Technical Program

 

Platform sessions will be conducted in five concurrent daytime tracks, Tuesday morning, June 24 through Thursday afternoon, June 26. The technical program will include four panel discussions scheduled throughout the technical tracks. 

See the anticipated Program-At-A-Glance to help plan your travel to-and-from the Symposium.

Plan to arrive Monday, June 23, to participate in the Plenary Session and Welcome Reception and depart late Thursday afternoon, June 26, after the closing reception that will begin at 4:00 p.m.

The online program is updated in real-time with any changes or additions.

ONLINE PROGRAM

Final Program Now Available

 

The technical program will be organized around the following major themes:

  • Innovations in Bioremediation Technologies
  • Bioremediation Implementation Practices
  • Application of Bioremediation to Complex Sites
  • Bioremediation of PFAS
  • Biodegradation of Emerging Contaminants
  • Plastics
  • Advanced Tools for Assessing Bioremediation
  • Advances in Natural Attenuation
  • Managing Petroleum Hydrocarbon-Impacted Sites
  • Innovative Biological Approaches to Waste Management
  • Resilient and Sustainable Remediation
  • Munitions Response
  • Biotechnology for Sustainable Industry
  • Synthetic Biology
  • Microbial Ecology
  • Biomanufacturing

 

The technical program was developed through an intense, multilevel review by the Program Committee, seen below, and the Session Chairs.

Program Committee

Symposium Chairs

Pamela Chang, PMP (Battelle)
Kent Sorenson, Ph.D., PE (Allonnia)

Technical Steering Committee

Hunter Anderson, Ph.D. (SERDP/ESTCP)
Ian Brookman (Environmental Earth Sciences International)
James J. Collins, Ph.D. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Elizabeth Edwards, Ph.D., PE (Department of Chemical
Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto)
David L. Freedman, Ph.D. (Clemson University)
Paul Hatzinger, Ph.D. (Biotechnology Development and Applications Group, APTIM)
Kate Kucharzyk, Ph.D. (Battelle)
Frank Loeffler, Ph.D. (University of Tennessee, Knoxville)
Tamzen W. Macbeth, Ph.D., PE, BCEE (CDM Smith)
Dayal Saran, Ph.D. (Allonnia LLC)
Rick Wice, PG (Sundance Consultants, LLC)