Tuesday, 17 October 2017

7:30

Registration

8:30

Workshops

Title

O&M of Wastewater Treatment Plants

Advances in Water Desalination Technologies

Facilitators

Location

Okaz Hall

Al-Dana Hall

15:30

Workshop Ends

Wednesday, 18 October 2017

7:30

Registration

8:30

Opening Ceremony

• Holy Quran Recitation
• Welcome Remarks

Dr. Abdullah O. Al-Baiz
Vice President Engineering Services
Saudi Aramco

H.E. Eng. Mansour Helal Al-Mushaiti
Deputy Minister of Environment,
Water and Agriculture

09:15

Exhibition Opening Ceremony & Tour

12:00

Prayer & Lunch

13:00

Opening Keynote Session

Dr. Mohamed Dahab
Past President - Water Environment Federation

13:20

Break

Technical Sessions

Sessions

Advanced Water Desalination Technologies

Wastewater Treatment Technologies

Special Topics

Location

Al-Dana Hall

Okaz Hall

Al-Diwan Hall

Chairman

Dr. Corrado Sommariva

Dr. Mohamed Dahab

Dr. Mansor Kashir

Co-Chairman

Dr. Subhi Al-Jeshi

Michael Kennedy

Ibrahim Al-Nemer

13:30

“RTR Desalination Plant: A Journey to Operational Excellence”
Sanad Beaiji, Saudi Aramco

“Versatile Tertiary Filtration Solutions for Water and Wastewater Treatment”
Toby Sedgwick, Alfa Laval

“A Novel Approach in Estimating and Managing the Groundwater Resources in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia”
Dr. Martin Keller, Ministry of Environment, Water & Agriculture

13:55

“Desalination in Saudi Arabia: Changing the Game”
Mohammed Al-Dhafiri, Advanced Water Technology Company

“Upgrading Conventional Activated Sludge with Innovative MABR”
Majd Hamdallah, GE Water & Process Technologies

“How Best Management Practices Reduce the Impact of Unconventional Gas Development in Water Resources”
Dr. Mansor Kashir, Saudi Aramco

14:20

“Improvement of Multi-Effect Desalination Systems: Optimizing the Use of Vapor Compression”
Prof. Mohammed Antar, KFUPM

“Ammonia Nitrogen Monitor HC-200NH”
Kinta Sekiguchi, HORIBA Company

“The Safe and Secure Application of Modern Plastic Piping Systems for Water and Wastewater”
Mark Jarrett, Georg Fischer Piping Systems

14:45

Break

15:15

“Desalination MSF Unit in Jeddah Refinery”
Muhammad W. Riaz,
Saudi Aramco

“Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor Followed by Reverse Osmosis Filtration: A Novel Solution for Resource Recovery in Food Industry Wastewater”
Petr Horeck, Veolia Company

“A Field Study Evaluating the Delivery and Performance of Injected Liquid Activated Carbon for Remediation of Groundwater”
Rick McGregor,
Institute Remediation Services

15:40

“Evaluation of a Chlorine Dioxide (ClO2) Generation System for the Disinfection of RO Product Water at the SWCC Jubail Plant”
Dr. Mohammed Mahmoodur Rahman, SWCC

“Integrated UF + RO Application in Chemical Wastewater Reuse”
Safiya Alsogair, Dow Saudi Arabia

“Solar Water Purifier”
Norah Alquwaie, Newcastle University

16:05

“Restoring Design Production Capacity of the RTR MSF”
Hassan Abu Al-Saud,
Saudi Aramco

“JAZAN IGCC Wastewater System for Sustainable Industrial Reuse”
Ali Salman Al-Wadani,
Saudi Aramco

“Pump Energy Saving”
Hideki Kanno,
EBARA Company

16:30

“A Study and Demonstration of High Temperature MED-TVC Desalination Technology in the Gulf Area”
Younggeun Lee,
Doosan Water R&D Center

16:55

Sessions End

18:00

Exhibition Closes

VIP Dinner (By Invitation Only)

Location

Al-Dana Hall

18:30

Keynote Addresses

Eng. Abdullah N. Al Zowaid
Deputy Governor, Operations & Maintenance Affairs
Saline Water Conversion Corporation
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Koichi Inoue
Director for Project Coordination
Ministry of Economy Trade & Industry (METI)
Japan

19:30

 Recognize Sponsors & Poster Contest Winner

20:00

Dinner

Thursday, 19 October 2017

7:30

Registration

Location

Al-Dana Hall

8:30

Opening Keynote Session

“Effective Policies and Management of Water Supplies Utilizing Integrated Water Resources Management Framework in Saudi Arabia”

Prof. Walid Abdulrahman
Vice President of the Arab Water Council and
Member of the Supreme Steering Committee - National Water Strategy, Ministry of Environment, Water & Agriculture

9:00

Coffee Break

Technical Sessions

Sessions

Advanced Water Desalination Technologies

Wastewater Treatment Technologies

Special Topics

Location

Al-Dana Hall

Okaz Hall

Al-Diwan Hall

Chairman

Mohammad Al-Hajjy

Dr. Zeyad Ahmed

Bruno Villegas

Co-Chairman

Mohammad Jaweed

Subhi Aama

Mohammad Al-Falah

9:15

“The Effect of Source Water Quality and Chlorination on Biofouling in SWCC Seawater Reverse Osmosis Plants”
Troy N. Green, SWCC

“Membrane Bioreactor for Industrial Applications”
Hiroki Toyohara, Toray Industries

“Water Conservation Through In-Plant Source Water Utilization”
Vilas S. Koleshwar, Ayedh K. Al-Hajri and Kamarul A. Amminudin, Saudi Aramco

9:40

“A New Non-Phosphorous Corrosion Inhibitor for Low or Zero Hardness Water”
Sid Dunn, Baker Hughes Company

“The Use of Palm Tree Fiber Waste as  a Solid Adsorbent for Methylene Blue Dye”
Basma G. Alhogbi, King Abdulaziz University

“Ceramic Membrane Ultrafiltration Enables Cost Effective Produced Water Reuse”
Andrea Larson, Siemens Water Solutions

10:05

“Membrane Distillation for Water Desalination: Air Gap and Water Gap Modules”
Dr. Atia E. Khalifa, KFUPM

“Optimizing the Use of Renewable Water with Energy Saving Wastewater Reclamation System with Membrane Technology”
Hiromichi Ishino, Kobelco Eco-Solutions

“Removing Problematic Sulphates from Abundantly Available Seawater to Boost Oil Recovery Operations”
Nauman Rashid, GE Water & Process Technologies

10:30

Break

11:00

“Forward Osmosis Systems for Sea Water Desalination”
Mr. Nobu Iwata, JFE Engineering

“Debottlenecking Water-Oil Separation to Increase Water Flow Rates in Mature Oil Fields”
Dr. Maher M. Shariff, Saudi Aramco

“Optimizing Performance in Industrial Cooling Water Systems using Treated Water as Makeup”
Dr. Paul Beattie, Nalco

11:25

“Feasibility of Small Scale Solar Powered RO Desalination for Brackish and Saline Groundwater in Arid Regions: Abu Dhabi Case Study”
Mohamed A. Dawoud, Abu Dhabi Environment Agency

“The Removal of Carcinogenic VOCs at the Sub-Micron Level with Low Profile Air Stripping”
Dr. Ziyad Ahmed, Saudi Aramco

“Innovative Hybrid Ion Exchange-Nanofiltration Membrane Process for Water Desalination”
Dr. Hasan Al Abdulgader, NOMAC

11:50

“The Innovative Energy Efficient Seawater Desalination RO System with Advanced Technologies: “Mega-ton Water System”
Yoshinari Fusaoka, Toray Industries

“Abrasion Resistant Ultrafiltration Membrane Enables Refinery Wastewater  Reuse”
Chad Felch, Siemens Water Solutions

“Air Gap Membrane Distillation: A Future Trend in Desalination Process”
Dr. Habis AlZoubi, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University

12:15

“Successful Long-Term Operation Results of a Seawater RO Plant Using Hollow-Fiber Type CTA-RO Membrane Modules”
Yuki Miura, TOYOBO Company

“Sustainable Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Options for Commercial and Residential Buildings”
Dr. Shamim Shaukat Khan and Dr. Shifana Fatima Kaafil, Dar Al Hekma University

“Water Safety Plan”
Mohammad Y. Al-Yagout and Abdullah A. Al-Ammar, Saudi Aramco

12:40

Prayer & Lunch

13:40

Closing Remarks