Speakers

Plenary Speakers:

• Enrico Drioli, University of Calabria, Italy
  Topic: Current and projected economics of desalination processes
• Menachem Elimelech, Yale University, USA
  Topic: Next generation membrane materials for energy efficient desalination
• Anthony Fane, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  Topic: Desalination using membranes: Developments and challenges
  Find out more about the team of Rong Wang (Co-Chair MEMDES 2015)  and Anthony Fane (Plenary Speaker MEMDES 2017) receiving the Alternative Water  Resources Prize by PSIPW. The prize is awarded to this team for the development and application of novel forward osmosis hollow fibre membranes.
• Antonio Gomez Gotor, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
  Topic: Desalination experience in the Canary Islands
• Juan María Sánchez, Ecoagua, Spain
  Topic: Evolution of desalination systems in Spain

Keynote Speakers:

• Amy Childress, University of Southern California, USA
  Topic: Potable reuse and desalination with engineered osmosis systems
• Jaeweon Cho, UNIST, South Korea
  Topic: Aquatic surface chemistry of membrane fouling for desalination, focusing  application
• Yoram Cohen, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
  Topic: Self-adaptive RO desalination: Advances and challenges
• Mikel Duke, Victoria University, Australia
  Topic: Desalination for agriculture: Innovative technology approaches for water supply and nutrient recovery
• Nick Hankins, University of Oxford, UK
  Topic: Effective feed water pre-treatment and membrane fouling mitigation for lower energy consumption in RO desalination plants
• Raed Hashaikeh, Masdar Institute of  Science and Technology, UAE
  Topic: Electrically conductive nanofibers for membranes fabrication and fouling prevention
• Ahmad Fauzi Ismail, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
  Topic: Membrane fouling during desalination and its mitigation strategies
• Nalan Kabay, Ege University, Turkey
  Topic: Boron removal from seawater
• Anastasios J. Karabelas, Centre for Research and Technology - Hellas [CERTH], Greece
  Topic: Understanding organic fouling in membrane water-treatment processes: Progress and research priorities
• Maria Kennedy, UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, The Netherlands
  Topic: Algal blooms and seawater reverse osmosis systems
• Takeshi Matsuura, University of Ottawa, Canada
  Topic: Thin film composite membrane for water desalination: Recent developments and future potential
• Marty Peery, Dow Water and Process Solutions, USA
  Topic: Reverse osmosis and nano-filtration membranes for water re-use
• Raphael Semiat, Technion, Israel
  Topic: Environmental and energy issues in water treatment processes
• Domingo Zarzo, AEDyR, Spain
  Topic: Desalination and energy consumption. What can we expect in the near future?