Abstract submission deadline: July 2, 2023
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) invites you to participate as a presenter at the 2023 Great Lakes PFAS Summit taking place
December 5-7 as a virtual event.
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) continue to present some of the biggest challenges in chemical contamination across the world. States throughout the nation, including the Great Lakes region, are finding PFAS contamination in a growing number of locations where these persistent chemicals pose a threat to human health and the environment. The Great Lakes PFAS Summit will bring together environmental program managers, policy experts, researchers, and contractors from around the Great Lakes region to share new methods of addressing this contamination and present innovative technical solutions developed to address these “forever” chemicals.
Participants may include local, state, and federal government officials; environmental consultants and vendors; academic researchers and students; industry managing PFAS contamination; and community organizations.
EGLE will be selecting roughly 24 abstracts among the submissions and will notify presenters in August 2023. Additionally, abstracts will also be considered for EGLE’s Remediation & Risk Management webinar series. All primary presenters will receive a complimentary Summit registration.
Conference sessions will include the topic areas shown below. Please review the topics to consider the category where your presentation would best fit. Authors may suggest additional topics that are not on the list, but they must fit a general topic area related to PFAS.
TOPIC AREAS
- Treatment/Aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF)/Other: Example topics include new uses of treatment technologies and/or developing treatment technologies; pilot/field studies; remedial challenges and limitations; AFFF/fluorine-free foam replacements; AFFF clean-out technologies
- Fate and Transport: Example topics include fate and transport in various media; site investigation and characterization; fingerprinting; precursor transformation
- Human and Ecological Impacts: Example topics include fish and wildlife; PFAS in consumer goods; PFAS alternatives and assessment of toxicology; PFAS legislation and restrictions
Abstract submission deadline is 11:59 PM, July 2, 2023.
Questions?
Abstract submission topics and content:
Nicole Sanabria: SanabriaN@Michigan.gov
Abstract submission process:
Alana Berthold: BertholdA@Michigan.gov
Joel Roseberry: RoseberryJ@Michigan.gov