International
Desalination
Association
Bahrain
MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2010
IDA
BOARD OF DIRECTORS TERM: 14
3ND MEETING
1st Annual Report
Research &
Development Committee
BY:
Dr. Abdullah Al-Alshaikh
Visits
Meetings
Contents
Requests
1
2
4
3
The Committee’s
Strategic Plan
Project
R&D
Committee
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1st Meeting
2nd Meeting
3rd Meeting
4th Meeting
6th of March
2010
Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia
11th of April
2010
Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia
2nd of July
2010
Singapore
5th of October
2010
KAUST
Jeddah
Saudi Arabia
Meetings
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1st Meeting
2nd Meeting
3rd Meeting
4th Meeting
6th of
March 2010
Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia
Issues discussed :
1st
Meeting
1.
2.
3.
4.
Goals and objectives
A coordinator for the committee had been selected.
The need of developing a road map for the committee.
The need of having a detailed list of R&D research centers and
their activities worldwide.
5. Idea of inviting number of well known speakers to the next IDA
Conference to talk about new trends in research directions.
6. The need of having a specialized booklet directed to young
researchers to introduce them to water desalination technologies.
7. The committee agreed on visiting some research centre
worldwide.
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1st Meeting
2nd Meeting
3rd Meeting
4th Meeting
11th of
April 2010
Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia
Issues discussed and closed:
2nd
1.
Before the end of year 2010, some of the research centers in Europe will be visited by the
committee.
2.
Before the end of year 2010, the following research centers will be visited by the committee:
1.
Meeting
2.
Development Center of Water Treatment Technology, State Oceanic Administration,
Hangzhou, China.
Institute of Seawater Desalination and Multipurpose Utilization, State Oceanic
Administration, Tianjin, China.
3.
The importance of establish a strategic relationship with all research centers which will be
visited by the committee.
4.
A roadmap for high efficiency desalination had been proposed to the committee by Mr.
Harry Seah and been reviewed.
5.
A clear and general worldwide-desalination roadmap should be developed.
6.
A list of well known speakers whom can talk about new trends in research-directions
during the next IDA Conference will be developed.
7.
The possibility of having a section on IDA Journal specialized in R&D will be discussed
with the IDA Journal Editor Mr. John Hughes .
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1st Meeting
2nd Meeting
3rd Meeting
4th Meeting
2nd of
July 2010
Singapore
Issues discussed and closed:
3rd
Meeting
1.
The resutls of the visit of Dr. Al-Alshaikh and Dr. Alarifi to the Development Center of
Water Treatment Technology in Hangzhou, China have been discussed.
2.
The IDA-R&D Committee will prepare its first annual report and should be
completed by November 2010. The report will lists all the activities, meeting,
and results achieved by the committee.
3.
Dr. Gary Amy could visit Sea Hero Research Center in South Korea during the
year of 2011.
4.
The committee would like to invite 3-4 keynote speakers to the IDA world
congress 2011 in Perth to talk about the new trends in research and to have a
session for it during the first 2 days in the morning period and to be
moderated by the chairman of the R&D Committee.
5.
The committee would like to conduct a 1-days workshop to develop a 5 years
strategic plan for the committee.
6.
Dr. Al-Alshaikh shared with the committee the PowerPoint presentation he
presented to IDA_BOD during its 2nd meeting in Paris.
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1st Meeting
2nd Meeting
3rd Meeting
4th Meeting
5th of
October 2010
KAUST
Jeddah
Saudi Arabia
Issues discussed and closed:
1.
2.
4th
Meeting
3.
4.
The committee will ask for a special session foucos on Desalination & Water Reuse during the next
Singapore International Water Week.
The title and the designated speakers for the special session during the next IDA
Conference in Perth are as follow:
Session Title: (Membrane-Based Desalination and Reuse: Looking into the Future.)
Speakers:
A. Dr. Abdullah Al-Alshaikh: (Opening Remarks.)
B. Prof. Nidal Hilal: (Membrane applications of nanotechnology including inorganicorganic composites.)
C. Prof. Tony Fane: (New material advances in membrane technology.)
D. Prof. (Neal) Tai-Shung Chung: (Molecular design of advanced forward osmosis
membranes for water reuse.)
E. Prof. Bill Hanbury: (New advances in thermal-membrane hybrids in desalination.)
F. Prof. Gary Amy: (Innovative characterization protocols for seawater natural organic
matter (NOM): insight into membrane fouling and control.)
The committee (represented by Dr. Amy and Dr. Hanbury ) will visit some research centers
in Qatar and Kuwait in addition to Dosaan Co. between the 20th of November and the 30th
of November.
Dr. Al-Alshaikh suggested that the committee should visit the European Desalination
Society (EDS) in L'Aquila, Italy.
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Visits
#
Date
1
Friday
25th of June
2010
The Development Center of Water
Treatment Technology
Hangzhou
China
2
Friday
2nd of July
2010
Singapore Membrane Technology
Centre (SMTC) at Nanyang
Technological University (NTU)
Singapore
Singapore
3
Friday
2nd of July
2010
NUS Environmental Research
Institute (NERI) laboratories at
National University of Singapore
(NUS)
Singapore
Singapore
4
Tuesday
5th of
October
2010
Water Desalination and Reuse Center
& Core Laboratories
at King Abdullah University of
Science and Technology (KAUST)
Thuwal
Saudi
Arabia
Centre/ University visited
City
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Visits
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Step 1
Development of Strategic &
Operational Plan
Current
Situation
Step 2
Vision
&
Mission
Step 3
Step 4
Strategies
Objectives
& strategy
Map
Step 5
Measurements
Step 6
Initiatives
Step 7
Implementation
and Monitoring
Methodology
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Weaknesses
Strengths
Development of Strategic &
Operational Plan
SWOT
Analysis
Currently the leading desalination association worldwide
/ Huge reservoir of knowledge/experience within the
organization / Global presence/representation /
Dedicated focus on desalination and water reuse /
Established reputation (brand equity) / Active, dedicated,
senior-level directors / Director involvement on
regional/international basis / Knowledgeable,
experienced, committed staff / Strong Constitution
preserved by strong directors / Strong industry
relationships / Solid membership base (numbers and
geographic
representation) / Successful events, World Congress /
Diversity of activities / Strong affiliate network /
Financial security / Nimble / Educational programs
(scholarship, Fellowship)
Lack of stated vision to guide future direction / Limited
visibility to media, non-industry constituents / No R&D or
proactive outreach to debunk myths and improve desalination
technologies and image / Desalination focus is limiting
(include water reuse) / Need younger people to get involved
with the
industry and with IDA / Increasing average age of Directors /
Long term Board or Director membership limits
new blood / Not flexible, structure not always easy to move
/ Collaboration with other associations needs better
definition and process / Until recently, no dedicated affiliate
relations program / Little participation from academia/
Diversity and geographic spread of members / “Too Middle
East oriented, too commercially oriented” / Need for
clarification and training of IDA spokesperson(s) / Lack of
proactive membership solicitation
Explosion of interest and growth in desalination / More
acceptance in countries/regions outside Middle East; shows
desalination is appropriate all over the world / Growing need
for water reuse, opens up opportunities for IDA to get
involved / Market growth, Third World’s need for new water /
Development of new desalination technologies / Efforts by
desalination industry to address cost, sustainability,
environmental issues / IDA can build on established
reputation, expertise and excellent industry/governmental
contacts / The need for R&D, studies, standards, guidelines,
collaborations, all of which IDA could drive / Opportunity to
leverage academic potential within IDA / Expand membership
to related fields, e.g., power, policy, finance, environment,
biology/chemistry / Implementation of proactive public
relations program; educate the media, public and influencers;
capitalize on growing interest from the media / Increased
public awareness of water issues due to climate change, water
scarcity / Growing recognition that conservation alone is not
the answer to water scarcity / Create regional activities to
involve human resources unable to participate at global level /
Industry desire to consolidate events
Areas of interest are getting blurred – other
organizations are paying closer attention to
desalination / More organizations mean more choices for
potential members / Some organizations have deeper pockets
than IDA/ Concern over environmental/cost/energy issues
could limit desalination growth / Low participation from
academia / Commitment to research from organizations such
as Water Reuse Foundation (raises their profile) / Affiliate
relationships – affiliates might deliver more
value locally/ Affiliates trying to establish independent
identities / IDA has not proactively establishing itself as
leading industry influencer both within the industry and to
governments, academicians, other associations / Too many
conferences – need to decide where to spend the money /
Becoming, or appearing to become, too commercial / Not
being able to change fast enough / Attacks by uninformed
environmentalists, misinformation/misperceptions about
desalination / People can interconnect directly without the
need of IDA
S W
O T
Opportunities
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