This page provides access to the abstracts for the presentations, flash poster presentations and posters of the conference.
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Session ‘Sediment Quality Guidance and Sediment Quality Assessment’
Revising sediment quality guidelines to reflect current scientific understanding of chemical interactions in sediment with ecosystems – Richard J Wenning, Montrose Environmental Solutions, United States
The importance of reviewing the Portuguese legislation for the assessment and management of dredged materials- The case of butyltin compounds – Mário Mil-Homens, Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
Spatial variability of organic matter quality and metal reactivity in the port of Rotterdam sediment – Guangnan Wu, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, The Netherlands
Assessing sediment toxicity in reservoirs before flushing- developing a protocol for freshwater in Italy – Laura Marziali, Water Research Institute (CNRIRSA), Italy
Sediment quality assessment at small streams affected by different types of anthropogenic pressures – Carmen Casado-Martinez, Swiss Centre for Applied Ecotoxicology, Switzerland
REE Contaminated Sediment Causes Avoidance Behaviour of D. magna and C. elegans – Chantal K. E. van Drimmelen, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Targeting mercury bioremediation of marine sediments by using omics and culture-driven approaches – Laura Alonso-Sáez, Basque Research and Technology Alliance, Spain
Soil erosion and associated pollution and siltation compromise the food, water energy and security nexus. A river basin study case in central Chile – Claudio Bravo-Linares, Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile
French and Norwegian sediment quality guidelines comparison – case study in the NE Adriatic Sea, Croatia – Jadranka Pelikan, University of Zagreb, Croatia
A conceptual model for enabling sustainable management of soil-sediment-water ecosystems in support of European policy – Jos Brils, Deltares, The Netherlands
Improving risk assessment of dredging activities by passive sampling – Sabine Schäfer, Federal Institute of Hydrology, Germany
Applying environmental geochemical monitoring of fluvial sediments using unique automated and passive sampling in the Danube Basin – Zsófia Kovács, University of Pannonia, Hungary
Monitoring of microplastics in port sediments. Evaluation of different analytical methods – Julie Droit, CEREMA eau, France
Assessing Microbial Quality of Polluted Marine and Soil Sediments with Advanced in Situ Monitoring Tools – Heinrich Eisenmann, Isodetect GmbH, Germany
Impact of Rare Earth Elements on the growth and photosynthetic efficiency in Myriophyllum aquaticum – Isidora Gjata, Dipartimento di Bioscienz, Italy
Multiple lines of evidence approach to assess the quality of sediments in canals of the Rhône valley in Switzerland – Rébecca Beauvais, Swiss Centre for Applied Ecotoxicology, Switzerland
Geochronology and historical records of heavy metals in the marine sediments from western part of Black Sea Coastal Area, Varna:Bulgaria – Günseli Yaprak, Ege University, Türkiye
Historical contribution of sediments to a hydropower reservoir- a case study in central Chile – William H. Blake, University of Plymouth, United Kingdom
Sediment Status in Europe- Frameworks, Standards and Approaches, Synthesis of Expanded Review – Sabine Apitz, SEA Environmental Decisions Ltd., United Kingdom
Overview of sediment quality and quantity over two decades – Case study of the Great Bačka Canal (Republic of Serbia) – Dragana Tomašević Pilipović, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Contamination and Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in surface sediments of the Montenegrin coast – Danijela Joksimovic, Institute of Marine Biology, Montenegro
Comparing sediment heavy metal concentrations in Italian harbors with the Environmental Quality Standards – Elena Romano, Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Italy
Different rivers, common problems – Linking chemical and ecological status in polluted sediments of three different European river basins – Susanne Heise, Hamburg University of Applied Science, Germany
Environmental characterization addressed to port sediment management- two case studies in the central Tyrrhenian sea (Italy) – Cristian Mugnai, Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Italy
Reconstruction of radioactivity levels and sediment quality assessment in a deep basin at Lemnos, North Aeg – Christos Tsabaris, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece
Session ‘Circular Economy – Sediment as a Resource’
Sediment management in a circular economy – Pieter de Boer, Rijkswaterstaat, The Netherlands
A PFAS mass balance– impact on the sediment (re)use policy – Arjan Wijdeveld, Deltares, The Netherlands
Lessons from pilot-scale sediment reuse projects on the Scottish canal network – Keith Torrance, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
Exploring unconventional approaches to sediments decontamination – Marta Castellote, Institute of Construction Science Eduardo Torroja (IETcc-CSIC), Spain
Twenty-years forecast of coastline evolution on sandy coastal stretches in mainland Portugal – Ivana Bosnic, HAEDES, Portugal
A mobile & continuous granulometric classification & dehydration pilot to improve sediment reuse strategies. Case studies & results interpretation – Tristan Debuigne, IXSANE, France
Reuse of Metal Impacted River Sediments – Philip Studds, Ramboll, United Kingdom
Landfilling and soil conditioning of dredged sediments- evaluation throughout a life cycle assessment – Laura Ferrans, Linnaeus University, Sweden
Bankbusters- A Nature-based Solution engineered tidal marsh river banks, beneficially re-using soft dredged sediments – Tomas Sterckx, DEME Group, Belgium
A management of port sediment in a Working with Nature context to achieve – Mercedes García Barroso, Tecnoambiente. S.L.U., Spain
Agricultural soil recovery using dredged fluvial sediments: Mont-Cenis hydropower plant experiment as a success to be replicated – Emmanuel Branche, EDF Hydro, France
Phytoremediation of dredged sediments polluted with mineral oil, naphthalene and PAHs – Dirk Dubin, bio2clean, Belgium
Social, Economic and Environmental Analyses for Sediment Reuse Applications – Joe Harrington, Munster Technological University, Ireland
Beneficial use of sediments for our future: compared pathways for taking profit of them as resources for new challenges – Bruno Lemière, France
Converting fiber sediment to hydrochar – new technology to eliminate landfilling and extract energy when remediating fiberbanks – Anna-Karin Dahlberg, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Towards an integrated and circular management of dredged sediments- HAROPA PORT | Rouen as a transforming force in the territory – Benjamin Constant, Neo-Eco, France, Sandrine Samson & Ludovic Grabner, HAROPA Port, France
Stabilized in situ sediment as material used for experimental coastal protection and habitat restoration measures – Jakub Borovec, Biology Centre CAS, Czech Republic
Nature-based geotextile tubes- a new circular and nature-friendly solution for the dewatering of dredged material – Jip Koster, NETICS BV, The Netherlands
Sand sourcing from dredge disposal grounds for nature-based solutions – Lars Kint, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium
‘AquaForest’ Nature-based-Solutions Living Lab: Restoring mangrove forests through circular and sustainable re-use of dredged sediments – Jelle Evenepoel, Jan De Nul, Belgium
Beneficial reuse of sediments as secondary raw materials for construction sector – Walid Maherzi, IMT Nord Europe, France
Desalination of dredged sediments for circular reuse to raise agricultural peatlands – Maria Barciela-Rial, HAN University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands
Application of GEOWALL® dike revetment elements made from dredged materials – Hugo Ekkelenkamp, NETICS BV, The Netherlands
Beneficial Reuse Of Any Dredged Sediment Environmental Assessment Tool (BROADSEAT)- An open access tool for circular economy optioneering – Richard Lord, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
Sediment management in Lake Trakoščan, Croatia – an example of the social and economic aspects of sediment long-term impacts – Dijana Oskoruš, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Session ‘Sediment Management Concepts and Sediment Policy’
The fluvial sediment quality monitoring in the context of the implementation of 2030 Agenda in Portugal: a study in N Portugal – Anabela Reis, University of Trás-os Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
Towards sustainable sediment management and estuary functioning of the Upper Sea Scheldt based on a state of the art modelling approach – Joachim Vansteenkiste, IMDC, Belgium
Exploring the remediation of contaminated sediments – Wim Clymans, VITO, Belgium
A nation-wide survey of polluted sediments in Sweden – Clara Neuschütz, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Sweden & Anna Wemming, County Administrative Board of Dalarna, Sweden
Sediment remediation pays off- Socio-economic analysis and cost disproportionality of measures using the example of the Elbe river basin – Ilka Carls, Ministry of Environment, Climate, Energy and Agriculture Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany & Judith Sprenger, Hamburg Port Authority, Germany
Policy solutions for management of contaminated sediments in the EU – Raffaele Vaccaro, Nisida Environment, Italy
A new methodology for prioritisation and initial investigation of contaminated sediment in Sweden – Henrik Bengtsson, Swedish Geotechnical Institute, Sweden
Rhône Sediment Management Master Plan between Geneva and Mediterranean Sea inorder to achieve good ecological status – Frederic Laval, BURGEAP, France
Sustainable port maintenance strategies – trade-offs between dredging cost and port call efficiency – Arash Sepehri, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Sediment Management for the Tidal Elbe – between the poles of science and politics – – Boris Hochfeld, Hamburg Port Authority AöR, Germany
Integrated beneficial sediment management in practice – Marc Huygens, DEME Group, Belgium
Moving the Needle- Beneficial Use of Contaminated Sediments in the United States – David Moore, USACE-ERDC, United States
System dynamic plan as a comparison framework and decision model for the competent authority – Jos Wieggers, Rijkswaterstaat, The Netherlands
Fifty years of shallowing former sand- and gravel pits in the Netherlands- from win-win opportunity to major headache – Wouter Klein Koerkamp, Open University, The Netherlands
“Once upon a time … a beach sand grain”- a bed-time story and scientific outreach activity for toddlers to increase sediment literacy – Cristina Lira, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Long-term investigation of the morphological development of groyne fields on the two waterways Elbe and Upper Rhine – Elise Lifschiz, German Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institute (BAW), Germany
Development of a knowledge platform on sediment in Sweden – Clara Neuschütz, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Sweden
Session ‘Climate Change and Sediments: Direct and Indirect Consequences and Opportunities’
Fixing Failures or Re-thinking Futures? From Resilient Remedies to Resilient Land- and Water-Scapes – Sabine Apitz, SEA Environmental Decisions Ltd., United Kingdom
Towards net-zero sediment management of inland waterways – comparing embedded and embodied carbon emissionsfor dredging and reuse scenarios – Richard Lord, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
Climate Change Impacts on the Sediment Structure in the Hamburg Port -Challenges and Opportunities- Use of Fluid Mud for Navigational Aspects- – Nino Ohle, Hamburg Port Authority, Germany
The impact on sedimentation in case the Adriatic Sea becomes meromictic due to global climate change – Jasmina Obhodas, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Croatia
Port Sediments as Carbon Sink and Source – Julia Gebert, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Residual sand and mud transport in the Scheldt estuary derived from the sediment balance – Bart De Maerschalck, Flanders Hydraulics, Belgium
Impact of climate change scenarios on sediment load assessments – Ewa Szalińska, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Mapping and quantifying methane emissions from contaminated fibrous sediment – Alizée P. Lehoux, Uppsala University, Sweden
Contaminated Sediment and Climate Change – Sediment Desiccation, The Unthought About Hazard for Caps and MNR – Philip Spadaro, TIG Environmental, United States
Sediments, creating a vibrant estuarine habitat to protect the Scheldt hinterland against flooding – Marc Huygens, DEME Group, Belgium
Session ‘Sediment in Coastal and Marine Management’
The impact of damming in sediment delivery to coastal zones – case of mainland Portugal – Rui Taborda, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Decadal evolution of an intensely nourished coast – Sebastian Dan, Flanders Hydraulics Research, Belgium
Managing sediments in the Wadden Sea and the role of the research programme BenO Wadden Sea – Jurre de Vries, Executive Agency of the ministry of infrastructure and water management (RWS), The Netherlands
The WoE approach applied to the sediments characterization to the lagoon environment: the Venice Lagoon case – Maurizio Ferla, Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Italy
Effects of Re-circulation on Sediment Properties- A Case Study in the Seaport Emden – Fatemeh Chamanmotlagh, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Testing Conditioning Methods for Maintenance Dredging in Ports – Alex Kirichek, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
The Impact of Contaminated Sediment in the Estuaries of Elbe and Odra – Safia El Toum, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Enhanced bioremediation of contaminated sediments in coastal areas of exindustrial sites – Chiara Melchiorre, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Italy
Environmental life cycle assessment of the innovative ejectors plant technology for sediment management in harbours – Marco Pellegrini, University of Bologna, Italy
The new breakwater of the Port of Genoa- monitoring and reuse of the dredged sediments – Marco Capello, University of Genoa, Italy
(Re-) Evaluating the Role of Microbes for Fluid Mud Rheology and Settling – Julia Gebert, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Evolution of submerged large transversal bedforms in a shallow nearshore area along a macrotidal sandy coast – Anne-Lise Montreuil, Antea Group, Belgium
Sedimentologic influence of torrent check dam systems on shoreline changes in semiarid mediterranean area – a sub-regional analysis in Calabria (Southern Italy) – Giuseppe Bombino, University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italy
Posters that are not presented as a flash poster presentation
Variability of Fallout Radionuclides in River Channels- Implications for Sediment Residence Time Estimations – Enrique Munoz-Arcos, University of Plymouth, United Kingdom
Valorization of chestnut shell for the removal of heavy metals under real conditions – Mirza Nuhanović, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
WODA working group on Reservoir Dredging – Polite Laboyrie, CEDA Witteveen+Bos, The Netherlands
Assessment of Natural Radioactivity and Radiation Hazards in Coastal Sediments of Durres – Elida Bylyku, Institute of Applied Nuclear Physics Tirana, Albania
A case study on PFAS in different matrices downstream a waste processing company at River Nieuwe Kale, Belgium – Els Ryken, Flanders Environment Agency (VMM), Belgium
