DRAFT Symposium Programme
IBS 2026 Programme Overview (DRAFT 2026-09-02)
| Sunday 27/9 | Monday 28/9 | Tuesday 29/9 | Wednesday 30/9 | Thursday 01/10 | ||||
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| Pre-conference course (option), Registration | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Cultural visit (option) | ||||
| Venue | TBC | Centre de conférence | Centre de conférence | Centre de conférence | Various | |||
| 08:30 | Registration, Coffee | Coffee | Coffee | |||||
| 09:00 | Short course - Lecture 1 | Session 1: Welcome, Invited Speaker, Start up pitches | Session 5: Keynote & Technical presentations | Session 9: Keynote & Technical presentations | ||||
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| 10:00 | ||||||||
| 10:30 | Coffee break | Coffee break | Coffee break | Coffee break | ||||
| 11:00 | Short Course - Lecture 2 | Session 2a: Technical presentations | Session 2b: Technical presentations | Session 6a: Technical presentations | Session 6b: Technical presentations | Session 10a: Technical presentations | Session 10b: Technical presentations | |
| 11:30 | ||||||||
| 12:00 | ||||||||
| 12:30 | Lunch Break | Lunch & Poster session | Lunch & Poster session | Lunch & Poster session | ||||
| 13:00 | ||||||||
| 13:30 | Short Course - Lecture 3 | |||||||
| 14:00 | ||||||||
| 14:30 | Session 3: Keynote & Technical presentations | Session 7a: Technical presentations | Session 7b: Technical presentations | Session 11: Keynote & Round table | ||||
| 15:00 | Coffee break | |||||||
| 15:30 | Short Course - Lecture 4 | |||||||
| 16:00 | Coffee break & Poster session | Coffee break & Poster session | Coffee break & Poster session | |||||
| 16:30 | Session 4a: Technical presentations | Session 4b: Technical presentations | Poster session | IBS 2030 pitches & voting, closing remarks, close | ||||
| 17:00 | IBS Committee Meeting | |||||||
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| 18:00 | Coach departs for Gala Dinner | |||||||
| 18:30 | Gala Dinner (Château La Ferté) | |||||||
| 19:00 | ||||||||
| 19:30 | Registration & Wine reception | |||||||
| 20:00 | ||||||||
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| 21:00 | ||||||||
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Sunday 27/9
Pre-conference course (option), Registration / TBC
09:00 – 10:30 Short course - Lecture 1
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30 Short Course - Lecture 2
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 – 15:00 Short Course - Lecture 3
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 – 17:00 Short Course - Lecture 4
17:00 – 19:00 IBS Committee Meeting
19:30 – 21:30 Registration & Wine reception
Monday 28/9
Day 1 / Centre de conférence
08:30 – 09:00 Registration, Coffee
09:00 – 10:30 Session 1: Welcome, Invited Speaker, Start up pitches
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30 Session 2a: Technical presentations Session 2b: Technical presentations
12:30 – 14:30 Lunch & Poster session
14:30 – 16:00 Session 3: Keynote & Technical presentations
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break & Poster session
16:30 – 18:00 Session 4a: Technical presentations Session 4b: Technical presentations
Tuesday 29/9
Day 2 / Centre de conférence
08:30 – 09:00 Coffee
09:00 – 10:30 Session 5: Keynote & Technical presentations
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30 Session 6a: Technical presentations Session 6b: Technical presentations
12:30 – 14:30 Lunch & Poster session
14:30 – 16:00 Session 7a: Technical presentations Session 7b: Technical presentations
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break & Poster session
16:30 – 18:00 Poster session
18:00 – 18:30 Coach departs for Gala Dinner
18:30 – 22:30 Gala Dinner (Château La Ferté)
Wednesday 30/9
Day 3 / Centre de conférence
08:30 – 09:00 Coffee
09:00 – 10:30 Session 9: Keynote & Technical presentations
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30 Session 10a: Technical presentations Session 10b: Technical presentations
12:30 – 14:30 Lunch & Poster session
14:30 – 16:00 Session 11: Keynote & Round table
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break & Poster session
16:30 – 17:30 IBS 2030 pitches & voting, closing remarks, close
Thursday 01/10
Various
09:00 – 17:00 Cultural visit (option)
IBS 2026 Technical Programme (DRAFT 2026-09-02)
Monday 28/9
08:30 – 09:00Registration & Coffee
Session 19:00 - 10:30
09:00Welcome
09:15Invited SpeakerBiohydrometallurgy Through Time: People, Processes and Future FrontiersDavid Holmes (Fundación Ciencia & Vida)
10:00Startup pitches
10:30 – 11:00Coffee
Session 2a11:00 - 12:30
11:00Dynamic heat balance modelling of industrial bioleaching plant: influence of both environment and operating conditions and heat management improvementCéline Loubière (CNRS)IBS26.0096
11:15Heat Management and Thermophile Transition in Chalcopyrite Heap BioleachingJochen Petersen (UCT)IBS26.0137
11:30Numerical design of a pond bioleaching reactorAnne-Gwénaëlle Guezennec (BRGM)IBS26.0158
11:45Driving Early-Stage Heat Generation in Copper Sulfide HeapsCatherine Edward (Mintek)IBS26.0098
12:00Carbon dioxide availability and its correlation with oxygen uptake in column bioleaching of a carbonate-poor copper sulfide oreArchippe Manzila (Mintek)IBS26.0097
12:15A Ferroplasma-dominated heap bioleaching for copper sulfide ore: industrial practice and mechanism analysisYan Jia (CAS (CN))IBS26.0084
Session 2b11:00 - 12:30
11:00Influence of Flotation Reagent Chemistry on Mesophilic Bioleaching of Arsenic-Bearing Cobaltite ConcentratesYousef Ghorbani (University of Lincoln)IBS26.0001
11:15Indirect bioleaching triggered by MBR showed much higher pre-oxidation performance than direct one on gold extraction from gold oresBaoping Xin (Beijing Inst. of Technology)IBS26.0007
11:30Zn-selective bioleaching from electric arc furnace (EAF) dust with iron-oxidizing acidophileKeiko Sasaki (Waseda University)IBS26.0156
11:45Statistical Evaluation and Optimization of Key Parameters Affecting Bioleaching of Critical Metals from Alloy Processing WasteEbrahim Azimi (Coventry University)IBS26.0089
12:00Microbial Recycling Process for Sustainable Metal Recovery from End-of-Life Lithium-ion Batteries for the Circular EconomyJoseph J Roy (Nanyang Tech. Uni.)IBS26.0054
12:15Microbial effects on Lithium ore flotation processesPäivi Kinnunen (VTT)IBS26.0155
12:30 – 14:30Lunch & Posters
Session 314:30 - 16:00
14:30KeynoteProgress in the understanding of dissolution and leaching reactionsFrank Crundwell (CM Solutions)
15:00Geomicrobiology of the deep subsurface of the Iberian Pyrite Belt: Biohydrometallurgical implicationsRicardo Amils (UAM)IBS26.0131
15:15Facing the challenge of variability of minerals in bioleaching operationsCecilia Demergasso (UCN (CL))IBS26.0128
15:30High-rate iron oxidation by Leptospirillum ferriphilum and psychrotolerant Acidithiobacillus ferrivorans for bioleaching and AMD remediationDaniel Kupka (Slovak Academy of Sciences)IBS26.0081
15:45Adaptation and performance of the BRGM-KCC bioleaching consortium under extremely low pH conditionsDouglas Pino Herrera (BRGM)IBS26.0011
16:00 – 16:30Coffee
Session 4a16:30 - 18:00
16:30Cooperative Effects of Stress Tolerance Among Species of Acidophilic Bioleaching BacteriaGloria Levicán (U. Santiago de Chile)IBS26.0043
16:45Fluoride Toxicity and its Mitigation in Acidophilic Bioleaching MicroorganismsM. Fritze (TU Bergakademie Freiberg)IBS26.0125
17:00Rhodanese-Like Sulfurtransferase in the Heterodisulfide Reductase Gene Cluster of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidansJiří Kučera (Masaryk University)IBS26.0042
17:15Reconstruction of an extremophile electron transfer pathway in Escherichia coli: Functional validation of the Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans iron reduction pathwayH Fuchs (TU Bergakademie Freiberg)IBS26.0121
17:30Exploring Acidophilic Microbial Communities in a Polymetallic Sulfide-Rich Magmatic Ore Deposit in Russia: A Novel Acidithiobacillus SpeciesA Panyushkina (Winogradsky Institute)IBS26.0157
17:45Enhancing chalcopyrite leaching in a heap bioleaching using microbial consortium designBahman Taherien (UCT)IBS26.0136
Session 4b16:30 - 18:00
16:30Enhancement of Copper recovery from mine tailings through Electro-bioleaching with Native Acidophilic ConsortiaAishvarya Venkataseetharaman (CSIR)IBS26.0036
16:45Biohydrometallurgical Extraction of Critical Metals from Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries via Direct Bioleaching by Mixotrophic BacteriaMubarok & Chaerun (Inst. Tek. Bandung)IBS26.0049
17:00From bio-hydrometallurgical mineral refinement, metal recovery, and waste recycling to the biosynthesis of nanoparticlesMohammad Raouf Hosseini (Coventry U)IBS26.0022
17:15Integration of Bioleaching with Sulphur CapturePäivi Kinnunen (VTT)IBS26.0152
17:30SynBiomining for Critical Metal Recovery, Carbon Storage and Mine ClosureDenys Villa Gomez (U. Queensland)IBS26.0120
17:45Integrated biomining approaches for critical mineral recovery and CO₂ mineralization from mine wastesKamalpreet Kaur Brar (NRC Canada)IBS26.0104
18:00Day End
Tuesday 29/9
08:30 – 09:00Coffee
Session 59:00 - 10:30
09:00KeynoteUnlocking Rare Earth Elements with Phosphate-Solubilising MicrobesElizabeth Watkin (ECU)
09:30When Microbes Team Up: Synergistic Drivers of Rare Earth Element Bioleaching from MonaziteJulian Dietrich (Edith Cowan University)IBS26.0052
09:45Assessing the influence of e-waste composition diversity over Leptospirillum ferriphilum iron-oxidizing activityCatherine Joulian (BRGM)IBS26.0012
10:00A Preliminary Investigation into the Bioleaching of Deep-Sea Fe/Mn Nodules by Deep-Sea Sediment Enrichment Cultures under Simulated Deep-Sea ConditionsRuiyong Zhang (CAS (CN))IBS26.0116
10:15Sustainable recovery of critical raw materials from spent lithium-ion batteries through bioleaching with halotolerant bacteriaEric van Hullebusch (IPGP)IBS26.0033
10:30 – 11:00Coffee
Session 6a11:00 - 12:30
11:00Towards sustainable copper supply from WEEE: Configuration of a two-stage bioleaching system for PCB treatmentMusa Maluleke (UCT)IBS26.0138
11:15E-waste bioleaching in a bioreactor: Experimental and numerical studies of particles suspensionsMarc-Antoine Besch (CNRS)IBS26.0027
11:30Sustainable recovery of copper and gold from waste Printed Circuit Boards by biogenic ferric iron and thiosulphateZahra Ilkhani (Lancaster University)IBS26.0093
11:45Synergistic Bioleaching of Copper and Zinc from Baal Gammon Mine Wastes: Linking Taxonomic Shifts to Leaching Kinetics and Metal RecoveryEric O. Ansah (University of Queensland)IBS26.0146
12:00Mitigating iron inhibition in the accelerated bioleaching of South African coal waste through targeted high-iron harvesting cycles for ferrous sulphate heptahydrate productionMsimelelo Gcayiya (U. Queensland)IBS26.0064
12:15Efficiency of assisted phytostabilization with white lupin (Lupinus albus L.)Gaëlle Saladin (Université de Limoges)IBS26.0133
Session 6b11:00 - 12:30
11:00QS molecules modulate subpopulation distribution and inhibit bioleaching in mock thermophilic consortiaBeatriz Salas (PUC Chile)IBS26.0078
11:15Microbial communities in column bioleaching: leachates vs mineral and implications for heap bioleachingCarmen Falagan (U. Portsmouth)IBS26.0144
11:30Microbial Community Succession in Chalcopyrite Leach Columns Underlines the Benefits of Biological Process ControlStephan Christel (Endolith)IBS26.0053
11:45Decoupling the effects of ore, novel catalyst and temperature in bioleaching. Implications for microbial resilience and oxidant capacity.Monse Rebolledo (Jetti Resources)IBS26.0086
12:00Bacteria-ore interaction in bioleaching: a CryoSEM/EDS approach to assess the influence of ore chemical composition and surface porosity.Caroline MICHEL (BRGM)IBS26.0013
12:15Induction and Characterization of Extracellular Polysaccharides in Sulfobacillus acidophilus.Mario Vera Véliz (PUC Chile)IBS26.0077
12:30 – 14:30Lunch & Posters
Session 7a14:30 - 16:00
14:30Integrated bioleaching and resource recovery from sulphidic tailings for critical metals and iron mineral productionJana Pinka (G.E.O.S.)IBS26.0068
14:45Bioleaching of mine tailings fractions for metal extraction and purification in the project ReTailAxel Schippers (BGR)IBS26.0065
15:00Bioleaching of Gold from Cyanide Heap Leach Tailings with Iodide-Oxidising MicroorganismsAnna Henriikka Kaksonen (CSIRO)IBS26.0029
15:15Circular Biohydrometallurgy: Moderate-Thermophilic Bioleaching of Co–Ni from Chilean Copper TailingsPilar Parada (Universidad Andrés Bello)IBS26.0126
15:30Bioleaching of Critical Metals from Low‑Grade Tailings: Process Development for the COMAN Pilot ScaleTiina Heikola (VTT)IBS26.0154
15:45Pilot scale operation for nickel bioleaching from pyrrhotite tailingsKatherine Picott (University of Toronto)IBS26.0151
Session 7b14:30 - 16:00
14:30Field trial of a sulfate-reducing bioreactor treating an arsenic‑rich acid mine drainageBattaglia-Brunet Fabienne (BRGM)IBS26.0016
14:45Remediation of mine-impacted water with high chloride concentration using a sulfate-reducing consortium in a continuous bioreactor and a bioelectrochemical systemIvan Nancucheo (U. San Sebastián)IBS26.0130
15:00U(VI) Immobilization by Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans under Aerobic ConditionsYi Yang (RMIT University)IBS26.0111
15:15Development of biobased adsorbents to remove arsenic and selenium from sulfate-rich wastewatersGijs Du Laing (Ghent University)IBS26.0069
15:30Reducing Alkali Consumption in the Dewatering of Mine Pit Lakes via Ferrous Iron BiooxidationAna Hernandez Millán (U. Seville)IBS26.0147
15:45Turning Acid Mine Drainage into Pigments through Biological Iron OxidationZuzana Bartova (Slovak Academy of Sci.)IBS26.0082
16:00 – 16:30Coffee
16:30 – 18:00Posters
18:00Coach departs for Gala Dinner
Wednesday 30/9
08:30 – 09:00Coffee
Session 99:00 - 10:30
09:00KeynoteBioleaching and scaling up : challenges and toolsAnne-Gwénaëlle Guezennec (BRGM)
09:30Operational transition from simplified matrices to real PCBs in a continuous pilot-scale copper bioleaching system under aluminium accumulationIsolda Tristany Tarrés (UPC)IBS26.0208
09:45Advancing Continuous Bioleaching of Pyrrhotite-Rich Mine Tailings: Pilot-Scale Evaluation of Two Sudbury Legacy Tailings Using the CanmetMINING ProcessEmmanuel Ngoma (MIRARCO)IBS26.0099
10:00Cobalt extraction from pyrite concentrates through bioleaching: developing by-product valorisation strategies at the mine design stageDouglas Pino Herrera (BRGM)IBS26.0014
10:15Design and Performance of Iron Biooxidation Systems for In-Situ Bioleaching ApplicationsSabrina Hedrich (TU Bergakademie Freiberg)IBS26.0122
10:30 – 11:00Coffee
Session 10a11:00 - 12:30
11:00Development of protein resins for REE separation using high-throughput screeningShawn Laursen (NLR (US))IBS26.0101
11:15Bioleaching of Rare Earth Elements from a Hyper Enriched Black Shale: Effects of Microbes, Temperature and Energy SourceMelika Mostafavi (CSIRO)IBS26.0038
11:30Circular Extraction of Rare Earth Elements via Bioleaching and Phage Display-Based PurificationMatthew Duffield Healy (Coventry University)IBS26.0034
11:45Siderophore assisted platform technology for the recovery of critical metals from low concentrated feedsRohan Jain (HZDR)IBS26.0072
12:00Harnessing Lanmodulin Proteins for REE SeparationDan Park (LLNL)IBS26.0094
12:15Biorecovery of Critical Metals through Protein-mediated Affinity SeparationsSue Harrison (University of Queensland)IBS26.0145
Session 10b11:00 - 12:30
11:00Enhancement of chalcopyrite bioleaching with Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans using a non-ionic organic surfactantRoozbeh Saneie (UBC)IBS26.0119
11:15Fine-tuning strain design and growth conditions for improved efficiency for biomining in Acidithiobacillus ferridurans JAGSAnnesha Sengupta (U. Toronto)IBS26.0150
11:30Effect of microbial activity on leaching performance and precipitate sorption propertyChinazor Oraegbunam (CPUT)IBS26.0047
11:45Managing Iron Precipitation Behaviour in Ferrous Iron Bio-Oxidation Processes and Its Implications for Bioleaching PerformanceBabatunde Oladipo (CPUT)IBS26.0159
12:00Incorporation of (K+, NH4+) cations into jarosites phases in conditions similar to those of bioleaching processesChloé Capdevielle (U. de Toulouse)IBS26.0134
12:15Kinetic controls on biologically mediated iron oxidation and secondary mineral formation in acid mine drainageC Cicakova (Slovak Academy of Sci.)IBS26.0083
12:30 – 14:30Lunch & Posters
Session 1114:30 - 16:00
14:30KeynoteTesting, design and implementation of the BIOX process at the Sabodala-Massawa Gold mineJan van Niekirk (METSO-BIOX)
15:00Round Table
16:00 – 16:30Coffee
Session 1216:30 - 17:30
16:30IBS2030 Pitches & Voting
17:00Prizes & Closing Remarks
17:30Conference End