PFAS Treatment and Remediation Technical Program
Discover solutions for your treatment and remediation plan!
With an excellent response to the Call for Abstracts, this conference will offer two and a half days of concurrent sessions, plus the high-level Opening Keynote Session, panels, a poster session and plenty of exhibit viewing and networking time.
Final Program available! (5-9) Browse sessions, presentations, and speakers and discover what you can learn.
Keynote Speakers
 Dr. Kim SpanglerExecutive Director, SERDP and ESTCP, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy Resilience & Optimization Dr. Kimberly Yearick Spangler is the Executive Director of SERDP and ESTCP, in the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy Resilience & Optimization. In this position, she leads the Department’s innovation investment for military installations. The programs focus on developing and demonstrating innovative, scalable technologies that enhance military readiness, improve warfighter capabilities, and strengthen defense infrastructure. Prior to her current position, Dr. Spangler served as the Program Manager for the Joint Munitions Program (JMP), under the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research & Engineering in partnership with the Department of Energy Nuclear Weapons Laboratories. She was responsible for leading the JMP in developing and exploring advanced munitions concepts and enabling technologies. Dr. Spangler is a trained high explosives formulation chemist and has previously worked as a civilian at both the US Army DEVCOM Armaments Center and the US Army Research Laboratory. Dr. Spangler holds a B.S. degree in Biochemistry from Virginia Tech (summa cum laude) and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Georgetown University. |
 Dr. John BanovetzExecutive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and Environmental Responsibility, 3M Dr. John Banovetz is executive vice president, chief technology officer and environmental responsibility for 3M, where he leads 3M’s research and development efforts, emerging growth venture investments, and environmental responsibility efforts. Banovetz joined 3M in 1995 as a research chemist in the Corporate R&D organization. In 2003, he joined McKinsey & Company, and in 2007 rejoined 3M to oversee corporate strategic initiatives. Following that role, he served as global business director for 3M’s Industrial Adhesives and Tapes Division, led 3M’s Corporate Research Lab, and became managing director of 3M’s D-A-CH region, which represents the company’s combined operations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He was appointed 3M’s chief technology officer and senior vice president of research and development in 2017, with environmental responsibility added to his role a few years later. Banovetz has a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from Stanford University, and a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Hamline University. |
Discussion panels are being planned on these topics:
- Short- and Ultra-Short PFAS: Remediation Goals at the Limits of Science
- Remedial Objective-based Treatment Train Selection
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