PFAS Event Series
Into the Future: Towards 2028
Delivered in collaboration with ITRC and NICOLE
26 – 28 April 2023
UNSW
ALGA is pleased to announce a series of three PFAS events in Sydney: PFAS training conducted by ITRC representatives, PFAS Workshop, and the International Associations Roundtable.
This series will be an important element in recognising how much has been learnt and understood regarding the investigation and management of PFAS contamination over the last decade, and proactively considering where the industry needs to be in 5 years in relation to PFAS.
The program for the entire series will be supported by international speakers, coming specially in-person, from the US and Europe, and Australian speakers.
Event Series
Day 1: ITRC PFAS Training – April 26th 2023 – Half Day Afternoon
The ITRC PFAS Team, formed in 2017, has prepared readily accessible materials to present PFAS information to stakeholders, regulators, and policy makers. The PFAS team represents a diverse cross-section of expertise and experience working on PFAS.
This 4-hour training on PFAS 201 will include more in-depth content, and is intended for practitioners who already have a basic understanding of the chemistry and properties of PFAS. This offering will include a deeper dive into the following topics.
Program
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12.00pm – 1.00pmLunch
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1.00pm – 1.10pmIntroduction to ITRC and PFAS Team
Patty Reyes, Director, ITRC -
1.10 pm – 1.20pmRegulations – TRI, MCLs, TSCA, CERCLA, NPDES
Kristi Herzer, Environmental Analyst and Technical Program Lead, State of Vermont’s Department of Environmental Conservation -
1.20pm – 1.40pmSite Characterization
Kristi Herzer, Environmental Analyst and Technical Program Lead, State of Vermont’s Department of Environmental Conservation
Robert Burgess, Environmental Program Specialist, State of Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation’s Contaminated Sites Program -
1.40 pm – 2.00pmFate and Transport
Robert Burgess, Environmental Program Specialist, State of Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation’s Contaminated Sites Program -
2 pm – 2.40pmSampling and Analysis
Martha Maier, PFAS Program Leader, Montrose Environmental Group -
2.40pm – 3.10pmAfternoon tea
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3:10 pm – 3.50pmSource Identification/Forensics, Biosolids
Kristi Herzer, Environmental Analyst and Technical Program Lead, State of Vermont’s Department of Environmental Conservation
Robert Burgess, Environmental Program Specialist, State of Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation’s Contaminated Sites Program -
3:50 pm – 4.20pmAFFF – replacement foams, forensics
Kristi Herzer, Environmental Analyst and Technical Program Lead, State of Vermont’s Department of Environmental Conservation -
4:20 pm – 5.00pmTreatment Technologies
Tamzen Macbeth, Vice President, CDM Smith -
5.00pmConclusion
Please note this program is subject to change.
Day 2: PFAS Workshop – April 27th 2023 – Full Day
The PFAS Workshop will focus on the current state of knowledge including toxicology, NEMP 3.0, PFAS related research, and much more. There will be an opportunity to hear how key organisations are dealing with PFAS and what their anticipated priorities are as well as hearing about the impact of PFAS on real world projects. The aim of the workshop is to understand where, as an industry, we need to be in 5 years, and what we need to do to get there. The Program will conclude with a panel session to assist the development of a one page strategy document (Plan on a Page) which will be circulated and subsequently updated through workshops or by the ALGA Emerging Contaminants Special Interest Group.
Program
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9.00 – 9.10amWelcome - Matthew Potter, CEO, ALGA
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9:10am - 10:00amSession 1 - The current PFAS landscape
• 9.10am – 9.15am – Introduction to the session: Andrew Mitchell, ADE Consulting Group
• 9.15am – 9.35am - Toxicology: Ruth Jarman, EnRisks
• 9.35am – 10.00am - PFAS NEMP: Dr Sara Broomhall, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water -
10.00am - 10.30amMorning Tea
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10.30am -12.15amSession 2 - Priorities for future management of PFAS across Australia and around the globe
• 10.30am – 10.35am – Introduction to the session: Andrew Mitchell, ADE Consulting Group
• 10.35am – 10.55am - US priorities: Patty Reyes, ITRC
• 10.55am – 11.15am - European priorities: Dr Paul Nathanail, NICOLE
• 11.15am – 11.45am - Defence priorities Panel, facilitated by Nick Cowman, Cowman
Panel members include:
Garbis Avakian, Department of Defence
Nathan Bleathman, Jacobs
Lee Gedge, GHD
• 11.45am – 12.15pm - Airport priorities Panel, facilitated by Ryan Wells, Transurban.
Panel members include:
Clare Chapple, Assistant Secretary, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Chris Bagia, Principal Environmental Manager, Qantas
Nick Walker, Head of Environment and Sustainability, Melbourne Airport & Launceston Airport -
12.15pm – 12.20pmSession wrap up: Andrew Mitchell, ADE Consulting Group
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12.20pm – 1.20pmLunch
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1.20pm – 2.40pmSession 3 - How is PFAS impacting End Users
• 1.20pm – 1.25pm – Introduction to the session: Andrew Mitchell, ADE Consulting Group
• 1.25pm – 1.45pm - Analytical: Dr Bob Symons, Eurofins
• 1.45pm – 2.05pm - PFAS Research: Dr Jens Blotevogel, CSIRO
• 2.05pm – 2.25pm - Management of Organics: Dr Matthew Askeland, ADE Consulting Group
• 2.25pm – 2.45pm - Impact of PFAS on large infrastructure projects, Simon Chopping, West Gate Tunnel Project
• 2.45pm – 2.50 – Session wrap up: Andrew Mitchell, ADE Consulting Group -
2.50pm – 3.20pmAfternoon Tea
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3.20pm - 4.50pmSession 4 – Panel: PFAS into the Future: Towards 2028
• 3.20pm– 3.25pm - Introduction to Panel Session
• 3.25pm – 4.20pm – Panel members include:
Tamzen MacBeth, CDM Smith
Ruth Jarman, EnRisks
Nick Walker, Head of Environment and Sustainability, Melbourne Airport & Launceston Airport
Simon Chopping, West Gate Tunnel Project
• 4.20pm – 4.50pm – Plan on a Page development
• 4.20pm – 4.50pm - Close -
4.50pm – 5.00pmConclusion
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5.00pm – 7.00pmNetworking Drinks*
Please note this program is subject to change.
*Not include with your ticket registration
Day 3: International Associations Roundtable – Invitation Only - April 28th 2023 – Half Day Morning
The International Associations Roundtable will continue the relationship between ALGA and ITRC and the initiatives implemented to leverage knowledge and expertise from our respective organisations. NICOLE is a similar organisation based across Europe. The Roundtable will include representatives from ALGA, ITRC, and NICOLE, as well as invited delegates, to discuss how we can continue to work together and the initiatives that will provide our respective member bases with the most value. While it is not practical to open this event to everyone, we recognise that there is a lot of interest in the ongoing collaboration and the agreed way forward will be circulated to PFAS Workshop attendees.
Registration available through invitation only
Our Speakers
International Speakers
Kristi Herzer is an Environmental Analyst and Technical Program Lead for the State of Vermont’s Department of Environmental Conservation. Kristi is a project manager in the Brownfields Program and the Sites Management Section and promotes the Vermont Brownfields Reuse and Environmental Liability Limitation Act (BRELLA) program. Kristi is the Division representative on VTDEC’s Environmental Justice Team, an active member in a cross-agency PFAS workgroup, and co-author of multiple internal and external guidance documents for the regulated community. Since 2017, Kristi has served as a member and subgroup leader for the Sampling and Analysis section of ITRC’s PFAS team, and most recently also serves as a subgroup leader of the PFAS Training team.
Martha Maier is the PFAS Program Leader and PFAS subject matter expert for Montrose Environmental Group, Inc. She is the former president and owner of Vista Analytical Laboratory in El Dorado Hills, CA, and has over 35 years of experience in environmental testing, primarily involving high resolution mass spectrometry for the analysis of chemicals such as dioxins, PCBs and chlorinated pesticides. Martha led the PFAS program at Vista from the development of their in-house LC-MS/MS method for serum in 2007 to become one of the most respected analytical PFAS service providers in North America. She earned her BS in chemistry and philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Robert Burgess has worked as an environmental program specialist with the State of Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation’s Contaminated Sites Program since 2013. In 2017, Robert joined the ITRC PFAS team to help with national guidance and began co-leading the fate and transport and site characterization subgroup in 2021. Robert is a lifelong Alaskan, having earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in the fields Biology and Environmental Microbiology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Robert enjoys nature, fresh air, and clean drinking water, and is enthusiastic with environmental protection and restoration.
Tamzen Macbeth is a Vice President at CDM Smith out of Helena, Montana. She has worked for CDM since 2009. Previously, she worked at North Wind Inc. Tamzen is an environmental engineer with an interdisciplinary academic and research background in microbiology and engineering. She specializes in the development, demonstration and application of innovative, cost-effective technologies for contaminated groundwater. Specifically, she is experienced in all aspects of remedies from characterization to remediation for DNAPLs, dissolved organic, inorganic, and radioactive contaminants under CERCLA and RCRA regulatory processes. She has expertise in a variety of chemical, biological, thermal, extraction and solidification/stabilization remediation techniques as well as natural attenuation. Her current work focuses developing combined technology approaches, and innovative characterization techniques such as mass flux and mass discharge metrics.
Patricia Catherwood Reyes has been the Director of the ITRC since October 2015. Patty is a recognized leader in environmental sustainability and energy with experience at the federal, state and congressional levels targeting technology transfer, stakeholder outreach, and policy development. Ms. Reyes is a senior manager with broad knowledge of federal agency processes: budgeting; planning; communications; information and risk management; and training. Previously, Patty served as a Presidential appointee and senior advisor to the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environmental Security providing policy recommendations and strategic advice on the Departments' environment, safety and occupational health communications with Congress, States, federal agencies, industry, non-government organizations and the public. Ms. Reyes also served as an environmental analyst at the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment and at the National Governors' Association, during which she participated in a detail to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for State cleanup programs. Patty holds an MPA degree in Environmental Systems from the American University, Washington, D.C.
Paul Nathanail is a director of Land Quality Management Ltd. LQM is a specialist environmental advisory, research and training consultancy operating in the UK, across Europe and in the rest of the world. He is currently leading the drafting of CIRIA's UK technical guidance on PFAS in soil and water and is deputy chair of the NICOLE PFAS Working Group. Paul chairs the board of SILC - the nearest UK equivalent to site auditors and is a long standing member of ALGA SIGs on asbestos, sustainable remediation and site auditors. Paul is a regular visitor to Australia and has delivered keynotes at several ecoforums and CleanUp conferences as well as taking a leading role in the CRC CARE RIsk to Remediation Master Class. He occasionally blogs for LotSearch. Paul is advising clients with a range of PFAS related land contamination issues from fire stations and airports to factories and fuel depots.
Australian Speakers
Andrew Mitchell, ADE Consulting GroupDr Bob Symons, Eurofins
Chris Bagia, Principal Environmental Manager, Qantas
Clare Chapple, Assistant Secretary, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Dr Jens Blotevogel, CSIRO
Dr Matthew Askeland, ADE Consulting Group
Garbis Avakian, Department of Defence
Lee Gedge, GHD
Nathan Bleathman, Jacobs
Nick Cowman, Cowman
Nick Walker, Head of Environment and Sustainability, Melbourne Airport & Launceston Airport
Dr Sara Broomhall, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Ruth Jarman, EnRisks
Ryan Wells, Transurban
Simon Chopping, West Gate Tunnel Project
Thank you to our Committee
Charles Grimison, PFAS Manager, Ventia Pty Ltd
Danielle Toase, Environment Manager – Contamination, Sydney Airport - Co-chair
Karl Bowles, Senior Principal Environmental Scientist, Jacobs
Mark Clough, Technical Director, GHD Pty Ltd
Vicki Pearce, Project Development Manager – Defence, Ventia Pty Ltd - Co-chair
PFAS Series registration fees
PFAS Training – 26 April 2023
Member $275
Non Member $550
Student Member $137.50
On April 26th, your registration includes all the sessions, lunch and afternoon tea.
PFAS Workshop – 27 April 2023
Member $440
Non Member $880
Student Member $220
On April 27th, your registration includes all the sessions, morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea.
International Associations Roundtable – Invitation Only - April 28th 2023
Member $220
Non Member $440
Student Member $110
On April 28th, your registration includes all the sessions, morning tea and lunch.
All pricing includes GST and are listed in Australian dollars. Credit Card and EFT options for payment are both accepted.