February 14th 2025, Faenza, Italy
The workshop was held on February 14th 2025 in the beautiful venue of the International Museum of Ceramics (MIC) in Faenza. The aim of the workshop was to review the key results of the research in the design and development of environmentally friendly geopolymer based adsorbents as a stimulating approach to contribute towards cleaner production.
Keynote lectures were given by experts on depolluting techniques, while invited talks examined the innovative use of geopolymers as filters, membranes and sorbents, as well as the tailoring of compositions and textural properties.
Posters about the synthesis of geopolymers and their use for environmental remediation, as well on novel adsorbent materials were exhibited and briefly introduced during the poster flash presentation.
The program is available along with the abstracts of oral and poster contributions.
Program
09.30-10.00: Registration & welcome coffee
10.00-10.20: Opening
Dr. Valentina Medri, GEA PI, CNR-ISSMC, Italy
Dr. Alessandra Sanson, Director of CNR-ISSMC, Italy
Prof. Cristina Leonelli, Coordinator of the Italian Working Group on Geopolymers, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
GEA session Chair: Dr. Valentina Medri
10.20-10.35: Dr. Elettra Papa, CNR-ISSMC, Italy, Geopolymer-based adsorbents: a tunable platform for pollutant removal
10.35-10.50: Prof. Dario Frascari, DICAM-University of Bologna, Italy, Removal and recovery of ammonium and phosphate from wastewater by means of geopolymer-based adsorbents
10.50-11.05: Prof. Matteo Minelli, DICAM-University of Bologna, Italy, CO2 adsorption in geopolymers and geopolymer composites for post-combustion CO2 capture
Morning session Chair: Prof. Angelo Vaccari
11.05-11,30: Keynote – Prof. Luisa Pasti, University of Ferrara, Italy, Adsorbent Materials in Environmental Remediation
11.30-11.55: Keynote – Prof. Roberto Canziani, Eng. Lorenzo Esposito, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, Phosphorus recovery from wastewater, sludge and sewage sludge ashes – a short overview
11.55-12.20: Keynote – Prof. Enzo Mangano, University of Edinburgh, UK, Characterisation of novel adsorbents for carbon capture: from mg to kg scale
12.20-12.50: Poster flash presentation
12.50-14.00: Light lunch & poster session
14.00-14.45: Visit at the Museum
Afternoon session Chair: Prof. Davide Pinelli
14.45-15.00: Prof. Tero Luukkonen, Oulu University, Finland, Recent advances in using geopolymers and alkali-activated materials as adsorbents
15.00-15.15: Prof. Rui Novais, CICECO-University of Aveiro, Portugal, Advancing wastewater treatment systems with 3D-printed geopolymer lattices
15.15-15.30: Dr. Giulia Masi, DICAM-University of Bologna, Italy, Asymmetric membranes for wastewater treatment by alkali activation
15.30-15.45: Prof. Sebastiano Candamano, University of Calabria, Italy, Preparation of foamed and unfoamed geopolymer/NaX zeolite/activated carbon composites for CO2 adsorption
15:45-16:00: Coffee break
PRIN session Chair: Dr. Eng. Francesco Miccio
16:00-16:15: Prof. Oreste Tarallo, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy, Engineering of eco-sustainable geopolymer-based adsorbent materials for the removal of emerging pollutants and environmental remediation
16:15-16:30: Prof. Barbara Liguori, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy, Design multifunctional foams for water remediation: the ZEOREMEDIA project
16.30: Poster Awards & Conclusive Remarks
Assunta Campanile from University of Naples Federico II won the Best Poster Award with her contribution “Zeolite-enriched porous adsorbents for water remediation”.
The workshop is the Milestone 5 of the MUR PRIN 2022 project GEA-GEopolymer based Adsorbents for effective adsorption and selective separation of CO2 and eutrophication pollutants (grant No 20229THRM2) funded by the European Union – Next Generation EU.
The workshop was organized by the Institute of Science, Technology and Sustainability for Ceramics (CNR-ISSMC) and the Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering – DICAM of the University of Bologna. The Workshop is in the frame of the one-day-meeting organized since 2008 by the Group of Study on Geopolymers of the Italian Ceramic Society.
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Valentina Medri
Francesco Miccio
Elettra Papa
CNR-ISSMC, Italia
Dario Frascari
Matteo Minelli
Davide Pinelli
DICAM-Università di Bologna, Italia
Angelo Vaccari
Università degli Studi di Bologna “Toso Montanari”.
Participation is free of charge, registration is mandatory before January 15th. For info, registration and poster submission: Valentina Medri, valentina.medri@issmc.cnr.it; Tel + 39 0546699751.
Download the flyer and the abstract template.
