October 12 - Stream One
Room: Atrium
8.30am - 8.35am
Welcome Day 3
Presented by Matt Potter, CEO, ALGA
8.35am - 9.05am
Keynote - U.S. Department of Defense Innovation in Installation Restoration – Managing PFAS and UXO
9.05am - 9.45am
Keynote - Addressing Today's Challenges, Creating Tomorrow's Solutions
Presented by Vijay Manthripragada, CEO, Montrose Environmental Group
9.45am - 10.00am
Keynote - Conflict Contamination on a World Stage
Presented by Ukrainian Ambassador to Australia Myroshnychenko Vasyl
Morning Tea 10.00am - 10.30 am
Emerging and Emerged Contaminants - The Good, The Bad and the Ugly Chaired by Jonathan Coffey, Epic Environmental
10.30am - 11.00am
Keynote - Leveraging Talent and Cooperation for 30 Years in the US: How ITRC Partnerships Evolve to Meet of Environmental Sector Challenges
Presented by Rebecca Higgins, Co-Chair, Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council (ITRC)
11.00am - 11.05am
Pitch - ITRC Emerging Contaminants Training
Presented by Jose Zambrana, EPA ORD
11.05am - 11.10am
Pitch - ITRC Microplastics Training
Presented by Dr. Scott Coffin, California Chief Toxicologist for Microplastics
11.10am- 11.25am
Application of PFAS in Dust Measurement Technology in Australia, Critical Environmental and Occupational Considerations
Presented by Tim Dowle, ADE Consulting Group Pty Ltd
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11.25am - 11.40am
Removal of Selenium from Difficult-to-treat Wastewaters Using an Innovative Reductive-adsorptive Media
Presented by Steven Woodard, Montrose Environmental - ECT2
11.40am - 11.55am
Preliminary study of Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS) Exposure Monitoring during Solid Flight Auger Drilling Work
Presented by Ruebendraa Kantahrao, Helia EHS
11.55am - 12.10pm
Remediating Australia’s Worst Toxic Waste Dump
Presented by Luke Cattanach, Enviropacific Services Pty Ltd
12.10pm - 12.30pm
Questions and Answers
Lunch 12.30pm -1.30pm
Regulating for a Sustainable Future
Chaired by Charlie Gordon, ECT2
1.30pm - 2.30pm
Panel - Australian Research Council funded research on remediation technologies for per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
​Panel Members: Prof. Patrick Cullen - University of Sydney, Prof. Denis Carroll - University of New South Wales
Chaired by Prof. Steve Weller - Executive Director, Engineering and Information Sciences, Australian Research Council
2.30pm - 2.45pm
Early results of stabilisation of PFAS source areas with carbon based amendments
Presented by Greg Stratton, Remediation Advisor, Jacobs (Contractor to Defence)
2.45pm - 3.00pm
Remediating Legacy PFAS Sites – What is practical and achievable?
Presented by Penny Flukes
3.00pm - 3.10pm
Questions and Answers
Afternoon Tea 3.10pm -3.40pm
50 shades of Green: Sustainable solutions for our past sins
Chaired by Brendon Love, HAIL Environmental
3.40pm - 3.55pm
Turning Groundwater to Green Hydrogen. The Potential, the Obstacles and which Australian States are Best Placed?
Presented by Chris Smitt, EHS Support Pty Ltd
3.55pm - 4.10pm
Reuse as a Sustainable Option for Management of PFAS-impacted Soils - Circular Economy at Melbourne Airport
Presented by Carlyn Williams, Senversa Pty Ltd
4.10pm - 4.20pm
Questions and Answers
4.20pm - 4.40pm
Sustainable redevelopment of an iconic brownfield site in the South of France
Presented by Arianne Giraud, Investment Director & Head of Environment, Ginkgo Advisor (Sustainable Urban Regeneration)
4.45pm - 5.25pm
Sustainable remediation - it's not enough...
Presented by Paul Nathanail, Land Quality Management Ltd.
5.25pm - 5.30pm
Primary Sponsor
Presented by ALS
5.30pm - 5.35pm
Closing
Presented by Matt Potter, CEO, ALGA
Conference Dinner 7.30pm - 11.00pm
Skyline Lounge
Forum