On this page the presentations of the SedNet Conference 2025 are made available. 

Opening Session

SedNet: The European Network on Sediments – Madrid 2025 — Henrich Röper, Hamburg Port Authority, Germany and Ilka Carls, Ministry of Environment of the City of Hamburg, Germany

Session 1: Sediment Quality and Risk Assessment

 

Sediment pollution, chronic toxicity and metal bioaccumulation in freshwater marcroinvertebrates from Pb/Zn mining district – Leire Méndez-Fernández, University of the Basque Country

Ecotoxicological assessment of river sediments downstream of a firefighting training site – Rébecca Beauvais, Swiss Centre for Applied Ecotoxicology

On the importance to test sediment toxicity in rare earth element enriched waters – Susanne Heise, HAW Hamburg

Emerging contaminants (ECs) in inland water sediments of the anthropogenically affected areas in Poland. A One Health perspective Pilar Ortiz Sandoval, University of Granada & AGH University of Krakow

A regional systemic approach to assess spatial distribution, transfer, exposure and remediation of wide-spread PFAS pollution in Willebroek Katrien van de Wiele, Flemish Public Waste Agency

Study of PFAS contamination in the Garonne and its watershed – Quentin Dubois, University of Bordeaux

Quantitative analysis of PFAS distribution in aqueous environmental samples of the Hungarian section of the Danube River – Esther Orenibi, Eötvös Loránd University

The current situation with TBT in Sweden – contamination situation, sources, transport pathways and ongoing research  Tobias Porsbring, Swedish Geotechnical

Institute

Long-Term Monitoring of Chemical Sediment Composition in the German Bight: Insights into Past and Future Trends and Changes – Anna Plass, Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency

The Rhône Sediment Observatory (OSR) monitoring network for suspended sediment and contaminants long-term assessment – Marina Coquery, INRAE

Trends of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances recorded in sedimentary archives upstream and downstream of the Lyon metropolis – Brice Mourier, Univ. Lyon

Coastal microplastic monitoring: Harmonized protocols for sampling and analysis – Danijela Joksimović, Institute of marine biology-UoM

Emissions – The long-term memory of sediments – Arjan Wijdeveld, Deltares

Sediment risk assessment in Europe: comparison of environmental regulations – Carmen Casado-Martinez, Swiss Centre for Applied Ecotoxicology

Scaling complexity: novel hydraulic flume experiments on the interaction of sediments with nutrients and pollutants – Peter Flödl, Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and

River Research

Assessing the impact of dredge disposal on different ecosystem components in the Belgian part of the North Sea Stephie Seghers, Flanders Research Institute

for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Session 2: Sediment Flows

Session 3: Nature-Based Solutions and Beneficial Use

Session 4: Sediment Literacy and Citizen Science

Session 5: Data Collecting, Sharing and AI

Session 6: Sediment Management Concepts and Policy

Flanders policy continues to focus on an integrated approach of contaminated sediments : legislation and code of good practice – Katrien van de Wiele, OVAM

Comparison of Freshwater Sediment Quality Guidelines (SQGs) for potentially toxic elements (PTEs) Historical Perspectives and Future Directions – Ahmedin Adem, Doctoral School of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Eötvös Loránd University, Department of chemistry

Using sediment samples to assess substances in relation to the Water Framework Directive (WFD) – Signe Marie Ingvardsen and Thomas Ruby Bentzen, COWI

Assessment of dredged sediments in the light of the WFD-EQS. Justified trouble due to advanced assessment tools – Henning Schroeder, Federal Institute of Hydrology

The sediment’s role in the management of beach and recreational use of water – Elena Romano, ISPRA, Regione Abruzzo, ISS, ARPAE, IZS, Agenzia regionale di sanità della

Toscana

Spanish Framework for coastal sediment management. Regulatory conditions and impact on sediment balance – Raúl Martín Lozano, CEDEX, Centre for Port and

Coastal Studies

Optimization of Sediment Restoration Through Combined Remedy and Risk Management – Senda Ozkan, Tetra Tech

Sediment management concept of the River Elbe (Germany) – implementation status and an example for supporting research – Marvin Brinke, Federal Institute of Hydrology

(BfG)

iNNO SED – Innovative Sediment Management in the Danube River Basin – Baranya Sándor, Budapest University of Technology and Economics

DanubeSediment_Q2 – Sustainable, Integrated Transnational Sediment Quantity and Quality Management in the Danube River Basin – Helmut Habersack, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna

Data-driven approach to implement an integrated water and sediment management strategy in Flanders Katrien van de Wiele, VITO & OVAM

Circular management of dredged sediments from port maintenance – Arash Sepehri, Delft University of Technology