• Why concerned about PFAS by Jamie de Witt, Oregon State University, Oregon, US and the Global PFAS Science Panel
• PFAS materials in industrial production by Ian Cousins, Stockholm University, Sweden and the Global PFAS Science Panel

• The EU action on PFAS: overview and update from the European Commission by Viviane André, DG Environment, European Commission
• PFAS restriction dossier – Current status from the perspective of the dossier submitters by Marion Sanders/RIVM, NL dossier submitter
• Organisation of phase outs: Strategic work to phase out PFAS – experiences from POPFREE by Lisa Skedung, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden

• Status on the development of alternatives for PFAS in the industry for By Jonathan Crozier, BASF
• New biobased PFAS Coating alternatives by Dr. Nicolas Krink, CEO of BioHalo ApS.
• Why implementing PFAS alternatives is so difficult – and how we fix it by Emil Damgaard-Møller, Danish Technological Institute

The setup of the Poster Fair

The poster fair is organized as part of the coffee break where you have the opportunity to visit the stands. You have the opportunity to visit 3 stands of your choice. At each poster stand there will be a short 5 minute presentation by the host by up to 10 minutes of questions and comments by the participants. After 15 minutes you will move to another poster stand for the next time slot. There will be more time for visiting other stands and discussing.  In addition you can can continue interacting in the area close to the posters after the panel debate where we will offer refreshments and more time for networking.

The posters that will be presented: 

1. "The Functional Substitution Approach as a Tool to Build a Database of Alternatives to PFAS" by Ian Cousins, Stockholm University, Sweden
2. "Why be concerned about PFAS? PFAS concerns with a focus on health effects" by Jamie DeWitt, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, US
3. "Modifying Multiple-Criteria Decision Analysis for Analysis of Chemical Alternatives" by Juliane Glüge and Martin Scheringer, ETH Zürich
4. "About The Global PFAS Science Panel" by Gretta Goldenman, State Bar of California, San Francisco, US
5. "Human and Environmental Health Concerns of Fluoropolymers" by Rainer Lohmann, the University of Rhode Island, US
6. "The PFAS restriction under REACH" by Lena Vierke, the German Environmental Agency, Berlin, Germany
7. "Siemens Energy Grid Technology PFAS F-gas alternatives in the switchgear industry" by Shibani Bose, Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin, Germany
8. "New Alternative PFAS-free nanocoating" by Susan Rudd Cooper, Danish Technological Institute, Denmark
9. "Substitution of Flouorplastics in corrosive environments" by Carmen Cobo Sanchez and Lisa Skedung, RI.SE - The Swedish Centre for Chemical Substitution, Sweden
10.  “Implementation of the ‘Essential-use’ concept in chemical regulations” by Zhanyun Wang, Empa, St. Gallen, Switzerland
11. "Beyond forever: Solutions to a PFAS-free business" by Emil Damgaard-Møller, the Danish Technological Institute, Denmark
12.   “Fueling energy - PFAS free solutions for PEM fuel cells” by Lars Nilausen Cleemann, Blue World Technologies, Denmark
13. “Implementation of a systematic workflow for testing of PFAS in articles and chemical products” by Lisa Skedung, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden 

We still have some open spots and invite companies with solutions to present their solution at a poster stand. Please write us at PFASalternatives@di.dk asap in case you should be interested.

At the poster fair we invite you to give your feedback on presented knowledge and raise the questions to be handled for.

Representatives from companies, NGOs and members of the Global PFAS Science Panel will discuss the key challenges and opportunities:

In the panel:

Gretta Goldenman, The Global PFAS Science Panel

Jonathan Kleimark, Head of Corporate Sustainability at ChemSec

Karin Klitgaard, Director, Environmental Policy and Circular Economy, Danish Industry

Lars Nilausen Cleemann, Head of Materials, Technology, Blue World Technologies

The debate will be moderated by Henrik Søren Larsen, Head of Chemicals, the Danish Ministry of Environment