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Monday 4th February 2008

Regional & Country Spotlights
Chair: To be confirmed

Future potential of desalination and water re-use: sustainability aspects and technology optimisation
Corrado Sommariva, Divisional Director of Desalination Department at Mott MacDonald, Past President of European Desalination Society, Director of IDA, Chairman of WHO Advisory Panel for Drinking Water Supply for Desalination, UK

Title to be confirmed
Gh. Moeindarbari, Managing Director, SHAFAB Engineering Co, Iran

A comprehensive assessment of the water industry operation- Protracting to the next decade in the kingdom of Bahrain.
Ebrahim Abdulla AlKaabi, Director Water Production, Electricity & Water Authority, Kingdom of Bahrain

Monday 4th February 2008

Industrial Water Processes
Chair: Devesh Sharma, Executive Vice President, Aquatech International, USA

Common water treatment mistakes in power plant projects – and how to avoid them at the development stage
Luis Carvalho, Senior Technical Consultant, GE Water & Process Technologies, Canada

Chemical-free industrial production of ultrapure water using RO-EDI
Hossein Haghparast, Chemical Engineer, Yazd Power Generation Management Co., Iran

Co-Authors:
Jamaladin Azizi, Yazd Power Generation Management Co., Iran
Seyed Hassan Jamaladini, Yazd Power Generation Management Co., Iran
Abolghasem Mokhtari, Yazd Power Generation Management Co., Iran
Saeedeh Hashemian, Yazd Power Generation Management Co., Iran

Tuesday 5th February 2008

Desalination Technology Options
Chair: Andrea Lovato, BD Director Desalination and Power Generation MEIAE Region, Black & Veatch, UAE

Desalination – the past, present and potential future technologies
Andrew Zaske, Equipment Product Line Director, GE Water & Process Technologies, USA

Water Desalination: State of the art
Prof Hisham El-Dessouky, Professor of Chemical Engineering, NWFP-University of Engineering and Technology, Egypt

Desalination Technology - A primer
Devesh Sharma, Executive Vice President, Aquatech International, USA

Tuesday 5th February 2008

Regional Approaches to Desalination
Chair: Corrado Sommariva, Divisional Director of Desalination Department at Mott MacDonald, Past President of European Desalination Society, Director of IDA, Chairman of WHO Advisory Panel for Drinking Water Supply for Desalination, UK

Enhancing the part load operational performance of MSF desalination plants
Mohamed Ismail, Chief Chemist, West El Delta Co. for Electricity Production - “Sidi Krir Power Station”, Egypt

Parametric studies on the economics for time of day blending of power and water
Garland Ferguson, Marketing Programme Manager, GE Energy, USA

Utilizing co-generation technology to meet GCC increase demand for power & water
Mohammad Dashash, Retired Power Distribution Department Manager, Saudi Aramco, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Co-Author:
Michel Mercusot, GE Water Process Technology, France

Tuesday 5th February 2008

Water Infrastructure Management
Chair: Mohamed Qamber, Head of Maintenance, Electricity & Water Authority, Kingdom of Bahrain

The sustainable, real-time water enterprise
Gary Wong, Global Water Industry Executive, OSIsoft, Inc., USA

Water services for low income - high density area
Leon Simanjuntak, Project Leader, PAM Lyonnaise des Eaux Jaya (PALYJA), Indonesia

Institutional strengthening of technical departments in water utilities in Serbia
Constantinos Hadjigeorgiou, , Senior Consultant, Hydro Comp Enterprises Ltd., Cyprus Ashraf Ahmed Desouky, Managing Director, Hydro Comp Enterprises Ltd., Egypt

Co-Author: Dr. Petros Kolovopoulos, Hydro Comp Enterprises Ltd., Cyprus

Tuesday 5th February 2008

Rehabilitation & New Technologies
Chair: Thomas Altmann, Exec. Vice President, Power & Desalination Plants, ILF Consulting Engineers, Germany

Addur SWRO Plant Rehabilitation Challenges & Opportunities
Waleed Al-Murbati, Head of Operations, Electricity & Water Authority, Kingdom of Bahrain

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) technology and its application to Discharged Thermal Energy Conversion (DTEC) in industries
Kiyohiko Aiba, General Manager - Engineering Div., Xenesy Inc., Japan

Hybridization: A cost-effective solution for future desalination capacity expansion in the Arabian Gulf
Dr. Mabrouk Methnani, Senior Researcher, Doosan Desalination R&D Center –Dubai, UAE

Wednesday 6th February 2008

Water Industry Processes & Technologies
Chair: Fouad Ahmed Alshaikh Abdulla, Manager – Sitra Power & Water Station, Electricity & Water Authority, Kingdom of Bahrain

Circulating water system
A. Wesley Langeland, President, Duromar Inc., USA

Durrat Al Bahrain desalination plant: the future of filtering
Lee Glover, Project Manager, Atkins, Kingdom of Bahrain

Co-Author:
Richard Lakey, Atkins Consultant, Sultanate of Oman