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 Final Program

Orxata Day: Poster Presentations

Tapas Day: Poster Presentations

Wednesday 10/06

8:00-8:45

Registration (Palau de Congressos de València)

8:45-9:15

Opening Address
Isabel Fariñas Gómez, Vice-Rector for Research and Scientific Policies at Universitat de València
Rafael Sebastián Aguilar, Director General for Science and Research – Ministry of Education, Culture, and Universities of the Valencian Community

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) and complex substrates

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

Jesús Agüero (Head of the biocluster of the Comunitat Valenciana) and Enrique Bayonne (Head of the Energy Cluster from Comunitat Valenciana)

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

19:30-02:00

Gala Event

Saturday 13/06

10:30-17:30

Technical and social tours

Welcome Ceremony
Welcome Address
Vicente Martínez Mus, Vice President and Minister of Environment, Infrastructure, Territorial Planning, and Recovery of the Valencian Community
Valencian Biogas Roadmap 2030
PhD Juan Francisco Mora – Head of IPPC Section at 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)

Conference Programme

Conference Topics

Industrial waste(water) valorization

Decentralized systems

Adding value to liquid streams and digestate

Adding value to (bio)gas

Building biorefinery platforms

Novel technologies and processes

Innovative upstream and downstream processes

Modelling, control and beyond

Sustainability assessment and beyond

Microbial dynamics and interactions

Microbe engineering

Tracking contaminants of special concern

Industrial waste(water) valorization

Decentralized systems

Adding value to liquid streams and digestate

Adding value to (bio)gas

Building biorefinery platforms

Novel technologies and processes

Innovative upstream and downstream processes

Modelling, control and beyond

Sustainability assessment and beyond

Microbial dynamics and interactions

Microbe engineering

Tracking contaminants of special concern

Conference Programme

Tuesday 09/06

Wednesday 10/06

Thursday 11/06

Friday 12/06

Saturday 13/06