The second edition of the International Meeting on New Strategies in Bioremediation Processes (BioRemid2019) will take place at Porto (Portugal) on October 24th and 25th, 2019. BioRemid2019 will be hosted by the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), with the support of the following Research Units of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT): Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy (LEPABE), Laboratory of Separation and Reaction Engineering - Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials (Associate Laboratory LSRE-LCM) and Research Center of Natural Resources and Environment (CERENA).
The objective of this meeting is to bring together scientists and industry professionals in a friendly environment, in order to share the latest developments and innovations to face environmental problems. In particular, topics such as identification and monitoring of biohazards, strategies to remediate sites polluted with emerging and priority pollutants, consortium-based strategies, the impact of anthropogenic activities on the native microbial communities and waste recovery will be discussed. Other topics such as modeling and new treatment technologies will be also considered.