WSTA 15th Gulf Water Conference |
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Doha, 28-30 April 2024 |
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Conference Preliminary Program |
Day 1 (28 April 2024) | |||
Time | Function | Hall | |
08:00-09:00 | Registration | Foyer | |
09:00-10:00 | Opening Ceremony | Opening Ceremony Hall | |
10:00-10:30 | Break | Foyer | |
Special Sessions and Keynotes until lunch with refreshment and prayer breaks (11:35-16:00)
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Opening Ceremony Hall | ||
16:00 | Lunch | ||
End of day 1 | |||
Days 2 (29 April 2024) | Hall 1 (Aprox. 75 pax) | Hall 2 (Aprox. 75 pax) | |
Session 2 (08:30-13:50) | Session 3 (08:30-11:50) | ||
10:10-10:30 | Break | ||
Cont, Hall 1 | Cont, Hall 2 | ||
Cont., Session 2 | Cont., Session 3 | ||
12:10-12:30 | Prayer | ||
Session 3 (12:30-14:05) | Session 4 (12:30-14:05) | ||
14:05-14:20 | Break | ||
Session 5 (14:20-15:15) | Session 6 (14:20-15:15) | ||
15:15 | Lunch | ||
Days 3 (30 April 2024) | Hall 1 | Hall 2 | |
Session 7 (8:30-10:30) | Session 8 (8:30-10:30) | ||
10:10-10:30 | Break | ||
Session 9 (10:30-12:35) | Session 10 (10:30-12:35) | ||
12:35-13:00 | Prayer & Refreshment Break | ||
Hall 1 | |||
13:00-14:00 | Conference Conclusion Session | ||
14:00-16:00 | Lunch | ||
Post Conference Training Workshops 16:00-20:00
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Workshop1 | Workshop 2 | |
Workshop 3 |
Our Knowledge Partners |
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Arab Countries Water Utilities Association | ACWUA | ||
Arab Organization for Agricultural Development | AOAD | ||
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for West Asia | ESCWA | ||
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | FAO-RNE | ||
Gulf Standards Organization | GSO | ||
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas | ICARDA | ||
International Center for Biosaline Agriculture | ICBA | ||
International Water Management Institute | IWMI | ||
Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute | QEERI | ||
United Nations Environment Programme | UNEP | ||
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization | UNESCO | ||
World Health Organization | WHO/CEHA |
Special Sessions and Panel Discussions |
1. Antimicrobial Resistance in Wastewater: a Global Threat; UNEP (TBC)
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2. Decarbonization Pathways in the Water Sector in the GCC Countries (4 speakers); GCC-SG
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3. Effective Management of the Municipal Water Sector (3 speakers); ACWUA
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4. Frontiers in Water Science and Technology Research: UNESCO and the International Decade of Science for Sustainable Development (4 speakers), UNESCO Cairo Office
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5. Privatization and Regulatory Aspects of Water Utilities (4 speakers); ACWUA/WSTA
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6. Using Technology to Bridge the Data Gap for Efficient Management of Agricultural water (4 speakers); FAO-RNE
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7. Water MIS for Efficient Integrated Water Resource Management (4 speakers); UNESCO Doha Office
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Training Workshops |
1. Role of Biosaline Agriculture Approach in Sustaining Agricultural Production in the Arid GCC Countries; by ICBA
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2. Sanitation Safety Plan (SSP) Tool, by CEHA-WHO
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3. Wastewater Treatment and Reuse in the GCC countries: How to unlock the power of data?; by IWMI
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Keynote Speakers |
1. Addressing Climate Change Risks on Water and Food Security in the Arab Region, Vinay Nangia; ICARDA
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2. Advanced Wastewater Treatment using Functionalized Membranes; Mohammed Al Abri, SQU, Sultanate of Oman
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3. Airborne VHF Sounding Radar for Desert Subsurface Exploration of Shallow Aquifers: DESERT-SEA; Essam Heggy, QEERI, Qatar
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4. Artificial Intelligence Application in Hydrogeology and Groundwater Management; Khalid ElHaj, UAE University
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5. Biosaline Agriculture in the GCC (TBC); Tarifa AlZa’abi, ICBA, UAE
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6. Business Model for Small-Scale Decentralized Wastewater Treatment and Sludge Management, Case Study Jordan; Emad Karabliah, University of Jordan
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7. Climate Change and Water Scarcity: Strategies for Sustainable Agricultural Water Use; Kamel Mustafa Alsayed, AOAD
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8. Deep Neural Networks Application in Environmental and Water Resources Simulations; Mohammad Mahdi Rajabi, University of Luxembourg
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9. Digitalization in Water: Key to Security in the Realm of Risk of Cyber Insecurity; Hammou Laamrani, ESCWA
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10. Economics of Water under Climate Change in Arab Countries: a Policy Perspective; Mohamed Abdrabo, University of Alexandria
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11. Electricity Generation and Industrial Wastewater Treatment Using Microbial Fuel Cell; Abdullah Al-Matouq, KISR, Kuwait
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12. GCC Technical Regulations for Household Water Consumption Conservation Products; GSO representative
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13. Mainstreaming the Outcome of the UN Groundwater Summit within the Arab Strategy for Water Security; Bisher Imam, UNESCO
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14. Municipal Wastewater Management and Wastewater Technologies; Ahmed Msawa, NWC, Saudi Arabia
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15. Navigating Water Scarcity and Supporting Food Security: Market-based Development of Sustainable Irrigation; Youssef Brouziyne, IWMI
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16. New Developments in Mathematical Modeling of Groundwater Systems; Abdelkader Larabi, Université Mohammed V, Morocco
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17. Oil Spill Management to Prevent Catastrophic Shutdown of Desalination Plants; Zhaoyang Liu, QEERI, Qatar
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18. Revolutionizing Desalination: KISR’s Breakthrough Projects Addressing Water Crisis Challenges; Mansour Ahmed, KISR, Kuwait
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19. Saving Irrigation Water using a smart Agro-engineering Techniques; Ali Al-Maktoumi, SQU, Sultanate of Oman
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20. Water saving in agriculture: New Technologies and Efficient Irrigation, Crop, and Land Management; Ragab Ragab, ICID, UK
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21. Updated WHO Guidelines and Tools on Water and Sanitation; WHO representative
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Accepted Papers |
Desalination Management (10) |
Antibiofouling of 2-Acrylamido-2-Methylpropane Sulfonic Acid Grafted Cellulose Acetate Membranes Used for Water Desalination; Mahmoud Shaban Atia El Sayed, Egypt
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Fuel Allocation in Water and Power Cogeneration Desalination Plant; Ibrahim Al-Mutaz, Saudi Arabia
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Environmental Impacts of Desalination on Coastal Ecosystems in the GCC Countries: Gaps Analysis, Challenges and Opportunities; Thamer Ali, Bahrain
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Emerging Brine Management Approaches for Sustainable Desalination in The GCC Countries; Syed Javaid Zaidi, Qatar
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Assessing Solar-driven Desalination in Saudi Arabia for Sustainable Energy Future: A Thermodynamic Approach for Universal Energy Efficiency with a Standard Solar Energy (SSE) Platform; Raid Alrowais, Saudi Arabia
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Performance analysis of hemispherical solar still using activated carbon as a coating material; Ravishankar Sathyamurthy, Saudi Arabia
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Artificial Intelligence, A Ray of Hope for Solar Still Desalination Reinforcement, A review
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Oxide Activated Carbon for Seawater Desalination Using Solar Energy; Wafa Al Rawahi, Oman
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Multi-objective Optimization of Innovative Renewable Energy-Powered Desalination and Cooling System: A Cutting-Edge Approach; Hassan Abdulrahim, Kuwait (TBC)
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An Innovative Approach to Desalination and Cooling Using Forward Osmosis with Thermal Recovery and Vapor Absorption Cycle; Hassan Abdulrahim, Kuwait (TBC)
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Surface Water & Groundwater Management (11)
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Human Losses Resulting from Simulating the Flood Wave Resulting in Virtual Collapse of the Mosul Dam in Iraq and Preparing an Emergency Plan; Thair Altaiee, Iraq
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Flood Hazard Maps Generation caused by hypothetical failure of the Tabaqa Dam by use of HEC-RAS 2D model; Sadeq Sulaiman, Iraq
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Sustainable Groundwater Management for Utilization in Agricultural Projects (Case study); Rafal Ghassan, Iraq
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Assessing the Hydrology and Hydraulic Behavior of Catchments which Determine Flood Impacts in the Dhofar Governorate, Oman; Manal Al-Balushi; Sultanate of Oman
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Development of Flood Risk Mapping and Mitigation Strategies for Al-Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia; Ibrahim Elsbaie, Saudi Arabia
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Hydrological Assessment of the weather state “Madar 22”: Implications for Water Resources Management” in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Yousry E. Mattar, Saudi Arabia
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Atmospheric Water Generation in Qatar: A Sustainable Approach for Extracting Water from Air Powered by Solar Energy; Aiyad Gannan, Qatar
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Assessment of Groundwater Quality and its Implications for Drinking Purposes in Najran Southern Saudi Arabia; Abdulnoor Ghanim, Saudi Arabian Gulf University
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Using MODFLOW to Evaluate Technical Feasibility of Operating Small RO Units with Shallow Groundwater Wells in Kuwait; Amjad Aliewi, Kuwait
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Assessment of groundwater suitability for drinking and irrigation purposes using physicochemical parameters at Al-Jouf Area, Saudi Arabia; Raid Alrowais, Saudi Arabia
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Groundwater aquifers susceptibility index of Waterborne Diseases Outbreaks (ASIWD) in Nile Delta, Egypt; Osama Sallam, UAE
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Municipal Water Supply Management (4)
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Technology-based water conservation strategy in Kuwait’s household sector: A diffusion of innovation approach; Hamad Alazmi, Kuwait
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Water Demand Forecast using Machine Learning; Waleed Eldamaty, UAE
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Smart Water Metering for Water Consumption in Selected Public Schools; Saleh Almuzaini, Kuwait
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Advanced GC-MS-SIM Method for Simultaneous Determination of Bisphenol-A and Phthalic Acid Esters (PAEs) in Seawater; Mohammed Akkbik, Qatar
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Municipal & Industrial Wastewater Management (11)
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Treated Wastewater Application in Urban Agriculture; Ahmed Al-Busaidi; Oman
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Green Synthesis of ZnO Nanoparticles Using Albizia Lebbeck Pods and Their Catalytic Capacity to Remove Copper (II); Saba Al-Fulaiti, Oman (TBC)
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Green Synthesis of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles for Waste Water Treatment; Sharifa Al Awaid, Oman (TBC)
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Current status of WW treatment, Policy Guidelines, Regulations and Standards for Reclaimed water and Reuse in Jordan; Ahmad Uleimat, Jordan
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Ecofriendly and Low-cost Adsorbent for Efficient Removal of Heavy Metals from Aqueous Solution; Amal Al Rahbi, Oman
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Farmers’ Attitude Towards the Use of Treated Wastewater in Irrigation, the case of Saudi Arabia; Mohammed Alomair, Saudi Arabia
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Towards a Novel Wastewater Treatment Process: A Submerged Membrane Elector-Bioreactor (SMEBR)-Simultaneous Biodegradation, Electrocoagulation and Membrane Filtration; Khalid Bani-Melhem, Qatar
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Activated Sludge with Adsorption Regeneration Sludge (ARS) Performance for Mixed Industrial Wastewater Treatment; Mohamed Ahmed, Kuwait
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Wastewater Industrial Database for Total Nitrogen in Shuaiba Area in Kuwait; Adel Alhaddad, Kuwait
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Elimination of Pesticides and Pharmaceutical Model Compounds by Peracetic Acid and Peracetic Acid-UV Photolysis Processes: pH Impact and Hydroxyl Radical Contribution; Abdul Rahim Al Umairi, Oman
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Comparative Wastewater Quality Indicators and Multivariate Analysis of Riyadh Sewage Treatment Plants and its Impact on Irrigation of Riyadh District, Saudi Arabia; Ahmed Elfeky, Saudi Arabia
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Agricultural Water Management (7)
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Assessing Optirrig Model Performance for Irrigation Optimization in Semi-arid Conditions of Northeast Tunisia; Samir Yacoubi, Tunisia
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Climate Smart Solutions to Develop Food Production Systems in the Kingdom of Bahrain to Achieve SDG – 2 by 203; Salma Bani, Bahrain
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Strategic Water Management for Improved Tomato Yield and Quality in Greenhouse Environments with Different Water Quality; Akram Alshami, Saudi Arabia
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Pomegranate Yield under Irrigation Level and Water Efficiency; Ali Imran, Iraq
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The Role of Information Technology in Treating Soil Logging and Salinization in Diyala Governorate; Mohamed Hachim, Iraq
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Developing a Sensor-based Agricultural Water Management System for Irrigation Scheduling, Automation, and Optimization; Farhat Abbas, Qatar
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Towards Sustainable Water Management: Leveraging Soil Moisture Sensors for Smart Irrigation in the GCC; Hassan Ali, Qatar
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Water Resources Management (4)
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Embracing Water Value, Circular Economy, and Renewable Energy Synergies; Ziyad Abunada, Australia
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Assessment of the Sustainability of Water Management System in the Sultanate of Oman: A Case Study of AL-Batha Basin; Yaser Alsaadi, Oman
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Implementation Status of Integrated Water Resources Management in GCC Countries according to UN-SDGs; Mohamed Shamrukh, Qatar
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System Dynamics Model to Study the Effect of Different Policies on Bahrain’s Hydrological Processes; Abrar Habib, Bahrain
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