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
Lídia Ferran i Ubach, Technical Officer, Soil Contamination Management Department - ARC, Catalonia Waste Agency (Spain)
Moderators:
• Lluïsa Nadal Jaume, ARC (Catalonia Waste Agency, Spain)
• Joan Bartoll Navas, ARC (Catalonia Waste Agency, Spain)
Regulatory framework - Characterisation - Risk assessment
09:00
From soil
monitoring to remediation: Contributions and limitations of the EU Soil
Monitoring Law
Elsa Edynak, Lecturer-researcher, Coordinator for the UNESCO Chair "Soils, Biodiversity and Future Generations" - 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, Research Engineer - 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
Rough estimate of the soil protection potential of the CAP (Common Agricultural Policy) - Strategic Plans over the 2023-2027 period
Adrien de Pierrepont, Director of the Sustainable Agriculture unit - Oréade-Brèche (France)
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 i Roca, Technical Director - Geoambient-Serfim Environnement (Spain)
• Julien Maire, R&D and Lab Manager - Serpol-Serfim Environnement (France)
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
Moderators:
• Roberto Sainz Gutiérrez, AECAS (Association of Environmental Consultancy Firms specialising in Soil and Groundwater, Spain)
• Carme Bosch Suades, EURECAT (Research and Technology Organization in Catalonia, Spain)
Innovative solutions - Nature-based - Bioremediation
14:00
Risk based and sustainable redevelopment of a contaminated industrial site
using an integrated bioremediation design
Andrea Bianchini, Country Manager Iberia - GreenSoil International (The
Netherlands)
14:20
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)
14:40
LIFE InBioSoil: In-situ advanced biological treatment of the unsaturated soil
zone
Carmen Lázaro Sánchez, Researcher - Fundació Eurecat (Spain)
15:00
Advances in the characterisation and remediation of LNAPL-contaminated sites:
insights from a collaborative effort
Jonás García-Rincón, Principal Consultant - Kepler (Spain)
15:20
Combining whey injection and isotope verification for robust nitrate removal in
polluted aquifers
Rosanna Margalef Marti, Postdoc Researcher - Universitat de Barcelona (Spain)
15:40
Coffee break
Existing and emerging technologies
16:10
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)
16:30
RED4SOLS – Short-time electrodialytic remediation of Walloon polluted soils
Mathieu Henry, Senior Researcher and Project Manager - CTP (Belgium)
16:50
In-situ reductive dechlorination by direct push injection of groundwater
contaminated with perchloroethylene
Rosa Enrique Márquez, Consultant - Kepler (Spain)
17:10
Reduction of air activated carbon consumption by on-site regeneration
Guillaume Morel, Head of Business Development, Environmental Remediation - Aircovery-Dessica (France)
17:30
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)
Moderator:
Emilio Orejudo Ramírez, ACA - Catalan Water Agency (Spain)
Regulations - Sources &
Identification
09:00
PFAS in Spain: Between the current regulatory framework and the legal horizons ahead - Challenges, difficulties and perspectives
Noemi
Blázquez Alonso, Lawyer - URÍA (Spain)
09:20
PFAS management under the emerging EU water and wastewater framework: From WWTP monitoring to conceptual site models
Ana Jiménez Muñecas, Hydrogeologist -
IDOM (Spain)
09:40
PFAS released by our buried waste: how effective are the treatments currently
in place?
Alice Senet, CIFRE Doctoral Student - Serpol & INSA (France)
10:00
PFAS in fire-fighting foams: Regulation and analytical approaches
Ariadna Macip, Country Manager Iberia - SGS Nederland (Spain)
10:20
PFAS site characterization and source identification: Analytical challenges and
investigation methodologies for groundwater and soil matrices
Mónica Berrios, Environmental Laboratory Director - 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
Angela Ruthenberg, Senior Risk Assessor and 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
Moderators:
• Sara Herrero Martin, MAiMA (Research group at the University of Barcelona, Spain)
• Víctor Carnicero Fabregat, AECAS (Association of Environmental Consultancy Firms specialising in Soil and Groundwater, Spain)
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®
Erwan Goulian, Account Manager - 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
Managing the legacy of PFAS-containing foams: from fire suppression systems to soil and groundwater
Jonás García-Rincón, Principal Consultant - Kepler (Spain)
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
Jaime 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
Innovative tools for fighting PFAS
Dr. Alexander Stefan, Director Operations & Technology - Cornelsen Group (Germany)
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