KAUST will be hosting its inaugural Economic Development International Symposium at the China Water Show in Shanghai on May 6th.

The KAUST Economic Development team is convening to address the key topics of global academic, research and commercial interest. The topic of the symposium is “Economic and Technological Challenges in Membrane-Based Water Desalination.” The symposium will offer China Water Show participants the opportunity to interact with the counterparts in academia and industry from different countries.

The China Water Show is the largest Water Industry exhibition in China with the most participants.

AGENDA

Moderator
Dr Denis Gauvreau
Commercial Manager, Research Park and Innovation Cluster, KAUST

8:30am
Doors open

8:55am – 9:00am
Mr Amin Al-Shibani
Vice President, Economic Development, KAUST
Welcoming Remarks

9:00am – 9:30am
Dr Gary Amy
Director, Water Desalination and Reuse Research Center, KAUST
Opening Keynote: Water Desalination Present Practice, Future Trends, and Research Needs

9:30am – 10:00am
Mr Gary Martin
General Manager of Water and Wastewater Solutions, Siemens Limited, China
The Economics of Water Desalination

10:00am – 10:30am
Professor Neal Chung
National University of Singapore
Potential Role of Forward Osmosis (FO) in Seawater Desalination

10:30am – 11:00am
Professor Congjie Gao
Quingdao International Desalination Centre, Ocean University of China
Seawater Desalination Technologies and Practice in China

11:00am – 11:30am
Professor Jan Schippers
Professor Emeritus of Water Supply Technology, UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education
SWRO: Fouling Prediction and Control

11:30am – 12:00pm
Mr Brent Alspach
Senior Project Engineer, Malcolm Pirnie Inc.
SWRO Trends in the USA, Australia and Beyond

12:00pm – 1:00pm
Lunch

1:00pm – 1:30pm
Dr Masahiro Henmi
General Manager of the Global Environment Research Laboratories, Toray Industries
Advanced Seawater Desalination RO Membrane

1:30pm – 2:00pm
Dr Klaus-Viktor Peinemann
Principal Research Scientist, Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Center, KAUST
Nano-Engineered Composite Materials for Next Generation Reverse Osmosis Membranes

2:00pm – 2:30pm
Professor Enrico Drioli
Founder of the Institute on Membrane Technology, University of Calabria
New Trends and Technologies for Membrane Desalinationn

2:30pm – 3:00pm
Ms Nelly Cannesson
Technical Director, Veolia Water Asia Pacific
Gold Coast Desalination: Challenges and Performance To-Date

3:00pm – 3:30pm
Professor Benito Mariñas
Ivan Racheff Professor of Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois
Materials Advances in Membrane Desalination Science and Technology

3:30pm – 4:00pm
Dr Charles Kingdon
Director, Research Park and Innovation Cluster, KAUST
Economic Development at KAUST:
Industry and Startups Locating in KAUST Research Park and Innovation Cluster

4:00pm – 4:30pm
Dr Steven Rosenberg
Research and Development Fellow, Dow Water and Process Solutions, The Dow Chemical Company
Closing Keynote Speech: Challenges and Trends Forward in Water Desalination

4:30pm – 4:35pm
Dr Denis Gauvreau
Commercial Manager, Research Park and Innovation Cluster, KAUST

Closing Remarks