Technical Program Speakers

Topic Chairs

Mr. Thomas Altman

EVP - Innovation & New Technology, ACWA Power

Mr. Borja Blanco

CEO, Aqua Advise

Dr. Veronique Bonnelye

Technical Support Manager, SUEZ International

Mrs. Lindsey Brown

Australian Market Leader - Water, GHD

Mr. Emilio Gabbrielli

International Water Advisor

Dr. Veronica Garcia Molina

Global Marketing Manager Municipal, Dupont

Prof. Tony Fane

Professor, University of New South Wales

Prof. Stephen Gray

Executive Director, Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities

Dr. Jantje Johnson

Founding Partner, Orange Boat

Prof. John H. Lienhard V

Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Mr. Jim Lozier

VP, Global Tech Leader for Desalination, Jacobs

Mr. Neil Palmer

Chief Technology Officer, Osmoflo

Mr. Kevin Price

Principal, AWTT, LLC

Mr. Miguel Angel Sanz

Independent Water Consultant

Mr. Rodrigo Segovia

Chief Technical Officer, Almar Water Solutions

Prof. HK Shon

Professor in School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney

Dr. Rick Stover

Vice President of Technology, Gradiant Membrane Systems

Mr. Felix Wang

VP of Marketing, Gradiant Membrane Systems

Prof. David Warsinger

Assistant Professor, Purdue University

Dr. Domingo Zarzo

Innovation and Strategic Projects Manager, Sacyr Water

Session Chairs

Dr. Ahmad Al Amoudi

Director General, Desalination Technologies Research Institute (DTRI)

Mrs. Ursula Annunziata

President EDS, Executive Advisor at H2O Innovation

Dr. Giancarlo Barassi

Desalination and Reuse Market Manager, Aquatech International

Dr. Monica Boodhan

Lecturer, the University of Trinidad and Tobago

Mr. Patrick Buchta

EMEA Technical Service & Development Leader, DuPont

Mr. Antonio Casañas

Senior Key Account Manager, DuPont Water Solutions

Mr. Guillaume Clairet

Chief Operating Officer, H2O Innovation

Dr. Antonella De Luca

Head of Competence Center Environmental Solutions, Omya

Dr. Mike Dixon

CEO, Synauta

Dr. Heike Glade

Head of Research Group, University of Bremen

Dr. Belén Gutiérrez

Head of Desalination Area, R&D Department, GS INIMA ENVIRONMENT

Prof. Seungkwan Hong

Professor, Korea University

Mr. Hoon Hyung

President, LG Water Solutions

Mr. Rama Jagwani

General Manager, PROJECX

Ms. Naomi Jones

Integrated Design Director, McCarthy Building Companies

Mr. Fady Juez

Managing Director, Metito Overseas

Dr. Christine Kleffner

Research Associate (Postdoc), TH Köln

Mr. Steven Lam

Director, New Products Initiative, Gradiant

Dr. Jorge Malfeito

R&D Director Water, ACCIONA

Mr. Roberto Mangano

Managing Director, ILF Consulting Engineers Abu Dhabi

Dr. Victor Monsalvo

Head of Eco-efficiency Area, Innovation and Technology, Aqualia

Mr. Alistair Munro

Founder and CEO, Ryse Energy

Mr. Scott Murphy

General Manager QLD, Veolia Australia & New Zealand

Prof. Long Ngheim

Professor, Director of the Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, University of Technology Sydney

Mr. Juan Miguel Pinto

Director, Sales and Strategy, Americas, Energy Recovery

Mrs. Olga Sallangos

Plant Manager, Caramondani Desalination Plants LTD

Mr. Devesh Sharma

CEO, Aquatech International

Mr. Daniele Strongone

Business Manager, American Water Chemicals

Mr. Alejandro Sturniolo

Global Head of Water Reuse & Strategic Partnerships, H2O Innovation

Dr. Jaichander Swaminathan

Research Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Mr. Ties Venema

Group Vice President & Managing Director S3C, H2O Innovation

Mr. Victor Verbeek

ANZ Regional GM, Toray Membrane Australia

Eng. Nikolay Voutchkov

President, Water Globe Consultants, LLC

Dr. Mohammad Wakil Shazad

Deputy Programme Leader, Northumbria University

Mr. Greg Wetterau

Vice President, CDM Smith

Presenters

Mr. Muhammad Ahmad

PhD Student in Northumbria University

Mr. Haytham Ahmed

Engineering Manager in Fluid Equipment Development Co. - (FEDCO)

Mr. Jawwad Ahmed

Business Development Manager in Prime Chemicals Corporation (Pvt) Ltd.

H.E. Eng. Abdullah Ibrahim Al-Abdulkarim

Governor, Saline Water Conversion Corporation

Dr. Bader Al-Anzi

Faculty member in Kuwait University, Visiting Professor in University of Alberta

Dr. Mohammed Al-Namazi

Deputy Executive Director in DTRI, Saline Water Conversion Corporation

H.E. Eng. Khaled Al Qureshi

CEO, Saudi Water Partnership Company

Mr. Abdullah Albiladi

Researcher in DTRI, Saline Water Conversion Corporation

Dr. Emad Alhseinat

Assistant Professor, Khalifa Uinversity

Dr. Mohammad Alizadehfard

CEO, OSMOTEC

Mr. Sohaib Alsafh

Desalination Engineer, NOMAC

Mr. Keith Andes

Pacific Rim Technical Manager, Nitto Hydranautics

Dr. Juan Arévalo

Project Manager, Aqualia

Ms. Rebecca Argento

Process Engineer, GHD

Dr. Tina Arrowood

Research Scientist, DuPont Water Solutions

Mr. Javier Artal González

Plant Manager, ACCIONA

Mr. Leon Awerbuch

CEO, International Desalination Consulting Associates Idca

Dr. Chrystelle Ayache

Project Manager, Veolia

Mr. Simon Bae

Technical Manager, Energy Recovery, Inc

Dr. Sylvie Baig

Head of Scientific Innovation, Suez International

H.E. Eng. Ahmed Mohammed Belajar Al Rumaithi

Under Secretary for the Department of Energy, Abu Dhabi

Mr. Jonathan Bessette

Graduate Research Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mr. Fabio Blanco-Murillo

PhD Student, University of Alicante

Dr. Andrew Bouma

PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Mr. Michael Bourke

VP Business Development, Wigen Water Technologies

Dr. Matthew Brannock

Technical Director - Water & Brine Process, GHD

Prof. Jonathan Brant

Professor, University of Wyoming

Mr. Robert Bryniak

CEO, Golden Sands Management Consulting

Mrs. Mercedes Calzada Garzón

Technical Specialist, Sacyr Agua

Mr. Rafael Candel

RO Manager, SACYR AGUA

Dr. Jiajun Cen

CSO, Desolenator

Mr. Scott Chalmers

Eastern Regional Manager, Osmoflo

Mr. Colin Chan

Technical Director, Binnies Hong Kong Limited

Ms. Lisa Chan

Innovation & Improvement Manager, SUEZ

Mr. Roch Cheroux

CEO, Sydney Water

Mr. Stephen Chesters

Vice President/Managing Director, H2O Innovation

Dr. Dennis Cho

Principal Process Engineer, Jacobs Group Australia

Mr. Seokho Choi

CEO, PurifiedU

Ms. Grace Connors

Lead Test Engineer, Charm Industrial

Mr. Pedro Cortés Reyes

Plant Manager, Acciona

Mr. Carlos Cosin

CEO, Almar Water Solutions

Mr. Marshall Davert

Head of Innovation, Stantec

Dr. Gonzalo Delacamara

Director, IE Centre for Water & Climate Adaptation

Mr. Bharat Dharamwani

GM - South Asia, Toray Industries, Inc.

Mr. Jose Diaz Caneja

CEO, Acciona Agua

Mr. Mark Donovan

North American Water Treatment & Desalination Lead, CHD

Mrs. Sandy Fabritz

Director, Water Strategy, Freeport-McMoRan

Mr. Maqsood Fazel

Senior Research Chemist, Genesys International

Mrs. Mariana Figueira Alves

PhD student, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)

Dr. Hu Fleming

Partner, Upwell Water

Mr. Zi Hao Foo

Ph.D. Candidate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mrs. Danielle Francis

Manager Liveable Communities, Water Services Association of Australia

Dr. Val Frenkel

Vice President, GRELEY and HANSEN

Mr. Robert Garner

Director (Water Supply), NEOM

Ms. Marie Gaveriaux

Digital Product Owner, Veolia Water Technologies

Dr. Guillem Gilabert Oriol

Technical Leader, DuPont

Mr. Shohei Goda

TOYOBO CO., LTD.

Dr. Peter Godart

Postdoctoral Associate, MIT

Dr. Ronan Guillossou

Process Design Engineer, Suez

Dr. Prasad TL Gupta

Senior scientific officer, BARC

Mr. Evan Hambleton

General Manager Assets Planning & Delivery, Water Corporation

Dr. Shigehisa Hanada

Research Associate, Toray Industries, Inc.

Dr. Lahcen Hasnaoui

Hydro Advisor

Mr. Kunihiro Hayakawa

Manager, Kurita Water Industries, LTD

Mr. Samuel Heath

Graduate Research Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Mr. Guillermo Hijos Gago

O&M Desalination ME Director, ACCIONA

Dr. Jia Shin Ho

NPI Scientist, Gradiant International Holdings

Mr. Ahmad Hosseinzadeh

University of Technology Sydney (UTS)

Mr. Shiyang Huang

Ph.D. candidate, University of New South Wales

Ms. Yingfei Huang

Ph.D. candidate, University of New South Wales

Mr. Robert Huehmer

Senior Process Development Engineer, DuPont

Mr. Yoshiaki Ito

Research Manager, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Dr. Mahdi Jalayer

Head of Basic Design and Senior Research Specialist / Technology Development Advisor, Bandar Abbas Oil Refining Company-Iran / OSMOTEC - Australia

Mrs. Eva Jalon

CEO, Sacyr Water

Mr. Jonathan Jo

Process Engineer, Veolia Australia New Zealand

Mr. Reece Karamihas

Senior Enginee, Sydney Desalination Plant Pty Ltd

Dr. Sarah Kerdi

Research Scientist, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Mr. David Kim-Hak

Sr Director of Product, Energy Recovery Inc.

Dr. Jungbin Kim

Postdoctoral researcher, Korea University

Mr. Frans Knops

Product Manager, Pentair

Mr. Chaim Kolominskas

Manager - EVS Water, Envirosuite

Dr. Pawel Krzeminski

Researcher, Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA)

Dr. Soonbuhm Kwon

Head Researcher, K-water

Mr. Alvaro Lagartos

Senior Application Engineer, LG Chem

Mr. Andrew Layson

Senior Principal Water Engineer, Jacobs

Mr. Huw Lazaredes

Applications Development Manager, DuPont

Dr. Jieun Lee

Research Professor, Pusan National University

Dr. Sheng Li

Water Expert, DTRI, Saline Water Conversion Corporation

Mr. Rongtao Liu

Environmental and Operation Engineer, Adelaideaqua

Dr. Omkar Lokare

NPI Manager, Membrane Systems, Gradiant Corp.

Prof. Abdel Nasser Mabrouk

Senior Scientist, Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute

Mrs. Julia Madueño

Student, Instituto Tecnologico de Sonora

Mr. Patrick Chun Yuen Mak

Resident Site Engineer, Binnies Hong Kong Limited

Mr. Mohannad Malki

Technical Director, American Water Chemicals

Mr. Sean McCagh

Engineer, RO-TEG

Mr. Hiroki Minehara

Professional Researcher

Mr. Yuki Miura

Manager, TOYOBO CO., LTD.

Mr. Tomotsugu Miyabe

Chief Researcher, Nitto Denko Corporation

Mr. Milad Mohsenzadeh

PhD Candidate, The University of Melbourne

Dr. Tariq Nada

Chief Technical Officer, KSA Portfolio, ACWA Power

Mr. Takahito Nakao

Senior Engineer, Toyobo Co., Ltd.

Mr. Luis Navarro

Business Development Manager, Hach

Dr. Muhammad Saqib Nawaz

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, KAUST

Mr. Bart Nelemans

Director, Aquastill B.V.

Mr. Francois Neser

Senior Associate, Jacobs

Prof. Kim Choon NG

Professor, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Mr. Mateus Nicoladelli de Oliveira

Digital Business Analyst, WEG

Dr. Kathy Northcott

R&D Manager, Veolia Australia New Zealand

Mr. Eduardo Orteu

Of Counsel, Gómez-Acebo & Pombo

Ms. Mariam Ouda

PhD Student, Khalifa University

Dr. Jesus Ortiz

Business Development Manager, ACCIONA Agua

Dr. Byungsung Park

Senior Desalination Expert, Saline Water Conversion Corporation

Ms. Nuria Peña

Laboratory Manager, Genesys Membrane Products, SL

Dr. Maria Angeles Perez

TS&D Specialist, DuPont Water Solutions

Mr. Eloy Pita

CEO, INCREA

Mr. Harry Polman

Managing Director, H2O Biofouling Solutions B.V.

Mr. Yvan Poussade

Product Owner - Water Reuse, Veolia

Dr. Adnan Qamar

System Modeling and Data Specialist, KAUST

Dr. Elham Radaei

Senior Water Engineer, KBR

Mr. Jan Radel

Technical Manager, DuPont Water Solutions

Mr. Danyal Rehman

Doctoral Candidate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Mr. Oscar Rodriguez

O&M Desalination Middle East Maintenance Director, ACCIONA

Mr. Dave Rose

Technical Development Specialist, Italmatch Chemicals

Mr. Eugene Rozenbaoum

Director of Engineering - Americas and Europe, LG NanoH2O

Dr. Joan Antoni Salvadó

Researcher, ACCIONA Agua

Mr. Christian Sanders

Environmental Engineer, CDM Smith

Dr. Amit Sankhe

Product Development Manager, PWT Chemicals

Dr. Philippe Sauvignet

Industrialization Manager, Veolia

Mr. Beat Schneider

Director Global Desalination, Flowserve

Mr. Paul Sciuto

General Manager, Monterey One Water

Mr. Amr Seoudy

CEO & Founder, Water Treatment Consulting Office (WTCO)

Mr. Saravana Perumal Shanmukham

Director, S P Elements

Dr. Qianhong She

Assistant Professor, Singapore Membrane Technology Centre (SMTC)

Dr. Yehuda Shevah

Consultant, Independent

Mrs. Constanze Simmermacher

Project Manager / Design Manager, Jacobs

Ms. Varsha Sivagurunathan

Postgraduate Student, The University of New South Wales

Dr. Ivan Sola

Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Alicante

Mr. Rishabh Srivastava

PhD Scholar, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar

Mr. Christian Staaks

Leader Application Development, DuPont

Dr. Sai Sudhakaran

Sr. Staff Scientist, NALCO Water - An Ecolab Company

Ms. Patricia Terrero

R&D Manager, Sacyr Water

Mrs. Marta Verde

CEO, GS Inima

Mr. Daniel Visser

Technical Director - Water Treatment & Desalination, GHD

Ms. Lihua Wang

Technical Manager, LG Chem China Co. Ltd.

Dr. Quantum Wei

Co-founder, Harmony Desal

Prof. Harvey Winters

Professor, Fairleigh Dickinson University

Mr. Liang Ying Ee

Ph.D. Candidate, National University of Singapore

Mr. Youngwook Yoo

Senior Water Expert, Saudi Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC)

Dr. Junghyo Yoon

Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Mr. Chris Young

General Manager Operations, SA Water

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