2026 Tire Emissions Research Conference Program

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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

    Richard Thompson OBE FRS

10:00 – 11:15 AM

Session 1 – Advances in Measurement and 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: Meibo 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
  • Melis Seren Celenlioglu

    Melis Seren Çelenlioglu

  • Shuhei TANAKA

    Shuhei Tanaka

  • Meibo He

    Meibo He

  • Dimitrios KONTSES_picture

    Dimitrios Kontses

  • Gurman Kaur

    Gurman Kaur

11:15 – 11:45 AM

Coffee Break

11:45 AM – 1:00 PM

Session 2 – Investigation of TRWP Emissions

  1. Airborne Tire 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
  • SirielSaladin

    Siriel Saladin

  • Dr. Ulrich Giese – picture

    Ulrich Giese

  • Ludwig

    Ludwig Schubert

  • james-knowles

    James Knowles

  • Thomas Seebacher

    Thomas Seebacher

1:00 – 2:00 PM

Lunch Break

2:00 – 3:15 PM

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
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    Kazuma Nakazawa

  • Christoph-Hueglin-Portrait_resized

    Christoph Hueglin

  • Wataru Naito

    Wataru Naito

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    Florian Breider

  • Thorsten Hüffer

    Thorsten Hüffer

3:15 – 3:45 PM

Coffee Break

3:45 – 5:00 PM

Session 4 – Characterization, 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. Airborne Tire Wear Particles: Occurrence in an Urban Area, Temporal Variability, and Health Implications
    Speaker: Natascha Schmidt
  • Luca Muth

    Luca Muth

  • Siebe

    Siebe Lievens

  • Harriet Amy Byrne

    Harriet Byrne

  • Natascha SCHMIDT

    Natascha Schmidt

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 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 Jorgensen

    Nina Mari Jørgensen

9:15 – 10:30 AM

Session 5 – Mitigation Strategies and Treatment Pathways for Tire Emissions

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

  • Diego Rodriguez

    Diego Rodriguez

  • Rich Baldauf Bio Pic TERC

    Richard Baldauf

  • Thomas Collin

    Thomas D. Collin

  • 535732_Burkhardt_Michael_Graustufe

    Michael Burkhardt

10:30 – 11:00 AM

Coffee Break

11:00 AM – 12:15 PM

Session 6 – Design and Material Strategies to Reduce Tire Emissions

  1. Euro 7 Requires Generating the Tire Wear Emissions It Aims to Reduce! Does It Make Sense?
    Invited Speaker: Radek Stocek
  2. Advanced Functionalized SSBR for Reduced Tire Wear: A Materials Pathway to Lower TRWP Generation
    Speaker: Michael Roessle
  3. Development of High-Performance Bio-based Itaconate Elastomer Tires with 79% Sustainable Materials and 52% Reduced Carbon Footprint
    Speaker: Yanguo Li
  4. Study on the Wear Performance of Electric Heavy-Duty Truck Tires
    Speaker: Zhang Fuzhong
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    Radek Stocek

  • Michael Rössle

    Michael Roessle

  • Yanguo Li

    Yanguo Li

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    Zhang Fuzhong

12:15 – 1:15 PM

Lunch Break

1:15 – 1:45 PM

Opening Session – Tire Abrasion Testing Methodologies – Technical and Regulatory Developments

Invited Speaker: Nicolas de Mahieu

  • Nicolas de Mahieu

    Nicolas de Mahieu

1:45 – 3:00 PM

Session 7 – TRWP Leaching, Biodegradation and Bioaccessibility

  1. Enriched Microbial Consortia for Vulcanized SBR Biodegradation
    Speaker: Boris Eyheraguibel
  2. 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
  3. Rubber Additives Are Bioaccessible and Rapidly Released From Respirable Particulate Matter in the Lungs
    Speaker: Anya Sherman
  4. 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
  5. Long-Term Environmental Aging of Macro-Tire Fragments in Soil: Degradation Dynamics and Localized Contaminant Hotspots
    Speaker: Mostafa Sadeghi Barzegar
  • Boris Eyheraguibel

    Boris Eyheraguibel

  • Tatsuya Kunisue

    Tatsuya Kunisue

  • Anya Sherman (2)

    Anya Sherman

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    Angus Rocha Vogel

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    Mostafa Sadeghi Barzegar

3:00 – 3:30 PM

Coffee Break

3:30 – 4:45 PM

Session 8 – Mechanisms and Toxicity of Tire-Derived Chemicals

  1. 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
  2. Transcriptome and Causality Analysis of Rainbow Trout Gill Cells Exposed to 6PPD-Q and Its Metabolite
    Speaker: Kyoshiro Hiki
  3. From Molecular Stress to Ecosystem Functioning: Assessing the Ecotoxicological Impacts of 6PPD-Quinone on Alpine Freshwater Species
    Speaker: Emilie Réalis
  4. Impact of Ingested Tire-Derived p-Phenylenediamines (PPDs) and PPD-Quinones on the Gut
    Speaker: Göksu Celik
  • Anna Toso Hoch

    Anna Toso

  • Kyoshiro Hiki

    Kyoshiro Hiki

  • Réalis

    Emilie Réalis

  • Goksu_Celik_1

    Göksu Celik

4:45 – 5:15 PM

Closing Remarks

5:15 – 7:00 PM

Scientific Networking Session

Connect, exchange ideas and get inspired

The Scientific Networking Session is a moderated, interactive format built around scientific exchange. Unlike the informal networking during coffee breaks and social moments, it is dedicated to focused discussions on topics of shared scientific interest.

Guided by moderators, participants will share knowledge, explore different perspectives and tackle questions together. There are no presentations to sit back and listen to. Instead, you are invited to join the conversation, share your insights and learn from others working on related topics.

It is also a chance to continue discussions sparked during the conference, discover new ideas and build connections through meaningful scientific dialogue.

Come ready to contribute, and leave inspired!

8:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Exclusive masterclass:

Composition of tire compounds – From raw materials to the product

by Prof. Ulrich Giese – German Institute of Rubber Technology (DIK)

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    Ulrich Giese