The 2nd PhytoSUDOE Stakeholder Workshop will be on tuesday, April 17th, 2018 at the Main Auditorium of Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa. The PhytoSUDOE Project will demonstrate the environmental, economic and social benefits generated during and after the implementation of phytotechnologies (technologies that use living organisms to decontaminate soils from contaminated sites and to recover the affected ecosystems). The aim is to encourage greater use of these techniques by regulators and owners, as an effective risk management strategy in the SUDOE territory (Portugal, Spain and France) and in other European regions. This will be achieved through the creation of a transnational network of contaminated sites (located in protected and unprotected areas, but all of relevant ecological interest and potential to provide ecosystem services) through phytotechnologies. Agenda 8:45-9:00 Registration 9:00-9:10 Welcome by UCP 9:10-9:40 The PhytoSUDOE project: the field network of phytomanagement sites, project objectives and outcomes. Petra Kidd (Instituto de Investigaciones Agrobiológicas de Galicia, Spain; PhytoSUDOE Project Coordinator) 9:40-10:00 Improvements in soil biodiversity and function after long-term implementation of phytomanagement options. Carlos Garbisu (NEIKER, Spain; PhytoSUDOE project) 10:00-10:30 The UrbanMycoserve project: Understanding and Managing Urban Ectomycorrhizal Fungi Communities to Increase the Health and Ecosystem Service Provisioning of Urban Trees. Olivier Honnay, (Leuven, Belgium; UrbanMycoserve Project Coordinator) 10:30-10:50 Application of microbial inoculants in sustainable soil management of contaminated or urban areas. Paula Castro (UCP, Portugal; PhytoSUDOE and UrbanMycoserve project) 10:50-11:20 Coffee Break (with posters) 11:20-11:40 Presentation to be confirmed. 11:40-12:00 Ecological soil restoration projects in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain): a viewpoint from the city council. Juan Vilela (Ayuntamiento de Vitoria, Spain) 12:00-12:30 Ecosystem metal cycling on dredged sediment-derived soils: how well does natural attenuation do? Filip Tack (Department of Applied Analytical and Physical Chemistry, Ghent University, Belgium) 12:30 to 14:00 Lunch 14:00-14:30 Can biochar be an option for the remediation of trace element contaminated sites? Jörg Rinklebe (Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water- and Waste-Management, University of Wuppertal, Germany) 14:30-14:45 Rehabilitation of abandoned mining sites works in Portugal. Edgar Carvalho (EDM – Empresa de Desenvolvimento Mineiro, SA, Portugal) 14:45-15:00 Experiences in soil rehabilitation in an industrial site – Estarreja. Diogo Almeida Santos (ERASE – Empresa p/a Regeneração e Ambiente dos Solos de Estarreja, Portugal) 15:00-15:30 Coffee Break (with posters) 15:30-15:45 Biomass for biofuels –Present challenges. Luís Martins (PRIO Energy, Portugal) 15:45-16:00 Valorization of non-toxic organic wastes and the application of technosols in soil remediation strategies. Felipe Macías García (Centro de Valorización Ambiental del Norte, S.L. (CVAN), Spain) 16:00-17:00 Round Table (Lessons learnt, perspectives, future collaboration/interactions possibilities). Moderator: Michel Mench, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique INRA, Bordeaux, France; PhytoSUDOE project. Program: www.phytosudoe.eu/en/program-available-for-the-2nd-phytosudoe-stakeholders-workshop/ Participation is Free of charge. Inscription is Mandatory: http://inqueritos.porto.ucp.pt/site/index.php/484369/lang-pt Know more about the Project: http://www.phytosudoe.eu/
