25 Jan Program available for the 2nd PhytoSUDOE stakeholders´ workshop (Oporto, 17th April 2018).
Updated program (9th of April, 2018; final program).
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2nd PhytoSUDOE Stakeholder Workshop
Tuesday 17th April 2018
Main Auditorium
Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Rua Arquiteto Lobão Vital 172 4200-374 Porto, Portugal
Local Organizing Committee: Paula Castro (UCP), Sofia Pereira (UCP), Helena Moreira (UCP), Eduardo Cardoso (UCP), Paula Ávila (LNEG)
Agenda
8:45-9:00 Registration
9:00-9:10 Welcome by UCP
9:10-9:40 The PhytoSUDOE project: the field network of phytomanagement sites, project objectives and outcomes. Petra Kidd (Instituto de Investigaciones Agrobiológicas de Galicia, Spain; PhytoSUDOE Project Coordinator)
9:40-10:00 Improvements in soil biodiversity and function after long-term implementation of phytomanagement options. Carlos Garbisu (NEIKER, Spain; PhytoSUDOE project)
10:00-10:30 The UrbanMycoserve project: Understanding and Managing Urban Ectomycorrhizal Fungi Communities to Increase the Health and Ecosystem Service Provisioning of Urban Trees. Olivier Honnay, (Leuven, Belgium; UrbanMycoserve Project Coordinator)
10:30-10:50 Application of microbial inoculants in sustainable soil management of contaminated or urban areas. Paula Castro (UCP, Portugal; PhytoSUDOE and UrbanMycoserve project)
10:50-11:20 Coffee Break (with posters)
11:20-11:50 Ecosystem metal cycling on dredged sediment-derived soils: how well does natural attenuation do? Filip Tack (Department of Applied Analytical and Physical Chemistry, Ghent University, Belgium)
11:50-12:10 Ecological soil restoration projects in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain): a viewpoint from the city council. Juan Vilela (Ayuntamiento de Vitoria, Spain)
12:10-12:30 Experiences in soil rehabilitation in an industrial site – Estarreja. Diogo Almeida Santos (ERASE -Empresa p/a Regeneração e Ambiente dos Solos de Estarreja, Portugal)
12:30 to 14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:30 Can biochar be an option for the remediation of trace element contaminated sites? Jörg Rinklebe (Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water- and Waste-Management, University of Wuppertal, Germany)
14:30-14:45 Rehabilitation of abandoned mining sites works in Portugal. Edgar Carvalho (EDM – Empresa de Desenvolvimento Mineiro, SA, Portugal)
14:45-15:00 Innovative remediation techniques: Landfarming with plants, Nanoparticles and Chemical Stabilization. Albert Sabanes (Geoambient – Serfim Groupe, Barcelona, Spain)
15:00-15:30 Coffee Break (with posters)
15:30-15:45 Biomass for biofuels –Present challenges. Luís Martins (PRIO Energy, Portugal)
15:45-16:00 Valorization of non-toxic organic wastes and the application of technosols in soil remediation strategies. Felipe Macías García (Centro de Valorización Ambiental del Norte, S.L. (CVAN), Spain)
16:00-17:00 Round Table (Lessons learnt, perspectives, future collaboration/interactions possibilities). Moderator: Michel Mench, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique INRA, Bordeaux, France; PhytoSUDOE project
More information about this and other events organized by PhytoSUDOE can be found at the events section.