ACWA Power KAUST Innovation Days (2nd)
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Tuesday
January 23, 2024
7:00 am
DAY 0 - DII & CBC Partner Meeting
8:00 am
Welcome Breakfast & Networking
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8:40 am
Welcome Address: Regional benefits and collective actions will give wings to the transition
Paul van Son, President, Dii Desert Energy
Paul van Son
President, Dii Desert EnergyLocation Map
8:50 am
Keynote Address: The Innovation Ecosystem in the Energy Transformation
Thomas Altmann, Executive Vice President, Innovation & New Technology, ACWA Power
Thomas Altmann
Executive Vice President, ACWALocation Map
9:00 am
Session 1: Dii Desert Energy-ILF New White Paper: Bulk Transport Options for Green Molecules. Focus Area: Europe and MENA Region
Global Hydrogen Trade, Cross-Continental Pipelines and Economics for Levelized Cost of Transportation
Cornelius Matthes
Chief Executive Officer, Dii Desert Energy
Frank Wouters
Chairman, MENA Hydrogen Alliance
Tin Jurišić
Area Manager Middle East, ILF Abu DhabiLocation Map
9:30 am
Session 2: Saudi Arabia's Country Focus
Vision 2030 – Saudi Arabia as Green Energy Hub for Green Electrons and Molecules . Moderator: Alexander Sarac. Panelists: Dr. Bart Boesmans, Prof. Mani Sarathy, Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Qasim
Alexander Sarac
Partner, Addleshaw Goddard
Mani Sarathy
Chair, KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)
Abdulaziz AlQasim
Champion, AramcoLocation Map
10:10 am
Host Keynote Address: The Importance of Technology Innovation and Research on the Road to Net Zero Emissions
Dr. Ian Campbell, OBE, Interim Vice President for Innovation, KAUST
Ian Campbell
Vice President, KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)Location Map
10:15 am
Networking Coffee & Refreshment
10:45 am
Session3: Keynote: Investing in Climate Action
Dr. Osman Al Gihaz
Ghazi Osman
Chief Executive Officer, Al Gihaz HoldingLocation Map
11:00 am
Session 4: Lead Partner Presentation
Smartenergy
Andrès Isaza
Chief Commercial Officer, Smartenergy (Switzerland)Location Map
11:15 am
Session 5: Presentations by New Associated Partners
ARC Energy, Astroenergy, Bosch, BayWa RE, Baker Hughes
Hatem Azaiez
Sales Director, LONGi Hydrogen Technology
Stelios Antelli
Head, Astronergy
Rakan Al Murshed
Director, Baker Hughes Middle EastLocation Map
12:00 pm
Session 6: Spotlight Morocco
Tarik Hamane, Acting CEO, Masen
Tarik Hamane
Group CEO, Office National de l'Electricité et de l'Eau PotableLocation Map
12:10 pm
Session 7: Key Findings from the 2023 Bureau Veritas Energy Transition Report
- Taking the pulse of the industry based on 800+ contributors from all around the world
- Removing barriers to keep on track towards a 1.5°C World
- Outlook 2024 report: Tripling Up in a VUCA world: how to keep energy security and the energy transition in balance
Joerg Gmeinbauer
Senior Vice President, Bureau Veritas Services FranceLocation Map
12:20 pm
Networking Lunch in Foyer
1:00 pm
Tour of KAUST Research Centre and Research Facilities
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1:45 pm
Session 8: Zero Emissions Traders Alliance (ZETA) Conditions and Feasibility of building a Clean Energy Hub in KSA: how to connect KSA with European energy markets?
Speakers: Jan Haizmann, Secretary General, Zero Emissions Traders Alliance (ZETA) Taimoor Zaman, Head of Commodity Trading, NEOM
Jan (Detlef) Haizmann
Chief Executive Officer, ZETA (Zero Emissions Traders Alliance)
Taimoor Zaman
Head, ACWA,NEOMLocation Map
2:00 pm
Session 9: Presentations by New Associated Partners
Each organization has 5 minutes presentation followed by a Q&A session
Val Iukin
Regional Director (RD), ceEntek Pte. Ltd.
Thomas Korn
Founder & CEO, Water Stuff & Sun
Abdessamad Saidi
Senior Business Development Manager, INNIO JenbacherLocation Map
2:45 pm
Session 10: the MENA Hydrogen Alliance
Moderator: Frank Wouters
Panelists: Safwan Yousif, Prof Bassam Dally, Quinten Swanborn
Frank Wouters
Chairman, MENA Hydrogen Alliance
Bassam Dally
Professor, KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)
Safwan Yousif
Director, Worley Europe Ltd
Quinten Swanborn
Head Business Development, HyET HydrogenLocation Map
3:30 pm
Networking Coffee Break
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4:00 pm
Session 11: ACWA Power & Dii Desert Energy Innovation Challenge Winner Announcement
Sharzi Mukhri
Senior Manager, ACWA
Thomas Altmann
Executive Vice President, ACWA
Cornelius Matthes
Chief Executive Officer, Dii Desert EnergyLocation Map
4:30 pm
World CleanTech Awards - Edition 2023 Ceremony
Tomasz A. Slusarz
Founder & Vision Streamliner, CleanTech Business Club
Thomas Altmann
Executive Vice President, ACWALocation Map
6:00 pm
End of Conference Program
6:00 pm
Advance VIP Registration & Badge collection
Advance VIP Registration/collection of the badges for Innovation Days and networking
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7:00 pm
GALA DINNER
Al Marsa Amphitheatre (sponsored by ACWA Power, Dii, CBC)
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7:00 pm
Welcome note from ACWA Power
Mohammed Abunayyan - Founder & Chairman, ACWA Power
Mohammad A. Abunayyan
Founder & Chairman of The Board of Directors, ACWALocation Map
7:10 pm
Welcome note from KAUST
Dr Tony Chan, KAUST President
Tony Chan
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7:20 pm
Welcome note from Dii Desert Energy
Cornelius Matthes, Dii Desert Energy
Cornelius Matthes
Chief Executive Officer, Dii Desert EnergyLocation Map
7:30 pm
Welcome note from CBC
Tomasz Slusarz, CBC
Tomasz A. Slusarz
Founder & Vision Streamliner, CleanTech Business Club9:00 pm
Dinner Ends
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Wednesday
January 24, 2024
8:00 am
DAY 1 - INNOVATION DAYS
SOLAR | HYDROGEN | DIGITALIZATION
8:00 am
Registration
Registration in Building 20/19 for Day 2
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9:00 am
OPENING SESSION
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9:00 am
Welcome note from ACWA Power
Welcome note by Raad Al Saady, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director, ACWA Power
Raad Al-Saady
Vice Chairman & MD, ACWALocation Map
9:10 am
Welcome note from KAUST
Welcome note by Tony Chan, President, KAUST
Tony Chan
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9:20 am
Opening note from ACWA Power
Opening note by Thomas Altmann, Executive Vice President, Innovation & New Technology, ACWA Power
Thomas Altmann
Executive Vice President, ACWALocation Map
9:25 am
Keynote CEO ACWA Power
Innovation at the heart of ACWA Power's growth strategy by Marco Arcelli, Chief Executive Officer, ACWA Power
Marco Arcelli
Chairman Advisor, ACWALocation Map
9:35 am
Keynote CTO ACWA Power
Impact of Innovation on Sustainability by Bart Boesmans, Chief Technology Officer, ACWA Power
Bart Boesmans
Advisor and Former CTO, ACWALocation Map
9:45 am
Keynote VP Research KAUST
Keynote - Translational Research for Impact by Pierre Magistretti, Vice President, Research, KAUST
Pierre Magistretti
Vice President, KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)Location Map
9:55 am
Innovation Vision - Energy Transition and Ambition
Panelists from ARAMCO, SABIC, MAADEN, MASEN, IRESEN, RDIA, KAUST
Sarah Al Harthey
Director, ACWA
Rami Niazy
Vice Governor, Research, Development and Innovation Authority
Saud Almandil
Vice President, Maaden
Samir Rachidi
Director General, Institut de Recherche en Energie Solaire et Energies Nouvelles
Raad Al-Saady
Vice Chairman & MD, ACWA
Abdulaziz AlQasim
Champion, Aramco
Abdulaziz Aljodai
General Manager, Research, Development and Innovation AuthorityLocation Map
10:45 am
Coffee Break, Posters and Demo sessions
Coffee Break, Posters and Demo sessions
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11:00 am
Accelerating the deployment of greener technologies through innovation
Panelists from Envision, Siemens, Shanghai Electric, Longi, De Nora, Schneider Electric, ACWA Power
Stefan Verlee
Chief Operations and Transformation Officer, ACWA
John Lee
General Manager, Envision Energy
Deyuan Wang
Managing Director, Shanghai Electric
James Jin
President, LONGi Solar
Christian Urgeghe
Chief Technology Officer, De Nora
Nidal Ghizawi
Director, Schneider Electric
Thomas Altmann
Executive Vice President, ACWALocation Map
11:45 am
HYDROGEN SESSION
11:45 am
The future of green hydrogen in GCC region from ACWA Power
The future of green hydrogen in GCC region from Driss Berraho, Vice President ,Business Development Green Hydrogen, ACWA Power
Driss Berraho
Executive Vice President, ACWALocation Map
12:00 pm
ACWA Power Hydrogen R&D overview
ACWA Power Hydrogen R&D overview by Ahmed Balawi, Manager, Innovation & New Technology, ACWA Power
Ahmed Hesham Balawi
Senior Manager, ACWALocation Map
12:10 pm
Methane Pyrolysis - future perspective
Methane Pyrolysis - future perspective by Mani Sarathy, Professor, Chemical Engineering Associate Director, KAUST
Mani Sarathy
Chair, KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)Location Map
12:20 pm
Water Electrolysis - future perspective
Water Electrolysis - future perspective by Xu Lu, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, KAUST
Xu Lu
Assistant Professor, KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)Location Map
12:30 pm
Innovation Challenge, KSA – Launch of Ideation Initiative
Innovation Challenge, KSA – launch of ideation Initiative by Sharzi Mukhri, Innovation Initiative Lead, ACWA Power, and Manus Ward, Director, Research Planning Partnerships, KAUST in Building 20/19
Sharzi Mukhri
Senior Manager, ACWALocation Map
12:30 pm
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
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12:40 pm
SIGNING OF MOUs (Day 1)
Signings of MoUs: ACWA Power, NanoPhos, SNEC
SNEC - Innovation Initiative
SNEC - Innovation Initiative
Thomas Altmann
Executive Vice President, ACWA Power Company
Qun Wang
Executive Vice Chairman, Solar Energy Industry Conference & Exhibition (SNEC)
Tomasz A. Slusarz
Founder & Vision Streamliner, CleanTech Business ClubNanoPhos | Albedo Coatings
NanoPhos | Albedo Coatings
Thomas Altmann
Executive Vice President, ACWA Power Company
Ioannis Arabatzis
Founder & Managing Director, NanoPhosHWS | AirBase Wind Turbine Foundation
HWS | AirBase Wind Turbine Foundation
Thomas Altmann
Executive Vice President, ACWA Power Company
Mariano Abadía
CEO & Co-Founder, HWS Concrete TowersLocation Map
1:30 pm
DIGITALIZATION SESSION
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1:30 pm
Keynote on Digital Technologies and its role in Innovation
Keynote on Digital Technologies and its role in Innovation by Alvaro Perez, Chief Digital Officer, ACWA Power
Alvaro Pérez
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1:40 pm
Artificial Intelligence Initiative – KAUST
Artificial Intelligence Initiative – KAUST by Bernard Ghanem, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, KAUST
Bernard Ghanem
Chair/Director CoE for GenAI, KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)Location Map
1:50 pm
Advanced Simulation & Modelling
Advanced Simulation & Modelling by Shehab Ahmed, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Chair, KAUST
Shehab Ahmed Elsayed
Professor & Program Chair, KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)Location Map
2:00 pm
SOLAR SESSION
2:00 pm
Role of Innovation in Solar
Role of Innovation in Solar by Jose Barragan, Vice President Renewables Technical Services, ACWA Power
Jose Barragan
Vice President, ACWALocation Map
2:10 pm
ACWA Power's progress in Solar
ACWA Power's progress in Solar by Saad Umer, Director, Renewables Business Development, ACWA Power in Building 20/19
Saad Umer
Executive Vice President, ACWALocation Map
2:20 pm
KAUST ACWA Power Collaborative Solar R&D
KAUST ACWA Power Collaborative Solar R&D by Stefaan Dewolf, Professor and Director KAUST Solar Center, KAUST
Stefaan De Wolf
Professor, KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)Location Map
2:30 pm
Coffee Break, Posters and Demo sessions
Coffee Break, Posters and Demo sessions
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3:30 pm
LAB TOURS
3:30 pm
KSC (Solar) lab tour
KSC (Solar) lab tour
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4:15 pm
CCRC (Hydrogen/Ammonia combustion) lab tour
CCRC (Hydrogen/Ammonia combustion) lab tour
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4:15 pm
CCRC (Hydrogen/Ammonia combustion) lab tour
CCRC (Hydrogen/Ammonia combustion) lab tour
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5:00 pm
Poster Session (09:00 - 18:00)
Posters
3D-Printed Concentrated Solar Thermal Receiver for Industrial Gas Heating
Bassam Dally Omar Behar Ahmed Azmeer ACWA Power Company KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Saudi Arabia Energy Solar Tower (ST) Solar Tower Solar-thermal Renewable Energy CSP 3D Print
Advancing renewable hydrogen production with AI-driven electrocatalyst discovery
Mani Sarathy Tairan Wang ACWA Power Company KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Saudi Arabia Hydrogen Green Gases and eFuels Energy Artificial Intelligence Digitalisation Water Electrolysis (H2) Catalyst Clean energy LLM Renewable Hydrogen
Alkaline water electrolysis catalyst and system development for green hydrogen production with high CO2 avoidan
Cafer Yavuz Javeed Mahmood Seokjin Kim Phil Woong Kang ACWA Power Company KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Saudi Arabia Green Hydrogen Hydrogen Green Gases and eFuels Energy Water Energy Efficiency Electrolysis (H2) Analysis Catalyst Electrodes Energy Transition IT
Automated and Optimized Solar Rooftop Design
ACWA Power Company KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) OptimalPV Saudi Arabia Energy Solar PV (Photovoltaic) Renewable Energy Solar
Autonomous Drone Electroluminescence For Solar Investment Risk Management
Karl Bedrich Yong Khoo Yan Wang ACWA Power Company KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Quantified Energy Labs Singapore Energy Drones
Decarbonizing the desert with seasonal pumped hydro storage plants
Julian Hunt Yoshihide Wada ACWA Power Company KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Saudi Arabia Energy Decarbonisation
Deep underwater hydrogen storage: a cheap alternative to storing hydrogen
Julian Hunt Yoshihide Wada ACWA Power Company KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Saudi Arabia Hydrogen Green Gases and eFuels Energy Energy Storage Decarbonisation
Electrodeposition Mode effects on the Electrochemical Performance of nickel cobalt sulfide (NiCo2S4) nanosheet for energy storage Applications
Farid HABELHAMES Abdelfetteh Sayah Ahmed Bahloul KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Ferhat Abbas University Algeria Energy Storage Energy Decarbonisation
Experimental studies of methane pyrolysis for hydrogen production
Thomas Altmann Ratul Das Bassam Dally Mani Sarathy Haytham Alhamed Fabiyan Shamsudheen Omar Behar Saumitra Saxena César Lucio Cifuentes KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) ACWA Power International Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Hydrogen Green Gases and eFuels Energy Decarbonisation
Solar methane pyrolysis
Thomas Altmann Ratul Das Bassam Dally Mani Sarathy Haytham Alhamed Fabiyan Shamsudheen Omar Behar Saumitra Saxena César Lucio Cifuentes KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) ACWA Power International Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Hydrogen Green Gases and eFuels Energy Decarbonisation
Gas sensing capability of the MXene Lu2CF2
Reem Alharbi Shubham Tyagi Paresh Rout Udo Schwingenschlögl ACWA Power Company KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Saudi Arabia Energy Monitoring
Hydrogen sulfide methane reforming: a kinetic modeling and techno-economic analysis study
Mani Sarathy Fabiyan Shamsudheen Qi Wang Faseeh AbdulRahman ACWA Power Company KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Saudi Arabia Energy Hydrogen Green Gases and eFuels Decarbonisation
Machine learning-driven design of sustainable aviation fuel
Basem Eraqi Mani Sarathy Shashank Nagaraja ACWA Power Company KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Saudi Arabia Artificial Intelligence Digitalisation Machine Learning
Optimizing islanded green ammonia and hydrogen production and export from Saudi Arabia
Mani Sarathy Holkan Vazquez-Sanchez Julian Florez Mohammed AlAbbad ACWA Power Company KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Saudi Arabia Green Ammonia Ammonia Green Gases and eFuels Energy Hydrogen Decarbonisation
Polymeric Coatings for Passive Radiative Cooling of PV Modules in Hot and Humid Weather: Design, Optimization, and Performance Evaluation
Eydhah Almatrafi Ali A. Alshammari Elias Salilih Mohamed Rady ACWA Power Company KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) King Abdulaziz University Saudi Arabia Solar PV (Photovoltaic) Renewable Energy Energy PV cooling
Seawater Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Inline Measurement
ACWA Power Company KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Schneider Electric ( Germany) United States of America Saudi Arabia Desalination Water Monitoring
Shanghai Electric Synchronous Condenser Island Solution
ACWA Power Company SHANGHAI ELECTRIC KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) China Energy Decarbonisation
Shanghai Electric Hydrogen Energy
ACWA Power Company Shanghai Electric KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) China Hydrogen Green Gases and eFuels Energy Decarbonisation
Shanghai Electric-Solar Energy
Julong He Shanghai Electric China Energy Renewable Energy Decarbonisation
Solid oxygen for cold recovery in the hydrogen liquefaction chain
Julian Hunt Yoshihide Wada ACWA Power Company KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Saudi Arabia Energy Hydrogen Green Gases and eFuels Decarbonisation
Systematic solution of photovoltaic energy system
ACWA Power Company SHANGHAI ELECTRIC KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) China Energy Solar PV (Photovoltaic) Renewable Energy Decarbonisation
The hydrogen battery: Safe, simple and cost effcient hydrogen storage and distribution infrastructure - competitive to fossil fuels
ACWA Power Company KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Water Stuff & Sun Germany Saudi Arabia Energy Hydrogen Green Gases and eFuels Decarbonisation
Towards Carbon-Free Energy: Catalyzed H2S-Iodine Thermochemical Cycle for Saffron Hydrogen Production from Hydrogen Sulfide
Mani Sarathy Shashank Nagaraja Carolina Gallego Andrés Alvarez Manuel Monge Palacios Adrian Cavazos Sepulveda ACWA Power Company Aramco ARAMCO KAUST Saudi Arabia Energy Hydrogen Green Gases and eFuels Decarbonisation
Turquoise Hydrogen Production via Coking-Free Ni-Mo Nanocatalyst in Dry Reforming of Hydrocarbons
Cafer Yavuz Javeed Mahmood Seokjin Kim Azimet Karluk Eziz Naryyev ACWA Power Company KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Saudi Arabia Turquoise hydrogen Hydrogen Green Gases and eFuels Energy Decarbonisation
Using of hydrogen peroxide as the oxidant: 1-D flame study
Bassam Dally Jiajun Li Adamu Alfazazi ACWA Power Company KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Saudi Arabia Energy Chemicals
Visualization of surface charge-carrier diffusion of Perovskites using 4D electron imaging for solar applications
Chen Yang Omar F. Mohammed Razan Nughays Sarvarkhodzha Nematulloev Jun Yin George Harrison Shadi Fatayer Osman M. Bakr KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Saudi Arabia Energy Decarbonisation
5:00 pm
Break
Break
6:30 pm
Gather at building 19 for dinner transfer
Gather at building 19 for dinner transfer
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7:00 pm
Dinner
Pool Side Dinner, Al-Khozama Hotel, KAUST
Thursday
January 25, 2024
8:30 am
DAY 2 - INNOVATION DAYS
DESALINATION | ENERGY STORAGE SESSIONS
8:30 am
Registration
Registration for Day 2
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9:30 am
Welcome note from ACWA Power
Welcome note by Thomas Altmann, Executive Vice President Innovation & New Technology, ACWA Power
Thomas Altmann
Executive Vice President, ACWALocation Map
9:35 am
Significance of this event/innovation from KAUST perspective
Significance of this event/innovation from KAUST perspective by Dr. Ian W. Campbell, Vice President Innovation, KAUST
Ian Campbell
Vice President, KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)Location Map
9:45 am
Opening video
Opening video
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9:50 am
Desalination Translational Research
Panelists from KAUST, IDA, Toray, SWCC, NYU, Veolia, KISR, Khalifa University
Shannon McCarthy
Secretary General, International Desalination and Reuse Association
Tariq Nada
Chief Technical Officer, ACWA
Johannes Vrouwenvelder
Director, KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)
Tatsuya Matsushima
Director, Toray Membrane Middle East
Ali Alshari
Executive Manager, Saline Water Conversion Corporation
Hassan Arafat
Senior Director, KHALIFA UNIVERSITYLocation Map
10:30 am
Coffee break and demos
Coffee break and demos
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11:00 am
DESALINATION SESSION
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11:00 am
Keynote on ACWA Power’s Desalination Journey
Keynote on ACWA Power’s Desalination Journey by Fawzi Al Saadi, Executive Vice President, Red Sea Portfolio Management, ACWA Power
Fawzi Alsaidi
Vice President, Saudi Water AuthorityLocation Map
11:15 am
ACWA Power - Desalination R&D
ACWA Power - Desalination R&D by Ratul Das, Senior Manager, Innovation & New Technology, ACWA Power
Ratul Das
Executive Manager, ACWALocation Map
11:45 am
KAUST ACWA Power Collaborative Desalination R&D
ACWA Power Collaborative Desalination R&D by Dr. Graciela Gonzalez Gil & Dr. Bastiaan Blankert, Research Scientist, Water Desalination & Reuse Center, KAUST in Building 20/19
Graciela Gonzalez-Gil
Research Scientist, KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)
Bastiaan Blankert
Research Scientist, KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)Location Map
12:00 pm
Signings of MoU and LoC (Day 2)
Signings of MoU and LoC
SCOTMAS | Sodium Chlorite Production
SCOTMAS | Sodium Chlorite Production
Thomas Altmann
Executive Vice President, ACWA Power Company
Alistair Cameron
Chief Executive Officer, Scotmas GroupAJMC | FO system demonstration in KSA
AJMC | FO system demonstration in KSA
Thomas Altmann
Executive Vice President, ACWA
Satoshi Tanaka
General Manager, Arabian Japanese Membrane Company
John Webley
CEO, Chairman & Member of the Board of Directors, Trevi SystemsIron Flow Battery - Voltstorage
Iron Flow Battery - Voltstorage
Thomas Altmann
Executive Vice President, ACWA Power Company
Jakob Bitner
Co-Founder & CEO, VoltstorageAJMC | 8" HF Membranes Pilot Plant - Toyobo (Hassyan) Amendment
AJMC | 8" HF Membranes Pilot Plant - Toyobo (Hassyan) Amendment
Thomas Altmann
Executive Vice President, ACWA Power Company
Mohamad AlHarthi
COO, Arabian Japanese Membrane CompanyKAUST Industry Collaboration Program
KAUST Industry Collaboration Program
Manus Ward
Director, KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)
Thomas Altmann
Executive Vice President, ACWA Power CompanyLocation Map
12:00 pm
Posters and Demo sessions - Lunch and Prayer
Posters and Demo sessions - Lunch and Prayer in Building 20/19
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1:30 pm
BESS SESSION
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1:30 pm
New sustainable energy storage technologies suitable for GCC climate conditions
KAUST, VoltStorage, KSU, Aramco, ACWA Power, Enervenue
Christos Iraklis
Manager, ACWA
Jakob Bitner
Co-Founder & CEO, Voltstorage
Krunal Patel
Director, ACWA
Shehab Ahmed Elsayed
Professor & Program Chair, KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)
Zeyad Almutairi
Director, King Saud University
James Morrish
Chief Financial Officer, LiNa EnergyLocation Map
2:10 pm
BESS presentation
Husam Alshareef, Professor, Material Science and Engineering in Building 20/19
Husam Alshareef
Professor, KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)Location Map
2:20 pm
Way forward on BESS
Krunal Patel, Executive Manager, Central Technical Services, ACWA Power
Krunal Patel
Director, ACWALocation Map
2:30 pm
ACWA Power - BESS R&D
Christos Iraklis, Manager, Innovation & New Technology, ACWA Power
Christos Iraklis
Manager, ACWALocation Map
2:40 pm
Coffee break
Coffee break in Building 20/19
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3:00 pm
LAB TOURS
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3:00 pm
WDRC Lab tour
WDRC lab tour
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3:45 pm
SWRO, PV & H2 pilot tour
SWRO, PV & H2 pilot tour
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5:00 pm
Poster Session (09:00 - 18:00)
Posters
A heat-powered method for desalinating seawater: an experimental validation and a forward-looking viewpoint on sustainability
Kim Choon NG M Kum Ja Raid AlRowais Doskhan Ybyraiymkul ACWA Power Company KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Saudi Arabia Desalination Water Decarbonisation
A unique solution against blackstart with battery energy storage systems (BESS) in microgrids
Krunal Patel KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) ACWA Power International Saudi Arabia Energy Storage Energy Microgrid Grid Battery Cells
AI-based Fouling Detection and Monitoring System in Membrane Filtration
Thomas Altmann Noreddine Ghaffour Ratul Das Adnan Qamar Najat Amin Henry Tanudjaja KAUST ACWA Power International Saudi Arabia Artificial Intelligence Digitalisation Desalination Water Monitoring
Artificial Intelligent Framework for Efficient and Predictive Reverse Osmosis Desalination
Thomas Altmann Noreddine Ghaffour Ratul Das Adnan Qamar Najat Amin Henry Tanudjaja KAUST ACWA Power International Saudi Arabia Artificial Intelligence Digitalisation Desalination Water
Can 1D modeling sufficiently describe the membrane performance?
Cristian Picioreanu Bastiaan Blankert Fernan David Martinez Jimenez Felipe Salto-Quintana Valentina Musteata Santiago Zuluaga ACWA Power Company KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Saudi Arabia Desalination Water Decarbonisation
Demonstrating the performance of a unique multimedia filter
Sanjay Parekh Jeremy Biddle Fergus Rooksby ACWA Power Company KAUST Saudi Arabia Desalination Water Decarbonisation
Engineered 2D-MXene anode for sustainable electricity production from domestic wastewater
Noreddine Ghaffour Pascal Saikaly P.D. Kolubah Hend Mohamed M.N. Hedhili Mohamed Ben Hassine R. Díaz-Rúa D. I. Drautz-Moses Mohamed Obaid P. Castaño ACWA Power Company KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Saudi Arabia Energy Storage Energy Electrodes
Experimental and visualization Investigation of Red Sea Water scaling by Nano-filtration Membranes
Kim Choon NG Doskhan Ybyraiymkul Ahmed Alanazi ACWA Power Company KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Saudi Arabia Desalination Water Membranes
Exploring the potential of graphene ultrafiltration as an effective pretreatment for reverse osmosis desalination
Thomas Altmann Ratul Das Johannes Vrouwenvelder Graciela Gonzalez-Gil Abozar Akbari Akbari Yasmeen Nadreen KAUST ACWA Power International NematiQ Saudi Arabia Desalination Water Decarbonisation
In-situ Laser Synthesis of SiOx Quantum Dots-Graphite Anodes for High Energy Density Li-ion Batteries
Husam Alshareef Eman Alhajji ACWA Power Company KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Saudi Arabia Energy Storage Energy Decarbonisation Electrodes
In-situ observation and quantification of membrane deformation in reverse osmosis, using optical coherence tomography
Cristian Picioreanu Johannes Vrouwenvelder Bastiaan Blankert Luca Fortunato Luigi Ranieri ACWA Power Company KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Saudi Arabia Desalination Water Membranes
Micro-nano bubbles as potential curative and preventive strategies for SWRO biofouling
Noreddine Ghaffour Johannes Vrouwenvelder Kim Choon NG Doskhan Ybyraiymkul Damaris Sosa Alla Alpatova Nadia Farhat ACWA Power Company KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Saudi Arabia Desalination Water Biofouling
Monitoring scaling potential in reverse osmosis desalination by acceleration of scalants formation in membranes fouling simulators (MFS)
Johannes Vrouwenvelder Bastiaan Blankert Natalia Clavijo ACWA Power Company KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Saudi Arabia Desalination Water Membranes Monitoring
Shanghai Electric Seawater Desalination - Innovative Technology Solutions on Industrial Waste Heat Utilization
ACWA Power Company Shanghai Electric KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) China Desalination Water Decarbonisation
Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents: Green Solutions to Water Challenges
Geert-Jan Witkamp Luca Fortunato Lamya Al Fuhaida Maria Fernanda Nava Ocampo Andreia Farinha Laura Falivene Sapia Murgolo Cristina De Ceglieb Giuseppe Mascolo ACWA Power Company KAUST Institute of Water Research Italy Saudi Arabia Desalination Water Decarbonisation
Positively charged metal-organic-frameworkbased nanofiltration for selective multi-cationic recovery from seawater and brines
Carmelo Morgante Vittorio Boffa Jose Manuel Lopez Jose Luis Cortina Pallas ACWA Power Company Aalborg University KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) Università degli Studi di Palermo Denmark Italy Spain Desalination Water Filtration
Ramp Rate Control of Wind Farm with Predictive Control of Battery Energy Storage
Thomas Altmann Ahmed Hesham Balawi Christos Iraklis KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) ACWA Power International Saudi Arabia Energy Storage Energy Wind (On-shore) Renewable Energy Decarbonisation
Redox Flow Batteries: Current Market and Technology Status
Thomas Altmann Ahmed Hesham Balawi Christos Iraklis KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) ACWA Power International Saudi Arabia Energy Storage Energy Battery Cells
Role of pH equilibria in boron separation by reverse osmosis
Cristian Picioreanu Bastiaan Blankert Felipe Salto-Quintana Santiago Zuluaga ACWA Power Company KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Saudi Arabia Desalination Water Monitoring
Shanghai Electric vanadium redox flow battery
ACWA Power Company Shanghai Electric KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Japan China Va RFB Flow Batteries Energy Storage Energy Battery
Smart process operation to modulate biofilm development and improve system performance in reverse osmosis and nanofiltration
Johannes Vrouwenvelder Bastiaan Blankert Kees Huisman ACWA Power Company KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Saudi Arabia Desalination Water Biofilm
Smarter Antiscalants Choices for Seawater Desalination
Thomas Altmann Ratul Das Johannes Vrouwenvelder Graciela Gonzalez-Gil María Camila Albarracín Ruíz Marian Castrillon Tobon Abdul-Hamid Emwas KAUST ACWA Power International Saudi Arabia Desalination Water Chemicals
Three-dimensional modeling flow, mass transfer and reaction in spacer-filled channels of membrane separation processes
Cristian Picioreanu Bastiaan Blankert Fernan David Martinez Jimenez Santiago Zuluaga ACWA Power Company KAUST Saudi Arabia Desalination Water Membranes
Ultra-Pure Chlorine Dioxide Providing Biofouling Protection and Permeate Disinfection
Alistair Cameron Ken Willcock ACWA Power Company KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Scotmas Group United Kingdom Desalination Water Chemicals Biofouling
Water treatment by Gravity-Driven Membrane (GDM) filtration: Understanding the role of the membrane biofilm on water quality and permeate flux
Johannes Vrouwenvelder Luca Fortunato Luigi Ranieri ACWA Power Company KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Saudi Arabia Desalination Water Filtration