On Thursday, October 20, 2022, from 10:00 am to 5:30 pm, the International Congress on Per- and Polyfluoroalkylated Substances (PFAS) will be held on the theme of Pollution and Health Risk Management, organized by HPC International and the SFSE (Société Francophone de Santé et Environnement).

The event will be chaired by Dr. Frank Karg, SFSE & HPC International and Dr. Christophe Rousselle, SFSE & ANSES. 

It will be held at the Hôtel Mercure de la Philharmonie La Villette, 216, avenue Jean Jaurès, 75019 Paris.

Program:

09h00
Welcome of participants

09h30
PFAS: Regulatory and legal management of pollution (European Union & France)
Me. Laurence Lanoy, Doctor of Law / Lawyer, Specialist in Environmental Law - Laurence Lanoy Avocats (France)

10h00
PFAS: Managing pollution and health risks: diagnostics, environmental chemistry, risk assessment (sensitive ERP and others), regulatory values and treatments (volatile PFAS FTOH in soil, groundwater, soil gas & ambient air)
Dr. Frank Karg, President - HPC International France & Germany, Scientific Director - Groupe HPC AG, Expert de Justice Française & Member ARET, SFSE, ITVA

10h30
Coffee / Tea break

11h00
PFAS: presence in groundwater and soil: management experiences in Hamburg / Germany
Astrid Klose, Head of Unit - BUKEA: Ministry for the Environment, Climate, Energy and Agriculture (Germany)

11h30
Defining PFAS sources using multivariate statistical methods: a multivariate forensic analysis to detect the origin of PFAS contamination in northern Italy
Dr. Carlo Monti, General Manager, Forensic Practice - TIG Environmental (Switzerland)

12h00
SFSE PFAS management guide: sources, environmental chemistry, risk assessment
Marie Jailler, Secretary of the Health Risk Assessment Methodology Section - SFSE (Société Francophone de Santé Environnement) and Senior Expert in the Health and Environmental Risk Assessment Department - SPAQuE (Belgium)

12h30
Lunch

14h00
The effects of PFAS on human health: what do we know?
- Dr. Sylvaine Ronga-Pezeret, Toxicologist - SFSE (Société Francophone de Santé Environnement) & EDF Medical Studies Department (France)
- Pascal De Giudici, Health-Environment Consulting Engineer (France)

14h30
Results of the European HBM4EU program on biomonitoring of pollutants with a focus on PFAS
Dr. Marike Kolossa-Gehring, HBM4EU European Joint Program Coordinator &Head of Section Toxicology, Health-related Environmental Monitoring - UBA / Umweltbundesamt - German Environment Agency (Germany)

15h00
Management of toxic pollutants, in particular PFAS, by the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance
Dr. Philippe Rolland, ARET Member & Renault Group Substances Expert (France & Worldwide)

15h30
Coffee / Tea break

15h45
PFAS contamination of aquifers in Italy's central Veneto region
Dr. Paolo Ronco, Head of Research, Innovation and Sustainability - Centro RIVE, Veneto Water Resources Center (Italy)

16h15
Exposure of the French population to perfluorinated compounds (PFAS), results of the national biomonitoring program (ESTEBAN)
Amivi Oleko, Biomonitoring Research Officer - Santé Publique France

16h45
The H2020 PROMISCES project: towards a PFAS-free circular economy?
- Julie Lions, Hydrogeochemist & Corinne Merly, Environmental hydrogeologist - BRGM (France)
- Pierre Boucard, Environmental economist - Ineris (France)

17h15
Future developments in PFAS management in France and Europe
Dr. Frank Karg, President - HPC International France & Germany, Scientific Director - Groupe HPC AG, Expert de Justice Française & Member ARET, SFSE, ITVA

17h30
End of congress

Registration:

To register and find out more: https: //www.webs-event.com/fr/event/PFAS/accueil