20° SIMPOSIO INTERNAZIONALE SU GESTIONE DEI RIFIUTI
RECUPERO DI RISORSE E DISCARICA SOSTENIBILE / 13-17 OTTOBRE 2025

Sessione di apertura

OPENING SESSION / 9th October 2023 / 9:00 - 12:30
Chair / Presidente: Raffaello Cossu (IT)

9:00 – 10:30
Welcome addresses

  • Raffaello Cossu, University of Padova (IT)
  • Jurate Kumpiene, Luleå University of Technology (SE)
  • Marion Huber Humer, BOKU University, Vienna (AT)
  • Pinjing He, Tongji University (CN)
  • Rainer Stegmann, Hamburg University of Technology (DE)
  • William Clarke, IWWG President, University of Queensland (AU)
  • Paolo Russo, Table of Rome (IT)
  • Christian Solinas, President of the Sardinia Region (IT)

 

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Opening Lecture:
Mine Tekman, Özyeğin University, Istanbul (TR) - Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremen (DE)
Anthropogenic debris in the Arctic: Pollution in a region far, far away...
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10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 – 12:30
Austria "Special guest country" Lecture:

  • Johann Fellner, TU Wien (AT): Austria - Country information and contribution to modern strategies in waste management


Introductory Lectures:

  • Raffaello Cossu, University of Padova (IT): Waste Management and Circular impact on Health and Environment
  • Rainer Stegmann, Hamburg University of Technology (DE): Waste and Ecology
  • Jurate Kumpiene, Lulea University of Technology (SE): Main controversial / Hot issues in Sardinia 2023 that will be discussed in the Focus Sessions
  • Pinjing He, Tongji University (CN): Waste & Emerging contaminants
  • Marion Huber-Humer, BOKU University, Vienna (AT): Presentation of IWWG 2100 Vision Award and 2023 Winner