IDA Acadamy announces spring webinars series, "Renewable

AN IDA ACADEMY WEBINAR SERIES RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ADVANCED WATER TREATMENT SOLUTIONS

Meet Our Instructors

April 15, 10 AM EST “Innovations in Solar-Powered Electrodialysis System Design & Operation" Associate Professor Amos Winters, Mechanical Engineering Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Moderated by IDA YLP Member Mr. Jungbin Kim, Korea University

April 30, 10 AM EST “Latest Innovations in the field of Renewable Desalination with Energy Storage” Mr. Thomas Altmann, VP of Technology, ACWA Power Moderated by IDA YLP Member Mr. Michael Warady, Sylmar Group

May 12, 10 AM EST “Innovation Implementation Planned for NEOM” Mr. Gavin Van Tonder, Executive Director, Head of Water, NEOM & Mr. Rob Garner, Director of Water Supply, NEOM Moderated by IDA YLP Member Dr. Giancarlo Barassi, FEDCO

May 20, 10 AM EST “Hybrid Power Solutions Applied to Desalination. Best Practices from Islands" Dr. Gianni Chianetta, Founder & Director of Greening The Islands-Chairman, Global Solar Council Moderated by IDA YLP Member Dr. Giancarlo Barassi, FEDCO

Opportunities for International Knowledge Sharing

June 3, 10 AM EST “Sustainability Assessment and Comparison of New Renewable-Powered Desalination Projects” Professor Hassan Arafat, Director, Center for Membrane & Advanced Water Technologies, Khalifa University Moderated by IDA YLP Member Dr. Motasem Abushaban, IHE Delft

June 15, 10 AM EST “Membrane Distillation as an Alternative for Solar Desalination” Dr. Guillermo Zaragoza, Senior Researcher, CIMEAT Moderated by IDA YLP Member Ms. Alessandra Piaia, Toray

June 23, 11 AM EST “Covering water treatment, wave energy-powered desalination, and solar energy-powered desalination” Mr. Scott Jenne, National Renewable Energy Laboratory Mr. Jordan Macknick, National Renewable Energy Laboratory Dr. Avi Shultz, U.S. Department of Energy Moderated by IDA YLP Member Ms. Kelley Vendeland, ERI

Registration for the webinars is open here, with inquiries addressed to academy@idadesal.org.