Program
DAY 1: MONDAY, 9th November 2026
09:00 Registration
HRMS 2026
Topic: Advances in HRMS instrumentation and their applicability in environmental analysis of PFAS
9:00 Opening lecture
Diana S. Aga (Department of Chemistry and RENEW Institute, University of Buffalo, NY, US)
Isomers Matter: Revealing the distributions of branched and linear PFAS in environmental samples using cyclic ion mobility spectrometry
9:45 Keynote lecture
Juan Francisco Garcia Reyes (Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Jaen, Spain)
Studying the ionization of neutral PFAS with flexible microtube plasma source and LC-MS
10:15 Keynote lecture
Christian Zwiener (Environmental Analytical Chemistry, University of Tübingen, Germany)
PFAS in AFFF contaminated sites – What can we learn from LC-HRMS analysis
10:45 David Solomon Jalajel, Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Water Prize
11:00 Coffee break & poster session 1
CHAIR: Diana S. Aga
11:30 Keynote lecture
Natalia Soares Quinete (Institute of Environment, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, US)
Expanding the PFAS Atmospheric Inventory: From Legacy Ionic Compounds to Volatile Precursors
12:00 Contributed lecture
Topic: Non-Target Analysis (NTA) and Bioinformatics applied to environmental and food samples
12:20 Keynote Lecture
Roma Tauler Ferre (Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), Spain)
Comprehensive Chemometric Analysis of Ion Mobility High Resolution Mass Spectrometry Data
12:50 Keynote lecture
Miren López de Alda (Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), Spain)
Advancing Environmental Monitoring Through LC-HRMS-Based Non-Targeted Approaches: From Contamination Profiling to Contaminant Prioritization
13:20 Lunch break & poster session 1
Topic: Advanced Wastewater Based Epidemiology (WBE) and Human Exposome
CHAIR: Natalia Soares Quinete
14:30 Keynote lecture
Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern (Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, UK)
Water-based epidemiology for community health early warning: advances in analytics and data triangulation approaches
15:00 Keynote lecture
Pablo Gago Ferrero (Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), Spain)
Beyond Single Samples: Mapping Chemical Transport Across the Human Exposome
15:30 Sponsored lecture
16:00 Contributed lecture
16:50 Coffee break
CHAIR: Torsten C. Schmidt
17:20 Contributed lecture
17:40 Contributed lecture
18:00 Oral communications
18:40 End of the day
DAY 2: TUESDAY, 10th November 2026
Topic: HRMS and LC/M S-MS applied to environmental and food authenticity
CHAIR: Christian Zwiener
9:00 Keynote lecture
Torsten C. Schmidt (Instrumental Analytical Chemistry and Centre for Water and Environmental Research (ZWU), University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
From source to tap: Perspectives of water monitoring using liquid chromatography high-resolution mass spectrometry
9:30 Keynote lecture
Encarnación Moyano (Deptartment Section of Analytical Chemistry, University of Barcelona, Spain)
Mass Spectrometry and Ion Mobility for the Characterization and Determination of Arsenosugars in Algae
10:00 Keynote lecture
Giuliana Bianco (Coordinator, Degree Course in Chemistry, Department of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Basilicata, Italy)
High-Resolution Mass Spectrometric Monitoring of Dissolved Organic Matter and Pollutants in Basilicata Region Reservoirs
10:30 Keynote Lecture
Amadeo R. Fernández-Alba (Department of Chemistry and Physics, University of Almeria, Spain)
Two Decades of HRMS in Pesticide Residue Analysis: From Milestones to Future Directions
11:00 Coffee break & poster session 2
ICRAPHE 2026
Topic: Remediation Technologies including adsorption, advanced oxidation processes, bioremediation and NBS for Pharmaceutical residues and other Pollutants
CHAIR: Giuliana Bianco
11:30 Keynote lecture
Kevin Tucker (Department of Chemistry, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, US)
Toxicological Impacts of Environmentally Relevant Pharmaceuticals: Bioconcentration, Tissue-Specific Distribution, and Ecological Implications Revealed by Advanced Mass Spectrometry
12:00 Keynote lecture
Vânia Calisto (Department of Chemistry and CESAM, University of Aveiro, Portugal)
Biomass-Derived Carbons as a Sustainable Strategy for Mitigating Pharmaceutical Pollution: Challenges and Opportunities
12:30 Keynote lecture
Laura Clarizia (Department of Chemical, Materials and Industrial Production Engineering, University of Naples “Federico II»)
Closing the Loop: Solar Hydrogen Production from Wastewater-Derived Organics
13.00 Keynote lecture
Joan O. Grimalt (Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA), Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Spain)
Assessment of the health status of the Ebro River after remediation of the dumped waste from a chlor-alkali plant
13:30 Lunch break & poster session 2
15:00 Flash poster presentations
20:00 Dinner at Restaurant la Poma (la Rambla 117)
DAY 3: WEDNESDAY, 11th November 2026
Topic: Risk Assessment and Sustainable Management of Pharmaceuticals and other Emerging Contaminants
CHAIR: Damià Barceló
9.00 Keynote lecture
Vicente Andreu Pérez (Universitat de València – CSIC (CIDE), Spain)
Contrasting Mediterranean coastal wetlands: emerging contaminants environmental interactions
09:30 Keynote lecture
Demetris F. Lekkas (Waste Management Laboratory, Department of Environment, University of the Aegean, Greece)
Integrating environmental data with dynamic modelling for urban water risk assessment
10.00 Keynote lecture
Antoni Ginebreda (Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), Spain)
New chemometric approaches on the occurrence and risk assessement modelling of pharmaceuticals in the freshwater environment
10.30 Keynote lecture
Emili Esteve (Technical Department, Farmaindustria, Spain)
Fair, efficient, and sustainable management of urban wastewater without compromising access to medicinal products
11.00 Coffee break
Topic: Panel discussion on Risk and Sustainable Management of Pharmaceuticals under the new Urban WasteWater Directive from November 2024
Antoni Ginebreda
Demetris F. Lekkas
Emili Esteve
Miquel Salgot
12:00 Awards and closing ceremony
13:00 End of the workshop