2026 Tire Emissions Research Conference Program

This program is preliminary. Session details, speakers and timings may change.

9:15 – 9:30 AM

Opening Remarks

9:30 – 10:00 AM

Opening Session – How concerned should we be about tire wear particles?

Invited Speaker: Richard C. Thompson OBE FRS

Richard Thompson OBE FRS

10:00 – 11:15 AM

Session 1 – Advances in Measurement and Quantification

From Cycle Averages to Event-Based Factors for Tire and Road Wear Particle Emissions
Speaker: Melis Seren Celenlioglu
Occurrence, Morphology, and Component Content of 1–300 μm Microplastics in Tire and Road Wear Particles at Urban Intersections
Speaker: Shuhei Tanaka
Machine Learning-Assisted Optical Photothermal Infrared Microspectroscopy for Tire and Road Wear Particle Identification
Speaker: Meibe He
Tire and Road Airborne Particle Emissions of Passenger Car Tires Under Real-World Conditions
Speaker: Dimitrios Kontses
Characterizing Aircraft Tire Wear Particles During Landing Events: An Underexplored Source of Non-Exhaust Emissions in Aviation Operations
Speaker: Gurman Kaur

Melis Seren Çelenlioglu
Shuhei Tanaka
Meibo He
Dimitrios Kontses
Gurman Kaur

11:15 – 11:45 AM

Coffee Break

11:45 AM – 1:00 PM

Session 2 – Investigation of TRWP Emissions

Airborne Tire Particles: Myths, Evidence, and Future Directions
Speaker: Siriel Saladin
Influence of Tire Compound Ingredients on Particle Emissions in Laboratory Tests
Speaker: Ulrich Giese
Experimental Investigation of Tire Wear and Airborne Tire Wear Particle Emissions Under Controlled Laboratory Conditions
Speaker: Ludwig Schubert
An Investigation of Tire Wear and Emissions Uncertainty Sources in Vehicle-Based Testing
Speaker: James Knowles
Investigation of Heavy-Duty Tire Wear and Airborne Particle Number Emissions Under Controlled Force and Thermal Conditions on an Outer-Drum Test Bench
Speaker: Thomas Seebacher

Siriel Saladin
Ulrich Giese
Ludwig Schubert
James Knowles
Thomas Seebacher

1:00 – 2:00 PM

Lunch Break

2:00 – 3:15 PM

Session 3 – Environmental Pathways and Distribution of Tire Emissions

Transport and Fate of Tire and Road Wear Particles in an Urban Wastewater Treatment Plant in Japan
Speaker: Kazuma Nakazawa
Atmospheric Deposition of Tire Wear in Switzerland
Speaker: Christoph Hueglin
Occurrence and Environmental Dynamics of TRWP in Urban Rivers in Japan: Insights From Monitoring and Modeling
Speaker: Wataru Naito
Spatial Distribution of Tire and Road Wear Particles and Tire-Derived Chemicals in Lake Geneva Sediments (Switzerland)
Speaker: Florian Breider
Spatiotemporal Distribution and Phase Partitioning of Tire-Derived Compounds in the Urban Danube River System of Vienna
Speaker: Thorsten Hüffer

Kazuma Nakazawa
Christoph Hueglin
Wataru Naito
Florian Breider
Thorsten Hüffer

3:15 – 3:45 PM

Coffee Break

3:45 – 5:00 PM

Session 4 – Characterization, Transformation and Monitoring

Investigating the Tire Tread Extractome for the Quantification of Tire and Road Wear Particles
Speaker: Luca Muth
Unlocking Tire Wear Particle Complexity: The Added Value of Py-GC×GC-(EI/PI)MS for Comprehensive Characterization
Speaker: Siebe Lievens
Temperature and Solution pH Affect Leaching From Tire Particles and Influence Leachate Composition
Speaker: Harriet Byrne
Spatial and Seasonal Variability of 6PPD-Q in Urban Stormwater Across Alberta, Canada: Implications for Tire-Derived Contaminant Monitoring
Speaker: Elvira Vergara Pineda

Luca Muth
Siebe Lievens
Harriet Amy Byrne
Elvira Vergara Pineda

5:00 – 7:30 PM

Poster Reception

8:30 – 8:45 AM

Opening Remarks

8:45 – 9:15 AM

Opening Session – Building More Than Roads: Connecting Research, Regulation and Practice to Address Tire Wear Pollution

Invited Speaker: Nina Mari Jørgensen

Building More Than Roads: Connecting Research, Regulation and Practice to Address Tire Wear Pollution», and a brief description here: “Building More Than Roads explores how the Norwegian Public Roads Administration connects research, regulation and practice to address tire wear pollution. Rather than focusing solely on the environmental challenge itself, the presentation demonstrates how a transport authority can build bridges between science, policy and implementation. Through cross-disciplinary collaboration, international regulatory engagement and practical action across the transport sector, the presentation highlights how knowledge can be transformed into real-world solutions.

Nina Mari Jørgensen

9:15 – 10:30 AM

Session 5 – Mitigation Strategies and Treatment Pathways for Tire Emissions

From Road Surface to Discharge: Tire and Road Wear Particle Transport and Treatment in Road Tunnels
Speaker: Elisabeth Støhle Rødland
Mineralization of Tire-Derived Rubbers: How Fillers Dictate Degradation Rates in Advanced Oxidation Processes
Speaker: Diego Rodriguez
Integrated Green Infrastructure Strategies to Optimize the Mitigation of Tire-Derived Air and Water Contamination
Speaker: Richard Baldauf
Occurrence and Fate of Tire and Road Wear Particles in a Large European Wastewater Treatment Plant
Speaker: Thomas D. Collin
Treatment Measures for Road Runoff in Switzerland
Speaker: Michael Burkhardt

Elisabeth Støhle Rødland
Diego Rodriguez
Richard Baldauf
Thomas D. Collin
Michael Burkhardt

10:30 – 11:00 AM

Coffee Break

11:00 AM – 12:15 PM

Session 6

12:15 – 1:15 PM

Lunch Break

1:15 – 1:45 PM

Opening Session – Invited Speaker

1:45 – 3:00 PM

Session 7 – TRWP leaching, biodegradation and bioaccessibility

Enriched Microbial Consortia for Vulcanized SBR Biodegradation
Speaker: Boris Eyheraguibel
Nontarget Screening of Chemicals Leached From Cryo-Milled Tire Tread and Residue Profiles of Tire Additive-Related Chemicals in Runoff Water Captured in Expressway-Type Catch Basins
Speaker: Tatsuya Kunisue
Rubber Additives Are Bioaccessible and Rapidly Released From Respirable Particulate Matter in the Lungs
Speaker: Anya Sherman
Wastewater Inflows Into Rivers Can Lead to Mobilization of Cd and Zn From Tire and Road Wear Particles Induced by Dissolved Organic Matter
Speaker: Angus Rocha Vogel
Long-Term Environmental Aging of Macro-Tire Fragments in Soil: Degradation Dynamics and Localized Contaminant Hotspots
Speaker: Mostafa Sadeghi Barzegar

Boris Eyheraguibel
Tatsuya Kunisue
Anya Sherman
Angus Rocha Vogel
Mostafa Sadeghi Barzegar

3:00 – 3:30 PM

Coffee Break

3:30 – 4:45 PM

Session 8 – Mechanisms and Toxicity of Tire-Derived Chemicals

Mechanistic Insights Into 6PPD-Quinone Toxicity Using Brain- and Gill-Derived Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Cell Lines as New Approach Methodologies (NAMs)
Speaker: Anna Toso
Unraveling Species-Specific Sensitivity to 6PPD-Quinone Across Four Fish Species Using Whole Transcriptome Analyses
Speaker: Markus Brinkmann
Transcriptome and Causality Analysis of Rainbow Trout Gill Cells Exposed to 6PPD-Q and Its Metabolite
Speaker: Kyoshiro Hiki
From Molecular Stress to Ecosystem Functioning: Assessing the Ecotoxicological Impacts of 6PPD-Quinone on Alpine Freshwater Species
Speaker: Emilie Réalis
Impact of Ingested Tire-Derived p-Phenylenediamines (PPDs) and PPD-Quinones on the Gut
Speaker: Göksu Celik