RE:BROWN – Remediation and brownfield investments Conference 2024 – 2 october
The Hungarian Association of Environmental Enterprises (HAEE) organizes a biannual international professional conference to present the results and challenges in the field of remediation, sharing the latest research and development results and professional experiences. This year’s conference will take place within the framework of the ENVIRONTEC powered by ÖKOINDUSTRIA international environmental industry trade fair on 2nd October 2024 in Budapest, at the HUNGEXPO Exhibition and Congress Centre.
One of the priority topics of the Hungarian EU Presidency in the second half of 2024 is the development of EU regulatory frameworks for soil contamination and measures to prevent and eliminate pollution. In this context, Hungary is carrying out the EU’s legislative task on monitoring soil and restoring soil health, which started in 2022. The proposed legislation regulates measures for the assessment, registration and restoration of contaminated soils. The development of the legislation is closely linked to the European Commission’s New Soil Strategy adopted in 2021, which sets out medium- and long-term (2050) measures to comprehensively protect soils that are currently lacking in EU environmental legislation, linked to existing EU environmental strategies. Besides this, there is an ongoing effort to renew the Hungarian remediation regulation, with emphasis not only on the remediation of contaminated sites, but also on the rehabilitation of brownfield and rust belt areas.
The conference provides an opportunity to discuss domestic and EU remediation issues, current problems, goals-plans, legislative and implementation tasks, share good practices and techniques, and present the use of abandoned industrial/commercial/military/transport facility areas for new functions.
Who do we recommend to attend? For international professional organizations, experts, and enterprises dealing with the situation exploration and implementation of contaminated sites, for representatives of science, as well as for companies with such fields, state actors, authority, and legislative experts.
Information about the former Re:Brown conferences: https://kszgysz.hu/en/previous-conferences
Participation fee:
EARLY BIRD prices
Till 26 July 2024:
KSZGYSZ/ASZEK/KEXPORT member, ENVIRONTEC exhibitor:
115 EUR+ 27% VAT
Non members, non exhibitor:
145 EUR+27% VAT
After 26 July:
KSZGYSZ/ASZEK/KEXPORT member, ENVIRONTEC exhibitor:
130 EUR Ft+27% VAT
Non members, non exhibitor:
160 EUR+27% VAT
English-Hungarian interpretation will be provided at the conference.
Program plan
10.00 – 10.10
Opening – Dr. Csaba Ágoston, president,of HAEE
10.10 – 10.35
Draft Soil Monitoring and Resilience Directive – EP/EC trialogue – Bavo Peeters, Policy officer soil protection & sustainable land use, DG Env.
10.35 – 10.55
Progress in the management of contaminated sites in Europe – Rainer Baritz, Project Manager, EEA/EIONET
10.55 – 11.15
Water and Land Remediation – project results/remediation technology guides – Doct. Marco Falconi, Water and Land Remediation Project Manager, ISPRA/IMPEL
11.15 – 11.25
Q&A
11.25 – 11.45
Coffee Break
11.45 – 12.05
EU projects and emergency substances – Dietmar Müller-Grabherr, General Secretary, EU Common Forum on Contaminated Land
12.05 – 12.25
South-East European sub-regional platform to beat pollution – Elena Stefanoni, UNEP
12.25 – 12.45
Environmental and Energy Efficiency OP (KEHOP) Remediation Project – lessons learned, Oszkár Vámosi, CEO, Adept Enviro Ltd.
12.45 – 12.55
Coffee Break
12.55 – 13.55
Lunch
13.55 – 14.10
CSRD & microplastics contamination – Gábor Raska, Senior Manager, EY denkstatt
14.10 – 14.25
Experience in remediation of new types of pollutants (sampling, diagnostics, models, technologies (PFAS) – Jean Pierre Davit, Contaminated Land & Remediation Business Unit Leader, WSP
14.25 – 14.40
Microbiological remediation based on real-time measurement – János Stickel, Technical Director, Elgoscar cPlc.
14.40 – 14.55
Soil-flushing and Robonova: innovative technologies for in situ and on-site biodegradation of contaminated soil – Cosimo Masini, CEO
14.55 – 15.05
Q&A
15.05 – 15.25
Coffee Break
15.25 – 15.40
Management of the ecotoxicological hazards of new pollutants – Béla Farkas, Strategic and Business Development Director, Envirotis Holding cPlc.
15.40 – 15.55
To be confirmed – James Law, Vice President, SCS Engineers
15.55 – 16.10
Remediation of Csepel Mazut Contaminated Zone – Péter Gentischer, Company Leader, Agruniver Holding Ltd.
16.10 – 16.25
Remediation under state responsibility (case study) – to be confirmed – Csaba Tóth, Diector-General, Nitrokémia cPlc
16.25 – 16.40
Q&A, Closing the conference
17.00 – 18.00
Networking & Reception