ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
The aim of the conference was to facilitate knowledge transfer in the land contamination sector. To coincide with COP26 taking place in Glasgow in November 2021, the overall theme for the 2021 event is brownfield remediation and reuse in the circular economy.
SCLF strives to deliver an interdisciplinary and diverse mix of presenters, with a broad spectrum of perspectives on the current state of land contamination knowledge.
PROGRAMME
The conference had 4 sessions based on the following broad themes:
Net Zero transition and opportunities for land use
Nature based remediation solutions
Land contamination risk assessment and sustainability
Innovative, low- carbon sustainable remediation approaches
Read on for the full programme or download the book of abstracts.
SESSION 1 - NET ZERO TRANSITION AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR LAND USE
Wednesday 8th September 2021 1:00-2:55 PM
1:00 -1:10 PM
WELCOME FROM SESSION CHAIR
Our chair for this session is Eve Muirhead, SCLF Chair
1:10 - 1:30 PM
KEYNOTE - CLIMATE EMERGENCY TO CLIMATE OPPORTUNITY
Martin Valenti, Director for NetZero, South of Scotland Enterprise
1:30 - 1:50 PM
BIO-BASED CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND BROWNFIELDS: CONCEPTS AND OVERLAPS
Shaswati Chowdhury, Doctoral Student at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
1:50 - 2:10 PM
THE CIRCULAR BIOECONOMY AND RENEWABLE CARBON: AN OECD PERSPECTIVE
Jim Philp, Policy Analyst, The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris
2:10 - 2:30 PM
PANEL Q&A
Put your questions to our session 1 speakers.
2:30 - 2:55 PM
MEET THE CONFERENCE SUPPORTERS
Watch some videos from our supporters.
SESSION 2 - NATURE BASED REMEDIATION SOLUTIONS
Wednesday 8th September 2021 3:30-5:00 PM
3:30 - 3:40 PM
WELCOME FROM SESSION CHAIR
Our chair for this session is Richard Lord, University of Strathclyde
3:40 - 4:00 PM
COULD CONTAMINATED LAND PROVIDE THE SOLUTION FOR BIOENERGY'S SUSTAINABILITY PROBLEM?
Benn Nunn, Research Assistant, University of Strathclyde
4:00 - 4:20 PM
TIME TO TALK EX SITU SOIL BIOREMEDIATION IN A TEMPERATE CLIMATE
Thomas Aspray, Technical Manager, ERS Ltd.
4:20 - 4:40 PM
THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY - WHAT IT MEANS FOR BROWNFIELD REMEDIATION
Catherine Leaf, Senior Managing Consultant, Ramboll
4:40 - 5:00 PM
PANEL Q&A
Put your questions to our session 2 speakers.
SESSION 3 - INNOVATIVE, LOW- CARBON SUSTAINABLE REMEDIATION APPROACHES
Thursday 9th September 2021 1:00-2:55 PM
1:00 -1:10 PM
WELCOME FROM SESSION CHAIR
Our chair for this session is Thomas Aspray, ERS Ltd
1:10 - 1:30 PM
THE UK GEOENERGY OBSERVATORY IN GLASGOW
Alison Monaghan, Geologist, British Geological Survey
1:30 - 1:50 PM
CAN DREDGED SEDIMENTS KICK-START THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY?
Keith Torrance, Research Associate, University of Strathclyde
1:50 - 2:10 PM
PASSIVE MINE WATER TREATMENT TRIALS OF DISPERSED ALKALINE SUBSTRATE AT TWO EMBLEMATIC MINE SITES IN WALES
Tobias Roetting, Principal Hydrogeochemist, Golder Associates
2:10 - 2:30 PM
PANEL Q&A
Put your questions to our session 3 speakers.
2:30 - 2:55 PM
MEET THE CONFERENCE SUPPORTERS
Watch some videos from our supporters.
SESSION 4 - LAND CONTAMINATION RISK ASSESSMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
Thursday 9th September 2021 3:30-5:15 PM
3:30 - 3:40 PM
WELCOME FROM SESSION CHAIR
Our chair for this session is Keith Torrance, University of Strathclyde
3:40 - 3:45 PM
LIGHTNING TALK: UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND ME
Megan Moore, Senior Consultant, Arup
3:45 - 3:50 PM
LIGHTNING TALK: TOWARDS MICROPLASTIC CONTAMINANTS REMOVAL VIA A DEEP LEARNING TECHNIQUE
Thomas Y Chen, Early-Career Research Scientist, Academy for Mathematics, Science, and Engineering
3:50 - 3:55 PM
LIGHTNING TALKS Q&A
Put your questions to our lightening talks speakers
3:55 - 4:15 PM
ASBESTOS DUSTINESS TESTING
Claire Stone, i2 Analytical
4:15 - 4:35 PM
MOVING BEYOND TCLP AND THE WAC TEST: USING THE LEACHING ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK TO UNDERSTAND POTENTIALLY TOXIC ELEMENT (PTE) MOBILITY IN COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
Christine Switzer, Lecturer, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Strathclyde
4:35 - 4:55 PM
CONSIDERING CLIMATE CHANGE IN CONTROLLED WATERS RISK ASSESSMENT
Helen McMillan, Principal Geo-environmental Scientist, RSK
4:55 - 5:15 PM
PANEL Q&A
Put your questions to our session 4 speakers
CONFERENCE SUPPORTERS
As a not for profit association, we are very grateful for the support of those organisations who were on board for the 2021 conference.
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