Conference Programme

Keywords: carbon valorization, nutrient recovery, water recovery, biosolids valorization and management, anaerobic digestion in circular economy models, managing contaminants in digestate etc.

Adding value to (bio)gas

Keywords: upgrading, waste-to-energy, uptake, energy vectors, etc.

Building biorefinery platforms

Keywords: dark fermentation, homoacetogenesis, platform chemicals like VFA, bio-based polymers, etc.

Novel technologies and processes

Keywords: integrated and hybrid processes, novel configurations, emerging processes, etc.

Innovative upstream and downstream processes

Keywords: pretreatment, post-treatment innovations, blending, purification processes/configurations, etc.

Modelling, control and beyond

Keywords: process modelling and control, monitoring systems, ICA, digital twins, soft sensors, AI applications, databases, etc.

Sustainability assessment and beyond

Keywords: e.g., LCA, LCC, social analysis, policy issues, hygiene concerns, health safety, ethical reflection, methane leakage, safety issues, etc.

Microbial dynamics and interactions

Keywords: microbial ecology, molecular and omics-based approaches, (meta)genomics, synergies, microbiomes, metatranscriptomics , etc.

Microbe engineering

Keywords: adaptative evolution, selective pressure techniques, genetic modifications, etc.

Tracking contaminants of special concern

Keywords: microcontaminants, emerging contaminants, etc.

Industrial waste(water) valorization

Keywords: toxics/inhibitors, salinity, stress issues, complex wastewaters, heavy metals, etc.

Decentralized systems

Keywords: small-size systems, modularity, separation-at-source, containerized systems, self-sufficient islands, barriers, waste management, etc.

Adding value to liquid streams and digestate

Keywords: carbon valorization, nutrient recovery, water recovery, biosolids valorization and management, anaerobic digestion in circular economy models, managing contaminants in digestate etc.

Adding value to (bio)gas

Keywords: upgrading, waste-to-energy, uptake, energy vectors, etc.

Building biorefinery platforms

Keywords: dark fermentation, homoacetogenesis, platform chemicals like VFA, bio-based polymers, etc.

Novel technologies and processes

Keywords: integrated and hybrid processes, novel configurations, emerging processes, etc.

Innovative upstream and downstream processes

Keywords: pretreatment, post-treatment innovations, blending, purification processes/configurations, etc.

Modelling, control and beyond

Keywords: process modelling and control, monitoring systems, ICA, digital twins, soft sensors, AI applications, databases, etc.

Sustainability assessment and beyond

Keywords: e.g., LCA, LCC, social analysis, policy issues, hygiene concerns, health safety, ethical reflection, methane leakage, safety issues, etc.

Microbial dynamics and interactions

Keywords: microbial ecology, molecular and omics-based approaches, (meta)genomics, synergies, microbiomes, metatranscriptomics , etc.

Microbe engineering

Keywords: adaptative evolution, selective pressure techniques, genetic modifications, etc.

Tracking contaminants of special concern

Keywords: microcontaminants, emerging contaminants, etc.

Conference Programme

Detailed Preliminary Draft Program

Orxata Day: Poster Presentations

Tapas Day: Poster Presentations

Tuesday 09/06

08:00-09:00

Registration

09:00-17:00

Workshops & Trainings

18:30-19:30

Registration (Palau de Les Arts)

19:30-21:00

Welcome Ceremony
The Anaerobic Digestion Route in the Comunitat Valenciana
GVA representative – Generalitat Valenciana (Spain)
IWA Vision on Anaerobic Digestion
Prof. Kala Vairavamoorthy – Executive Director International Water Association (UK)
Anaerobic Digestion, an old story for today and tomorrow
PhD Jean-Philippe Steyer – INRAE-LBE (France)

21:00-22:00

Welcome Reception

Wednesday 10/06

8:00-8:45

Registration (Palau de Congressos de València)

8:45-9:15

Opening Address

9:15-10:00

Broadening the bioproduct portfolio of anaerobic digestion via biogas and digestate bioconversion
Prof. Raúl Muñoz – Universidad de Valladolid (Spain)

10:00-11:00

Building biorefinery platforms: thermal processes

Sustainability assessment and beyond

Decentralized systems

11:00-11:30

Coffee & Poster Session

11:30-13:00

Building biorefinery platforms: protein production

Adding value to liquid streams and digestate

Industrial waste(water) valorization #1

13:00-14:00

Lunch

14:00-14:30

Conference Photograph & Coffee Poster Session

14:30-16:30

Adding value to (bio)gas: CO2 and H2

Microbes assisting technologies for CO2 capture and recycle

Prof. Irini Angelidaki – Technical University of Denmark (Denmark)

Industrial waste(water) valorization #2

Finding the opportunity space for anaerobic technologies in industrial wastewater valorization

Prof. Jeremy Guest – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (USA)

Modelling, control and beyond #1

Models for Learning, Models for Control in Anaerobic Digestion Systems

Prof. Jorge Rodriguez – Khalifa University (UAE)

16:30-16:40

Refresh Break

16:40-17:20

Flash:
Industrial waste(water)

Flash:
Adding value to (bio)gas

Flash:
Sustainability, Microbial Science, and Emerging Contaminants

17:20-18:20

Orxata Poster Session

Thursday 11/06

8:00-8:30

Registration (Palau de Congressos de València)

8:30-9:15

Fate of Biodegradable Plastics in Anaerobic Digestion: Potential Resources vs. Hidden Risks
Prof. Chang Chen – Beijing University of Chemical Technology (China)

9:15-11:00

Industrial waste(water) valorization #3

Adding value to (bio)gas: biogas and bioCH4

Novel technologies and processes

11:00-11:30

Coffee & Poster Session

11:30-13:00

Adding value to (bio)gas

Building biorefinery platforms: bioplastics

Modelling, control and beyond #2

13:00-14:00

Lunch

14:00-14:30

Coffee & Poster Session

14:30-16:30

Toward Enhanced Process Sustainability

From Sludge Treatment to Energy-Positive Utilities: Advancing Biogas Production in Wastewater Infrastructure

Mateo Pastur Romay – Cetaqua, Veolia (Spain)

Building biorefinery platforms: carboxylates

Bioprocess Engineering for Carboxylate Production: bridging experiments and mechanistic modeling

Assoc. Prof. Marta Carballa – University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

Anaerobic membrane bioreactors

Innovations toward sustainable anaerobic membrane bioreactor centered process for resource recovery, permeate quality and fouling controls

Prof. Jeonghwan Kim – Inha University (Republic of Korea)

16:30-16:40

Refresh Break

16:40-17:20

Flash:
Adding value to liquid streams and digestate

Flash:
Innovative processes

Flash:
Modelling and monitoring

17:20-18:20

Beer&Tapas Poster Session

Friday 12/06

8:00-8:30

Registration (Palau de Congressos de València)

8:30-9:15

Nature-inspired microbiome engineering to retool anaerobic digestion
Prof. Lutgarde Raskin – Yale University (USA)

9:15-11:00

Microbial dynamics and interactions #1

Building biorefinery platforms: phototrophs

Tracking contaminants of special concern

11:00-11:30

Coffee & Poster Session

11:30-13:00

Building biorefinery platforms

Innovative processes

Microbial dynamics and interactions #2

13:00-14:00

Lunch & Meet Your Mentors

14:00-14:30

Coffee & Poster Session

14:30-16:30

The Valencian Ecosystem

The bioeconomy in the Valencian Community: circular economy, bioenergy, and new products

TBC

Mainstream treatment

Challenges of Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment in Tropical Countries

Prof. Lourdinha Florencio – Federal University of Pernambuco (Brazil)

Modelling, control and beyond #3

Diagnosis of full-scale Anaerobic digesters using Advanced Modelling and experimental techniques

PhD Javier Climent – HYDRENS (Spain)

16:30-16:40

Refresh Break

16:40-17:30

Closing Ceremony

20:00-24:00

Gala Event

Saturday 13/06

10:30-17:30

Technical and social tours