b'WM SYMPOSIA 2026PHOENIX CONVENTION CENTERMAR 8-12, 2026WMSYM.ORG+1 480-557-02637 - ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION (ER) Margaret MacDonell, Argonne National Laboratory (Lead Co-Chair), V: +1 630-252-3243, E: macdonell@anl.govKurt Gerdes, WM Symposia, Inc. (Co-Chair), V: +1 301-330-1457, E: kgerdes@wmsym.orgVicky Freedman, Sealaska (Co-Chair), V: +1 509-546-1679, E: vicky.freedman@sealaska.comThis track includes all activities associated with the assessment, cleanup, and closure of contaminated sites. The topics will explore how to restore and protect human health and the environment through investigation, cleanup, closure, and long-term site management. The focus is on above and below ground remedial actions and cleanup activities including site inspection, characterization and evaluation, sampling and analysis, compliance monitoring, resolving regulatory issues that impact cleanup, aquifer and soil remediation, managing waste resulting from cleanup activities, remedial design and implementation, accelerating cleanup through technological or process improvements, closure, sustainable green remediation processes and legacy management/long-term stewardship.7.00Environmental Remediation - Non-specified Abstracts7.01Environmental Remediation - Posters7.02Alternative Strategies to Achieve Environmental Remediation Progress7.03Technical Innovations in Environmental Remediation and Site Closure7.04Innovative Field Monitoring for Environmental Remediation7.05ER Post Closure Challenges and Long-Term Stewardship/Legacy Management7.06Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) and US Army Corps of Engineers Projects7.07In-situ Stabilization and Containment7.08Conceptual Site Models: Improvements in Development and Application7.09Environmental Remediation in Urban and Suburban Environments7.10Environmental Remediation of Abandoned Uranium Mines and Mills7.11Modeling Applications and Flow/Transport Analysis in Environmental Remediation7.12Emerging Contaminant Issues7.13 Risk/Dose Analysis in Environmental Remediation7.14 Approaches to Overcome Challenges in Environmental Data Management, Access, and Analysis7.15 Challenges in Meeting Regulatory Requirements Associated with Changes in Environmental Cleanup Decisions and Site Management 8 - COMMUNICATIONS AND WORKFORCE MODERNIZATION (CWM)Amy Boyette, HII (Lead Co-Chair), V: +1 839-247-0953, E: amy.r.boyette@hii.comJeannette Hyatt, Triad National Security, LLC (Co-Chair), V: +1 505-695-8478, E: Jhyatt@lanl.govZabrina Smith, Hanford Tank Waste Operations & Closure (H2C) (Co-Chair), V: +1 520-234-5476, E: zabrina_b_smith@rl.govThis track covers communications, stakeholders & indigenous engagement, training and professional public involvement, and education and training development for technical and management issues in the nuclear waste-management industry, such as used nuclear fuel; and high-level, low-level and TRU waste management. 8.00 Communications and Workforce Modernization - Non-Specified Abstracts8.01 Communications and Workforce Modernization - Posters 8.02 Leveraging AI and Data Visualization for Effective Decision-Making and Communication Support in Radioactive Waste Management: Worldwide Experiences8.03 Community and Inter-Governmental Perspectives on Nuclear Waste Cleanup8.04 Decision-Making Tools and Frameworks that Enhance Communication for Cleanup Programs8.05 Innovations and Solutions to Workforce Modernization8.06 Revolutionizing Workforce Development in the Nuclear Industry8.07 Strategies for Capturing Institutional Knowledge and Succession Planning8.08 Public Engagement Through Social Sciences, Technology, and Communications9 - SPECIAL TOPICS AND MULTI-TRACK CROSS CUTTING TECHNOLOGY TOPICS (ST) Alan Paulley, Quintessa Ltd. (Lead Co-Chair), V: +4401925885952, E: alanpaulley@quintessa.orgMing Zhu, US DOE (Co-Chair), V: +1 301-903-9240, E: ming.zhu@em.doe.govPaul Dixon, Los Alamos National Laboratory (Co-Chair), V: +1 702-308-0728, E: p_dixon@lanl.govThis track includes all Special Topics including the aspects of US and non-US International Safety, Security, and Safeguards and US Homeland security issues. It also includes technical track crosscutting topics or special WM topics on programs associated with orphan and sealed sources, Integrated Risk Management and decision support analysis in support of Program Management and Project Management inclusive of but not limited to modeling, compliance activities, criteria and standards development, Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA); Technology Deployment and Technical Risk Management; instruments, filtration, advanced technologies, extreme environment operations enabling technologies, technology driven program implications and drivers, and/or other technical crosscutting issues that involve multiple waste forms or radioactive materials and/or risk management.9.00 Special Topics and Track Cross Cutting Technology Topics - Non-specified Abstracts9.01 Special Topics and Track Cross Cutting Technology Topics - Posters9.02 Crosscutting Subsurface Mass Transport and Environmental Assessment In Support of Decision Analyses of Geological Disposal Systems9.03 Risk-Informed Performance Based Decision Analysis for Site Closure9.04 Integrated Performance and Risk Assessments, Decision Analyses, and Risk Management6'