Agenda

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

Registration Open & Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM - 8:10 AM

Welcome and Opening Remarks

8:10 AM - 8:55 AM

CONFERENCE KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Compounds of Emerging Concern – A Research Perspective

Peter Grevatt, CEO The Water Research Foundation

8:55 AM - 9:15 AM

Student Flash Presentations

9:15 AM - 9:45 AM

Morning Networking Break

 

Session #1

Beyond PFAS: Emerging Contaminants in Groundwater

Session Chair

Session #2

Beyond PFAS: Emerging Contaminants in Drinking Water, Wastewater, Surface Water, Stormwater, Sediments and Biosolids

Session Chair

Lola Olabode, Program Director, The Water Research Foundation
Kenan Ozekin, Research Services Unit Leader, The Water Research Group

9:45 AM - 10:20 AM

Session Keynote TBD

 

Session Keynote TBD

 

10:20 AM - 10:45 AM

Platform Presentation

Trends in 1,4-Dioxane Analyses: Implications for Identification and Characterization Of Contaminated Sites

David Adamson, Principal Engineer, GSI Environmental Inc.

Platform Presentation

10:45 AM - 11:10 AM

Platform Presentation

Bioaugmentation Approaches for 1,4-Dioxane Bioremediation

Sandra Dworatzek, Principal Scientist, SiREM

Platform Presentation

Associating Observed Dioxins in a Highly Industrialized Estuarine System with their Sources

Amin Kiaghadi, University of Houston

11:10 AM - 11:35 AM

Platform Presentation

 

Platform Presentation

Sorption of Emerging Contaminants to Sediments of an Urban Surface Water Body: The Influence of Sorbate Structure on Hysteresis

Martin Reinhard, Professor of Research Emeritus, Stanford University

11:35 AM - 12:00 PM

Platform Presentation

Verification Monitoring for In Situ Chemical Reduction Using Zero-Valent Zinc, A Novel Technology for Remediation of 1,2,3-TCP

Lea Kane, Senior Geologist, Geosyntec Consultants

Platform Presentation

Microplastics: Current Regulatory Status and Trends in Risk Assessment Versus Risk Perception

Usha Vedagiri, Principal Risk Assessor, Wood

12:00 PM - 12:05 PM

Flash Poster Presentations:

1. Abiotic Destruction of 1,2,3-Trichloropropane (TCP) using Catalyzed ZVI
Greg Booth, In Situ Remediation Practice Leader, Woodard & Curran, Inc.

2. 1,4-Dioxane Treatment in Groundwater to Achieve Drinking Water Goals Using a Synthetic Sorbent Media Yuma, Arizona
Lansana Coulibaly, Principal Engineer, Wood

3. Full Scale Remediation of a 1,4-Dioxane Plume with Activated Potassium Persulfate
Dustin Bytautas, Project Mananger, AECOM

4. Re-Evaluation of Selected Remedy at a Superfund Site: A Success Story Complicated by Emerging Contaminants
Lisa Kammer, Principal Project Geoscientist, Weston Solutions, Inc.

Flash Poster Presentations:

1. EDC and PPCP Removal from Wastewater-Demonstrated Full Scale Technical Solutions
Edward Helmig, Principal Engineer, Woodard & Curran

2. Assessment of Stormwater as Primary Mechanism for Impact to Drinking Water
Kerry Tull, Senior Project Manager, Wood Environment & Infrastructure, Inc.

3. Distribution of Bisphenol A (BPA) and 5 BPA Analogues in the Solid and Liquid Waste Streams of a Secondary Wastewater Treatment System
Bharat Chandramouli, Environmental Scientist, SGS AXYS

4. Selective Removal of Ibuprofen Simultaneously in a Nutrient Removal and Recovery Hybrid Ion Exchange Process Treating Secondary Municipal Wastewater
Chelsey Shepsko, Environmental Engineer, GHD

12:05 PM - 1:20 PM

Luncheon

12:45 PM - 1:15 PM

Student Mentoring

 

Session #3

PFAS: Toxicology and Risk Assessment

Session Chairs

Session #4

PFAS Treatment Approaches - 1

Session Chair
Stephen Termaath, BRAC Division Chief, Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC)

1:20 PM - 1:55 PM

Session Keynote

 

Session Keynote

A Smoldering Solution to PFAS

David Major, Managing Director, Savron Solutions

1:55 PM - 2:20 PM

Platform Presentation

Is Regulation of PFAS as a Class Supported by the Science?

Linda Hall, Senior Associate Toxicologist, GSI Environmental

Platform Presentation

Rapid Removal of PFAS from Investigation Derived Waste (IDW) in a Pilot-Scale Plasma Reactor

Selma Mededovic Thagard, Associate Professor, Clarkson University

2:20 PM - 2:45 PM

Platform Presentation

An Evaluation of PFAS-Based Fish Consumption Advisories in the Laurentian Great Lakes

John Newsted, Technical Manager, Ramboll

Platform Presentation

Biodegradation-Ultrasonolysis Treatment for the Destruction of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Mixtures

Shaily Mahendra, Professor, University of California, Los Angeles

2:45 PM - 3:10 PM

Platform Presentation

Framework for Assessing Risks to Threatened and Endangered Aquatic Life at PFAS Impacted Sites

Jennifer Arblaster, Scientist, Geosyntec

Platform Presentation

Enhanced PFAS Recovery from Impacted Soil Using Oxidative Pre-Treatment

Jennifer Guelfo, Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University

3:10 PM - 3:15 PM

Flash Poster Presentation

1. Modeling Bioaccumulation of PFASs in the Aquatic Environment to Support Remedial Decision-Making
David Glaser, Principal Scientist, Anchor QEA, LLC

Flash Poster Presentation

1. Evaluation of Removal Efficiencies from Multiple Stand-Alone and Combined PFAS Treatment Processes
Jim Fenstermacher, Technical SME, Ramboll

3:15 PM - 3:45 PM

Afternoon Networking Break

 

Session #5

Advances in PFAS Analytical Methods and Approaches

Session Chairs

Session #6

Managing PFAS Impacts in Soils and Landfill Leachate

Session Chairs
Megan Hart, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, University of Missouri - Kansas City

3:45 PM - 4:20 PM

Session Keynote

 

Session Keynote

 

4:20 PM - 4:45 PM

Platform Presentation

Fluorine Content Survey of Commercially Available Fire-Fighting Foams

Graham Peaslee, Professor, University of Notre Dame

Platform Presentation

Particle-Facilitated Transport and Release of PFAS in Soil

Sanjay Mohanty, Assistant Professor, University of California Los Angeles

4:45 PM - 5:10 PM

Platform Presentation

Novel Insights into PFAS Composition in AFFF Using Ultrahigh-Resolution Fourier-Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry

Nasim Pica, Environmental Engineer, CDM Smith

Platform Presentation

Batch and Column Studies on PFAS Removal from Landfill Leachate Using Adsorptive Media for a Permeable Barrier Application

Francisco Barajas Rodriguez, Environmental Engineer, AECOM

5:10 PM - 5:15 PM

Flash Poster Presentations

1. Does Form Matter? A Chromatographic Area Ratio Evaluation of Branched Versus Linear PFAAs Isomers in GAC and Resin
Catherine McMillen, Project Manager, Aerostar SES

2. Certifying Removal of PFOA/PFOS From Drinking Water
June Du, LCMS Group Leader, NSF International

3. Evaluation of Current Use C6 AFFF: What Do They Really Contain?
Selma Mededovic Thagard, Associate Professor, Clarkson University

4. Integrated Platform Technologies for In-Situ Detection and Quantification of PFAS in Environmental Water Matrices
Sayandev Chatterjee, Chemist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

5. PFAS Source Identification and Concentration Distribution Changes with Distance Using Radar Chart Patterns
Ian Phillips, Senior Consultant, Haley & Aldrich, Inc.

Flash Poster Presentation

1. Encapsulation of PFAS from Landfill Leachate
Paul Ruehl, Environmental Remediation Coordinator, LafargeHolcim

5:15 PM - 7:00 PM

Networking Reception

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

Registration Open & Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM - 8:10 AM

Welcome and Opening Remarks

8:10 AM - 8:45 AM

CONFERENCE KEYNOTE ADDRESS

8:45 AM - 10:00 AM

Panel Discussion

Managing PFAS Impacts Caused by AFFF Usage Internationally

Moderator: Kimberly Bick, Bick Law LLP

10:00 AM - 10:10 AM

Announcement of Student Competition Winner

 

10:10 AM - 10:40 AM

Morning Networking Break

 

Session #7

PFAS Treatment Approaches - 2

Session Chairs

Session #8

PFAS: An International Perspective

Session Chair

10:40 AM - 11:15 AM

Session Keynote

Rapid Destruction and Defluorination of PFOS by Alkaline Hydrothermal Reaction

Tim Strathmann, Professor, Colorado School of Mines

Session Keynote

 

11:15 AM - 11:40 AM

Platform Presentation

Platform Presentation

 

11:40 AM - 12:05 PM

Platform Presentation

Lines of Evidence to Assess the Effectiveness of PFAS Remedial Technologies

John Merrill, Geosyntec Consultants

Platform Presentation

Innovative Waste Minimization During PFAS Contaminated Water Remediation: An Update from Australia

Steve Woodard, President, ECT2

12:05 PM - 12:10 PM

Flash Poster Presentations

1. Laboratory Treatability Studies for PFAS-Impacted Water
Kristen Jenkins, Industrial Water-Global Technology Lead, GHD

2. Bio-Prospecting for PFAS-Degrading Microbes in Fluorspar Deposits
Rebecca Reiss, Professor Emerita, New Mexico Tech

3. Field Demonstration of Infrared Thermal Treatment of PFAS-Contaminated Soil from Subsurface Investigations
Jim Hatton, Senior Engineer, Principal Technologist, Jacobs

Flash Poster Presentation

1. Emerging Policy Landscape Concerning PFAS in the European Union
Liz Nichol, Senior Consultant, Wood

12:10 PM - 1:15 PM

Luncheon

 

Session #9

Addressing the Next Generation of PFAS Products

Session Chairs

Session #10

PFAS Management Strategies

Session Chair
James L'Esperance, Program Manager, Environmental Remediation, Northrop Grumman Corporation

1:15 PM - 1:50 PM

Session Keynote

Detlef Knappe, Professor, North Carolina State University

Session Keynote

The Concept of Essential Use for Determining When Uses of PFAS Can be Phased Out

Carla Ng, Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh

 

1:50 PM - 2:15 PM

Platform Presentation

An Efficient Nanofiltration - Electrochemical Oxidation Treatment Train for the PFOA Replacement Chemical GenX

Jens Blotevogel, Research Assistant Professor, Colorado State University

Platform Presentation

Managing AFFF: How to Reduce Your Environmental Liabilities while Maintaining Regulatory Compliance

Lydia Dorrance, Environmental Scientist, Geosyntec Consultants

Seth Kellogg, Senior Geologist, Geosyntec Consultants

 

2:15 PM - 2:40 PM

Platform Presentation

Validation of a UV/TiO2 Activated Alkaline Media (CFM) for Destruction of PFAS in Concentrated Liquid Waste Streams

Megan Hart, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, University of Missouri - Kansas City

 

Platform Presentation

Regional Management Approach to Sustainable Drinking Water: Addressing PFAS Contamination Across Fourteen Communities

Shalene Thomas, Emerging Contaminants Program Manager, Wood

2:40 PM - 2:55 PM

Afternoon Networking Break

2:55 PM

Exhibit Hall CLOSES

2:55 PM - 4:00 PM

Practitioner Workshop #1

PFAS Sorption Technologies

Discussion Moderators
Scott Wilson, President & CEO, Regenesis

Panelists

1. Lab and Field Assessment of Flow-Through Media for Reducing PFAS Migration in Surface and Groundwater

John Collins, COO, AquaBlok, Ltd.

2. Remediation of PFASs from Water using Cyclodextrin-Based Adsorbents

William Dichtel, Professor, Northwestern University

3. Colloidal Activated Carbon for In Situ Remediation of PFAS: Performance Review of Multiple Field Studies

Kristen Thoreson, Director of Research & Development, Regenesis

4. Nanoporous Metal-Organic Frameworks for Efficient Capture PFAS from Aqueous Solutions

Radha Motkuri,Senior Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Practitioner Workshop #2

Discussion Moderators

Panelists

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Practitioner Workshop #3

PFAS Analytical Advances

Discussion Moderators

Chuck Neslund, Scientific Officer, Eurofins Lancaster

Panelists

1. State of the Science: PFAS Sampling Guidelines and Frequency of Cross-Contamination

Taryn McKnight,Product Manager, Eurofins TestAmerica

2. A Review of the Potential for PFAS Cross Contamination from Sampling Products

Jim Occhialini,Vice,President, Alpha Analytical

3. Lessons Learned from the Application of the Total Oxidizable Precursors (TOP) Assay on Environmental Samples

Charles Neslund,Scientific Officer, Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories Environmental

4. Issues with the Quantitation and Identification of PFAS in Environmental Matrices

David Blye,President and a Principal Chemist, Environmental Standards, Inc.

Practitioner Workshop #4

PFAS: Advances in Site Investigations and Treatment

Discussion Moderators

Panelists

1. Expanded Site Inspection for PFAS at Burlington Air National Guard Base

Kristi Diller,Principal Geologist, Parsons

2. Evaluation of Indirect Thermal Desorption Coupled with Thermal Oxidation Technology to Treat Solid PFAS-impacted Investigation-Derived Waste

Frank Barranco, President, Director or Quality Control, EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc., PBC

3. Treatment of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Soil and Water Using the PerfluorAd System

Mark Kluger, Vice President of Marketing, TRS Group, Inc.