5th European Sustainable Phosphorus Conference (ESPC5)
Sustainable Phosphorus Management with a focus on the Mediterranean Context
8-10 October 2024, Lleida
The European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform, together with the BETA technological Center, are organising the ESPC5. Taking place in Lleida, Spain, this conference will delve into the unique challenges and opportunities presented by the Mediterranean context.
The European Sustainable Phosphorus Conference 2024 in Lleida, Spain, offers a unique platform for experts and stakeholders to collaborate, share insights, and shape the future of sustainable phosphorus management in the Mediterranean context. By addressing the four key points - organic agriculture, water reuse, eutrophication & P budgeting, and energy transition - the conference seeks to drive positive change and contribute to a more sustainable future for the region and beyond. The private sector experiences and the latest research on the topic will be complemented with site visits to biorefinery pilots in the region.
Materials
Conference Programme: here; parallel sessions programme: here
Slides, posters and book of abstracts: here.
Speakers
ESPP Pitch sessions
Plenary sessions speakers
Parallel sessions speakers
Discover our field visits:
Fertilizantes del Ebro
Fertiebro is a fertilizer production factory with three lines: liquid fertilizers, deficiency correctors and blending of solid fertilizers. The visit consists in understanding the operation of a liquid fertilizer and correctors plant, as well as seeing one of the largest blending facilities in Spain. The main characteristics are the automatization of processes and the use of raw materials of circular origin. Fertiebro also has a research laboratory specialized in optimizing industrial processes in order to manufacture from changing raw materials and analyzes to offer a high-quality final product for our customers.
Bioenergia de Almenar, SL
Bioenergia de Almenar, SL is a company that, from an anaerobic digestion process, transforms organic matter into green energy and obtains, on the one hand, a biogas that is valorised for different energy applications, and on the other hand, a solid fertiliser, osmotised water and a liquid concentrate with high fertilising capacities.
Location:
ESPC5 took place in La Llotja de Lleida
ESPC5 is organised by:
With the support of the city and region of Lleida:
And the support of the fertilising industry:
As media partner
Our industrial sponsors and members of AEFA
In collaboration with:
Registration is now open!
The conference has already over 200 registrants. Deadline for on-site (Lleida) registration is 29th September.
Online registration remains open. Register here.
Online registration enables participation in all plenary sessions and selected parallel sessions with access to live streaming and to the session questions and discussions (‘chat’), as well as speaker and registrant profiles and contact via the conference networking app.
You can buy the bus tickets to go from Barcelona to Lleida and from Lleida to Barcelona in this form.
Registration and Conference fees:
Speakers, ESPP members and PhD students: 330 €
General ticket: 430 €
On-line: 150 €
VAT not included.
All registered people will receive all the presentations and recordings of the hybridized sessions. Also, simultaneous translation service from English to Spanish will be available.
Travel & Logistics:
Closest airport: Barcelona El Prat
Trains to Lleida: Fast train Barcelona Sants – Lleida (1 hour); Fast train Madrid center – Lleida (2h)
Buses will be offered (pre-payment) from Barcelona (Plaça Espanya and airport) on Monday 7th October evening with return Thur. 10th October after the site visits.