The Summit
This upcoming summit will cover three main topics related to water security in a changing world:
Desalination, water treatment,
hydrology and aquatic microbiology
The conference will address applied and fundamental questions related to the nexus of water, humanity, and the environment. Invited talks by renowned speakers will discuss cutting-edge research, related challenges, and future directions as well as implications for policy makers. The summit will also include round table discussions with active participation of the audience.
Researchers that would like to share their studies can submit an abstract for an exclusive poster session.
Organizing Committee: Prof. Noam Weisbrod (BIDR Director, BGU, Israel), Prof. Amit Gross (ZIWR Director, BIDR, BGU, Israel), Prof. Edo Bar-Zeev (ZIWR, BIDR, BGU, Israel), Prof. Menachem Elimelech (Yale University, USA)
Invited Speakers

Prof. Janet Hering

Prof. Damia Barcelo

Prof. Yoram Cohen

Prof. Pedro J J Alvarez

Prof. Menachem Elimelech

Prof. John Selker

Prof. Eberhard Morgenroth

Prof. Joan B Rose

Prof. Petra Doell

Mr. Seth Siegel

Prof. Lisa Alvarez-Cohen

Prof. Jacob Moran-Gilad

Prof. Ori Lahav

Dr. Eddie Cytryn

Prof. Efrat Morin

Prof. Jack Gilron

Prof. Sharon Walker

Dr. Karen G. Villholth

Prof. Janet Hering

Prof. Damia Barcelo

Prof. Yoram Cohen

Prof. Pedro J J Alvarez

Prof. Menachem Elimelech

Prof. John Selker

Prof. Eberhard Morgenroth

Prof. Joan B Rose

Prof. Petra Doell

Mr. Seth Siegel

Prof. Lisa Alvarez-Cohen

Prof. Ori Lahav

Prof. Eddie Cytryn

Prof. Efrat Morin

Prof. Jack Gilron

Prof. Sharon Walker

Dr. Karen G. Villholth

Prof. Jacob Moran-Gilad
Program


08:00 – 10:00
10:00 – 10:30
10:30 – 12:00
12:00 – 13:00
13:00 – 14:30
14:30 – 15:30
15:30 – 16:45
19:30
Registration
Opening Ceremony
Mr. Isaac Herzog - President of the State of Israel
Prof. Alon Tal – Member of the Knesset
Prof. Raz Jelinek – Vice President & Dean R&D, BGU
Prof. Noam Weisbrod - BIDR Director
Prof. Amit Gross – ZIWR Director
Session A: New perspectives in hydrology - Abstract ↓
Prof. John Selker - A critical role of trans-generational teams in advancing hydrological measurements.
Prof. Efrat Morin - Floods in a warming climate: what are the missing puzzle pieces?
Prof. Petra Doell - Global-scale quantification of drought hazards
Lunch
Session B: Frontiers in applied and aquatic microbiology - Abstract ↓
Prof. Joan Rose - From Polio to COVID: environmental virology at its best
Prof. Lisa, Alvarez Cohen - Biology of emerging contaminants, do they really eventually emerge?
Prof. Damia Barcelo – Macro and micro-plastic litter and increased COVID-19 based plastic pollution in the aquatic environment and landfills: treatment, environmental risks and policy solutions
Round table
Dr. Eddie Cytryn, Dr. Karen Villholth
Poster session and coffee break
Gala Dinner and the Zuckerberg Water Prize ceremony
09:00 – 11:00
11:00 – 11:30
11:30 – 12:30
12:30 – 14:00
14:00 – 15:30
15:30 – 16:45
16:45 – 17:00
Session C: Desalination: old concepts, new horizons
- Abstract ↓
Prof. Jack Gilron: The Evolution of Modern Membrane Desalination
Prof. Menachem Elimelech: Next-Generation Desalination and Water Purification Membranes: Where Are We Now?
Prof. Ori Lahav: Resource recovery from seawater: emphasis on selective separation of Mg(II) salts
Prof. Yoram Cohen: Autonomous Optimal Operation of Distributed Membrane-Based Water Treatment and Desalination Systems
Coffee break
Session D: Water treatment and sanitation
- Abstract ↓
Mr. Seth Siegel: Israel, Water, and the World: How a Small, Dry Country Serves as an Inspiration to Nations around the Globe
Prof. Pedro Alvarez: A Renaissance for Phage-Based Bacterial Control
Lunch and Poster Session
Session D: Water treatment and sanitation - Continuation
Prof. Jacob Moran-Gilad - Risk assessment and mitigation of legionellosis powered by genomics
Prof. Eberhard Morgenroth - Opportunities for greywater reuse at different scales
Prof. Janet Hering - Overcoming the barriers to achieving the environmental Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Round Table
Prof. Sharon Walker
Closing remarks
08:00 -10:00
10:00 – 10:30
10:30 – 13:45
14:45 – 18:00
19:30
and aquatic microbiology
perspectives in hydrology
Venue
The Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research Ben-Gurion College
Accommodation Nearby
Contact Us
Ella Nicolaevsky
Special Projects Officer, The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research (BIDR)
International Water Summit coordinator
Contact Us
Ella Nicolaevsky
Special Projects Officer, The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research (BIDR)
International Water Summit coordinator
+972-8-6596702