On this page the presentations of the SedNet Conference 2023 are made available.
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
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
Port sediment quality monitoring network (REPOM) and microplastics – Julie Droit, CEREMA eau, France
Assessing Remediation of Polluted Marine and Soil Sediments with Advanced in Situ Monitoring Tools – Heinrich Eisenmann, Isodetect GmbH, Germany
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
Innovative solution for sediment beneficial use Pilot Equipment to accelerate dehydration – Tristan Debuigne, IXSANE, France
Sustainable 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
SEDINNOVE INNOVATIVE SEDIMENT RECOVERY – Benjamin Constant, Neo-Eco, France, Sandrine Samson & Ludovic Grabner, HAROPA Port, France
Session ‘Sediment Management Concepts and Sediment Policy’
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
Inventory And Priority Method For 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
Policy reconstruction shallowing quarry lakes The Netherlands – 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
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
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
