Plenary Speakers

Raja BEN AMAR Tunisia	Xia HUANG China	Soraya P MALINGA South Africa
Andrea SCHAEFER Germany	Cheikh M DIOP France/Senegal	Mihail BARBOIU France
Abdoulaye SENE Senegal	Anthony SZYMCZYK France

Abdoulaye SENE, Senegal, BIO

Executive Secretary of the 9th World Water Forum
"Challenges of the 9th World Water Forum to secure water for peace and development."Summary

Raja BEN AMAR, Tunisia, BIO
Professor at the University of Sfax
"Development of mesoporous composite ceramic membranes from low cost materials: Application to water treatment."Summary

Xia HUANG, China, BIO
Professor at Tsinghua University
"Challenges towards practical application of anaerobic membrane bioreactor for municipal wastewater treatment."Summary

Soraya P. MALINGA, South Africa, BIO

Senior lecturer at the University of Johannesburg
"Nano-membrane hyperbranched polymer integrated systems for water remediation." Summary

Andrea SCHAEFER, Germany, BIO
Professor of Water Process Engineering, Director of Institute for Advanced Membrane Technology,
"Decentralized renewable energy powered membrane filtration systems: implementation potential and challenges in Africa." Summary

Mihail BARBOIU, BIO
Researcher
Institut Europeen des Membranes in Montpellier
"Artificial Water Channels- toward Biomimetic Membranes for Desalination" Summary

Cheikh M DIOP, France/Senegal, BIO
Association KHEPERA,
Researcher
"State of the Art of Scientific Research in Africa." Summary

Anthony SZYMCZYK, France, BIO
Full professor at the University of Rennes,
"Electrokinetic characterization of membranes: past, present, and future." Summary

Keynote Speakers

Membrane development for a sustainable future

Membrane synthesis and surface functionalization  

Advanced industrial membrane and filtration technologies

Hybrid membrane technologies – Hollow fiber membranes for gas separation  

 

* Membrane development for a sustainable future

Prof Lingam Pillay
Dept of Process Engineering, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
"Decentralized Membrane Technology Options for Safe Water Provision in Developing Economies – A Review of Current Technologie"
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B. Van der Bruggen
Belgium -
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Professor and Dept head Michael Daramola
University of Pretoria, South Africa
Role of membrane science and technology in actualizing UN sustainable development goals (no-6)
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Val Frenkel
USA
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M. Heran
France
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* Membrane synthesis and surface functionalization  

Dr Heidi Richards
Senior Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
"Research with a purpose"
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Prof/Dr L. Dumee
Khalifa University, Department of Chemical Engineering
"Limiting the interactions between nano/microplastics and water filtration membranes using plasma surface treatment"
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Professsor Saad ALAMI YOUNSSI
FST Mohammedia, University Hassan II of Casablanca, Morocco
"Valorization of natural material in development of new ceramic membranes. Application to environment process"
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A/Prof. Céline Pochat-Bohatier
University of Montpellier, Institut Europeen des Membranes, France
"Hydrophilic additive immobilization on polysulfone membrane using radical initiated cross-linking"
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E. Nxumalo
South Africa
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* Advanced industrial membrane and filtration technologies  

H. Buisson
France
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A. Doucouré
USA
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Pr. Rachida CHEMINI
University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene, Algeria
"Assessment of atmospheric emissions from deoiling process and treatment of reject water"
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N. Ghaffour
Saudi Arabia
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Dr. Roger Ben Aïm
Scientific advisor at IFTS Agen , France
Membrane technology has a role to play for a more sustainable water management
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* Hybrid membrane technologies – Hollow fiber membranes for gas separation  

D. Reynolds
United Kingdom
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Dr Ing. Imen KHOUNI
Assistant Professor, Water Researches and Technologies Center, Tunisia
"Membrane Technologies for Industrial Effluents Valorization : Water Treatment to Reuse and Added-value Resources Recovery"
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Professor Glenn Lipscomb
University of Toledo, USA
"Performance of Gas Separation Hollow Fiber Membrane Modules Fabricated from Fiber Tows"
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A.G. Yihdego
Saudi Arabia
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F.B. Frechen
Germany
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