June 24, 2021, Boston, MA – The International Desalination and Reuse Association, Desalination Technology Research Institute (DTRI) and Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) announce new dates for the upcoming 3-day Specialty Conference on Innovation in Desalination will be February 7-9, 2022, held at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
This premier event focuses on the latest achievements in science and technology of desalination and provides a forum for incubation and exchange of ideas aiming to propel innovation, creativity and disruptive advancements in this rapidly growing field. The conference will be organized in morning and afternoon sessions with two parallel tracks.
The first and half of the second day of this Specialty Conference will include presentations by well-renowned international keynote speakers which will provide an overview of the latest developments in key desalination industry topic areas, of recent scientific and technology breakthroughs, and of new trends aiming at breaking the cost and energy barriers of desalination.
The afternoon of the second day of the conference will include a visit to SWCC desalination and technology demonstration facilities showcasing a number of innovative technologies of the DTRI of SWCC that were recently developed inhouse or created in partnership with key industry partners such as Hydranautics, FEDCO, Toyobo, Waterise, Fluid Technology Solutions, ERI, Pacifica Water Systems, and the University of California Los Angeles.
Some of the new technologies that will be demonstrated for the first time in public during the site visit include: full-scale underwater desalination unit operating on seawater column pressure; energy recovery system with efficiency of over 98.5% with design that eliminates the need for brine booster pump; SWRO membranes with rejection of 99.93% and superior productivity which contain chemically induced nano-structures; membranes that achieve salinity of 250 ppt in two-stage low pressure brine concentration system; clean-in-place system (CIP) for cartridge filters, and a number of other inventions.
Technical Program Topics include:
• Innovative Technologies for Breaking the Cost and Energy Barriers of Desalination
• Advances in Membrane Science and Technology
• Latest Developments in High Recovery Desalination
• Renewable Energy Driven Desalination Systems
• Latest Generation Energy Recovery Equipment and Systems
• Novelties in Seawater Pretreatment and Post-treatment
• Brine Concentrate Management, Ocean Mining and ZLD Innovations
• Out-of-the-Box Emerging Desalination Technologies
• Digitalization of Desalination
• Road-mapping of the Future of Desalination Technology
*Accepted Technical papers may also be considered for the IDRA WC 2022 Technical Program.
To submit your extended abstract visit here. Shortlisted authors will be notified by December 15, 2021, with full papers due by January 10, 2022. Final ppt presentations are due by January 20, 2022. For questions regarding this conference, please contact papers@idadesal.org
Conference Chairman:
Dr. Ahmad S. Al-Amoudi, President
Conference Technical Program Committee Chairman:
Mr. Nikolay Voutchkov, Senior Expert
Conference Technical Program Committee:
Dr. Christopher Fellows, Senior Expert
Mr. Fritz Alt, Senior Expert
Dr. Basel Al Sharkh, Senior Expert
Dr. Seungwon Ihm, Senior Expert
Dr. Young Yoo, Senior Expert
Mr. Borja Blanco, CEO, Aqua Advise, Spain
Mr. Devesh Sharma, Managing Director, Aquatech, USA
Mr. Miguel Angel Sanz, Director of Strategic Development, Suez, France
Mr. Silvio Oliva, Chief Executive Officer Fisia Italimpianti S.p.A., Italy
Mr. Victor Verbeek, General Manager for Australia & New Zealand Regional, Toray Membrane Australia
Dr. Domingo Zarzo, Technical and R&D Manager, Sacyr Water, Spain