Conference Program

Below you’ll find the conference schedule by day. Parallel technical blocks are shown as combined session ranges (e.g., Sessions 1–3) for easier scanning on both desktop and mobile.

Draft Sessions Program

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📄 Draft Sessions Program (PDF)

Day 1

Sunday 17 May 2026

Time	Program
11:00–13:30	Lunch
13:30–16:30	Workshops How do nitrogen-cycling microorganisms reshape nutrient removal and resource recovery? Resilient Design For Dry Times: The Case For Decentralised Water Reuse Bridging Theory and Reality: Practical Nutrient Removal Modeling Advancing Nitrogen Recovery from Wastewater: Drivers, Technologies, and Policy Pathways Nitrous oxide emissions mitigation: from omics to practice, and back! Revisiting the frontier between Aerobic Granular Sludge and Densified Activated Sludge: flocs, granules, and the Goldilocks Zone of Wastewater Biology
16:30–17:30	Welcome cocktail

Day 2

Monday 18 May 2026

Time	Program
08:00–09:00	Registration
09:00–09:15	Opening ceremony
09:15–10:15	Plenary
10:15–10:45	Coffee & Posters
10:45–12:15	Sessions 1–3 S01 Nitrogen \|Anammox S02 Phosphorous \| Biological Processes S03 Carbon \| Microbial Bioproducts
12:15–13:15	Lunch
13:15–14:15	Plenary
14:15–14:45	Coffee & Posters
14:45–16:15	Sessions 4–6 S04 Nitrogen \| (De)nitrification S05 Phosphorous \| Chemical Processes S06 Carbon \|Specialty Products
16:15–16:45	Coffee & Posters
16:45–18:00	Sessions 7–9 S07 Nitrogen \| Recovery S08 Phosphorous \| Alternative Recovery Routes S09 Physicochemical Recovery
18:00–19:30	Cheese & Chat in honour of Mark van Loosdrecht

Day 3

Tuesday 19 May 2026

Time	Program
08:00–09:00	Registration
09:00–10:00	Plenary
10:00–10:30	Coffee & Posters
10:30–12:00	Sessions 10–12 S10 N2O \| Full-scale Experience S11 Process Intensification \| Biofilms S12 Full-scale \| Nitrogen Removal
12:00–13:00	Lunch
13:00–14:30	Plenary
14:30–15:00	Coffee & Posters
15:00–16:30	Sessions 13–15 S13 N2O \| Mechanistic Insights S14 Process Intensification \| Product Recovery S15 Full-scale \| Advanced Treatments
16:30–17:00	Coffee & Posters
17:00–18:00	Sessions 16–18 S16 N2O \| Mechanistic Insights_2 S17 Process Intensification \| Novel Configurations S18 Membrane-based Systems
18:00–19:00	Delft walking tour

Day 4

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Time	Program
08:00–09:00	Registration
09:00–10:00	Plenary
10:00–10:30	Coffee & Posters
10:30–12:00	Sessions 19–21 S19 Nitrogen \|Novel Technologies S20 Process Intensification \| Novel Configurations_2 S21 GHG \| The Broader Footprint
12:00–13:00	Lunch
13:00–14:30	Sessions 22–24 S22 Modelling \| Process Optimization S23 Phototrophic Systems S24 Bioelectrochemical Systems
14:30–15:00	Coffee & Posters
15:00–16:00	Sessions 25–27 S25 Modelling \| Mechanistic Insights S26 Microbial Ecology S27 Decentralized Systems
16:00–16:30	Coffee & Posters
16:30–17:15	Conference closing
19:00–23:00	Gala dinner

Day 5

Thursday 21 May 2026

Time	Program
09:00–14:00	Technical tours (parallel) Technical tour 1: Technical tour of a Granular Sludge (Nereda) plant Technical tour 2: Technical and naturalistic walk on the sand dunes, where groundwater is infiltrated for drinking water production Technical tour 3: Tour of TU Delft labs