30
Evaluation of the effectiveness of different constructive measures on residual health risks in the event of development on site with environmental liabilities

Juliette Chastanet, R&D Project Director - Burgeap

16h50 Questions - Answers – Discussions
17h00
Innovation: young researchers/creators/startups session
2025 Innovation Awards ceremony

17h30 End of the Day Two




Thursday March 27, 2025




Pollution management: treat or live with it?

09h00
A containerized thermal treatment system for the destruction of PFAS in contaminated soils

Jan Haemers, CEO - Haemers Technologies (Belgium)

09h20
Feedback on a remediation technique to separate PFAS from land

Didier Prodorutti, Depollution and Environment Engineer - Brézillon

09h40
PFAS - Treatment developed by the group Ortec – Research carried on by Ortec Soléo and Biogénie

Clotilde Johansson, Business Manager R&D sector - Ortec Soleo

10h00 Coffee Break
10h30
In situ remediation of a PFAS plume using an injectable colloidal activated carbon barrier at an airport in Sweden

Mariangela Donati, District Manager - Regenesis (Italy)

10h50
Treatment of PFAS by biological and chemical reduction: reasons to believe?

Boris Devic-Bassaget, Technical Director - SARPI Remediation France

11h10
Phytostabilization of a mining site. Feasibility study: application to the Bois Vert site

Souhir Soussou, Director - Fertil’Innov Environnement

11h30
Phytomanagement for the pollution management and the ecological valorization of the “boucle de Chanteloup”

Alexandre Perlein, Project Engineer - Microhumus


11h50
Mercury in-situ treatment by thermal desorption

Matthieu Sangely, Expert Métier advanced remediation services - Valgo

12h10
Conversion of brownfields: how to reconcile rehabilitation, issues of preserving biodiversity and renaturation? the example of the ZAC Bongraine, Aytre (17)

Gaëtan Urvoy, Director of Polluted Sites and Soils - EODD

12h30 Questions - Answers - Discussions
13h00 Lunch
14h00
Optimising remediation efforts with accurate data and targeted spin injection

• Lionel Counet, Project Engineer - Injectis (Belgium)

• Pieter Buffel, Business Unit Manager - EnISSA (Belgium)
14h20
Implementation of an optimized Fenton electroremediation solution. Application with EBRÒ (Electro-Bio-Remediation) technology

Philippe Oudin, Founding Manager - Semaco Environnement

14h40
Drinking water abstraction and pollution: how to contain and treat the impacts?

Jonathan Sénéchaud, Business Development Manager for Polluted Sites and Soils - Colas Environnement

15h00 Coffee Break
15h30
Rehabilitation of old mining tailings ponds. On-site trials of vegetated covers: Implementation of sustainable management of polluted soils

Camila Diaz Vanegas, Project Engineer - Ramboll France

15h50
Lessons learned on the application of the ESTRAPOL Guidelines

• Emmanuel Vernus, Technical Director - Insavalor Provademse

• Annelise Gauthier, Project Director - Ginger T-LAB
16h10
Carrying out pilot tests as part of a project to transform a former industrial site into a future residential space

Didier Prodorutti, Depollution and Environment Engineer - Brézillon

16h30 Questions - Answers - Discussions
17h00 End of the Day Two / End of the congress