Programme

ELFM V provided the floor to invited international experts, as well as the early-stage researchers from the ETN NEW-MINE project who will present their final results (watch the NEW-MINE video here). The Symposium included two exciting panel discussions, which stimulated a wider societal debate about how Europe is going to deal with its 500,000+ landfills.

February 6, 2020
8:30	Registration and coffee
9:00	*Welcome opening* Peter Tom Jones (KU Leuven): Landfills and the Dark Side of the Circular Economy – 10 years of ELFM: Status quaestionis – Download presentation here
9:20	*Keynote Lecture* Eddy Wille (OVAM & COCOON): Dynamic landfill management: a new paradigm – Download presentation here
9:40	*Keynote Lecture* Yves Tielemans (Group Machiels): Landfill mining: horses for courses – Download presentation here
10:00	*Keynote Lecture* Kate Spencer (University of London): Floods and landfills – Download presentation here – Background papers: Brand and Spencer, 2018 – Brand and Spencer, 2019 – Brand et al, 2017 – O’shea et al 2018
10:20	*Interactive debate between Keynote Speakers and Symposium Participants* (moderator: Peter Tom Jones)
11:00	Networking coffee break
11:30	*ETN NEW-MINE WP pitch presentations by Early Stage Researchers + Q&A* Juan Carlos Hernandez Parrodi [WP1 – Innovative landfill exploration and mechanical processing of waste excavated from landfills] Download presentation here Gomez Rueda Yamid [WP2 – Thermal conversion of the Refuse Derived Fuel fraction] Download presentation here Hugo Ignacio Lucas [WP3 – Upcycling of ashes and vitrified ashes, by-products of the gasification process of WP2] Download presentation here Giovanna Sauve [Wp4 – Multi-criteria assessment for landfill mining concepts and technologies] Download presentation here
12:45	Networking lunch
14:00	*Keynote Lecture* Fred Nguyen (ULiège): Cost-effective exploration methods for landfills: results obtained in the RAWFILL project – Download presentation here
14:20	*Keynote Lecture* Paul Bardos (r³ Environmental Technology Ltd): Applying the Brownfield Opportunity Matrix to landfills – Download presentation here
14:40	*Keynote Lecture* Claudia Neculau (SpaQue & RAWFILL): Towards a Green New Deal for landfill mining in Wallonia – Download presenation here
15:00	*Interactive debate between Keynote Speakers and Symposium Participants* (moderator: Peter Tom Jones)
15:45	*Closing of Symposium*
16:00	Coffee break
16:30	EURELCO General Assembly (for EURELCO members only)
17:30	*End of programme*