Highlights Of The Program

2 days business program:

Learn from real-world case studies by industry leaders.

SHOWCASING INNOVATION:

Discover the latest technology and techniques from across the industry.

leaders talk:

Hear from top-level experts about how to stay ahead in a fast-changing industry.

MULTIPLE STREAMS:

A business program that is multi-disciplinary, giving you a broad view of the industry.

SMART TECHNOLOGIES:

Explore the latest smart and AI-driven solutions, and see how they can be used in your business.

roundtable discussion:

Join talks with industry peers. Share ideas, make connections, and find new partners.

Program 2026

DAY 1 :

MONDAY, 21 September, 2026

08:00 - 08:50

REGISTRATION AND MORNING REFRESHMENTS

08:50 - 09:00

OPENING ADDRESS

09:00 - 09:25

DECARBONISING DESALINATION: THE TRANSITION FROM THERMAL TO MEMBRANE AND THE ROLE OF CLEAN ENERGY

Ahmed Yousry

ACWA Power

Presenting a case study on the shift from thermal to membrane-based desalination technologies
Highlighting the role of clean energy integration in large-scale desalination plants

09:25 - 09:30

Q&A SESSION ON CLEAN ENERGY PATHWAYS IN DESALINATION

09:30 - 09:55

MOBILE DESALINATION PLANTS WITH EFFICIENT SOLUTIONS TO REDUCE OPERATING COSTS

Anton Borodastov

A&R.C.G.

Applying Russian membrane elements to enhance performance in compact desalination units
Automating process control using a built-in module for reverse-osmosis system normalisation
Equipping systems with solar panels for off-grid operation in remote or hard-to-reach areas

09:55 - 10:00

Q&A SESSION ON MOBILE SYSTEMS FOR COST-EFFECTIVE DESALINATION

10:00 - 10:30

SPEED NETWORKING SESSION

Exchange business cards and get connected in short one-to-one meetings
Start the conversation to arrange a more formal meeting later on in the conference
Share your professional background and discuss your biggest business issues – don't forget your business cards!

10:30 - 11:00

MORNING COFFEE BREAK IN THE EXHIBIT AREA

11:00 - 11:30

PANEL DISCUSSION ON ENERGY-EFFICIENT DESALINATION: ADVANCING LOW-CARBON SOLUTIONS FOR CIRCULAR WATER SYSTEMS

11:30 - 11:55

LOW-ENERGY DESALINATION ENABLING CIRCULAR REUSE IN INDUSTRY AND AGRICULTURE

Pieter Hack

PureWaterGroup

Rethinking brackish water treatment with a new ED membrane-stack consuming 0.1–0.2 kWh/m³
Validating pilot performance at 10 m³/hour across multiple brackish effluent streams in the Netherlands
Unlocking circular water reuse for industrial and agricultural operations ahead of the first full-scale FID

11:25 - 12:00

Q&A SESSION ON BRACKISH ED DESALINATION AND CIRCULAR WATER REUSE

12:00 - 12:25

DESIGNING FOR DIGITAL: WHY AI OPTIMISATION IS DECIDED AT THE DESIGN STAGE

Aslam Javed

Egis

Diagnosing why AI and digital twins underperform in desalination due to design-stage sensor gaps and data-quality issues
Outlining a PMC coordination model drawn from live NEOM delivery - aligning owners, contractors, and vendors before the design is locked
Recalibrating industry AI ambitions against data-quality realities using a design-stage digital readiness checklist

12:25 - 12:30

Q&A SESSION ON DESIGN-STAGE DIGITAL READINESS FOR DESALINATION PLANTS

12:30 - 13:30

NETWORKING LUNCH AND VISITING THE DESALINATION AND RESOURCE RECOVERY EXHIBITION

13:30 - 14:00

PANEL DISCUSSION ON UNLOCKING VALUE FROM BRINE: INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO RESOURCE RECOVERY IN DESALINATION

14:00 - 14:25

SWRO/SOLAR RO/BESS - SECURING FUTURE OF WATER

Abhijit Kuwalekar

EDC

Introducing SWRO (seawater reverse osmosis), Solar RO, and BESS as the three core technologies
Explaining how each one complements the others throughout the technical discussion

Lilian Simon

EDC

Delivering the project in full once all three components are in place together
Securing the future of water supply as the result the combined approach is designed to achieve

14:25 - 14:30

Q&A SESSION ON COMBINING SWRO, SOLAR, AND BESS FOR WATER RESILIENCE

14:30 - 14:55

DELIVERING RELIABLE SEAWATER INTAKE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR DESALINATION PLANTS

Muhammad Rizwan

Naghi Marine

Installing offshore intake and outfall pipeline systems for desalination plants
Managing heavy-lift operations for seawater intake tower and screen installation
Commissioning seawater intake infrastructure to operational readiness for power and desalination plants

14:55 - 15:00

Q&A SESSION ON OFFSHORE SEAWATER INTAKE INSTALLATION AND COMMISSIONING

15:00 - 15:20

AFTERNOON COFFEE BREAK IN THE EXHIBIT AREA

15:20 - 15:45

PERFORMANCE AND ENERGY IMPLICATIONS OF CELLULOSE TRI-ACETATE HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES IN SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS

Ahmed Radwan

TOYOBO MC Corporation

Reviewing anti-biofouling, chlorine tolerance, and CIP reduction in CTA hollow fiber membranes for SWRO
Characterising how hollow fiber geometry achieves 30–35% per-element recovery versus 15% in spiral-wound SWRO
Benchmarking CTA hollow fiber against spiral-wound SWRO under identical conditions for energy and flux outcomes

15:45 - 15:50

Q&A SESSION ON CTA HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE AND ENERGY IMPLICATIONS IN SWRO

15:50 - 16:15

PERSPECTIVES ON SEAWATER DESALINATION

David Stephenson

Independent Consultant

Exploring seawater's advantages for desalination, including an unlimited supply and easy brine disposal
Contrasting energy demands and costs of RO membranes, solar evaporation, and distillation methods
Evaluating scalable designs for medium-sized towns using heat recovery and hybrid solar systems

16:15 - 16:20

Q&A SESSION ON PRACTICAL CHALLENGES IN SEAWATER DESALINATION

16:20 - 16:45

NEXT-GENERATION MXENE PHOTOCATALYTIC MEMBRANES FOR DESALINATION AND RECOVERY

Fahad Mir

British International School in Kurdistan

Fusing photocatalysis and filtration in MXene–TiO₂ membranes for clean water output
Valorising brine and waste streams using photocatalytic membranes for resource recovery
Linking advanced membranes to renewable energy and smart monitoring for viable scale-up

16:45 - 16:50

Q&A SESSION ON MXENE PHOTOCATALYTIC MEMBRANES FOR SUSTAINABLE DESALINATION

16:50 - 17:15

SELF-CLEANING PRETREATMENT: RO MEMBRANE PROTECTION ON LONG-MISSION VESSELS

Bilge Malik

Filternox

Protecting RO membranes from variable open-ocean feedwater using automatic self-cleaning filtration
Extending membrane life by ensuring consistent pretreatment across long-duration at-sea operations
Eliminating manual filter maintenance from crew schedules through a fully automatic self-cleaning skid

17:15 - 17:20

Q&A SESSION ON MARINE SWRO PRETREATMENT AND RO MEMBRANE PROTECTION

17:20 - 18:20

NETWORKING DRINKS RECEPTION

DAY 2 :

TUESDAY, 22 SEPTEMBER, 2026

08:00 - 08:30

MORNING REFRESHMENTS

08:30 - 08:40

OPENING ADDRESS

08:40 - 09:05

OPTIMISING RO PRE-TREATMENT: ADVANCED FILTRATION STRATEGIES AND ROI BENEFITS

Oren Heymans

Entegris

Selecting the correct filters for RO pre-treatment using advanced particle distribution analysis
Optimising delta-P to improve membrane protection while reducing energy and chemical usage
Demonstrating ROI benefits through enhanced filtration strategies and operational efficiencies

09:05 - 09:10

Q&A SESSION ON ENHANCING FILTRATION EFFICIENCY AND ROI IN DESALINATION

09:10 - 09:35

BRINE CONCENTRATION AND RESOURCE RECOVERY VIA OARO, LSRO, AND ELECTRODIALYSIS

Lex Van Dijk

Colubris Cleantech

Applying Osmotically Assisted RO, LSRO, and Electrodialysis to achieve high brine recovery in MLD/ZLD
Illustrating osmotic gradient enhancements via OARO for increased flux and reduced energy demand
Assessing pilot-scale LSRO and ED performance for robust compliance and selective compound recovery

09:35 - 09:40

Q&A SESSION ON MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGIES FOR BRINE MANAGEMENT

09:40 - 10:05

OFFSHORE WATER DESALINATION

Arun Mathur

Commodity One DMCC

Deploying renewable-powered offshore desalination buoys for island and oil & gas water supply
Showcasing modular offshore units achieving 40% capex savings over conventional onshore systems
Quantifying deployment outcomes from active installations across the UAE, California, and New Zealand

10:05 - 10:10

Q&A SESSION ON MODULAR OFFSHORE DESALINATION SOLUTIONS

11:10 - 11:30

MORNING COFFEE BREAK IN THE EXHIBIT AREA

10:30 - 10:55

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER AND DESALINATION GOVERNANCE

Christ Declercq

cBrain

Facilitating integrated oversight of desalination projects and environmental impacts
Applying AI to optimise decision-making in water-scarce and high-risk operational areas
Building digital foundations to support resilient and future-proof water governance

10:55 - 11:00

Q&A SESSION ON DIGITAL STRATEGIES FOR WATER AND DESALINATION POLICY

11:00 - 11:25

EVALUATING FINANCIAL STRATEGIES AND PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP MODELS

Robert Bryniak

Golden Sands Management (Marketing) Consulting

Tracing the development of public-private partnership models across the global water sector
Addressing the importance of brine management as a growing focus within IWP
Aligning financial strategies with current PPP trends to improve procurement outcomes

11:25 - 11:30

Q&A SESSION ON FINANCIAL STRATEGIES AND MODERN PPP FRAMEWORKS

11:30 - 11:55

ADVANCED MOF-INCORPORATED MEMBRANES FOR SEAWATER DESALINATION

Rajesha Kumar Alambi

Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research

Incorporating aluminum fumarate MOFs into polyamide TFN membranes for seawater desalination
Quantifying high water permeability and 98.9% salt rejection under real seawater PAO operation
Benchmarking MOF membrane flux against commercial FO membranes at 2-bar pressure-assisted osmosis

11:55 - 12:00

Q&A SESSION ON METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORK MEMBRANES IN SEAWATER DESALINATION

12:00 - 12:15

FEEDBACK AND RAFFLE DRAW

12:15 - 12:30

CLOSING REMARKS

12:30 - 13:30

NETWORKING LUNCH

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