Selected presentations and abstracts at scientific conferences

 

  1. Stefanakis, A.I., 2020. The role of nature-based solutions as a tool for sustainable resources management in a circular city. Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Conference 2020, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, November 30 - December 3.
  2. Stefanakis, A.I., 2020. Constructed Wetlands for wastewater treatment in hot and arid climates. 1st International Forum on Water Environment in Cold and Arid Regions - WECAR 2020, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou, China, October 16-18. [Invited Speaker]
  3. Stefanakis, A.I., 2020. Examples of Nature-based solutions for sustainable and circular water management. Circular Economy Symposium, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), New Delhi, India, 15-16 October. [Invited Speaker]
  4. Stefanakis, A.I., 2020. Nature-Based Solutions for sustainable urban water management in a circular city. 13th annual online conference of the European Forum for Industrial Biotechnology & the Bioeconomy (EFIB), Austria, Vienna, 5-7 October. [Invited Speaker]
  5. Stefanakis, A.I., 2020. Circular Economy and Sustainability: working together for a sustainable society. European Forum for Industrial Biotechnology & the Bioeconomy (EFIB), Sustainability Dialogues Webinars: Bioprocesses & Technologies - The value of bio-based innovation for the industry, October 1. [Invited Speaker]
  6. Stefanakis, A.I., 2020. The role of nature-based solutions to promote water circularity in the industrial sector: examples from Oman and Iran. Closed Cycles and Circular Society Symposium, International Ecological Engineering Society (IEES), hosted virtually by Zurich University of Applied Science (ZHAW), Waedenswil, Switzerland,  2-4 September.
  7. Stefanakis, A.I., 2020. Promoting circular water economy in the industrial sector using nature-based solutions: case studies from Oman and Iran. Inaugural Conference of the International Society for the Circular Economy – IS4CE, hosted digitally by Linkӧping University, Sweden,  6-7 July.
  8. Stefanakis, A.I., 2019. Boosting sustainability in the oil & gas industry: treatment of produced water in a large Constructed Wetland in Oman, environmental benefits and reuse options. Produced Water Society Middle East Conference 2019, Muscat, Oman, October 22-24.
  9. Stefanakis, A.I., 2019. Treatment of contaminated effluent from the oil industry in a large Constructed Wetland system. International symposium on Constructed Wetlands & Small Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Plants, Patras, Greece, August 29-31.
  10. Stefanakis, A.I., 2019. Dewatering mechanisms in pilot-scale Sludge Treatment Reed Beds in the north Mediterranean region. 8th International Symposium on Wetland Pollutant Dynamics and Control - WETPOL, Aarhus, Denmark, June 17-21.
  11. Stefanakis, A.I., 2019. Constructed Wetlands for municipal and industrial wastewater treatment in middle east: an overview. 8th International Symposium on Wetland Pollutant Dynamics and Control - WETPOL, Aarhus, Denmark, June 17-21.
  12. Stefanakis, A.I., 2019. Adapting circular economy in the Oman industry: reuse of oilfield produced water ecologically treated in a Constructed Wetland for biosaline irrigation in the desert. 1st EU-GCC Workshop on the Energy-Water Nexus, Oman Convention & Exhibition Centre, Muscat, Oman, April 24-25.
  13. Stefanakis, A.I. and Prigent, S., 2018. A novel two-stage Constructed Wetland with integrated sludge management and artificial aeration to meet strict effluent quality standards, in: 16th IWA International Conference on Wetland Systems for Water Pollution Control. Valencia, Spain, September 30 - October 1.
  14. Stefanakis, A.I., Charalampopoulos, I., Psomiadis, E., Prigent, S., 2018. The thermal regime of a large Constructed Wetland in the desert environment, in: 16th IWA International Conference on Wetland Systems for Water Pollution Control. Valencia, Spain, September 30 - October 1.
  15. Echchelh, A., Hess, T., Sakrabani, R., Prigent, S., Stefanakis, A.I., 2018. Sustainable reuse of wetland-treated oilfield produced water for agricultural irrigation in hyper-arid environment, in: IWA Regional Conference on Water Reuse and Salinity Management. Murcia, Spain, June 11-15.
  16. Stefanakis, A.I., 2017. Constructed Wetlands for industrial wastewater treatment. 7th International Symposium on Wetland Pollutant Dynamics and Control - WETPOL. Montana, USA, August 21-2.5 [Invited Speaker]
  17. Stefanakis, A.I., Al-Hadrami, A., Prigent, P., 2017. Treatment of produced water from oilfield in a large Constructed Wetland: 6 years of operation under desert conditions, in: 7th International Symposium on Wetland Pollutant Dynamics and Control - WETPOL. Montana, USA, August 21-25.
  18. Stefanakis, A.I., Al-Hadrami, A., Prigent, S., 2017. Reuse of oilfield produced water treated in a Constructed Wetland for saline irrigation under desert climate, in: 7th International Symposium on Wetland Pollutant Dynamics and Control - WETPOL. Montana, USA, August 21-25.
  19. Prigent, S., Al-Hadrami, A., Headley, T., Al-Harrasi, W., Stefanakis, A.I., 2016. The reuse of Wetland-treated oilfield produced water for saline irrigation, in: International Conference of the International Desalination Association (IDA) on Water Reuse and Recycling. Nice, France, September 25-27. 
  20. Stefanakis, A.I., Prigent, S., Hartl, M., Warmt-Murray, M., Headley, T., 2016. Growth characteristics of five plant species in Surface Flow Constructed Wetlands treating produced water from an oil field, in: 15th IWA International Conference on Wetland Systems for Water Pollution Control. Gdansk, Poland, Vol II, September 4-9, pp. 1018-1030.
  21. Stefanakis, A.I., Bardiau, M., Trajano, D., Couceiro, F., Williams, J., Caplin, J., Taylor, H., 2015. Removal of indicator bacteria and bacteriophages in a full-scale Trickling Filter – Aerated Constructed Wetland wastewater treatment plant, in: 18th International Symposium on Health-related Water Microbiology, WaterMicro2015. Lisbon, Portugal, September 13-19.
  22. Bardiau, M., Trajano, D., Taylor, H., Caplin, J., Stefanakis, A.I., 2015. Removal of antibiotic resistant bacteria in a wastewater treatment plant, in: Learned Society Partnership on Antimicrobial Resistance, Antimicrobial resistance: environments, evolution and transmission, Networking workshops for researchers. Charles Darwin House, London, UK, June 25.
  23. Tatoulis, T., Stefanakis, A.I., Akratos, C.S., Tekerlekopoulou, A.G., Gianni, A., Zacharias, I., Vayenas, D.V., 2015. Treatment of agro-industrial wastewaters using novel horizontal subsurface constructed wetlands, in: 6th International Symposium on Wetland Pollutant Dynamics and Control - WETPOL. York, UK, September 13-18.
  24. Silva, W., Gomes, A., Simões, R., Pascoa, R., Albuquerque, A., Stefanakis, A.I., 2015. A lab-scale Constructed Wetland for wastewater treatment of the cork processing industry, in: 6th International Symposium on Wetland Pollutant Dynamics and Control - WETPOL. York, UK, September 13-18.
  25. Stefanakis, A.I., 2015. Constructed wetlands for effective sanitation in low-income regions. Workshop on new approaches to monitoring and managing waterborne disease transmission in Brazil and the UK, in: Researcher Links scheme offered within the Newton Fund, the British Council and FAPESP. Sao Paulo, Brazil, February 2-6. [Invited Speaker]
  26. Stefanakis, A.I., Seeger, E., Hübschmann, T., Müller, S., Sinke, A., Thullner, M., 2013. Investigation of phenol and m-cresol biodegradation in horizontal subsurface flow Constructed Wetlands, in: 5th International Symposium on Wetland Pollutant Dynamics and Control, WETPOL. Nantes, France, October 13-17.
  27. Santos, D., Silva, W., Gomes, A., Simões, R., Pascoa, R., Albuquerque, A., Stefanakis, A.I. 2012. Treatment of cork processing industrial effluent with an innovative system of Constructed Wetland and Ozonation, in: Symposium on Sustainable Processes and Materials, Research Group on Textile and Paper Materials. University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal, December 6-7. 
  28. Stefanakis, A.I. and Tsihrintzis, V.A., 2009. An experimental study of activated sludge treatment in Sludge Drying reed Beds, in: 3rd AMIREG International Conference “Towards Sustainable Development: Assessing the footprint of resource utilization and hazardous waste management”. Athens, Greece, September 7-9. 
  29. Stefanakis, A.I. and Tsihrintzis, V.A., 2009. Comparison of different substrate media on the performance of Vertical Flow Constructed Wetlands, in: 11th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology - CEST. Chania, Greece, September 3-5.
  30. Stefanakis, A.I. and Tsihrintzis, V.A., 2009. Use of various substrates as filter media to treat the effluent of a Vertical Flow Constructed Wetland, in: International Water Association Conference “Asset Management of Medium and Small Wastewater Utilities”. Alexandroupolis, Greece, July 3-4, pp. 257-265.
  31. Stefanakis, A.I. and Tsihrintzis, V.A., 2009. Examination of two wastewater step-feeding schemes in enhancing the performance of a Horizontal Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetland, in: 2nd International Conference on Environmental Management, Engineering, Planning, and Economics, CEMEPE & SECOTOX. Mykonos, Greece, June 21-26.
  32. Stefanakis, A.I. and Tsihrintzis, V.A., 2008. Constructed Wetland effluent quality improvement using Zeolite and Bauxite as filter media, in: AQUA 3rd International Conference on Water Science and Technology with Emphasis on Water & Climate. Helexpo Palace, Athens, Greece, October 16-19. 
  33. Stefanakis, A.I., Akratos, C.S., Tsihrintzis, V.A., 2008. Performance of pilot-scale Vertical Flow Constructed Wetlands treating wastewater, in: International Conference “Protection and Restoration of the Environment IX”. Kefallonia, Greece, June 29 – July 3.