Specialist Group on Membrane Technology - IWA

PAST CONFERENCE: IWA MTWR 2010 ISTANBUL, TURKEYIWA Regional Conference and Exhibition on Membrane Technology and Water Reuse (IWA-MTWR-2010) was held in Istanbul, Turkey. This conference was the first conference organizedjointly by Membrane Technology and Water Reuse groups of IWA. Latest developments related tomembrane technologies in water reuse were discussed.There were totally 285 submitted papers for the conference and 134 papers for oral sessions and121 papers for poster sessions were accepted. 15 of the orals were accepted as keynotes.Additionally, there were 4 plenary lectures in the opening ceremony. Plenary Lecturers were givenby Hasan Z. Sarıkaya and Lutfi Akca (Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Turkey - WastewaterTreatment and Reuse in Turkey: Present and Future Perspectives), Jörg Drewes (Colorado Schoolof Mines, USA - Potable reuse: Overcoming the remaining constraints), Mathias Wessling (RWTHAachen University, Germany - Real time fouling visualization) and Amy Childress (University ofNevada-Reno, USA - The paradigm shift from reverse osmosis: forward osmosis and pressureretardedreverse osmosis).218 visitors from 47 countries were registered to the conference. The distribution of registeredparticipants were 72 (IWA member), 79 (NON-IWA member), 54 (Full time student) and 13(Daily entrance). Additionally, 175 local visitors from Turkey visited the conference. As a total,393 attendees registered to conference. There was also an exhibition in the conference and 25exhibitors took place in exhibition area. 12 international companies, 7 national companies, 1research center, 1 ministry, 1 university, 2 social clubs and 1 journal were attended to exhibition. A_______________________________________________________________________________________________________IWA <strong>Specialist</strong> <strong>Group</strong> on Membrane Technology: 17Newsletter No. 1, June 2011