CONFERENCE THEMES

01 MEMBRANE FABRICATION & CHARACTERIZATION

  • • Polymeric membranes
  • • Inorganic membranes
  • • Mixed-matrix membranes
  • • Composite membranes
  • • Molecularly imprinted membranes
  • • 2D material-based membranes
  • • Surface modification and patterning

02 MEMBRANE PROCESSES

  • • Pressure-driven membrane processes (MF, UF, NF, RO, organic-solvent NF, FO, PRO)
  • • Electrically driven membrane processes (ED, RED, EDI, EDR, fuel cells, batteries, electrolyzers)
  • • Membrane distillation
  • • Pervaporation, vapor permeation and gas separation
  • • Membrane reactors and bioreactors
  • • Membrane contactors

03 TRANSPORT, MODELING & ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

  • • Transport through porous membranes
  • • Modeling and simulation
  • • Artificial-intelligence methodologies
  • • Membrane fouling

04 MODULE & PROCESS DESIGN

  • • Flat-sheet, spiral-wound, hollow-fiber, tubular and capillary modules
  • • Membrane process design
  • • Hybrid and novel membrane processes
  • • Membrane process intensification
  • • Integrated membrane processes
  • • Techno-economic analysis and life-cycle assessment

05 SPECIFIC USES OF MEMBRANES

  • • Biotechnology and health applications
  • • Air treatment
  • • CO₂ capture
  • • Hydrogen production
  • • Energy applications
  • • Environmental applications
  • • Resource recovery
  • • Membrane recycling
  • • Membrane autopsy

06 SUSTAINABILITY, CIRCULAR ECONOMY & SOCIETAL ASPECTS

  • • Environmental sustainability of membrane processes
  • • Economic sustainability and cost assessment
  • • Social acceptance and public perception of water reuse
  • • Health-risk assessment and public-health implications
  • • Life-cycle assessment (LCA)
  • • Carbon, water and environmental footprints
  • • Circular-economy approaches in membrane applications
  • • Resource efficiency and sustainable resource management
  • • Sustainable membrane materials and green fabrication methods
  • • Climate-change mitigation and adaptation through membrane processes
  • • Reuse and recycling of membranes and membrane-derived materials