Abstracts for the 2011 Qingdao International Desalination Conference in China (20-23 June 2011) must received by 15 March 2011 with final papers by 10 May 2011.
A final announcement is available for download from the organizers, the China Desalination Association and the European Desalination Society. They describe the event as the largest, highest level, most influential and professional annual meeting of desalination and water reuse in the Asia-Pacific region and predict an attendance exceeding 600.
The conference, which is subtitled A Global Platform For Water Solutions, has the following themes:
New developments and future trends of desalination and water reuse
Innovations in membrane desalination technology
Innovations in thermal desalination technology
New developments of RO membranes
Pervaporation and membrane distillation
Research and development of new desalination technology and materials
Solar energy, wind energy and nuclear energy as the new energies for desalination
Desalination for brackish, high-fluorine, high-arsenic and high-boron waters
Management, investment and financing of large scale desalination projects
Design, operation management and economic study of seawater desalination systems
Desalination and reuse of industrial effluents
Desalination and treatment of municipal wastewater
Water-saving technology and drinking water safety
Water resource management and zero discharge
