IDA 2024 World Congress

The countdown is on for the IDA 2024 World Congress in the dynamic city of Abu Dhabi, December 8 to 12, 2024, hosted by the Department of Energy (DOE) Abu Dhabi, under the patronage of H.E. Awaidha Murshid Al Marrar, Chairman of the DOE Abu Dhabi.

The IDA World Congress brings together the brightest minds in the water reuse, desalination, and renewable energy sectors to offset water scarcity, attracting leaders, senior officials, corporations, private and public sector utilities, leading research centers, and academia from across the globe.

Abu Dhabi’s bid to host the IDA World Congress

2024 included high-level commitments from the Department of Energy – Abu Dhabi and various government entities in the Emirate. These include the UAE Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, the UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, the UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention, MASDAR, the Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council, the Abu Dhabi Convention and Exhibition Office, the Abu Dhabi Environment Agency, the Abu

Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism, the Abu Dhabi Department of Community Development, the Abu Dhabi Department of Municipalities and Transport, and the National Exhibitions Centre (ADNEC). The entities came together to prepare the Abu Dhabi bid, which the IDA Board selected in a tight competition with sixteen other global cities.

We expect to deliver a breathtaking program, and to this end, IDA will announce the call for abstracts in September 2023. We will also begin exhibition sales and open sponsorship opportunities in September. The IDA World Congress has become the global standard for networking and sharing research knowledge about new technologies in desalination and reuse, aimed to combat current and future water scarcity, which every country faces.