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Industry | EventsAFS Returned to Minneapolis in 20132012 Award winners with AFS Officers, left to right: 2013 AFS Chairman Mathias Stolarski, DuPont; Ruijun Chen, Kaydon Filtration;Jackie Gallagher, Parker Hannifin Co.; David Raider, Clarcor, Inc.; Barry Verdegan, Cummins Filtration; Shagufta Patel,PECO Facet; Wilson Poon, W.L. Gore & Associates; and AFS Second Vice Chairman Chris Wallace, Filtration Technology Corp.The American Filtration & SeparationsSociety returned toMinneapolis after a four-yearabsence for its annual spring conferenceMay 6-9. The conference co-chairswere Saru Dewar of Cummins Filtrationand Martin J. Lehmann from Mann+ Hummel. The focus of the conferencewas on the topics of filtration and separationsin global markets, includingrecent technology advancements, withspecific emphasis on engine and waterfiltration.Held at the Minneapolis/St. PaulHilton Hotel, the conference beganMonday with both 4- and 8-hour shortcourses on the topics of Basics inSolid/Liquid and Basics in Solid/Air, FiltrationMedia Markets and Use, MicrofiltrationMembranes, Filter MediaDesign for Liquid Applications, ReverseOsmosis System Design and UltrafiltrationFiltration Membranes. The mainconference – Tuesday through Thursday– consisted of three concurrenttracks broadly covering the topics ofengine and water filtration with 20 sessions,80 presentations, 5 conferencesponsors and numerous exhibitors participating.The benefits for attendees atAFS conferences include the diversityof topics, in-depth short courses and48 • June 2013 • www.filtnews.cominsightful individual presentationsfrom the who’s who of the industry.Also, professional growth and networkingopportunities are always centercourt at AFS events for both newcomersand journeymen alike.Plenary speakers were: Tuesday – Dr.Behnam Pourdeyhimi from The NonwovensInstitute in Raleigh, N.C.;Wednesday – Ben Mullins from CurtinUniversity, Perth, Australia; Thursday –M. Matti Maricq from Ford MotorCompany, Dearborn, Mich.The corporate sponsors met as agroup prior to an AFS networking reception.The AFS corporate sponsorscommittee reviewed the many newbenefits for corporate sponsors includingnew Webinars and Market LandscapeReports available exclusively tocorporate sponsors under a pendingAFS UniversityTM banner and an On-Line Campus concept; a recently installedproprietary, sponsors only, AFSwebsite Buyer’s Guide, along with anew AFS Point of View initiative, allwith a focus to provide corporate sponsorvisibility and to drive buyers to AFScorporate sponsors.At the Tuesday Awards luncheon,AFS Product of the Year Awards for newproducts introduced in 2012 were presentedto Clarcor, Inc., for the company’sPoroplate® MaxPoreTM; as theleading Liquid Filter Element Award,Cummins Filtration won; in the FilterMedia category for its FleetguardNanoNet® media, Parker Hannifin Co.won; Hiross Zander Div. was the recipientin the Filter System Category withits Anteras Tandem Technology ATTproduct; and W.L. Gore & Associates,Inc. won for its Gore® V – Panel Filtersas the best Air Filter Element. Dr. BarryVerdegan was the recipient of the TillerAward. The Senior Scientist Award waspresented to Ruijun Chen; Dr. ShaguftaPatel received the Young ScientistAward. The Student Poster Awardswent to – First Place: AbdulwahabAljuhani, and Runner-up KitchaportNartetamrongsutt, both from the Universityof Akron, and Runner-up VincentKandagor from the University ofTennessee.The next AFS conference is October14-16, 2013, in Cincinnati on the topicof Innovations in Fiber Media.The AFS is the largest Filtration Societyin the world and the principal educatorof the industry. For additionalinformation, visit www.afssociety.org orcall Lyn Sholl, AFS Executive ManagerFNat 615- 250-7784.