International Forward Osmosis Association Conference

The Summit will also provide a unique opportunity to network with others involved in Forward Osmosis and discuss the latest technologies and solutions. One of the key networking opportunities is the IFOA gala dinner and river cruise on Thursday 18th September which is included in the conference registration fee and will be held on board the M/V Opera. Coaches will be laid on from the hotel to the port and the river cruise will then depart for dinner and journey along the Tagus River to the Torre Belém, Terreiro do Paço and Parque das nações.

• Landfill leachate concentration through forward osmosis, Dr. Ed Beaudry, Hydration Technology Innovations
• The economic case for forward osmosis based desalination, Brian Moore, Modern Water plc
• Biomimetic aquaporin membranes in forward osmosis applications, Dr. Claus Helix Nielsen, Aquaporin
• Performance evaluation of thin film composite hollow fibre fo in the applications of concentration and fombr , Dr. Jinsong Zhang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
• Critical evaluation of Pressure Assisted Osmosis (PAO): impact of hydraulic pressure on water flux, fouling and economics, Gaetan Blandin, University of New South Wales, Australia & Ghent University, Belgium
• Forward osmosis concentration of geological producted waters in U.S.A. rocky mountain oil & gas operations, Keith Lampi, Hydration Technology Innovations
• Polymer-based draw solutions for osmotically driven membrane processes: opportunities and challenges, Dr. Mamadou S. Diallo, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
• Designing commercialy relevent membrane for forward osmosis, Dr. Jeffrey McCutcheon, University of Connecticut, USA
• Comparative assessment of water recovery from primary and secondary wastewater effluents using forward osmosis, Dr. Zhenyu Li, King Abdullah University  of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
• Water reuse of difficult-to-treat oily wastewater in machine industries, Dr. Victor Yangali Quintanilla, Grundfos
• Forward osmosis: sustainable water production and purification, Dr. Rui Resendes, Forward Water Technologies
• Ro-pro for sustainable seawater desalination, Dr. Amy Childress, University of Southern California
• Evaluation of fo for wastewater reclamation with a focus on the selection of optimal draw solutions, Dr. Teresa de la Torre, Acciona Water
• Forward osmosis concentration and ZLD for coal chemical plant wastewater: challenges of commercial scale-up, Keith Lampi, Hydration Technology Innovations
• Increase emerging contaminant rejection and reduce costs: pilot test results for high purity reuse of industrial wastes, municipal secondary effluent, and graywater, Erik Desormeaux, Porifera, Inc.
• Forward omosis implementation: moving from academic characterizations to planning level comparison, costing and real world considerations, Carl Lundin, CDM Smith
• The ultrafiltration-osmotic membrane bioreactor: potable reuse and nutrient recovery, Bryan Coday, Colorado School of Mines