2026 Tire Emissions Research Conference Program

Opening Remarks

Opening Session – Keynote Speaker

Session 1 – Advances in Measurement & Quantification

1. From cycle averages to event-based factors for tire and road wear particle emissions
   Speaker: Melis Seren Celenlioglu
2. Occurrence, Morphology, and Component Content of 1–300 μm Microplastics in Tire and Road Wear Particles at Urban Intersections
   Speaker: Shuhei Tanaka
   
3. Machine learning-assisted optical photothermal infrared microspectroscopy for tire and road wear particle identification
   Speaker: Meibe He
4. Tire and road airborne particle emissions of passenger car tires under real-world conditions
   Speaker: Dimitrios Kontses
5. Characterizing aircraft tire wear particles during landing events: an underexplored source of non-exhaust emissions in aviation operations
   Speaker: Gurman Kaur

Coffee Break

Session 2 – Investigation of TRWP emissions

1. Airborne Tyre Particles: Myths, Evidence, and Future Directions
   Speaker: Siriel Saladin
2. Influence of tire compound ingredients on particle emissions in laboratory tests
   Speaker: Ulrich Giese
3. Experimental investigation of tire wear and airborne tire wear particle emissions under controlled laboratory conditions
   Speaker: Ludwig Schubert
4. An investigation of tire wear and emissions uncertainty sources in vehicle-based testing
   Speaker: James Knowles
5. 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

Lunch Break

Session 3 – Environmental pathways and distribution of tire emissions

1. Transport and fate of tire and road wear particles in an urban wastewater treatment plant in Japan
   Speaker: Kazuma Nakazawa
2. Atmospheric Deposition of Tire Wear in Switzerland
   Speaker: Christoph Hueglin
3. Occurrence and Environmental Dynamics of TRWP in Urban Rivers in Japan: Insights From Monitoring and Modeling
   Speaker: Wataru Naito
4. Spatial Distribution of Tire and Road Wear Particles and Tire-Derived Chemicals in Lake Geneva Sediments (Switzerland)
   Speaker: Florian Breider
5. Spatiotemporal distribution and phase partitioning of tire-derived compounds in the urban Danube River system of Vienna
   Speaker: Thorsten Hüffer

Coffee Break

Session 4 – Characterisation, transformation and monitoring

1. Investigating the Tire Tread Extractome for the Quantification of Tire and Road Wear Particles
   Speaker: Luca Muth
2. Unlocking tire wear particle complexity: the added value of py-gc×gc-(ei/pi)ms for comprehensive characterization
   Speaker: Siebe Lievens
3. Temperature and solution pH affect leaching from tire particles and influence leachate composition
   Speaker: Harriet Byrne
4. Impact of Environmental Factors and Material Formulation on the Aquatic Fragmentation Behavior of Tire Wear Particles in a Microcosm Test Setup
   Speaker: Robin-Macmahon Baehre
5. Spatial and seasonal variability of 6PPD-Q in urban stormwater across Alberta, Canada: implications for tire-derived contaminant monitoring
   Speaker: Elvira Vergara Pineda

Poster Reception