The following is a list of the keynote addresses for all three days of the RemTEC and Emerging Contaminants Summit, opening Tuesday Oct. 3 and running until Oct. 5.

Tuesday 8:40 AM - 10:00 AM: Opening Conference Keynote Panel

PFAS and the Law - Regulatory and Technical Drivers

Moderator: Pete Nyquist, Greenberg Glusker LLP

Panelists: Donald Sobelman, Farella Braun + Martel LLP, Stephanie R. Feingold, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, William Troutman, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, Gregory S. Berlin, Alston & Bird LLP

Sponsored by: EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc., PBC

Tuesday 11:00 AM - 11:40 AM: Track Keynote

Treatment Train Approach to Address PFAS Impacts in Groundwater at a Fire-Training Facility in Wisconsin

Kirk Craig, Geosyntec Consultants 

Tuesday 11:00 AM - 11:40 AM: Track Keynote

Understanding the Transformation of PFAS Under Reductive and Oxidative Treatment

Dr. Jinyong Liu, University of California, Riverside 

Tuesday 11:00 AM - 11:40 AM: Track Keynote

Hydrothermal Alkaline Treatment: From Proof-of-Concept to Commercial Product

Dr. Timothy Strathmann, Colorado School of Mines

Dr. Brian Pinkard, Aquagga    Cotton Creek    

Wednesday 1:45 PM - 2:25 PM: Track Keynote

Developing Robots for Autonomous Characterization of Contaminated Soils

Dr. Gregory Lowry, Carnegie Mellon University

Wednesday 1:45 PM - 2:25 PM: Track Keynote

Microbial Metagenomics to Estimate Field-based Biodegradation Rates: Examples of 1,4-Dioxane and Chlorinated Solvents Mixtures

Dr. Shaily Mahendra, University of California, Los Angeles  

Wednesday 1:45 PM - 2:25 PM: Track Keynote

Combining Micro-Scale Zero-Valent Iron and Bioremediation to Treat Chlorinated Solvent Plumes

Michael Lamar, CDM Smith

Thursday 8:05 AM - 9:25 AM: Closing Conference Keynote Panel

What Will it Take to Commercialize and Widely Adopt Destructive PFAS Technologies?

Moderator: Dr. Rula Deeb, Geosyntec Consultants

Panelists: Jim Cummings, EPA, Dr. Michelle Crimi, Clarkson University and RemWell, Bill Diguiseppi, Jacobs, Dr. Chris Higgins, Colorado School of Mines, Dr. Hooman Vatankhah, SERDP and ESTCP    

Thursday 10:05 AM - 10:45 AM: Track Keynote

Recent Advances in Understanding PFAS Bioaccumulation and Toxicity in Aquatic Ecosystems

Dr. Jason Conder, Geosyntec Consultants 

Thursday 10:05 AM - 10:45 AM: Track Keynote

Biotransformation of Perfluoroalkyl Acids by Acidimicrobium sp. Strain A6, and Potential Applications for Remediation

Dr. Peter R. Jaffé, Princeton University

Thursday 10:05 AM - 10:45 AM: Track Keynote

Chemical-Free Light-Driven Destruction of PFAS Using Non-Toxic Boron Nitride

Dr. Michael Wong, Rice University