2024

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Program Overview

The 2024 Tire Emissions Research Conference program addressed the critical challenges and opportunities in reducing tire and road wear emissions. Participants explored the latest research and its transformative impact, including mitigation strategies on use-phase tire emissions.

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12:30 – 1:15 PM

Welcome Lunch

1:15 – 1:30 PM

Welcome Remarks

1:30 – 3:00 PM

Advancing Knowledge on Tire Abrasion and Emissions: Research, Measurement, and Health Impacts

Moderators: Cassie Rauert and Stephan Wagner

Factors Influencing Tyre Abrasion and Particle Emission – Current Knowledge and Research Needs Keynote
Speaker: Mats Gustafsson
Quantifying Tire Abrasion and Airborne Particle Emissions Using an Enclosed Drum Bed Dynamometer
Speaker: Ludwig Schubert
Physicochemical Characterisation and Potential Health Effects of Tyre Wear Particles
Speaker: David O’Loughlin
A Parametrized and Regionalized TRWP Inventory Model for LCA
Speaker: Louisa Ospital

Mats Gustafsson
Ludwig Schubert
David O’Loughlin
Louisa Ospital

3:00 – 3:30 PM

Coffee Break

3:30 – 5:00 PM

Innovative Approaches to Measuring and Analyzing Tire Road Wear Particles (TRWP)

Moderators: Elisabeth Rødland and Florian Breider

Characterizing Tire Wear Particle Emissions Under Both Laboratory Conditions and On-Road Driving Keynote
Speaker: Seokwan Lee
Influence of Collection System on the Tire Road Wear Emission Measurements
Speaker: Seren Celenlioglu
Measurement and Analysis of Tyre Road Wear Particles (TRWP) on Vehicles
Speaker: Carsten Schilde
Methodology for Effective TRWP Collection Using a Vehicle
Speaker: Yasuhiro Shoda

Seokhwan Lee
Seren Celenlioglu
Carsten Schilde
Yasuhiro Shoda

8:00 AM – 8:30 PM

Welcome Coffee

9:00 – 10:30 AM

Assessing the Environmental Occurrence of Tire Emissions

Moderators: How-Yong Ng and Cassie Rauert

The Environmental Impact of Tyre Emissions Keynote
Speaker: Fulvio Amato
Impregnation of Surface Soil with Tire and Road Wear Particles from a Moderate Traffic Suburban Roadway
Speaker: Louisa Landebrit
Biodegradation of Tire Additives and Tire Particles Across Different Time Scales
Speaker: Bettina Seiwert
Transfer of Tire-Derived Additives and Their Metabolites into Vegetables and Assessment of Human Exposure Through Food
Speaker: Florian Breider

Fulvio Amato
Louisa Landebrit
Bettina Seiwert
Florian Breider

10:30 – 11:00 AM

Coffee Break

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Mapping the Distribution of Tire-Related Emissions in Various Environments

Moderators: Julie Panko and Florian Breider

Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Tire-Related Additives in Freshwater Ecosystems: Insights from a Swiss Pilot Study
Speaker: Thibault Masset
Spatial Trends of Tyre Wear Particles and Tyre Additive Chemicals with Distance from a Main Australian Road
Speaker: Cassandra Rauert
Atmospheric Input of TRWP Across Switzerland Determined by Automated Morpho-Chemical SEM/EDX Single Particle Analysis Coupled to Machine Learning
Speaker: Juanita Rausch
Analysing the Spread of Emissions from a Vehicle Using a Sensor Cluster
Speaker: Miles Kunze

Thibault Masset
Cassandra Rauert
Juanita Rausch
Miles Kunze

12:30 – 1:30 PM

Lunch

1:30 – 3:00 PM

Exploring the Environmental and Health Impacts of Tire Emissions

Moderators: Francois Huaux and Benoit Ferrari

Impact of Tire Emissions on Human Health Keynote
Speaker: Valerie Forest
Influence of Repeated Leaching of CMTT and TRWP on the Dissolved Concentration of Tyre Derived Chemicals
Speaker: Harriet Amy Byrne
Uptake of Tire-Derived Compounds by Lettuce Grown in Three Soils
Speaker: Anya Sherman
Tyre Particles Modulate Microbial-Mediated Soil Functions and Performance of Vegetable Crops
Speaker: Moritz Bigalke

Valérie Forest
Harriet Amy Byrne
Anya Sherman
Moritz Bigalke

3:00 – 3:30 PM

Coffee Break

3:30 – 5:00 PM

Ecotoxicology Insights: The Impact of Tire Wear Compounds on Ecosystems

Moderators: Benoit Ferrari and Julie Panko

The Wild West of 6PPD-Q Ecotoxicity Keynote
Speaker: Jenifer McIntyre
Periphyton Communities Act as a Sink for Cryogenically Milled Tire Tread
Speaker: Sara Gonçalves
Chronic Cross-Contamination of Arctic Charr with 6PPD-Q and BAP: Behavioral and Morpho-Anatomical Impacts and Cocktail Effect
Speaker: Fanny-Laure Thomassin
Ecotoxicological Screening and Preliminary Risk Evaluation of Tire Wear Particles Compounds
Speaker: Anabela Cachada

Jenifer McIntyre
Sara Gonçalves
Fanny-Laure Thomassin
Anabela Cachada

5:00 – 6:00 PM

Poster Reception

6:00 – 8:00 PM

Networking Dinner

8:30 – 9:00 AM

Welcome Coffee

9:00 – 9:50 AM

Effective Stormwater Management Strategies

Moderators: Elisabeth Rødland and Brigitte Helmreich

Mitigation Measures to Reduce Tire and Road Wear Particles Through Stormwater Management and Wastewater Treatment Keynote
Speaker: Ilka Gehrke
Retention of Tire Wear Particles and Tire-Derived Chemicals in Natural Road-Side Ponds – One Year of Monitoring Reveals Seasonal Changes in Highway Runoff
Speaker: Elisabeth Støhle Rødland

Ilka Gehrke
Elisabeth Støhle Rødland

9:50 – 10:30 AM

Coffee Break

10:30 – 11:40 AM

Effective Stormwater Management Strategies

Moderators: Elisabeth Rødland and Brigitte Helmreich

Micropollutant Loads in the Road Runoff: Importance, Nature and Efficiency of Runoff Source Control Measures Keynote
Speaker: Marie-Christine Gromaire
Uncovering Hidden Pollutants: Analyzing Tire Particles in Stormwater Runoff from Austrian Highways and Preliminary Evaluating Water Protection Facility Efficiency
Speaker: Claudia Hledik
Treatment of Road-Deposited Sediments from Road Runoff – Experience and Performance of Infiltration Swales
Speaker: Philipp Stinshoff