Australian-French Workshop MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY FOR WATER PROCESSING 4th July 2014 Brisbane, Australia MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY FOR WATER PROCESSING You are invited to attend the Australian-French Workshop on Membrane Technology for Water Processing, organized by the University of Queensland (AUSTRALIA) and the Institut Europeén des Membranes (FRANCE), and to be held in Brisbane on 4th of July 2014 . The workshop will showcase the latest development in the field of membrane science and technology for water desalination and brine processing. This worshop aims to provide opportunities to establish and enhance business and research collaboration between Australia and France. Invited speakers Prof. André Ayral Dr. Anne Julbe Dr. Mihai Barboiu Dr. Martin Drobek Prof. Joe da Costa Prof. Stephen Gray Prof. Jim Underschultz Prof. Huanting Wang A/Prof. Xiwang Zhang Dr. Sophie Leterme Dr. Simon Smart Dr. Xing Yang We cordially invite you to take part of this workshop and look forward to seeing you soon in Brisbane! The organizing committee : Prof. Joe da Costa, Dr. Anne Julbe, Dr. Christelle Yacou and Dr. Martin Drobek Registration information Attendance to the workshop is free of charge, however the number of places are limited. Anyone interested to attend this event RSVP by email to Dr. Christelle Yacou (c.yacou@uq.e.du.au) prior to 25th June 2014. Workshop VENUE The University of Queensland Hawken Engineering Building (Room C201), 50, Staff House Road St Lucia Campus Brisbane, QLD 4072 Australia MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY FOR WATER PROCESSING PROGRAM Start 08.20 08.30 09.00 09.30 10.00 10.30 10.45 11.15 11.45 12.15 01.00 01.30 02.00 02:30 02.45 03.15 03.45 04.15 IEM NCED UQ Speakers Institution Workshop Opening Prof. André Ayral IEM Prof. Jim Underschultz UQ - SMI CSG Dr. Mihai Barboiu IEM Prof. Joe da Costa UQ - NCED Coffee Break Dr. Anne Julbe IEM Prof. Stephen Gray VU - NCED Prof. Huanting Wang MU - NCED Lunch Dr. Sophie Leterme FU - NCED Dr. Martin Drobek IEM Dr. Simon Smart UQ - NCED Coffee Break A/Prof. Xiwang Zhang MU Dr. Xing Yang VU - NCED Round Table of Discussion Workshop Closure Institut Europeen des Membranes National Centre of Excellence in Desalination The University of Queensland Presentation Multifunctional ceramic membranes for water treatment CSG industry in QLD Artificial water channels Inorganic Membranes for desalination and brine processing Zeolite-based membranes & systems for applications in water media Silica removal desalination Non-brittle ceramic hollow fibre membranes seawater desalination Pre-treatment and biofouling: the importance of microbes Desalination on tubular MFI zeolite membranes by pervaporation Non conventional MD Is Forward Osmosis a good desalination technology? Membrane distillation for desalination and resource recovery VU MU FU Victoria University Monash University Flinders University