PLENARY SESSIONS
Welcome and Conference Kick-off - Watch video
Liesl Clark, Director, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy
Abigail Hendershott, MI PFAS Action Response Team
Updates to the U.S. EPA PFAS Roadmap - Watch video
Zachary Schafer, Senior Advisor, U.S. EPA
Minnesota's 3M Settlement: Project 1007 Feasibility Study Progress & Pilot Study Start-up - Watch video
Rebecca Higgins, Sr. Hydrogeologist, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
PFAS Looking Forward: California's approach to PFAS in Consumer Products - Watch video
Abigail Hendershott, MI PFAS Action Response Team
Karl E Palmer, Deputy Director, Safer Consumer Products Program, California EPA, Department of Toxic Substances Control
ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR SESSIONS
Lagoon Water/Soils Remediation - 6 binding agents on 4 materials at 1 site – Watch video
Grant Trigger, Michigan Cleanup Manager, RACER Trust
Daniel Cassidy, Associate Professor, Western Michigan University
Chris Peters, Vice President, Arcadis of Michigan, LLC
Pilot-Scale Demonstration of PFAS Degradation Using Electrochemical Technology – Watch video
Rosa Gwinn, Global PFAS Technical Lead, AECOM
Background PFAS Concentrations in Municipal Wastewater Due to Domestic Sources – Watch video
Steve Luis, Principal, Ramboll
Supercritical Water Oxidation Destruction of PFAS Concentrated Spent Media – Watch video
Dora Chiang, Vice President, WSP
Publicly Available Wisconsin Water Supply PFAS Data: Ubiquitous PFAS and Investigation Strategies – Watch video
Staci Goetz, Managing Geologist, Ramboll
Jay Karls, Project Officer - Director of Strategy Midwest Central Business Unit, Ramboll
Evaluation of PFAS Transport Parameters Using MPART/MI Field Data – Watch video
Jim Cai, Associate Principal, GZA GeoEnvironmental
In-Situ PFAS Immobilization and Beyond; Resilient Corrective Actions Applied at AFFF site – Watch video
Leonard Mankowski, Senior Associate Geologist, WSP USA E&I
Bench- and Pilot-Scale Evaluation of Ozone Fractionation for PFAS Impacted Landfill Leachate – Watch video
Baxter Miatke, Water Engineer, Arcadis
Achieving State of Michigan PFAS MCLs Using a Continuous Flow Plasma Reactor – Watch video
John Foster, University of Michigan
Alex Szczuka, University of Michigan
Curt Wolf, Managing Director Urban Collaboratory, University of Michigan
Joseph Groele, Graduate Researcher, University of Michigan
Lessons Learned from monitoring >10,000 POETs for PFAS Treatment – Watch video
David Woodward, VP, Global PFAS Technical Director, WSP
HUMAN AND ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS SESSIONS
Global PFAS Perspectives, Regulatory Source Reduction Challenges and Solutions - Watch video
Caron Koll, Consultant, Antea Group
Consideration of Watershed-Specific Conditions and Food Web in PFAS Bioaccumulation: Case Study – Watch video
Sagar Thakali, Principal Risk Assessor, AECOM
Protecting Human Health from Consumption of PFOS in Deer Meat – Watch video
Amy Quintin, Associate Human Health Risk Assessor, WSP
Management of PFAS in Biosolids – Watch video
Anthony Drouin, Supervisor - Residuals Management Section, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
Sherry Bock, Biosolids Specialist, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Jennifer Bush, Statewide PFAS in Biosolids Contact, State of Michigan
PFAS in Water, Sediment, and Fish in an Urban- and Wastewater-Dominant Watershed in the Great Lakes – Watch video
Tracie Baker, Associate Professor, University of Florida and Wayne State University
PFAS Exposure via Drinking Water and Diet in a Midwestern Community with a Former Paper Mill – Watch video
Ying Guo, Graduate Student, Michigan State University
Courtney Carignan, Assistant Professor, Michigan State University
Human Health Effects Related to Exposure to PFAS Mixtures – Watch video
Megan Kemp, Project Manager/Epidemiologist, GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc.
Evaluating PFAS Use and Alternatives by Sector – Watch video
Shalene Thomas, VP, Global Emerging Contaminants Program Manager, WSP
Jonatan Kleimark, Senior Chemicals and Business Advisor, ChemSec
Comparison of Blood Serum Levels of PFAS to Regulatory Target Serum Levels – Watch video
Usha Vedagiri, Principal Risk Assessor, Wood PLC
PFAS in Lake Michigan Salmonids: Ecological and Human Health Perspectives – Watch video
Alison Zachritz, Graduate Student, University of Notre Dame
Daniele Miranda, Postdoctoral researcher, University of Notre Dame