EDS are delighted to be representing the Desalination Industry at the Four Worlds Programme Aquatech from the 6-8. Please see the programme here. You can register for free here through the official Aquatech visitor registration.
The Four Worlds sessions are located as follows: The Digital World (03.310), Hall 3, Clean Water World (05.622), Hall 5, Industrial Corporate World (07.246) and the Wastewater World (07.508), Hall 7. See the interactive floor plan to locate them.
Ursula and Tracey look forward to welcoming you to our EDS stand located in Hall 7, #07.720.
Desalination Sessions for the Four World Programme: Aquatech: 6-8 November
Digital World: Monday 6th November: 11:15 – 13:15. How Digitalisation is Changing Desalination and How We Prepare for the Future. Moderator
| 11:15 – 11:20 Introduction Walid Khoury. General Manager. Desalytics. |
| 11:20 – 11:35 Presenter: Amr Seoudy. CEO, WTCO (Water Treatment Consulting Office) Presentation: Artificial Intelligence: Desalination industry performance optimization impact. Q&A. 11:35 -11:40 |
| 11:40 – 11:55 Presenter: Mike Sinfield, Research Chemist. H2o Innovation Presentation: How data can drive innovation in desalination. Q&A. 12:55 – 12:00 |
| 12:00 – 12:15 Presenter: Maria de los Angeles Pérez Macía Presentation: DuPont Water App: Transforming the digital space of desalination Q&A. 12:15-12:20 |
| 12:20 – 12:35 Presenter: Jose Carlos Gil Jara, Senior Sales Director, Europe, Gradiant. Presentation: Gradiant’s digital integral platform SmartsOps: One AI-Powered Platform. Infinite insights. |
| Q&A. 12:35 – 12:40 |
| 12:40 – 12:55 hrs Presenter: Christian Pitavy, Chief Digital Officer at Veolia Water Technologies. Presentation: Digital breakthroughs: expanding the applications of desalination, fostering sustainability and building trust. Q&A 12:55 – 13:00 |
| 13:00-13:15 Round up panel session headed by Walid Khoury. |
Industrial & Corporate Water World: Monday, 6th November, 14:15 – 16:30 The Desalination Industry Looks to the Future to Utilise Water Footprint for Corporations—The Way to Water Positive.
| 14:15 – 14:20 Opening remarks by Moderator Alejandro Sturniolo. Vice President of Marketing and Sustainability. H2o Innovation. |
| 14:20 – 14:35 Presenter: Lorena Barberà Campos. Dupont Presentation: Ten years of UF and RO Limassol Desalination Plant operation in Cyprus. Q&A 14:35 – 14:40 |
| 14:40 – 14:55 Presenter: Irene Marian. Adiquimica. Presentation: Sustainable Treatment for the Reuse of Cooling Tower Blowdown Water Using Reverse Osmosis Q&A 14:55 – 15:00 Q&A 15:00 – 15:05 |
| 15:05 – 15:20 Presenter: Daniela Vidal Nazar, Research Chemist. H2o Innovation. Presentation: Water Positivity Begins by Maximizing RO Membrane Production Through Optimized Chemical Selection. Q&A. 15:20 – 15:25 |
| 15:25 – 15:40 Presenter: Juan Cifuentes, Technical Manager Europe & MENA, Energy Recovery, Inc.Energy Recovery. Presentation: Next Generation Energy Recovery Device Solutions for Sea Water Reverse Osmosis. Q&A 15:40 – 15:45 |
| 15:45 – 16:00. Presenter: Simon Grasman, CTO, Presentation: ElectroMembrane Stacks by REDstack: a Platform Technology for Resource Recovery. Q&A 16:00 – 16:05 |
| 16:05 – 16:25 Wrap-up panel session headed by Moderator Alejandro Sturniolo. |
Clean Water World: Tuesday 7th November: 11:00 – 13:00. How can Desalination Address Emerging Clean Water Challenges?
| 10:40 – 10:45. Introduction by moderator Walid Khoury. General Manager. Desalytics. |
| 10:45 – 11:00 Presenter: Daniele Strongone. General Business Manager, AWC, for the EMEI/AAPAC regions. Presentation: CASE STUDY: THE USE OF A NOVEL ANTISCALANT TO PREVENT IRON FOULING IN A BRACKISH WATER RO SYSTEM Q&A 11.00 – 11.10 |
| 11:10 – 11:30 Presenter: Domingo Zarzo Martinez, Director of Innovation and Strategic Projects Manager, SACYR Water. Presentation: Water footprint and water positive initiatives; next steps for increasing efficient water use. Q&A 11:30 – 11:35 |
| 11:35 – 11:55 Presenter: Jochen Kallenberg. Director, Water Treatment, Dryden Aqua Presentation: Activated Filter Media (AFM) – retrofit of sand filter to improve quality and operating cost in drinking water treatment. Q&A 11:55 – 12:00 |
| 12:00 – 12:20 Presenter: Nicholas Nelson. Director of Innovation & Technical Marketing. Omya Intermational AG. Presentation: Innovative remineralization process: One-year operation at Hondoq desalination plant. Q&A 12:00- 12:05 |
| 12:25 – 12:45 Presenter: Eugene Rozenbaoum, Director – ETS West, LG Water Solutions. Presentation: The fight against PFAS: LG NanoH2O BWRO membranes, an effective barrier against forever chemicals. Q&A 12:45 – 12:50 |
| 12:45 – 13:00. Wrap-up comments by Moderator Walid Khoury. |
Waste Water & Resources World: Wednesday 8th November: 13:30 – 15:30. Turning Waste Water into an Environment Resource Using Desalination.
| 13:30 – 13:35 Introduction by Moderator Daniel Frank. Water Management for Green Hydrogen Production. DECHEMA. |
| 13:35 – 13:50 Presenter: Juan Cifuentes, Technical Manager Europe & MENA, Energy Recovery, Inc. Presentation: Leading Energy Recovery Solutions for Low-Pressure Reverse Osmosis Systems. Q&A 13:50 – 13:55 |
| 13:55 – 14:10 Presenter: Jochen Kallenberg. Presentation: Activated Filter Media (AFM) as a sustainable and efficient solution for industrial wastewater treatment. Q&A. 14:10 – 14:15. |
| 14:15 – 14:30 Presenter: Sara Ribeiro Pinela, PhD candidate at Wetsus/WUR. Presentation: Biological Oxygen Dosing Activated Carbon (BODAC): a new technology that effectively prevents fouling in surface water reverse osmosis. Q&A 14:30 – 14:35 |
| 14:35 – 14:50 Presenter: Daniel Schmitz. Danfoss. Presentation: Improving Energy Efficiency and Operational Control of Membrane Systems: Concept of Using a Generator with Drive (VFD). Q&A 13:50 – 14:55 |
| 14:55 – 15:10 Presenter: Dr Juan Buceta. Director Pronoe Earth Director Presentation: Reaching NetZero Goals: Coupling Ocean-Based CO2 Removal and Waste Water Management. Q&A 15:10 – 15:15. |
| 15:15 – 15:30. Wrap-up comments from Daniel Frank. |