2nd Conferrence Emerging environmental contaminants – current status, challenges and perspectives - Rzeszów 2026

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to the next edition of the conference focused on global and emerging environmental pollution. Through a series of lectures, panel discussions, and interactive workshops, we want to support interdisciplinary collaboration and generate practical insights into ways of addressing the challenges of environmental pollution and its multidimensional impact on human health and the environment.
We invite you to share your research, insights, and innovations with an international audience to expand knowledge and develop solutions for new environmental pollutants.

Emerging environmental contaminants – current status, challenges and perspectives - 2nd edition

The conference is dedicated to discussing together one of the greatest challenges of modern times - emerging environmental pollution. During the event, we will focus on sources and effects of pollutants such as pesticides, PFAS, microplastics, pharmaceuticals, and nanoparticles, as well as on their impact on human health and ecosystems. The aim of the conference is to present the current state of knowledge and share experiences in the field of environmental pollution. In addition, the organizers' intent is to activate and integrate the academic community, create a place conducive to the exchange of ideas and information. The conference will also provide an ideal environment for developing new cooperation and meetings with experts.

The topics do be discussed during the conference include, but are not limited to:

Methods of Environmental Monitoring and Management – Current Status,
Water and Soil Pollution Control
Environmental Protection, Treatments, Remediations, and Prevention
Biotechnology in Environmental Protection
Law, Regulations, Legislations
Pollutions ver. Well-being, Quality of Living

The 2nd edition of Conference “Emerging environmental contaminants – current status, challenges and perspectives” will be held in-person in Rzeszów, Poland.

Conference program

Information will be available soon.

Conference fees & post-conference publications

Information will be available soon.

Organising Committee

Łukasz Jurczyk - Head of the Organizing Committee
Agnieszka Podolak
Justyna Koc-Jurczyk
Stanek-Tarkowska Jadwiga
Jańczak-Pieniążek Marta
Migut Dagmara
Peszek Łukasz
Podbielska Magdalena
Rybak Mateusz
Skrobacz Karol
Szostek Małgorzata
Alvarez Bernadetta
Pieniążek Marcin

Contact to Conference secretary's office

University of Rzeszow

Faculty of Technology and Life Sciences Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Environmental Protection and Management
Department of Soil Science, Environmental Chemistry and Hydrology Cwiklinskiej Str. 1a, 35-601 Rzeszów

eec2026@ur.edu.pl

https://www.ur.edu.pl/pl/eec2026

The Excellent Sub-Carpathian region – a comprehensive environmental study at the University of Rzeszów for the benefit of the region

This conference is supported by the Minister of Science of the Republic of Poland under the Programme „Regional initiative of excellence”. Agreement No. RID/SP/0010/2024/1.