This upcoming summit will cover three main topics related to water security in a changing world:
Desalination, water treatment,
hydrology and aquatic microbiology
May 22-23, 2022
The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research Sde Boker Campus
Program
Sunday
May 22, 2022
08:00-10:00
Registration
10:00-10:30
Opening ceremony Moderator: Mr. Aviad Avraham
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
Chair: Prof. Alon Tal
10:30-11:00
A critical role of trans-generational teams in advancing hydrological measurements Prof. John Selker
11:00-11:30
Floods in a warming climate: what are the missing puzzle pieces?
Prof. Efrat Morin
11:30-12:00
Global-scale quantification of drought hazards
Prof. Petra Doell
12:00-13:00
Lunch
Session B
Frontiers in applied and aquatic microbiology
Chair: Prof. Osnat Gillor
13:00-13:30
From polio to COVID: environmental virology at its best
Prof. Joan Rose
13:30-14:00
Biology of emerging contaminants: do they
really eventually emerge?
Prof. Lisa Alvarez Cohen
14:00-14:30
Macro and micro-plastic litter and increased COVID-19-based plastic pollution in the aquatic environment and landfills: treatment, environmental risks and policy solutions
Prof. Damia Barcelo
14:30-15:30
Roundtable
Dr. Eddie Cytryn, Dr. Karen Villholth
15:30-16:30
Poster session and coffee break
19:00
The Zuckerberg Water Prize Ceremony
and Gala Dinner
2022 Laureate: Prof. Ashok Gadgil Moderator: Dr. Maya Benami
Monday
May 23, 2022
Session C
Desalination: old concepts, new horizons
Chair: Dr. Avner Ronen
09:00-09:30
The evolution of modern membrane desalination
Prof. Jack Gilron
09:30-10:00
Next-generation desalination and water purification membranes: where are we now? Prof. Menachem Elimelech
10:00-10:30
Resource recovery from seawater: emphasis on selective separation of Mg(II) salts
Prof. Ori Lahav
10:30-11:00
Session D
Water treatment and sanitation
Chair: Dr. Oded Nir
11:30-12:00
Israel, water, and the world: how a small, dry country serves as an inspiration to nations around the globe
Mr. Seth Siegel
12:00-12:30
A renaissance for phage-based bacterial control
Prof. Pedro Alvarez
12:30-14:00
Poster session and lunch
14:00-14:30
Risk assessment and mitigation of legionellosis powered by genomics Prof. Jacob Moran-Gilad
14:30-15:00
Opportunities for greywater reuse at different scales
Prof. Eberhard Morgenroth
15:00-15:30
Overcoming the barriers to achieving the environmental Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Prof. Janet Hering
15:30-16:45
Roundtable
Prof. Sharon Walker
16:45-17:00
Closing remarks
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)
