ZeroPM Summer School

ZeroPM is pleased to invite masters and PhD students with a basic knowledge of #PFAS to a summer school called

“PFAS: from occurrence and monitoring, to policy and remediation”

This will be held on the 9th, 10th and 11th of June at the Department of Environment (Τμήμα Περιβάλλοντος) | University of the Aegean in Mytilene, Greece.

The summer school will focus on topics including:
– An overview of the chemical properties of PFAS
– Current and future legislation that affect PFAS management practices
– Environmental and human health effects of PFAS
– Conventional and innovative analytical methods for PFAS, including TFA
– The role big data approaches can play in classifying the PFAS universe
– The remediation of drinking water
– The remediation of sewage sludge

Teachers include:
· Professor Athanasios Stasinakis, University of the Aegean
· Associate Professor Olga-Ioanna Kalantzi, University of the Aegean
· Dr Georgia Gatidou, University of the Aegean
· Dr Ian Allan, Norwegian Institute for Water Research
· Dr Emma Knight, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
· Associate Professor Michalis Fountoulakis, Technical University of Crete
· Assistant Professor Stergios Vakalis, National Technical University of Athens
· Eurydice Bersi, Reporters United, Forever Pollution Project
· Dr Nikoletta Xanthopoulou, Thessaloniki Water Supply and Sewerage Co. S.A
· Professor Emma Schymanski, University of Luxembourg
· Associate Professor Mattias Öberg, Karolinska institute
· Dr Karsten Nödler, German Water Centre
· Dr Dr. Marcel Riegel Riegel, German Water Centre
· Dr Sarah Hale, German Water Centre

In addition, there will be the opportunity to take part in field and lab work looking at the deployment and analysis of PFAS. The final day of the summer school will consist of a trip to two pilot plants treating contaminated sewage sludge and domestic wastewater.

ZeroPM is able to provide financial support related to travel costs for up ot 10 students, details of how to apply are included in the invitation flyer.

Please feel free to send this to your networks and we very much look forward to seeing you in Greece in June!

You can download this flyer here.

Seminars and Workshops

Special Symposium on PFAS elimination from Drinking Water including a Technology Demonstration. June 12-13, 2024. Presentation slides.

Workshop 1: Achieving Zero Pollution of Persistent and Mobile Substances: Prevention through Chemical Alternatives, Policy Action and Market Transition. February 7-8, 2023. See information, download presentations and watch videos here.

Workshop 2: Achieving Zero Pollution of Persistent and Mobile Substances:Prioritization through Substance Grouping and Risk Assessment. September 19-20, 2024. See information, download presentations and watch videos here.

Workshop 3: Removal through Technical Solutions, held on the 7th-8th of October, 2025
in Mytilene, Lesvos, Greece. See information and download presentations here.

ZeroPM Webinars

ZeroPM Webinar #1: Are there really 6 million PFAS in PubChem? March 22, 2023. Presentation slides and recording of the webinar.

ZeroPM Webinar #2: Do you use #PFAS in your business? The PFAS guide will help you find out. September 14, 2023. Presentation slides and recording of the webinar.

ZeroPM Webinar #3: PFAS removal in sewage sludge and water – with Michalis Fountoulakis and Marcel Riegel. Presentation slides and recording of the webinar.

ZeroPM Webinar #4: A Global Perspective on the Persistence and Mobility of Regulated Chemicals. Presentation slides and recording of the webinar.

ZeroPM Webinar #5: The implementation of the essential use concept from a chemical & psychological standpoint. Presentation slides and recording of the webinar.

TOXStreams Live Stream on how to prevent, prioritize & remove PFAS and PMT substances. Recording of the webinar.

Remediating contaminated sites with PMT and PFAS substances: H2020 projects case studies & results. Recording of the webinar.

ZeroPM Science-Policy Webinars

ZeroPM Science-Policy Webinar #1: Safe and sustainable by design: Quo Vadis? November 2, 2022. Presentation slides and recording of the webinar.

ZeroPM Science-Policy Webinar #2: Protecting drinking water sources from persistent and mobile substances. June 19, 2023. Presentation slides and recording of the webinar.

ZeroPM Science-Policy Webinar #3: ARChIE – the Australian Regulatory Cheminformatics Engine. June 20, 2023. Recording of the webinar.

Science-Policy Webinar #4: Regulating persistent and mobile substances at a European level. June 23, 2024. Presentation slides and recording of the webinar.

Science-Policy Webinar #5: A spotlight on the current policy and science of F-gases. Presentation slides and recording of the webinar.

Science-Policy Webinar #6: What can we learn from 25 years of work on PFAS – with Magnus Løfstedt. Presentation slides and recording of the webinar.