International Speakers and Experts Gathering for Water Supply Crisis at Desalination Conference
New trends in technologies, changing international environmental policies, pending water supply initiatives along with economic issues and more will be presented at the first annual International Desalination Institute (IDI) Conference to be held in Monterey, California.
Monterey, CA (PRWEB) October 6, 2005 -- New trends in technologies, changing international environmental policies, pending water supply initiatives along with economic issues and more will be presented at the first annual International Desalination Institute (IDI) Conference to be held in Monterey, California.
The conference, scheduled for October 26th to the 28th, will feature international, regional and local speakers who are experts, researchers, educators, policy makers, policy managers, environmentalists and others addressing these global water supply issues, approaches and solutions.
IDI’s conference speakers will focus primarily on providing information to encourage prudent and responsible development of seawater desalination facilities worldwide. Robert Campbell, IDI’s founder stated that numerous participating international, U.S., regional and local organizations, along with key high profile speakers will be gathering in anticipation of much needed new water supplies as well as developing educational programs to provide the expertise that will be required in the near future.
In addition to California State, regional and local issues, initiatives and examples of developing desalination programs underway, presentations will also report on developments in Morocco, North Africa, Malta and Singapore.
According to IDI director Anthony Jones, Ph.D., “The conference will provide a forum for discussion of a most pressing human issue – the creation of new secure and sustainable sources of drinking water. The impending challenge to global water supply has created an urgent need for the exchange of information on technology and ideas as well as the need to support education of qualified professionals to manage seawater desalination facilities. He further states, “experts will also need to be prepared to cope with environmental, social, financial and regulatory requirements for the successful development and operation of critical infrastructure.”
According to Dr. Jones, Richard Morris and Tom Pankratz will launch the conference with their views on Global Trends in Desalination. Richard Morris has had a distinguished career specializing in desalination and business development in the energy and environmental sectors. Morris sits on the board of the European Desalination Society. Tom Pankratz with Global Water Intelligence is the editor of the Water Desalination Report, an international weekly digest on desalination and advanced water treatment. Pankratz sits on the board of the International Desalination Association.
Other noted experts include: Dr. Scott Jenkins, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, a specialist in modeling the discharge from desalination plants; Dr. Brent Haddad, UC Santa Cruz, a eminent water policy expert; Dr. Harvey Winters, Fairleigh Dickinson University, an experienced researcher in biofouling; John MacHarg of the Affordable Desalination Collaboration, a joint industry-government initiative to demonstrate affordable seawater desalination now; Azzedine Elmidaoui, President of the Morrocan Membrane and Desalination Society will discuss the status and trends in desalination in Morocco; Brad Damitz of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary will discuss policy issues.
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