Friday 12th June

Venue: Conference Room Segimon Serrallonga

09.00 – 13.30: Workshop on Environmental technology. Wastewater and municipal waste management
  • 09.00 – 09.15: Welcome and presentation of the BETA Technology Centre and the Aquatic Ecology group. Dr Sergio Ponsá, director of the BETA Technology Centre, UVic-UCC.
  • Topic 1: Wastewater
  • Moderator: Dr Sergio Ponsá, director of the BETA Technology Centre, UVic-UCC.
  • 09.15 – 09.40: Bioplastics production within the wastewater treatment plant. Dr Evina Katsou, lecturer at Brunel University / Dr Simos Malamis, lecturer at the National Technical University of Athens.
  • 09.40 – 10.00: Opportunities of bioelectrochemical systems for biogas upgrading, Dr Albert Guisasola, lecturer at the Universitat Aitònoma de Barcelona.
  • 10.00 – 10.20: Hybrid RO-Freeze separations for desalination and nutrient recovery. Dr Carlota Tayà, post-doctoral student, UVic-UCC.
  • 10.20 – 10.45: Carbon and nutrients recovery from the treatment of municipal wastewater. Dr Darren Oatley–Radcliffe, senior lecturer, Swansea University
10.45 – 11.30 Coffee break and poster session
  • Topic 2: Municipal waste management
  • Moderator: Dr Laia Llenas, project manager, BETA Technology Centre, UVic-UCC
  • 11.30 – 11.55: Developing a waste management plan in Panama City. Jorge Torrente, doctoral student, UVic-UCC.
  • 11.50 – 12.10: New environmental technology developments, Research and Development Center, CiAM, URBASER and Pablo Bernal, coordinator of CiAM, URBASER.
  • 12.10 – 12.30: Waste management systems and positive synergies in islands (the case of La Palma). Dr Ramón Plana, consultant and researcher, MaestroCompostador.
  • 12.30 – 12.50: Mathematical optimization in municipal solid waste management. A case study in a Hellenic region. Dr Dimitrios Komilis, lecturer, Democritus University of Thrace.
  • 12.50 – 13.30: Round table
15.00 – 17.30:  Workshop on Environmental technology. Gaseous emissions, agroindustrial waste management and environmental impact
  • Moderator: Dr Joan Colón, member of the Research Group in Biodiversity, Ecology, Technology and Environmental Management, UVic-UCC.
  • Topic 3: Gaseous emissions
  • 15.00 – 15.20: Biological desulfurization of biogas: developments, challenges and opportunities. Xavier Gamisans, Vice-Chancellor of Research and Innovation, UPC and David Gabriel, lecturer, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
  • Topic 4: Agroindustrial waste management
  • 15.20 – 15:40 Biodrying applied to manure and slurry. Sergio Ponsá, director of the BETA Technology Centre, UVic-UCC.
  • 15.40 – 16.00:Towards energy neutral microalgae-based wastewater treatment systems for water reuse and resource recovery.Ivet Ferrer, lecturer, UPC.
  • 16.00 – 16.20: Energy recovery from pig fur. Dr Laia Llenas, project manager, BETA Technology Centre, UVic-UCC.
  • Topic 5: Environmental impact
  • 16.20 – 16.40: The hidden water of our dairy products. Vasileia Vasilaki, doctoral student, Brunel University/UVic-UCC.
  • 16.20 – 16.40: Developing a new tool for water footprint and carbon footprint calculation in the meat industry. Joan Colón, researcher at the BETA Technology Centre, UVic-UCC.
  • 17.00 – 17.30 Networking session