Program – 23rd of September


10.00 – 11.00  Plenary session
  ‘Water Science Technologies for Sustainable Water Supply and Purification in the Coming Decades’ by Mark A. Shannon, Director of the NSF STC WaterCAMPWS, Illinois (USA)
11.00 – 12.15  Parallel sessions
 

Session  1 Membrane Bioreactors & Biofouling

  • Measuring the biofouling potential of RO feedwater: the role of Transparent Exopolymer Polymers (TEP) particles and dissolved precursors, dr. Maria D. Kennedy, Unesco IHE Institute for Water Education
  • Effect of water chemistry on alginate fouling, ir. Paula van den Brink, Wetsus
  • MBR Varsseveld, experiences first 3,5 years, ir. Philip Schyns, Waterschap Rijn & IJssel 

Chairman: ir. Geo Smith, Norit

 

Session 2   Sensoring & Monitoring & Control

  • Optical tweezing & Raman Spectroscopy, dr. Jaap Caro, Delft University of Technology
  • Device for monitoring scaling risk, ir. Martijn Wagterveld, Wetsus
  • From off line detection to on line monitoring and control - vision or fiction, Wouter van Delft, Vitens

Chairman: ir. Maurice Tax, Bright Spark

 

Session 3  Interaction Natural Systems

  •  A sustainable water supply on the Dutch Wadden islands: a challenge for the future! ing. Arjen Kok, Vitens
  • Aquifers as a storage and reactor vat for water and energy; a cure-all without adverse side effects?
    prof.dr. Pieter Stuyfzand, Kiwa Water Research
  • Clogging of water wells by (bio)chemical reactions: causes, rehabilitation and prevention, drs. Diego Bustos Medina, Wetsus

Chairman: ir. Rian Kloosterman, Vitens

12.15 – 13.30 Lunch

13.30 – 14.45

Parallel sessions
 

Session 4    Salt & Concentrates

  • Experiences and challenges of Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles in sea water desalination, ir. Filomeno A. (Boey)Marchena, Water & Energy company Aruba
  • Supercritical water: a novel approach for the removal of inorganic compounds, Ingo Leusbrock Dipl.-Ing., Wetsus
  • Brine Treatment with Dynamic Vapor Recompression, Reinoud Trommel, Aqua Explorer

Chairman: prof.dr.ir. Albert Janssen, Shell Global Solutions

 

Session 5    Algae

  • Microalgae basics and applications, dr. Marcel Janssen, Wetsus
  • Carotenoid production in the microalga Dunaliella salina, ir. Packo Lamers, Wageningen University and Research Centre
  • Solid state (biofilm) photoreactors for microalgae production and waste water treatment, dr. Björn Podola, University of Cologne

Chairman: ir. Marcel Geers, Nuon

 

Session 6     Priority substances

  • State of the art and perspective of organic contaminant control in Dutch drinking water treatment, dr.ir. Joop Kruithof, Wetsus
  • Intensification of priority component removal by affinity adsorption: Opportunities and Challenges, prof.dr.ir. André de Haan, Eindhoven University of Technology
  • Re-use of rinsing water by low-cost adsorption technology, ir. Natasja Schouten, Wetsus

Chairman: Paul Birker, Wetsus

15.15 – 16.30 Parallel sessions
 

Session 7 Energy & Hydrogen

  • Future of membranes, prof.dr.ing. Matthias Wessling, University Twente
  • Membranes for Blue Energy, Piotr Dlugolêcki MSc, Wetsus
  • Building with Nature, Ronald E. Waterman, Province of South-Holland

Chairman: ir. Maarten van Riet, Nuon

 

Session 8  Advanced waste water technology

  • Thirsty Beer, ir. Lex Ronteltap, Heineken
  • Advanced waste water treatment in a fluidized bed of micro reactors, dr. Mateo Mayer, Wetsus
  • Micro pollutants and advanced wastewater treatment, ir. Cora Uijterlinde, Stowa

Chairman: dr. Lex Ronteltap, Heineken

 

Session 9  Non piped systems & Separation at Source

  • Source oriented sanitation as an easier approach to cut the emissions of human pharmaceuticals, dr.ir. Katarzyna  Kujawa-Roeleveld, Wageningen University and Research Centre
  • drs. Eelko Brouwer, Het Nederlandse Rode Kruis
  • speaker to be announced

Chairman: dr. Peter van der Maas, Waterlaboratorium Noord

16.30 Drinks