8:30 am – 8:40 am IDRA Welcome Remarks – Moderated by Dr. Malak Al Nouri, Provost at Effat University, IDRA Academy Committee Member
- Dean of the IDRA Academy and Director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab, Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Water and Mechanical Engineering at MIT, USA
- Mr. Carlos Cosin, President of IDRA Board of Directors and CEO of Almar Water Solutions, Spain
8:40 am – 8:45 am Welcome Address
- HE Eng. Abdullah Al-Abdulkarim, Governor of the Saline Water Conversion Corporation of Saudi Arabia (SWCC)
8:45 am – 8:50 am Overview of Webinar and Moderator of Technical Program
- Dr. Ahmed Al Amoudi, General Director of the Desalination Technology Research Institute (DTRI) of SWCC
8:50 am – 10:20 am Technical Program
8:50 am – 9:05 am Extracting Value from Ocean Brine – Overview
- Dr. Christopher Fellows, Senior Desalination Expert, DTRI, Saudi Arabia
9:05 am – 9:20 am Innovative Dual Brine Concentrator – Harvesting Pure Sodium Chloride from Brine
- Dr. Seungwon Ihm, Senior Desalination Expert, DTRI, Saudi Arabia
9:20 am – 9:35 am Oceans as Open Sky Mines for Minerals and Water Extraction via Advanced Integrated Membrane Systems
- Prof. Enrico Drioli, Institute of Membrane Technology, Italy
9:45am – 10:05 am A Commercial Full-Brine Recovery Desalination Facility
- Eng. Paul Wallace, CTO, Enviro Water Minerals Company, USA
10:05 am – 10:20 am Challenges and Advancements for Ultra High Pressure RO in Brine Recovery
- Dr. Craig Bartels, CTO, Hydranautics, USA
10:20 am – 10:30 am Q&A Moderated by Eng. Nikolay Voutchkov, Senior Expert Advisor, SWCC, Saudi Arabia