The following is a list of the keynote addresses for all three days of the RemTEC and Emerging Contaminants Summit, opening Tuesday Oct. 3 and running until Oct. 5.
Tuesday 8:40 AM - 10:00 AM: Opening Conference Keynote Panel
PFAS and the Law - Regulatory and Technical Drivers
Moderator: Pete Nyquist, Greenberg Glusker LLP
Panelists: Donald Sobelman, Farella Braun + Martel LLP, Stephanie R. Feingold, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, William Troutman, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, Gregory S. Berlin, Alston & Bird LLP
Sponsored by: EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc., PBC
Tuesday 11:00 AM - 11:40 AM: Track Keynote
Treatment Train Approach to Address PFAS Impacts in Groundwater at a Fire-Training Facility in Wisconsin
Kirk Craig, Geosyntec Consultants
Tuesday 11:00 AM - 11:40 AM: Track Keynote
Understanding the Transformation of PFAS Under Reductive and Oxidative Treatment
Dr. Jinyong Liu, University of California, Riverside
Tuesday 11:00 AM - 11:40 AM: Track Keynote
Hydrothermal Alkaline Treatment: From Proof-of-Concept to Commercial Product
Dr. Timothy Strathmann, Colorado School of Mines
Dr. Brian Pinkard, Aquagga Cotton Creek
Wednesday 1:45 PM - 2:25 PM: Track Keynote
Developing Robots for Autonomous Characterization of Contaminated Soils
Dr. Gregory Lowry, Carnegie Mellon University
Wednesday 1:45 PM - 2:25 PM: Track Keynote
Microbial Metagenomics to Estimate Field-based Biodegradation Rates: Examples of 1,4-Dioxane and Chlorinated Solvents Mixtures
Dr. Shaily Mahendra, University of California, Los Angeles
Wednesday 1:45 PM - 2:25 PM: Track Keynote
Combining Micro-Scale Zero-Valent Iron and Bioremediation to Treat Chlorinated Solvent Plumes
Michael Lamar, CDM Smith
Thursday 8:05 AM - 9:25 AM: Closing Conference Keynote Panel
What Will it Take to Commercialize and Widely Adopt Destructive PFAS Technologies?
Moderator: Dr. Rula Deeb, Geosyntec Consultants
Panelists: Jim Cummings, EPA, Dr. Michelle Crimi, Clarkson University and RemWell, Bill Diguiseppi, Jacobs, Dr. Chris Higgins, Colorado School of Mines, Dr. Hooman Vatankhah, SERDP and ESTCP
Thursday 10:05 AM - 10:45 AM: Track Keynote
Recent Advances in Understanding PFAS Bioaccumulation and Toxicity in Aquatic Ecosystems
Dr. Jason Conder, Geosyntec Consultants
Thursday 10:05 AM - 10:45 AM: Track Keynote
Biotransformation of Perfluoroalkyl Acids by Acidimicrobium sp. Strain A6, and Potential Applications for Remediation
Dr. Peter R. Jaffé, Princeton University
Thursday 10:05 AM - 10:45 AM: Track Keynote
Chemical-Free Light-Driven Destruction of PFAS Using Non-Toxic Boron Nitride
Dr. Michael Wong, Rice University
