Turning Vision into Reality is the theme for the International Desalination Association (IDA)’s International Conference on Water Reuse and Recycling. To be held on September 25-27 at the Hyatt Regency Nice Palais de la Méditeranée in Nice, France, the conference combines panels, plenary sessions and technical papers to focus on leading-edge strategies and technologies for advanced municipal and industrial water reuse programs.
Confirmed speakers for Opening Ceremony are:
- Dr. Emilio Gabbrielli, IDA President, Brazil
- Dianne d’Arras, Executive VP, SUEZ Environnement, France
- Dr. Benedito P. F. Braga, President, World Water Council, Brazil
- Blanca Jiménez-Cisneros, Director of the Division of Water Sciences, United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), France
- Paddy Padmanathan, President and CEO, ACWA Power, Saudi Arabia
The robust technical program begins on Monday with a plenary session addressing Global Water Reuse Advances and Success Stories, moderated by IDA Director and Conference co-chair, Leon Awerbuch. Confirmed keynote speakers include:
- Dr. Mark W. LeChevallier, Director, Innovation and Environmental Stewardship, American Water, US
- Dr. George Tchobanoglous, Professor Emeritus, University of California, Davis, US
- Dr. In S. Kim, Director, Global Desalination Research Center, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
Tuesday morning’s plenary session focuses on Key to Success of Water Reuse and Vision for the Future and will be moderated by Nikolay Voutchkov, IDA Director and Conference Co-chair, USA/France. Confirmed keynote speakers for the Tuesday plenary session include:
- Domingo Zarzo Martinez, Asociación Española de Abastecimiento y Saneamiento (AEAS), President, Asociación Española de Desalación y Reutilización (AEDyR), Spain
- Harry Seah, Chief Technology Officer, Public Utilities Board, Singapore
Technical sessions include:
- Cutting Edge Technologies for Water Reuse – Part 1, co-chaired by Nikolay Voutchkov and Dr. Valentina Lazarova, US/France. The keynote speaker is Dr. Masahiro Kimura, General Manager, Toray Industries, Inc., Korea
- Cutting Edge Technologies for Water Reuse – Part 2, co-chaired by Dr. Boris Liberman, Israel and Dr. Corrado Sommariva, UAE. The keynote speaker is Dr. Valentina Lazarova, Senior Expert, SUEZ, France
- Direct and Indirect Potable Reuse: Global Issues and Advances – Part 1, co-chaired by Maurice Neo, Singapore and Udi Tirosh, Israel, with keynote Speaker G. Wade Miller, Principal, Water Strategies Consulting, LLC, US
- Direct and Indirect Potable Reuse: Global Issues and Advances – Part 2. Co-chairs for this International Water Association (IWA)-sponsored session are Professor Dr. Jörg Drewes, Germany and Dr. Josef Lahnsteiner, Austria, with keynote speaker Dr. Jörg Drewes, Technische Universität München, Chair of Urban Water Systems Engineering/IWA Chairman of the Water Reuse Committee, Germany
- Non-Potable and Agricultural Water Reuse: Challenges and Successes, co-chaired by Mr. Ghassan Ejjeh, Belgium and G. Wade Miller, US
- Industrial Water Reuse and Recycling, co-chaired by Michel Canet, France and Richard Stover, US, with keynote speaker Dr. Josef Lahnsteiner, Director, Technology, Research & Development, VA TECH WABAG GmbH, Austria
- Water Quality Monitoring: Control and Solutions, co-chaired by Guillaume Clairet, Canada and Devesh Sharma, US
- Technologies for Joint Desalination and Water Reuse, co-chaired by Fady Juez, UAE and Miguel Angel Sanz, France, with keynote speaker Dr. Boris Liberman, CTO, IDE Technology, Israel
The program also includes panel discussions on Regulations, Tariffs and Funding for Reuse and Public Acceptance, moderated by Dr. Valentina Lazarova, France with Dr. Abdullah M. Al Shehri, Governor Electricity & Co-Generation Regulatory Authority, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Thomas Petitguyot, European Commission, Belgium and The Role of Water Reuse in Solving the Systems, Water-Energy and Food Nexus, to be moderated by Christopher Gasson, UK with Shannon McCarthy, 1st VP of IDA, Italy.
Early registration discounts run through July 30.