14H30 – 17H30 1st Advisory board meeting
During this first meeting with 10 members online and 3 in presential, the partners of NWE-REGENERATIS project presented an evidence-based solution to recover large volumes of resources, such as: metals, materials and land from past metallurgical sites and deposits by urban-mining. Key elements of this solution are: innovative characterization of polluted sites by applying geophysical methods, innovative recovery processes guidance and artificial intelligence algorithm.
AGENDA
14h15 – 14h30 Welcome moment
14h30 – 14h45 Overview of NEW-REGENERATIS project - SPAQUE (BE)
15h00 – 15h30 Innovative characterization of polluted sites by applying geophysical methods across NWE-REGENERATIS – University of Liège (BE) and BRGM (FR)
15h30 – 16h10 Recovery processes by applying mineral processing, hydro- and pyro- metallurgy on past metallurgical sites and deposits – Centre de Terre et Pierre (BE) and Materials Processing Institute (UK)
16h10 – 16h25 Coffee break
16h25 – 16h40 SMARTIX and IA-based decision support tool for recovery of materials from PMSD – IXSANE (FR)
16h40 – 16h50 Call for pilot sites, Policy promoters, Project ambassadors – SPAQUE
16h50 – 17h20 Presentations from members of the Advisory board:
- "Portugal, a possibility to be explored?" – Susana Paixao, University of Coimbra, Portugal
- Using UN Framework Classification for Resources (UNFC) to communicate the viability of recovery projects - Dr. Ulrich Kral, UNECE Expert Group of Resource Management
- Presentation of SOILveR – Soil and Land Research Funding platform for Europe – Marie Jailler, SPAQUE
17h20 – 17h30 Time for questions, open discussions – moderator SPAQUE
17h30 Conclusion and home message - SPAQUE
The meeting were combined with a workshop on the same day, organized in collaboration with BROWNFIELD ACADEMY. >> See the event
Following this workshop and this first Advisory board, the meeting continued with a visit of the DUFERCO site on september 17, 2021.
