Under the patronage of Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour (BMWA)

CONGRESS CONTENT

The German Desalination Society (DME) had pleasure in announcing its first International Congress.

The Congress featured 3 days of lectures and panel discussions held by renowned experts who did report on achievements, future challenges and solutions in the field of modern seawater desalination. Focus country was Saudi Arabia, the largest desalination market of the world.

The water sector and the role of seawater desalination in Saudi Arabia was addressed.
Presentations covered status and future perspectives of seawater desalination including the current issues of privatisation in the water sector of Saudi Arabia. The Congress did highlight technical, economic and environmental challenges in future advanced desalination systems in Saudi Arabia.

DME was proud to have confirmed presentations of:

Omar Al-Ghamdi, President of Water & Electricity Company, Saudi Arabia

• Dr. Nabil Nada, Desalination Expert, Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC)
• Dr. Khalid Suleiman, Associate Research Professor, King Abdulaziz City of Science and Technology
• Abdullah S. Al-Marei - CEO and President of Marafiq, Power and Water Utility Company for Jubail and Yanbu

Facing the future challenges, beneficial solutions and concepts for a wide variety of aspects in thermal desalination systems as well as in membrane systems were presented and discussed.

ISBN-No.: 978-3-86861-002-4

DME offered a one day seminar before the conference. Please have a look at DME-Seminars.