technical visit sessi<strong>on</strong> composed of three plants was obtained. The first part featured PasakoyAdvanced Biological Wastewater Treatment Plant, the sec<strong>on</strong>d Kemerburgaz/ Odayeri LeachateTreatment Plant and the third part featured old water structures of Istanbul.There were three parallel technical sessi<strong>on</strong>s and 9 different topics were discussed in these sessi<strong>on</strong>s.These sessi<strong>on</strong>s were water reuse with membranes, membrane bioreactors, new membranematerials, membrane based seawater and brackish desalinati<strong>on</strong>, industrial wastewater treatment andreuse, membrane fouling and c<strong>on</strong>trol for reuse, removal of emerging substances, energy producti<strong>on</strong>and hybrid membrane processes._________________________________________________________________________________________________________18<strong>IWA</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Specialist</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Group</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>Membrane</strong> <strong>Technology</strong>:Newsletter No. 1, June 2011
CONFERENCE: <strong>IWA</strong> MTC 2009 BEIJING, CHINA<strong>IWA</strong>-<strong>Membrane</strong> <strong>Technology</strong> C<strong>on</strong>ference & Exhibiti<strong>on</strong> 2009 (5th <strong>IWA</strong> Specialized <strong>Membrane</strong><strong>Technology</strong> C<strong>on</strong>ference for Water and Wastewater Treatment), jointly organized by <strong>IWA</strong> andTsinghua University, was successfully held in Beijing from September 1 to 3, 2009. The topics of thec<strong>on</strong>ference covered almost all the areas of membrane technology, such as novel membrane materials,MF, UF, NF, RO and electro dialysis membrane processes, hybrid membrane processes, foulingmechanisms and c<strong>on</strong>trol, desalinati<strong>on</strong>, drinking water and wastewater treatment, and some specialcase studies.This c<strong>on</strong>ference attracted around 350 delegates from 35 countries and regi<strong>on</strong>s from all over the world.539 extended abstracts were finally received; 164 oral presentati<strong>on</strong>s and 253 poster presentati<strong>on</strong>swere selected, respectively. In the opening cerem<strong>on</strong>y, three plenary lectures were given by Prof.Menachem Elimelech (Yale University, USA: Recent advances in membrane technology), Prof.Yoshimasa Watanabe (Hokkaido University, Japan: Recent advances in membrane fouling research),Prof. Gary Amy (KAUST, Saudi Arabia: Is nanofiltrati<strong>on</strong> (NF) a robust barrier for organicmicropollutants?). There were four parallel technical sessi<strong>on</strong>s. Eighteen keynote speakers gaveopening presentati<strong>on</strong> in different parallel sessi<strong>on</strong>s. All the w<strong>on</strong>derful lectures together with manyvivid posters refreshed our mind and presented us the development trend of membrane technology infollowing years. During the Gala Dinner following the meeting, the first membrane technology prizewas awarded to Prof. Kazuo Yamamoto (The University of Tokyo, Japan) to h<strong>on</strong>or his innovati<strong>on</strong> ofsubmerged MBR for 20 years and c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> to the membrane bioreactor field. In the course of thec<strong>on</strong>ference, the organizing committee also arranged selecti<strong>on</strong> of ―Best poster awards‖ and ―Beststudent poster awards‖ for poster presenters and announced the winners in the closing cerem<strong>on</strong>y._______________________________________________________________________________________________________<strong>IWA</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Specialist</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Group</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>Membrane</strong> <strong>Technology</strong>: 19Newsletter No. 1, June 2011