PROGRAMME

Central European Conference ECOpole’21

Wednesday, 13 October 2021

17:00 – Reception
17:00 – 18:50 – Dinner

19:00 – Maria Wacławek (SECE, Opole, PL): Welcome to Participants
19:05 – 20:00 – Musical Soirée

Thursday, 14 October 2021

07:00 – 08:50 – Breakfast

Section S I

09:00 – 12:25

Plenary Session S1

09:00 – 09:20 – Maria Wacławek (ECES, Opole, PL): Opening of the Conference
09:20 – 10:00 – Arieh Warshel (USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA):
Multi-Scale Simulations of the Action of Complex Biological Systems
10:00 – 10:20 – Q&A with Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2013, Prof. Arieh Warshel
10:20 – 10:50 – Bogusław Buszewski (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, PL):
Study on Chemical Structure and Biological Activity on Retention of Analytes (QSRR vs. QSAR) by Chromatographic and Spectral Techniques

10:50 – 11:10 – Coffee and Tea Break

Plenary Session S2

11:10 – 11:50 – Bartosz Trzaskowski (University of Warsaw, PL):
Computational Chemistry for the Design and Description of New Homogeneous Catalysts
11:50 – 12:10 – E. Liwarska-Bizukojć (Lodz University of Technology, PL):
Application of Small-Scale Terrestrial Model Ecosystem (STME) for Toxicity Assessment of Bio-Based Plastics
12:10 – 12:25 – T. Dey (Swansea University, UK):
Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) for Microplastic Pollutant Detection

13:00 – 14:20 – Lunch
13:00 – 18:30 – Poster Session PS1 (on display and open for discussion)

Section S II

14:30 – 18:00

Plenary Session S3

14:30 – 14:45 – J. Zawadzki, P. Fabijańczyk (Warsaw University of Technology, PL):
Influence of the Nugget Effect on Magnetometric Soil Surface Screening Results
14:45 – 15:00 – R. Ślęzak et al. (Lodz University of Technology, PL):
Kinetics Study of Algae Pyrolysis in Thermobalance
15:15 – 15:30 – T. Schönfelder, M. Krzemiński (Atmoterm S.A., PL):
Innovative Environmental Management Platform for Multidimensional Data Analysis
15:30 – 15:50 – J. Kříž et al. (University of Hradec Králové & SECE, PL/CZ):
Health Risk Monitoring of Microparticle Emissions – 20 Years of Cross-Border Cooperation

15:50 – 16:10 – Coffee and Tea Break

16:10 – 18:00 – Poster Session PS1 (continued)

Selected posters include topics such as:

Green roofs for rainwater management
Aquatic vegetation and hydrodynamic effects
Microplastics detection and UV degradation
Chemical sensors in environmental audits
Emerging contaminants in cosmetics and water
Indoor air quality, heavy metal contamination, and more

19:00 – Conference Dinner & Wine Tasting

Friday, 15 October 2021

07:00 – 08:45 – Breakfast

Section S III

09:00 – 12:20

Plenary Session S4

09:00 – 10:00 – Majeti N. V. Prasad (University of Hyderabad, IN):
Global Hazards of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products Waste
10:00 – 11:00 – Presentations from National Veterinary Research Institute (PL):

Baltic fish as a source of dioxins and PCBs
Dioxins in free-range eggs
Contaminants in infant food
HBCDDs in farm milk

11:00 – 11:20 – Coffee and Tea Break

Plenary Session S5

11:20 – 11:50 – Zhihan Lv (Haier IoC Research Institute, CN):
Towards Virtual Reality
11:50 – 12:05 – I. Zinicovscaia et al. (JINR, RU; Magurele, RO):
Rhenium-Containing Effluents Treatment Using Yeast Biomass
12:05 – 12:20 – Á. Bálint, B. Csada (Óbuda University, HU):
Glyphosate Herbicide Effects on Plants
12:20 – 12:35 – A. Svozilíková Krakovská et al. (JINR, RU; VSB-TU Ostrava, CZ):
Bioremediation Using Typha and Phragmites

13:00 – 14:20 – Lunch
12:30 – 18:40 – Poster Session PS2 (on display and open for discussion)

Section S IV

14:30 – 18:10

Plenary Session S6: Presentations of Young Scientists (FYS)

14:30 – 15:30 – Zbigniew A. Szydło (Highgate School, UK):
Black Gold – A History of Petroleum
15:30 – 16:00 – Presentations on ultrasound in water treatment, fungal dye removal

16:00 – 16:20 – Coffee and Tea Break

16:20 – 18:00 – Poster Session PS2 (continued)

Highlighted topics include:

Waste sludge disintegration via persulfates
Sulfamethoxazole degradation using β-cyclodextrin modified NZVI
Catalytic activation and emission modeling
ANN-based air pollution modeling
Pool water phenomena and environmental monitoring
Solar PV module testing and heavy metal risk in agriculture

18:00 – Awards Announcement for Best FYS Presentations
18:05 – Maria Wacławek (SECE, Opole, PL): Closing of the Conference
19:30 – Social Evening – Flair Show