CONFERENCE TOPICS

These are the topics for the forthcoming event in Porto, 27-30 April 2025

Innovation in applications and operations 

  • Advancements in pre- and post-treatment 
  • Desalination for agriculture, food, beverage, medicine
  • Industrial wastewater treatment
  • Lessons learned, safety
  • O&M, troubleshooting
  • Mega projects and plants
  • Stand-alone off grid systems
  • Regional Case study experience

Resource recovery and reuse

  • Circular water economy (water reuse) 
  • Innovative process concepts (ZLD, MLD) 
  • Brine valorization and mining
  • Brine concentration
  • Advanced wastewater treatment for reuse

Climate adaption, environmental impact considerations, regulations

  • Direct/Indirect potable reuse
  • PFAS, pollutants, microplastics etc
  • OMP Leaching from Polymeric Membranes
  • Minimizing Chemical Consumption
  • Water quality monitoring
  • Brine disposal management
  • Water positive/resilience/footprint
  • Chemical-free pretreatment
  • Green Antiscalants

Advanced techniques and processes 

  • Dynamic RO processes (Batch/Semi-batch/CCRO/RF-RO)
  • High recovery processes 
  • Ultra-high pressure processes
  • MD, FO, LSRRO, NF
  • New desalination techniques
  • Small Scale Desalination for Humanitarian Needs/Crisis

Developments in membranes, membrane fabrication and mass transfer considerations

  • Advanced membranes 
  • Novel fabrication methods
  • Fouling and scaling control
  • Modelling and Simulation

Smart desalination

  • Machine learning, use of AI
  • Digital twins
  • Big data 
  • Smart infrastructures

Sustainability and energy

  • Desalination and net zero
  • Desalination for hydrogen
  • Decarbonization in desalination/carbon footprint
  • Desalination using renewable energy
  • Co-generation
  • Energy efficiency
  • Energy recovery systems 
  • Solar energy use


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