Water Resilience: Desalination, Recycling and Clean Water Solutions. Conference & Exhibition

💧 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 experiences
– Novel pre-treatment solutions-practical examples

💧 Advanced Techniques and Processes
– Dynamic RO processes (Batch/Semi-batch/CCRO/RF-RO)
– High recovery processes and high energy efficiencies
– Ultra-high pressure processes
– Electrochemical processes ((F)CDI, ED, etc.)
– Osmotically driven processes (FO, PRO)
– Osmotically assisted processes (OARO, LSRRO, etc.)
– Advancements in thermal processes
– New desalination techniques
– Salinity gradient power

💧 Resource Recovery and Reuse
– Circular water economy (water reuse)
– Innovative process concepts (ZLD, MLD)
– Brine valorization and mining
– Brine concentration
– Recycling of the end-of-life membranes
– Advanced wastewater treatment for reuse
– Direct/indirect potable reuse

💧 Membrane Development and Fabrication
– Preparation of inorganic, organic and mixed-matrix membranes
– Advanced membranes and surface modifications
– Novel fabrication methods
– Membranes characterization
– Low-cost ceramic membranes

💧 Modelling and Simulation in Desalination Processes
– Mass transfer and transport through membranes
– Heat and mass transfer and process intensification in thermal desalination

💧 Fouling, Scaling and Mitigation Strategies
– Antifouling membrane/heat exchanger surface modifications
– Cleaning strategies
– Monitoring and characterization of fouling

💧 Environmental Impact and Ecosystem Protection
– PFAS, pollutants, microplastics etc.
– Water quality monitoring
– Brine disposal management
– Water positive/resilience
– Chemical-free pretreatment
– Environmental monitoring
– Lifecycle assessment and environmental footprint

💧 Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience
– Designing desalination systems to cope with climate change (extreme weather conditions, sea level rise, etc.)
– Enhancing water security in drought-prone regions
– Emergency and decentralized desalination systems (off-grid, mobile units, etc.)

💧 Policy and Regulatory Frameworks
– Regulatory frameworks for desalination and water reuse
– Integration of desalination in national water strategies
– Public perception, community engagement

💧 Digitalization and Smart Desalination
– Machine learning, use of AI
– Digital twins
– Big data
– Smart infrastructures

💧 Sustainability and Energy
– Desalination and net zero
– Desalination for green hydrogen production
– Desalination for emerging technologies (Data centers)
– Decarbonization in desalination/carbon footprint
– Desalination using renewable energy
– Co-generation
– Energy efficiency
– Energy recovery systems

💧 Mine Water Treatment, Desalination and Reuse
– Treatment of acid, saline and complex mine waters
– Advanced membrane and hybrid processes;
– Contaminant removal
– Water recovery and reuse
– High-recovery, MLD/ZLD approaches
– Energy efficiency and sustainable treatment solutions

💧 Sustainable Mine Water Management and Resource recovery
– Brine and residuals management
– Recovery of critical minerals, metals and other valuable resources
– Circular water systems
– Environmental impacts
– Mine closure and legacy water
– Digitalisation and monitoring
– Climate resilience and water security