International Meeting on New Strategies in Bioremediation Processes BioRemid-2017, which will be held on March 9th and 10th, 2017. This edition will take place in Granada, Spain hosted by the Water Research Institute at University of Granada. This meeting is also supported by the Group of Biodegradation, Bioremediation and Biodeterioration (BBB) which belong to the Spanish Society of Microbiology (SEM).

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The objective of this meeting is to bring together scientists and industry professionals in a friendly environment to share the latest developments and innovations for combating environmental problems. In particular, topics about emerging and priority pollutants, consortium-based strategies, and identification and monitoring of biohazards will be discussed. Other topics such as biosafety and new technologies such as nanoparticles will be also considered in depth. We encourage mainly high-quality oral presentations on the most relevant topics on bioremediation.

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Specific network events will be scheduled on the 9th in the afternoon with the aim of building teams consortia to develop future funding applications. We encourage participants to send to the organizing committee suggestions and proposals for these network events.

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The Meeting is sponsored by:

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#Major Topics

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• Emerging pollutants: Human pharmaceuticals (antibiotics, hormones, antidepressants, etc.), veterinary medicines, industrial chemicals, abusive drugs, etc.

• Priority pollutants: Organochlorides, heavy metals, hydrocarbons, etc..

• Identification and monitoring of substances with biological risk in different matrices. National and international regulations.

• New technologies in biotreatment: Nanoparticles, surfactants, biopolymers, membranes, etc..

• Consortium-based strategies: New microbial formulations, phytoremediation, rhizoremediation, algae and their bacterial consortia, etc..

• Evaluation of wastes: Biofuels, biorefineries, composting, anaerobic digestion, etc..

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#Organizing Committee

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• Concepción Calvo, University of Granada, Chairperson, Spain

• Jesús González López, University of Granada, Chairperson, Spain

• Maximino Manzanera, University of Granada, Chairperson, Spain

• Elisabet Aranda,  University of Granada, Chairperson, Spain

• Gustavo Calero, Director Desarrollo sostenible e I+D+I Hidralia, Spain

• Jose María Gómez Palacios, Director Biomasa Peninsular  S.A., Spain

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#Scientific Committee

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• Bautista Fernando, University Rey Juan Carlos, Spain

• Bercovier Hervé, Hebrew University, LipoGreen Company, Israel

• Delgado Fernando, University of Granada, Spain

• Dowling, David , Head of School of Science. Institute of Technology Carlow, Republic of Ireland

• García Ana M., Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain

• Gary L. Andersen, Berkeley, USA

• Gillatt John, President of The International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation Society (IBBS), UK.

• González Natalia,  University Rey Juan Carlos, Spain

• Liers Christiane, Technical University of Dresden, Germany

• Marco-Urrea Ernest , Autonomus University of Barcelona, Spain

• Pozo Clementina, University of Granada, Spain

• Ruibal Constantino , Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain

• de los Ríos Murillo, Asunción. CCMA, CSIC,  Spain

• Rodelas, Belen. University of Granada, Spain

• Juárez, Belén. University of Granada, Spain

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#Confirmed Speakers

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To date, the following speakers are confirmed to speak at the BIOREMID Meeting:

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• Juan Luis Ramos, Abengoa Research, Spain (Opening ceremony). “From biodegradation to biosynthesis: How are biofuels made?”

• Jaime Laguna, HERA AG Ambiental, Kuwait “Soil decontamination in the oil fields of South East of Kuwait”.

• Alejandro González Martínez, Aalto University, Finland “Performance and bacterial community dynamics of a granular autotrophic nitrogen removal over nitrite bioreactor (CANON) amended with high antibiotic concentrations".

• Monica Rosell, University of Barcelona, Spain  "Compound Specific Isotope Analysis (CSIA) as a successful tool to assess source identification and (bio)degradation processes of organic groundwater contaminants in field studies".

• Ernest Marco-Urrea, Autonomus University of Barcelona, Spain “Application of cultivation, isotopic and molecular techniques as tools to remediate aquifers contaminated with chlorinated solvents".

• Jose María Gómez Palacios, Biomasa Peninsular  S.A., Spain.  “Valorisation of the Organic fraction of MSW under the Biorefinery approach”.

• José María Torre-Marín, EMASAGRA, Spain. “Relationship between microbiology and wastewater treatments”.

• Darío Olicón Hernández, National School of Biological Sciences, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico DF. “Evaluation, design and scale-up of fungal systems for bioremadiaton purposes”.

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#Important dates:

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• Work-table proposal: September 20th, 2016

• Deadline for abstract submission: November 30th, 2016 NEW: Extended deadline for abstract submission: December 15th, 2016

• Abstract decision: January, 2017 

• Deadline for Early Registration:January 15th, 2017 NEW: Extended deadline for early registration: February 10th, 2017

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