Schedule – 25 March
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| Time (AEDT) | Speaker | Affiliation | Presentation title |
| 9.00 – 9:05 | Ratin Mathur | Industry Training Manager, CRC CARE | Symposium host – Day 2 |
| 9.05 – 9:15 | Laureate Professor Ravi Naidu | CRC CARE and Global Centre for Environmental Remediation, University of Newcastle , Australia | Symposium Chair – Opening remarks and welcome to delegates |
| 9:15 – 10:15 (Keynote) |
Dr Paul Nathanail | GHD, UK | Risk ‘evaluation’ of emerging contaminants – accounting for uncertainty, allowing for perceptions |
| 10.15 – 10.45 | Professor Stuart Khan | Water Research Centre, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering , UNSW, Australia | Pharmaceutical contaminants in the aquatic environment – how we got here and key current issues |
| 10:45 – 11:00 | Morning tea break | ||
| 11.00 – 11.30 | Professor Vincent Pettigrove | Aquatic Environmental Stress Research Group, RMIT University, Australia | Understanding the major sources of microplastic pollution in Victorian inland waters helps to develop effective management strategies |
| 12.00 – 12:45 | Jacqueline Frizenschaf | Water Research Australia | Managing and assessing risks of contaminants of emerging concern for the water industry |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 12:30 – 13:30 (Keynote) |
Dr Arlene Blum | University of California at Berkeley, USA | A scientific strategy towards healthier people and planet |
| 13.30 – 14.00 | Dr Cheng Fang | Global Centre for Environmental Remediation, University of Newcastle, Australia | Microplastics fate and transportation |
| 14.00 – 14.20 | Shima Ziajahromi | Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Australia | Fate of microplastics in three Australian wastewater treatment plants: the significance of primary screening |
| 14.20 – 14.40 | Zahra Sobhani | Global Centre for Environmental Remediation, University of Newcastle, Australia | Print documents, or print microplastics? |
| 14.40 – 15:10 | Dr Gerardo Pulido-Reyes | Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science & Technology (Eawag), Switzerland | Drinking water treatments and micro(nano)-plastics |
| 15:10 – 15:25 | Afternoon tea break | ||
| 15:25 – 15:55 | Professor Maria Cristina Fossi | University of Siena, Italy | The impact of microplastics on filter-feeding megafauna |
| 15:55 – 16:25 | Dr Arslan Ahmad | Sibelco, Belgium | Advanced mineral-based solutions for removing pharmaceuticals from wastewater – a way forward to achieve global Sustainable Development Goals |
| 16:15 – 17:00 | All presenters | Panel discussion / live Q&A session | |