"Chemical and biological transformation processes and tools for their investigation"
September 22th – 25th, 2019 in Haltern am See, Germany
Conference Character: The Late Summer Workshop has been established to provide an international forum for young scientists. The Water Chemistry Society feels responsible for development of the rising scientific generation and wishes to encourage individuals to remain in research and active in the development. It takes place on a regular basis every two or three years. Every Workshop has its own topic. Attendance is limited to 50 persons.
The format is of the Gordon Research Conference type. ©Wasserchemische Gesellschaft
Discussion and active participation is integrated.
This interdisciplinary approach should aid the development of comprehensive knowledge on all aspects of water chemistry and water quality. We are looking for a lot of stimulation, thinking and exchange of experiences.
Prominent scientists address the respective topics in invited lectures, followed by selected presentations as participant lectures. Every particpant contributes to the workshop with an oral presentation or a poster. There are no attendees without any contribution. Special consideration is given to young scientists. Significant time is given for discussions.
In order to enable participation of young researchers a fellowship covering full board accommodation will be made available for all contributions, expecting to be present during the entire workshop. Only the travel expenses are to be paid by the participants themselves.
Two participants will share a double room. It is possible to reserve a single room as well. But in this case the attendees have to pay the rate oneself.
8th Late Summer Workshop 2019:
The coming 8th Late Summer Workshop will discuss the state of research and knowledge on "Chemical and biological transformation processes and tools for their investigation". It will feature invited lectures of outstanding scientists in this field. Young scientists focused on microplastics research should feel concerned.



The 8th Late Summer Workshop will be organised by the Water Chemistry Society (Chairman: Prof. Dr. Torsten C. Schmidt) and its Expert Committee "Oxidative processes", "Evironmentally relevant transformation processes in the water cycle" and "Environmental isotope chemistry".
Organising and Scientific Commitee:
Dr. Holger V. Lutze (Chairman)
University Duisburg-Essen (DE),
Expert Committee "Oxidative processes"
Dr. Maik Jochmann
University Duisburg-Essen (DE),
Expert Committee "Environmental isotope chemistry"
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Reemtsma
Helmholtz-Centre for Environment Research – UFZ, Leipzig (DE),
Department of Analytical Chemistry
Dr. Carsten K. Schmidt
RheinEnergie AG, Cologne (DE)
Laboratory and Quality Management Water Laboratory
Prof. Dr. Thomas Ternes
Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG), Koblenz (DE)
Qualitative hydrology
Dr. Arne Wick
Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG), Koblenz (DE)
Expert Committee "Evironmentally relevant transformation processes in the water cycle"
Prof. Dr. Christian Zwiener
University of Tuebingen (DE)
Department of Geoscience
Venue:

© Stadt Haltern am See
Hotel Seehof Hullerner Strasse 102 45721 Haltern am See, Southern bank GERMANY |
Invited Keynote Speakers:
Prof. Dr. Michael Dodd
University of Washington, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seattle, USA
"Antibiotic Resistance Gene Fate during (Waste)water Disinfection Processes: Degradation, Deactivation, and Implications for Mitigation of Antibiotic Resistance Dissemination"
Prof. Dr. Martin Elsner
Technical University of Munich, Analytical Chemistry and Water Chemistry, Institute of Hydrochemistry, Munich, DE
"Exploring Transformation Pathways and Limits of Biodegradation by Stable Isotope Fractionation"
Dr. Imma Ferrer
University of Colorado, Environmental Engineering, Boulder, USA
Identification of transformation products by LC/Q-TOF-MS - examples from pesticides in plants to surfactants in hydraulic fracturing waters
Prof. Dr. Damian E. Helbling
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
"Can micropollutant biotransformations be predicted from microbial community biomolecular parts lists?"
Prof. Dr. Jeppe Lund Nielsen
Aalborg University, Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg, DK
"Who and how do they degrade micropollutants?"
Prof. David Sedlak
University of California, Berkeley, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Berkeley, USA
"Oxidative Treatment in Potable Water Reuse: Understanding the Formation and Fate of Transformation Products"
Dr. Peter Tentscher
Aalborg Øst, DK
"Chemical oxidation: How quantum chemical calculations can support experimental studies"
Prof. Dr. Thomas Ternes
Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG), Qualitative hydrology, Koblenz, DE
"Transformation products in the urban water cycle: a hidden problem?"
Prof. Dr. Urs von Gunten
Eawag, Water Resources and Drinking Water, Dübendorf, CH
"Oxidation processes for water treatment: Are we on track?"
Contribution of Papers and Participation:
Contributions from the scientific community to the topics of the workshop are welcome. Contributions will be possible either in oral form (20 min) or as posters to be discussed in special sessions.
Selection of contributed papers will be made by the scientific committee on the basis of the submitted abstracts: Decision criteria will be the scientific quality and relationship to the theme of the conference.
All persons wishing to attend this Late Summer Workshop have to register.
Deadline: Closed
Please note: Due to the nature of the workshop, participation must be confirmed by the organisers.
No provisions for accompanying persons of participants have been made.
Participation Fees:
Non-member of WG or GDCh | € 100,00 | |
Member of WG or GDCh | € 50,00 |
Non-members who become member of the Water Chemistry Society during the 8th Late Summer Workshp will receive a refund of the difference to the fee for members. Furthermore all new members get a voucher to participate once free of charge in the Annual Conference of the Water Chemistry Society (valid for 3 years). Prerequisite for the membership in the Water Chemistry Society is the membership in the GDCh. |
Accommodation:
It is planned that always two participants share a double room. In case of insisting on a single room the attendees have to pay for the accomodation by themselves.
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Contact:
Claudia Gehrke
Water Chemistry Society
(Wasserchemische Gesellschaft)
Division of the GDCh e.V.
IWW Zentrum Wasser
Moritzstrasse 26
45476 Muelheim an der Ruhr
Germany
Phone: | +49 208 40303 311 |
Fax: | +49 208 40303 80 |
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If you have any questions or if you need any support do not hesitate to contact us.
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