"L'appel du 18 juin"

The IIS Waste2Bio is organizing its annual event, which will take place on June 18, 2026, at Grand-Hornu. Organized in collaboration with the Public Service Scientific Institute (ISSeP), this event will take place near the Hensies demonstration site, one of the major experimental sites for phytomanagement in Wallonia.
Here is the program:

🕙 10:00 a.m. – Welcome

🕥 10:30 a.m. – Presentations
🔹 Opening Remarks – Rose Detaille, Executive Director of the Scientific Institute for Public Service (ISSeP)

🔹 The S3 Strategy: Mid-Term Review and Reform of the Innovation Landscape – Larissa Grommersch, SPW Economy – Economic Policy Directorate

🔹 The IIS Waste2Bio – Marc Hanikenne, Professor at the University of Liège and IIS Lead

🔹 Presentation of SPW ARNE – Soil Remediation Directorate – Thomas Lambrechts

🔹 Regenerative business models for phytomanagement – Guillaume Hulin, Wagralim

🔹 The Charleroi demonstration site – Olivier Decocq, Duferco Wallonie, and Pierre Lejeune, University of Liège, IIS Waste2Bio

🔹 The Hensies demonstration site & presentation of the INNO4CFIs Project – Florian Liénard (Public Service Scientific Institute - ISSeP) and Caroline Marjorie Zaoui, PhD, and Jean-Michel Scheuren, Novobiom

🔹 IIS Waste2Bio, and what’s next? – Adèle Froehlicher, GreenWin, and Cécile Nouet, University of Liège, IIS Waste2Bio coordinator

🕧 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM: Lunch

🕑 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM: Tour of the Hensies site with the INNO4CFIs Project delegation and representatives from the European Commission.
(Bus transfer from Grand-Hornu)

🕔 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM: Guided tour of Grand-Hornu

Published on 5/6/26