CONFERENCE TOPICS
TOPIC 1: Resources and Feedstock
TOPIC 1: Resources and Feedstock
- Resources and Sustainability
- Feedstock Availability, Characterisation, Composition and Suitability for a Dedicated Process
- Extraction of Critical Materials from Waste
- Recycling and Reuse
TOPIC 2: Waste Plastics to Fundamental and Functional Chemicals
TOPIC 2: Waste Plastics to Fundamental and Functional Chemicals
- Plastics Sorting
- Plastics to Fuel
- Plastics to Chemicals
TOPIC 3: Biomass and Waste to Energy, Fuels and Chemicals using Biochemical and Chemical routes
TOPIC 3: Biomass and Waste to Energy, Fuels and Chemicals using Biochemical and Chemical routes
- Methane, Ethanol and other Bioproducts Production
- Conversion for Heat and Power
- Recovery and Valorisation of Methane from Landfill
- Gas Cleaning and Processing
- Design and Industrial (full scale) Application
- New Products, Biofuels, Catalysts, Sorbents, Molecules and Components
- Rare Earth Metals
TOPIC 4: Biomass and Waste to Energy, Fuels and Chemicals using Thermochemical route
TOPIC 4: Biomass and Waste to Energy, Fuels and Chemicals using Thermochemical route
- Syngas, Methane, Ethanol, Ethylene, Benzene and other Bioproducts Production
- Conversion for Heat and Power
- Gas Cleaning and Processing
- Design and Industrial (full scale) Application
- New Products, Biofuels, Catalysts, Sorbents, Enzymes, Functional Molecules and Components
TOPIC 5: CO2 to Fuels and Chemicals
TOPIC 5: CO2 to Fuels and Chemicals
- Valorisation of CO2 – Capture/Sequestration, Storage and Utilisation
TOPIC 6: Sustainable Materials for Civil Engineering from Waste, Industrial and Agricultural by-products
TOPIC 6: Sustainable Materials for Civil Engineering from Waste, Industrial and Agricultural by-products
- Durability
- Environmental Assessment (including leaching tests), Policy and Standardisation
TOPIC 7: Emissions, Residues Mitigation and Prevention
TOPIC 7: Emissions, Residues Mitigation and Prevention
- Waste, Microplastics and Residual Biomass Minimisation and Management
- Pollutant Treatments and Greenhouse Gas Valorisation
- Minimisation and Mitigation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
TOPIC 8: Energy Storage and Zero-emission Energy Systems
TOPIC 8: Energy Storage and Zero-emission Energy Systems
- Sustainable Materials for Energy Storage and Recovery
- Energy and Fuel Storage, Batteries, Supercapacitors, Solar, Photovoltaic and Wind Energies, Gases Sequestration
TOPIC 9: Circular Economy - Connecting Economic, Environmental and Social Gains
TOPIC 9: Circular Economy - Connecting Economic, Environmental and Social Gains
- Eco-Conception Approach
- Life Cycle Assessment, Ecological Footprint and Indicators
- Policies, Regulatory and Social Acceptance
- Health and Risk Assessment
- Education and Teaching
- From Research to Innovation and Industry, Economic & Market
WasteEng2024 specific symposia
Symposium 1: Circular Electronics and Batteries: from E-waste Recycling to Emerging Carbon-Based Biodegradable Technologies in collaboration with the UNESCO Chair in Green and Sustainable Electronics
Co-organisers: Clara Santato (Polytechnique Montreal, Canada), Jaewook Myung (KAIST, S. Korea), Yuvi Sivalingam (SRM, Chennai, India & Tohoku U, Japan), M. Irimia-Vladu (J Kepler, Austria)
Symposium 1: Circular Electronics and Batteries: from E-waste Recycling to Emerging Carbon-Based Biodegradable Technologies in collaboration with the UNESCO Chair in Green and Sustainable Electronics
- Environmentally responsible approaches to recover and recycle elements from spent electronic & energy devices, focusing on efficiency and selectivity
- Integration of biosourced electro- and photo-active organic materials into electronic and energy storage devices, such as transistors and batteries
- Biodegradable organic electronics and batteries
- (Augmented) life cycle assessment in sustainable electronics, including large area and printable
- Bio-inspired and bio-compatible eco-designed devices, e.g. based on peptides or biopigments
- Strategies to limit power consumption and promote device autonomy by integration of energy harvesting functions
Symposium 2: Circular Economy and Decarbonisation in Construction
Co-organisers: Ailar Hajimohammadi (UNSW Sydney, Australia), Jian-Guo Dai (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)
Symposium 2: Circular Economy and Decarbonisation in Construction
- Low-CO2 construction materials (minimisation of embodied energy, carbon sequestration within construction materials, advanced manufacturing technologies and circular economy in construction)
- Waste glass, tyre, composites uptake in bitumen, asphalt, and concrete industries (opportunities and barriers)