Connecting science, analysis and solutions
Key data
- Organized by
- FHNW School of Life Sciences
Agilent
CTC Analytics AG
Mettler Toledo
Metrohm - Event language
- English
- Address
- Hofackerstrasse 30
4132 Muttenz - Occasions
- 19.11.2026, 09:00–18:00, Campus Muttenz
PFAS contamination presents complex challenges for laboratories, regulators, industry and society. Addressing them requires reliable analytical methods, innovative technologies and close collaboration between science and industry.
Join us at the PFAS Summit 2026, hosted by FHNW School of Life Sciences and Agilent, with the support of CTC Analytics AG, Mettler Toledo and Metrohm.
This one-day event will bring together experts, scientists and laboratory professionals to exchange knowledge, discuss emerging techniques and explore practical solutions for PFAS analysis and removal.
Through expert presentations and real-world applications, the summit will highlight solutions across human exposure assessment, textile analysis, food safety and environmental remediation, spanning PFAS testing in body fluids, textiles and food through to the removal of PFAS from contaminated soils.
Programme
9:00 Welcome
Stefan Gaugler and Marco Rupprich, FHNW School of Life Sciences
Holger Stalz, Agilent Technologies
9:10 PFAS – Sample prep, analysis and adsorption
Flexible automation strategies for PFAS laboratories
Hagen Gegner, CTC Analytics AG
Comprehensive targeted PFAS analytics
Stefan Gaugler, FHNW School of Life Sciences
Selective PFAS adsorption
Johanna Freilinger, FHNW School of Life Sciences
10:00 AOF – a sum parameter for fast PFAS screening in water
Carmen Ziegler, Metrohm Schweiz AG
10:20 Coffee break
10:45 Biological destruction of the forever chemicals PFAS
Riccardo Magagnato, CellX Biosolutions AG
11:15 Accurate PFAS sample preparation and analytics
Andrea Brütsch, Mettler Toledo
11:35 PFAS in food made easy: 30 PFAS, multiple food matrices, one workflow
Peter Kornas, Agilent Technologies
12:00 Lunch and networking
13:30 PFAS in textiles and their analysis
David Saladin, TESTEX AG
14:00 PFAS measurement in human blood: from quantification to potential reduction
Michael Stüssi, AYUS Laboratories
14:30 Coffee break
14:45 Lab tours - FHNW School of Life Sciences
With equipment from Agilent, CTC Analytics AG, Mettler Toledo, and Metrohm Schweiz AG
16:45 Apéro and closing remarks
Register
Contact
Prof. Dr. Marco Rupprich
- Phone
- +41 61 228 60 75
- marco.rupprich@fhnw.ch
Prof. Dr. Stefan Gaugler
- Phone
- +41 61 228 50 98
- stefan.gaugler@fhnw.ch