08:00 Registration & Networking 08:55 Welcome speech by MC Oman Water & Wastewater Conference 2018 Monday, 30 April 2018 Conference day one Inaugural session 09:00 Conference Inauguration by Chief Guest His Highness Sayyid Taimur bin Asaad bin Tariq Al Said Assistant Secretary General for Communication The Research Council 09:05 Inauguration speech 09:15 Keynote speech Eng. Nasser Al Shahrani, Chief Operations Officer, GCC Interconnection Authority (GCCIA) 09:30 Handing appreciation trophy for the chief guest 09:40 Exhibition Inauguration & tour Reserved slot Session 1: Strategies & Masterplans 11:00 An Overview of the GCC Unified Water Strategy, 2016-2035 Dr. Abdul Aziz Al Turbak, Board Member, Water Science and Technology Association (WSTA) & Professor and Dean of the College of Engineering, King Saud University 11:15 Presenting the strategy updates from Public Authority for Electricity & Water of Oman (PAEW) Ishaq Al Musalhi, Acting Manager - Strategic Studies, Policy & Strategy, DIAM: PAEW (Public Authority for 11:30 Presenting OPWP s 7 years statement updates Brian Wood, Planning & Economics Director, Oman Power & Water Procurement Company (OPWP) 11:45 Water resources strategy in Oman Eng. Ahmed Barwani, Water Resources Expert, Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources (MRMWR)
12:00 Presenting Haya s treated effluent utilization strategy Eng. Suleiman Al Qasmi, General Manager - Asset Management, Haya Water 12:15 Understanding the global trends in the water sector Theo van den Hoven, Programme Director Watershare, KWR Watercycle Research Institute 12:30 Overview of wastewater strategic master planning Eng. Mubarak Al Shueili, Senior Asset Planning Manager, Haya Water 12:45 Interactive panel session: 13:00 Networking break Reserved slot Session 2: Water Economy 13:30 Non-revenue Water Pressure management in water networks Yousuf Al Siyabi, Operation Performance Expert, DIAM: PAEW (Public Authority for 13:45 Optimization of water networks using digital solutions Heinrich-Martin Schreyer, Global Business Line Manager Water & Infrastructure, ABB 14:00 Operational efficiency Using mobile application platform Said Al Busaidi, Asset Performance Manager, DIAM: PAEW (Public Authority for 14:15 Watershare: transferring global knowledge to local applications Christos Makropoulos, Chief Information Officer, KWR Watercycle Research Institute 14:30 Case study: Strategies and technologies to reduce NRW - NRW Project and leakage detection in Riyadh Carlos García, Technical Office Manager, Aqualia 14:45 Energy optimization in water supply system Eng. Ahmed Al Shaqsi, Control Center Manager, DIAM: PAEW (Public Authority for 15:00 Interactive panel session 15:15 Chairman s closing remarks 15:20 Networking Lunch 16:00 End of conference day one
08:00 Registration & Networking Oman Water & Wastewater Conference 2018 Tuesday, 1 May 2018 - Conference day two Session 3: Water in the Leaders Vision 09:00 Video Presentation 09:15 Panel discussion: Water in the Leaders Vision Panelists: Eng. Abdulaziz Al Shidhani, General Manager - Planning & Assets Management, DIAM: PAEW (Public Authority for Dr. Abdul Aziz Al Turbak, Board Member, Water Science and Technology Association (WSTA) & Professor and Dean of the College of Engineering, King Saud University Eng. Suleiman Al Qasmi, General Manager - Asset Management, Haya Water Moderator: Eng. Zaher Al Sulaimani, Board Member, DIAM: PAEW (Public Authority for Electricity & Water) & Founder Member and President, Oman Water Society Session 4: Water Production & Water Resources PART A: Nader Mosavat, Director of Programmes, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Muscat University 09:30 Water security and Emergency response Matt Minshall, Managing Director, Translucidus 09:45 Mitigation & monitoring of red tides impact on desalination plants Dr. Jauad El Kharraz, Head of Research, The Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC) 10:00 Supplying clean water to a nation through measurement and digital technologies Purvang Upadhyay, Global Water Industry Manager, ABB 10:15 Novel methods of cleaning membrane plants fouled by produced water and sea water Steve Chesters, Managing Director, Genesys International Limited 10:30 Methods of chemical wastewater treatment in electrical power plants by focus on reverse osmosis process Susan Haeri, Process and Environmental Engineering Coordinator and Project Manager, Monenco Iran Consulting Engineers 10:45 Working towards zero liquid discharge at Sohar industrial Port area - Presenting the challenges and solutions Abdullah Al Sadi, Business Development Manager, Majis Industrial Services
11:00 Reducing Water Pipeline Construction Cost with Advance Welding Solutions Vahajuddin Nawabuddin, Divisional Manager - Advanced Technical Solutions Division, Technical Trading Co 11:15 Morning break & exhibition tour PART B: Eng. Khatir Al Farsi, Assistant Director of Water Resources Monitoring Department, Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources (MRMWR) 11:45 Water Resources assessment & Explorations Eng. Musalem Kashob, Hydrology Engineering, Department of Mathematical Modeling, Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources (MRMWR) 12:00 Salinity Intrusion Periodical Monitoring Results in The Sultanate of Oman Eng. Faiza Al Wahaibiah, Department of Water Resource Monitoring, Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources (MRMWR) 12:15 Water resources management Jei Saravana, Sales Head, Delta Controls FZCO 12:30 Water Resource Management in Kashan Combined Cycle Power Plant Farzaneh Geramiraz, Process Coordinator, Monenco Iran Consulting Engineers 12:45 Networking break Session: 5: Water Treatment and Utilization Nader Mosavat, Director of Programmes, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Muscat University 13:15 Sludge treatment, technologies and solutions Ashok Tailor, Wastewater Expert, Veolia Water Technologies 13:30 Creating a Sustainable Green Planet (SGP) by Generating Solar Bio-Energy from Wastewater and Waste Joy Manglani, President, Only Nature Endures (ONE) 13:45 Haya Water s experience in using Membrane Bioreactors in wastewater treatment plants Muneer Al Rashdi, Process Engineer, Operation and Maintenance Division, Haya Water 14:00 Energy conservation by aeration-free membrane operation in membrane bioreactor and durability enhancement of hollow fiber membrane Kwang-Jin Lee, Development Manager, 2B Research Group & Principal Researcher, Kolon Central Research Park 14:15 Haya Water GIS Systems Eng. Adil Al Wahaibi, Head of GIS, Haya Water 14:30 Produced water and waste streams utilization Amal Ghafri, Process Engineer, Petroleum Development Oman (PDO)
14:45 Engineering and R&D initiatives Towards Cost Effective & Sustainable Solutions Eng. Buthaina Al Wahaibi, Head of Research & Development Process Engineering- Asset Management Division, Haya Water 15:00 Challenges and Trends in Produced Water Treatment Dr. Amir Fouladitajar, Water and Wastewater Treatment Expert, Monenco Iran Consulting Engineers 15:15 Presenting the challenges in executing wastewater projects Samiya Al Zuwaydi, Project Manager, Haya Water 15:30 Interactive panel session: Understanding the challenges, opportunities and barriers for decentralized treatment of Wastewater in the Sultanate 15:45 Chairman s closing remarks 15:50 Networking lunch 16:30 End of conference