Conference

IWA-RMTC 2024 | 18-21 June 2024

IWA-RMTC 2024

Welcome words and scope

On behalf of the organizing committee, we are delighted to invite you to Palermo (Italy) for the 7th IWA Regional Membrane Technology Conference, IWA-RMTC 2024.

IWA-RMTC has been running since 2008, following Moscow (2008), Istanbul (2010), Buenos Aries (2012), Ho Chi Minh City (2014), Kunming City (2016), and Vadodara (2018). Palermo will be the meeting point for the 7th IWA-RMTC edition in 2024.

The IWA-RMTC 2024 deals with the main and advanced topics related to membrane technologies for water and wastewater treatment (e.g., novel membrane materials and configurations, energy recovery from water and wastewater, fouling mechanisms and control, membrane process development and optimization, drinking water and wastewater treatment, desalination, etc.) by focusing the attention on the interrelationship among the entire water cycle, environment, and society.

The IWA-RMTC 2024 will be organized jointly with the International Conference on Wider-Uptake of Water Resource Recovery from Wastewater Treatment (ICWRR2024). ICWRR2024 is the final event of the 4-year EU project: Achieving Wider-Uptake of water smart solutions – Wider-Uptake. Eminent keynote Water Reuse experts will foster multidisciplinary collaboration and dialogue.

IWA-RMTC 2024 and ICWRR2024 will be the perfect match to create a forum for promoting the discussion amongst scientists, professionals and academia on membrane technology and resource recovery.

We also hope that your participation to the Conference in Palermo will provide you the opportunity to explore the rest of Italy, to savor its diverse and rich mixture of ethnic traditions, culture, cuisine, and religious sites. We look forward to welcoming you to the colourful and vibrant city of Palermo and see you in 2024.

On behalf of the Organizers
How Yong Ng – Chair of the IWA Specialist Group on Membrane Technology

Giorgio Mannina – Chair of the Conference

Topics

  • Novel membrane materials and configurations
  • Hybrid membrane processes
  • Drinking water treatment
  • Domestic/industrial wastewater treatment
  • Water reuse
  • Resource recovery from wastewater
  • Energy recovery from water and wastewater
  • Desalination
  • Membrane fouling mechanisms and control
  • Case studies: membrane processes for drinking
  • Water and wastewater treatment

Key dates

1 July 2023

First call for extended abstracts

7 November 2023

Second call for extended abstracts

10 november 2023

Extended abstracts submission open

1 February 2024

12 January 2024

Deadline for the submission of extended abstracts

27 February 2024

12 March 2024

Notification of extended abstract acceptance

12 April 2024

Early bird registration end

20 March 2024

2 May 2024

Deadline for revised extended abstracts submission

14 June 2024

3 June 2024

Deadline for full paper submission to ICWRR Special Issue Journal

Scientific Committee

  • How Yong Ng, Beijing Normal University, China – Chair of the IWA Specialist Group on Membrane Technology
  • Giorgio Mannina, Palermo University, Italy – Conference Chair
  • Raja Ben Amar, University of Sfax, Tunisia
  • Roger Ben Aim, IFTS – Institut de La Filtration et des Techniques Séparatives, France
  • Pierre Berube, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • Kwang-Ho Choo, Kyungpook National University, Korea
  • Emile Cornelissen, KWR Watercycle Research Institute, Netherlands
  • Yingchao Dong, Dalian University of Technology, China
  • Menachem Elimelech, Yale University, USA
  • Mathias Ernst, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany
  • Despo Fatta-Kassinos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
  • Franz-Bernd Frechen, University of Kassel, Germany
  • Val Frenkel, Greeley and Hensen, US
  • Zhen (Jason) He, Washington University in St. Louis., US
  • Chia-Hung Hou, National Taiwan University, Chinese Taipei
  • Xia Huang, Tsinghua University, China
  • Maria Kennedy, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Netherlands
  • Katsuki Kimura, Hokkaido University, Japan
  • Ismail Koyuncu, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
  • Woei Jye Lau, University of Technology Malaysia, Malaysia
  • Pierre Le-Clech, University of new south wales, Australia
  • Chung-Hak Lee, Seoul National University, Korea
  • Jaewoo Lee, Jeonbuk National University, Korea
  • Kibaek Lee, Chonnam National University, Korea
  • Siew Chun Low, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
  • Vincenzo Naddeo, University of Salerno, Italy
  • Duc Long Nghiem, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
  • Hyun-Suk Oh, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Korea
  • Gideon Oron, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
  • Hokyong Shon, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
  • Johannes Vrouwenvelder, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
  • Zhiwei Wang, Tongji University, China
  • Zongli Xie, CSIRO Manufacturing, Australia
  • Boyan Xu, Beijing Normal University, China
  • Kazuo Yamamoto, University of Tokyo, Japan
  • Linda Zou, Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates
  • Kuichang Zuo, Peking University, China

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 869283

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 869283

Contacts

Contact person: Giorgio Mannina

Web-site:  https://icwrr2024.unipa.it
E-mail: icwrr24@gmail.com

Phone

+39 091 238 96 5 - 56 -14 -52-55