1st International Terra Preta Sanitation Conference in Hamburg 28/31 August 2013

Preliminary programme!

Wednesday, 28 August 2013

18:00 Informal get together and registration

Thursday, 29 August 2013

8:00 Registration

9:00 Welcome by German Ministry of Environment and by DBU

Welcome speech Prof. Ralf Otterpohl, TUHH

Conference Keynote Dr. Haiko Pieplow (tbc)

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break

10:30 – 12:00 Session 1: TP soils, soil fertility, organic farming

• Key note from Bruno Glaser or Albrecht von Sydow (Germany) (tbc)
• T. Theuretzbacher (Austria): Investigation on Terra Preta like products on the german-Austrian market
• N. Andreev (Moldava): The effect of terra preta like substrate on germination and shoot growth of radish and parsley
• H. Factura (Philippines): Addressing Poor Sanitation and Generating Added Values through Terra Preta Sanitation
• B. Pelivanoski (Germany): Terra Pellet – an organic fertilizer inspired by terra preta

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch break

13:00 – 14:30 Session 2: TPS Applications, Quality of products, hygienic parameter, legislation, certification

Keynote presentation Prof. Srikanth Mutnuri (India) (tbc): Terra Preta as an Alternative for the Management of Sludge from Waste Water Treatment Plant

• S. Böttger (Germany): Terra Preta – production from sewage sludges of decentralised wastewater systems
• M. Stöckl (Germany): Vermicomposting of fecal matter and organic waste – a quality assessment of products
• D. Meier Kohlstock (Germany): The integration of Terra Preta Sanitation in European nutrient cycles – Options for alternative policies and economies

14:30 -15:00 Coffee break

15:00 – 17:30 Session 3: Terra Preta Sanitation: toilet systems and designs / Logistic and operation / practical examples

• Keynote speech Prof. Charlotte de Fraiture (Netherlands) (tbc)
• R. Wagner (Germany): New challenges of resource management in the Botanic Garden Berlin by producing and applying biochar substrates
• R. Kuipers (Netherlands): A socio-economic assessment of urine separation, with a reflection on the possibilities for Terra Preta Sanitation, for the recycling of nutrients to rural agriculture in the Philippines

16:00 -16:30 Coffee break

• M. Bulbo (Ethiopia): TP application in Ethiopia
• R. Wolf (Germany): Application of Fermented Urine for build up of Terra Preta Humus in a Permaculture Park and Social Impact on the Community Involved

17:30– 18:00 Résumé of day one and discussion

18:30 Reception at Hamburg-Harburg town hall

Friday, 30 August 2013

9:00- 12:30 Session 4: Carbon composting of biowaste and excreta/Climate farming / wood gas technology for energy and char coal production / Pyrolysis vs. hydrothermal carbonization

• Keynote presentation Prof. Zifu Li (China) (tbc): Energy balance analysis on the pyrolysis process of animal manure
• T. Voss (Germany): Wood gasification in parallel flow fixbed gasifieres for combined energy and charcoal production - experiences from six years of operation (abstact follows)
• C. vom Eyser (Germany): Product quality of hydrochar from sewage sludge in terms of micropollutants

10:10 – 10:40 Coffee break

• E. Someus (Sweden): Reducing mineral fertilisers and chemicals use in agriculture by recycling treated organic waste as compost and bio-char products
• J. Fingas (Germany): Climate farming - Practical experience from sub-Saharan Afrika

11:30 – 12:30 Poster presentations

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break

13:30 – 15:15 Session 5: Microbiology, sanitization and lactic acid fermentation

• Keynote presentation Dr. Gina Itchon (Philippines): The Effectivity of the Terra Preta Sanitation (TPS) Process in the Elimination of Parasite Eggs in Fecal Matter: A Field Trial of TPS in Mindanao, Philippines
• A. Yemaneh (Germany/Ethiopia): Investigation of Low-Cost Sugar Supplement for Lactic Acid Fermentation of Human Excreta in Terra Preta Sanitation System
• A. Febriana (Indonesia): Faeces Treatment By Lactofermentation Process Based On Terra Preta Sanitation System Concept
• A. Walter (Austria): Microbial communities in charcoal and microbe amended composts
• F. Scheinemann (Germany): Sanitisation and conservation of nutrients in cattle manure and sewage sludge by anerobic fermentation

15:15 – 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 – 17:30 Final plenary discussion and conclusions

19:00 Conference Dinner

Saturday, 31 August 2013

10:00 – 15:00 Excursion

• Tour at the Institute of Wastewater Management and Water Protection at TUHH
• Pilot plant of Terra preta sanitation in a public toilet in Hamburg
• Permaculture garden (tbc)

The details of the excursion are still in planning