Announcement
On 19 March 2026, Training 3, entitled “Circular Economy Application: By-products of Gasification and Pyrolysis as Amendments in Advanced Phytotechnology,” will take place at Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic.
The training will focus on the physicochemical treatment of waste biomass and the valorisation of biochar and ash within advanced Miscanthus × giganteus phytotechnology. Participants will include research teams from Ukraine (TVHNPU, Ternopil; NULP, Lviv; NULES, Kyiv), a team from RMC, Canada, and representatives of Jan Evangelista Purkyně University. In addition, end users of the advanced phytotechnology from Ukraine and the Czech Republic will be invited to attend in a hybrid format.
The draft agenda is attached.
Training 3
“Circular economy application: by-products of gasification and pyrolysis as amendments in advanced phytotechnology”
The event is supported by the NATO Science for Peace and Security Program, Multiyear Project G6094
Date: March 19, 2026.
Time: 9.15-15.35
Form: hybrid
Venue: No. 525, CPTO, Faculty of Environment, UJEP, Pasteurova 3632/15, Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic
| Time | Activity | Responsible Person | Notice |
| 9.15-9.30 | Registration of the off-side participants, connection of the on-line participants | Mrs. Helena Rousova (offline) and Mr. Radim Vesely (online), UJEP | #525, CPTO, Pasteurova 3632/15 |
| 9.30-9.35 | Welcome from the FZP UJEP | Dean of FZP, Dr. Pavel Kuran PhD, UJEP | |
| 9.35-9.50 | Introduction Training 3. Goals and expectations | Prof. Valentina Pidlisnyuk, NDP, UJEP | |
| 9.50-11.35 | First session: Pyrolysis and gasification of the Miscanthus biomass waste | Moderator: Dr. Frank Zeman, RMC, Canada | |
| 9.50-10.10 | Production of Biochar by Pyrolysis | Dr. Pavel Leštinský, Institute of Environmental Technology, VSB – Technical University of Ostrava | Will be connected online |
| 10.10-10.40 | Biochar Standardization and Utilization | Prof. Ondřej Mašek,Chair of Net Zero Emission Technologies and UK Biochar Research Centre University of Edinburg, GB | |
| 10.40-11.00 | Production of Biochar from the Miscanthus waste | Mgr. Artem Medkov, NULES, Ukraine | |
| 11.00-11.20 | Testing of Biochar using plants | Dr. Andriy Hertz, PPD of G6094, TVGNPU and Dr. Oleksandr Kononchuk, TVHNPU, Ukraine | |
| 11.20-11.35 | Q&A | ||
| 11.35-12.30 | Lunch | Mrs. Helena Tumova, UJEP | Menza UJEP |
| 12.30-14.00 | Second session: Using of by-products: biochar and ash in the Advanced M×g Phytotechnology | Mediator: Prof. Valentina Pidlisnyuk, NPD, UJEP | |
| 12.30-12.45 | Field scale application of Biochar as a Soil amendment: case of M×g plantation at the military site, Vorzel, Kyiv region, Ukraine | Dr. Tatyana Stefanovska, Co-Director of G6094, NULES, Ukraine | |
| 12.45-13.00 | Field scale application of Biochar as a Soil amendment: case of M×g plantation at the post-mining/post-military site, Chomutov, the Czech Republic | Dr. Robert Ato Newton, former: UJEP team; actual: Rosebank International University College, Ghana | Will be connected on-line |
| 13.00-13.15 | Field scale application of Ash as a Soil amendment: case of M×g plantation at the brownfield, Chomutov, the Czech Republic | Mgr. Abdulmannan Rouhani and Mgr. Ghazwa Basma, UJEP | |
| 13.15-13.30 | Field scale application of M× Advanced Phytotechnology: case of M×g plantation at the post-military site, Dolyna, Ukraine | Dr. Vitalii Stadnik, Co-Director of G6094, NULP, Ukraine | |
| 13.30-13.45 | Recommendations for assessments of biochar-assisted Phytoremediation | Dr. Karim Al Souki, UJEP | |
| 13.45-14.00 | Q&A | ||
| 14.00-14.20 | Coffee break | Mrs. Helena Tumova, UJEP | |
| 14.20-15.10 | Third Session: Valorization of by-products from biomass pyrolysis | Mediator: Dr. Aigerim Mamirova, linkage institution, KazNU, Kazakhstan | |
| 14.20-14.40 | Convention of syngas and bio-oil into the value-added products | Dr. Mariya Marinova, Co-Director of G6094, RMC, Canada | |
| 14.40-15.00 | Valorization of biochar containing high TEs concentration and metals recovery | Dr. Frank Zeman, RMC, Canada | |
| 15.00-15.10 | Q&A | ||
| 15.10-15.30 | General discussion with the participation of end-users from the Czech Republic and Ukraine (hybrid form). Presentation of the Practical Guide “Utilisation of Advanced Miscanthus Phytotechnology for Revitalisation of the Post-Military Land” | Moderator: Prof. Valentina Pidlisnyuk, NPD, UJEP | coffee and refreshments will be served on place |
| 15.30-15.35 | Wrap up | ||
| 18.30-19.30 | Meeting of NDP, PPD and Co-Directors. The event is closed to public. | Moderator: Prof. Valentina Pidlisnyuk, NPD, UJEP | The location will be announced |
Participants of the Training 3 are welcome to attend the kick-off meeting of the ESURET Project, focused on the valorisation of products obtained by pyrolysis from the industrial and biomass wastes. The kick-off meeting is scheduled for March 20, 2026 at FZP UJEP.