Conference
6th European Meeting of the International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology (EU-ISMET)
Following the success of EU-ISMET5, the sixth European Meeting of the International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology (ISMET) will be back with a live audience. We encourage scientists, pioneering and established industries, governmental organisations, and other stakeholders that are interested to get more connected to the world of microbial electrochemical technology and participate in this conference. With the EU-ISMET6 conference, we like to contribute to the development of an inspiring ISMET community.
EU-ISMET6
The meeting will allow you to meet and interact with leading experts in the field of METs and present your research in a unique setting featuring lively keynote presentations, interactive sessions, poster pitches, oral presentations, and social activities.
The meeting is linked to a special issue of Bioelectrochemistry. Bioelectrochemistry aims to collect papers from the meeting and publish a Virtual Special Issue (VSI) in December 2023.
More about the call for papers
Key dates
| January 1, 2023 | Call for abstracts opens |
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| March 1, 2023 | Registration opens |
| April 15, 2023 | Deadline for abstract submission |
| June 5, 2023 | Confirmation of acceptance |
| July 1, 2023 | Deadline early-bird registration |
| July 3, 2023 | Tentative programme online |
Submit your abstract
Abstract submission is closed.
However, we still accept creative presentations. Please see abstract format C.
You can submit via email to eu-ismet.2023@wur.nl
Download abstract format and guidelines EU-ISMET6
Registration fees
| Early bird fee March 1st - June 30th | Regular fee June 30th onward | ||
| ISMET member | Regular | € 450 | € 550 |
| Student | € 350 | € 450 | |
| Non-ISMET member | Regular | € 500 | € 600 |
| Student | € 400 | € 500 | |
| Workshop (optional) | € 50 | € 100 |
* includes welcome reception, coffee/tea and snacks during the day,
conference dinner, and lunches on Thursday and Friday.
** there is a special reduced fee for low-income countries. Please contact eu-ismet.2023@wur.nl for further information.
Scope and themes
Scope
The EU-ISMET6 meeting will feature the latest breakthroughs and innovations in microbial electrochemistry research and applications of bio electrochemical systems, covering topics from fundamentals to scale-up processes, electro bioremediation, electro microbiology, resource recovery, and environmental sustainability of METs, among others. Therefore, we will cover the several aspects and scientific disciplines needed for studying microbial electrochemical technologies, such as electrochemistry, biology, environmental sciences, biotechnology, materials science, design and process engineering.
Furthermore, as METs are becoming more mature, we will devote a session to their commercialisation and environmental sustainability and another to their associated social aspects.
Topics
- Bioremediation, resource recovery and water treatment
- Extracellular electron transfer processes
- Electrochemistry of microorganisms and enzymes
- Material science and reactor design
- Microbial electrochemical synthesis and electro-fermentation
- Microbial Electrochemical Technology (MET) based sensor technology
- Electrochemical, biological & systemic analysis of METs
- Scale-up of MET for commercialization
- Novel Applications of METs
- Other topics / General Discussion
Speakers
Lars Angenent
University of Tübingen (Germany)
Lars Angenent works on innovative biotechnology-production platforms to reduce the impact of CO2 emission and transforming CO2 into useful products.
Catarina Paquete
Researcher at Institute of Chemical and Biological Technology António Xavier
Nova University Lisbon (Portugal)
Catarina Paquete focuses on exploring the extracellular electron transfer processes in bioelectrochemical systems to advance the implementation of sustainable energy production coupled with wastewater treatment.
Committees
Local organising committee
- Annemiek ter Heijne (Chair), Wageningen University & Research
- Secretaries: David Strik, Rikke Linssen, Sanne de Smit, Shih-Hsuan Lin (Wageningen University & Research (WUR)); Tom Sleutels (Wetsus & RUG); Philipp Kuntke (Wetsus & WUR)
Scientific program committee
- Abraham Esteve Nune (ES)
- Alain Bergel (FR)
- Albert Guisasola (ES)
- Alcina Pereira (PT)
- Alfred Spormann (DK)
- Amelia Rotaru (DK)
- Annemiek Ter Heijne (NL)
- Antonin Prevoteau (FR)
- Benjamin Erable (FR)
- Benjamin Korth (DE)
- Bruce Logan (USA)
- Carlo Santoro (IT)
- Catarina Paquete (PT)
- Claudio Rossa (UK)
- Cornelia Welte (NL)
- David Strik (NL)
- Deepak Pant (BE)
- Diana Sousa (NL)
- Eileen Yu (UK)
- Elizabeth Heidrich (UK)
- Falk Harnisch (DE)
- Federico Aulenta (IT)
- Ioannis Ieropoulos (UK)
- Jean Manca (BE)
- Jeff Gralnick (USA)
- Jo Philips (DK)
- Joana Madjarov (PT)
- Katharina Herkendell (DE)
- Lars Angenent (DE)
- Ludovic Jourdin (NL)
- Marco Zeppilli (IT)
- Marianna Villano (IT)
- Marika Kokko (FI)
- Mario Mitov (BG)
- Mirella Di Lorenzo (UK)
- Miriam Rosenbaum (DE)
- Narcis Pous (ES)
- Paniz Izadi (DE)
- Philipp Kuntke (NL)
- Ricardo Louro (PT)
- Robin Bonne (DK)
- Sanne de Smit (NL)
- Sebastia Puig (ES)
- Sven Kerzenmacher (DE)
- Tom Sleutels (NL)
- Uwe Schröder (DE)
- Yifeng Zhang (DK)
- Yolina Hubenova (BG)
Programme
| 9:00-13:00 | Workshops (including lunch) on WUR campus |
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| 13:00-13:30 | Arrival and registration at WICC |
| 13:30-14:00 | Keynote I |
| 14:00-15:00 | Interactive kickoff session |
| 15:00-15:45 | Coffee break |
| 15:45-16:15 | Poster pitches |
| 16:15-17:30 | Poster session |
| 17:30-20:00 | Welcome ceremony + drinks + social activity |
| 9:00-9:30 | Keynote II |
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| 9:35-10:30 | Parallel sessions |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00-11:55 | Parallel sessions |
| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch (incl. activity) |
| 13:30-14:15 | WISMET session |
| 14:20-15:15 | Parallel session III |
| 15:15-15:45 | Coffee break |
| 15:45-16:15 | Poster pitches |
| 16:15-17:30 | Poster session |
| 17:30-19:30 | Run, hike, or yoga / mindfulness session |
| from 19:30 onwards | Vega(n) diner & ISMET announcements |
| 9:00-9:30 | Get to know the MET groups (interactive) + intro parallel sessions IV and V |
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| 9:35-10:30 | Parallel session IV |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00-12:20 | Interactive creativity session |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch (incl. activity) |
| 14:00-15:00 | Parallel session V |
| 15:00 | Closing ceremony |
| from 15:30 onwards | Other activities (Lab tour, city tour, etc.) |
Venue
Accommodation
For the 3-day event we have reserved rooms in “Wageningen International Congress Centre”(Venue) at a special price for you. You will receive further information upon registration.
Alternative accommodation: Hotel de Wereld (10-minute walk from the Venue)
Venue
Reachable by train within ~ 1 day from many EU countries (e.g., DE, BE, FR, DK); let’s be sustainable!
Activities during the conference will be held at Wageningen International Congress Centre (WICC)