Conference Schedule

Special Sessions and Keynotes until lunch with refreshment and prayer breaks (11:35-16:00)

1. Antimicrobial Resistance in Wastewater: a Global Threat; UNEP (TBC)

2.    Decarbonization Pathways in the Water Sector in the GCC Countries (4 speakers); GCC-SG

3.    Effective Management of the Municipal Water Sector (3 speakers); ACWUA

4.    Frontiers in Water Science and Technology Research: UNESCO and the International Decade of Science for Sustainable Development (4 speakers), UNESCO Cairo Office

5.    Privatization and Regulatory Aspects of Water Utilities (4 speakers); ACWUA/WSTA

6.    Using Technology to Bridge the Data Gap for Efficient Management of Agricultural water (4 speakers); FAO-RNE

7.    Water MIS for Efficient Integrated Water Resource Management (4 speakers); UNESCO Doha Office

1.    Role of Biosaline Agriculture Approach in Sustaining Agricultural Production in the Arid GCC Countries; by ICBA

2.    Sanitation Safety Plan (SSP) Tool, by CEHA-WHO

3.    Wastewater Treatment and Reuse in the GCC countries: How to unlock the power of data?; by IWMI

1.         Addressing Climate Change Risks on Water and Food Security in the Arab Region, Vinay Nangia; ICARDA

2.         Advanced Wastewater Treatment using Functionalized Membranes; Mohammed Al Abri, SQU, Sultanate of Oman

3.         Airborne VHF Sounding Radar for Desert Subsurface Exploration of Shallow Aquifers: DESERT-SEA; Essam Heggy, QEERI, Qatar

4.         Artificial Intelligence Application in Hydrogeology and Groundwater Management; Khalid ElHaj, UAE University

5.         Biosaline Agriculture in the GCC (TBC); Tarifa AlZa’abi, ICBA, UAE

6.         Business Model for Small-Scale Decentralized Wastewater Treatment and Sludge Management, Case Study Jordan; Emad Karabliah, University of Jordan

7.         Climate Change and Water Scarcity: Strategies for Sustainable Agricultural Water Use; Kamel Mustafa Alsayed, AOAD

8.         Deep Neural Networks Application in Environmental and Water Resources Simulations; Mohammad Mahdi Rajabi, University of Luxembourg

9.         Digitalization in Water: Key to Security in the Realm of Risk of Cyber Insecurity; Hammou Laamrani, ESCWA

10.     Economics of Water under Climate Change in Arab Countries: a Policy Perspective; Mohamed Abdrabo, University of Alexandria

11.     Electricity Generation and Industrial Wastewater Treatment Using Microbial Fuel Cell; Abdullah Al-Matouq, KISR, Kuwait

12.     GCC Technical Regulations for Household Water Consumption Conservation Products; GSO representative

13.     Mainstreaming the Outcome of the UN Groundwater Summit within the Arab Strategy for Water Security; Bisher Imam, UNESCO

14.     Municipal Wastewater Management and Wastewater Technologies; Ahmed Msawa, NWC, Saudi Arabia

15.     Navigating Water Scarcity and Supporting Food Security: Market-based Development of Sustainable Irrigation; Youssef Brouziyne, IWMI

16.     New Developments in Mathematical Modeling of Groundwater Systems; Abdelkader Larabi, Université Mohammed V, Morocco

17.     Oil Spill Management to Prevent Catastrophic Shutdown of Desalination Plants; Zhaoyang Liu, QEERI, Qatar

18.     Revolutionizing Desalination: KISR’s Breakthrough Projects Addressing Water Crisis Challenges; Mansour Ahmed, KISR, Kuwait

19.     Saving Irrigation Water using a smart Agro-engineering Techniques; Ali Al-Maktoumi, SQU, Sultanate of Oman

20.     Water saving in agriculture: New Technologies and Efficient Irrigation, Crop, and Land Management; Ragab Ragab, ICID, UK

21.     Updated WHO Guidelines and Tools on Water and Sanitation; WHO representative

Antibiofouling of 2-Acrylamido-2-Methylpropane Sulfonic Acid Grafted Cellulose Acetate Membranes Used for Water Desalination; Mahmoud Shaban Atia El Sayed, Egypt

Fuel Allocation in Water and Power Cogeneration Desalination Plant; Ibrahim Al-Mutaz, Saudi Arabia

Environmental Impacts of Desalination on Coastal Ecosystems in the GCC Countries: Gaps Analysis, Challenges and Opportunities; Thamer Ali, Bahrain

Emerging Brine Management Approaches for Sustainable Desalination in The GCC Countries; Syed Javaid Zaidi, Qatar

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

Performance analysis of hemispherical solar still using activated carbon as a coating material; Ravishankar Sathyamurthy, Saudi Arabia

Artificial Intelligence, A Ray of Hope for Solar Still Desalination Reinforcement, A review

Oxide Activated Carbon for Seawater Desalination Using Solar Energy; Wafa Al Rawahi, Oman

Multi-objective Optimization of Innovative Renewable Energy-Powered Desalination and Cooling System: A Cutting-Edge Approach; Hassan Abdulrahim, Kuwait (TBC)

An Innovative Approach to Desalination and Cooling Using Forward Osmosis with Thermal Recovery and Vapor Absorption Cycle; Hassan Abdulrahim, Kuwait (TBC)

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

Flood Hazard Maps Generation caused by hypothetical failure of the Tabaqa Dam by use of HEC-RAS 2D model; Sadeq Sulaiman, Iraq

Sustainable Groundwater Management for Utilization in Agricultural Projects (Case study); Rafal Ghassan, Iraq

Assessing the Hydrology and Hydraulic Behavior of Catchments which Determine Flood Impacts in the Dhofar Governorate, Oman; Manal Al-Balushi; Sultanate of Oman

Development of Flood Risk Mapping and Mitigation Strategies for Al-Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia; Ibrahim Elsbaie, Saudi Arabia

Hydrological Assessment of the weather state “Madar 22”: Implications for Water Resources Management” in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Yousry E. Mattar, Saudi Arabia

Atmospheric Water Generation in Qatar: A Sustainable Approach for Extracting Water from Air Powered by Solar Energy; Aiyad Gannan, Qatar

Assessment of Groundwater Quality and its Implications for Drinking Purposes in Najran Southern Saudi Arabia; Abdulnoor Ghanim, Saudi Arabian Gulf University

Using MODFLOW to Evaluate Technical Feasibility of Operating Small RO Units with Shallow Groundwater Wells in Kuwait; Amjad Aliewi, Kuwait

Assessment of groundwater suitability for drinking and irrigation purposes using physicochemical parameters at Al-Jouf Area, Saudi Arabia; Raid Alrowais, Saudi Arabia

Groundwater aquifers susceptibility index of Waterborne Diseases Outbreaks (ASIWD) in Nile Delta, Egypt; Osama Sallam, UAE

Technology-based water conservation strategy in Kuwait’s household sector: A diffusion of innovation approach; Hamad Alazmi, Kuwait

Water Demand Forecast using Machine Learning; Waleed Eldamaty, UAE

Smart Water Metering for Water Consumption in Selected Public Schools; Saleh Almuzaini, Kuwait

Advanced GC-MS-SIM Method for Simultaneous Determination of Bisphenol-A and Phthalic Acid Esters (PAEs) in Seawater; Mohammed Akkbik, Qatar

Treated Wastewater Application in Urban Agriculture; Ahmed Al-Busaidi; Oman

Green Synthesis of ZnO Nanoparticles Using Albizia Lebbeck Pods and Their Catalytic Capacity to Remove Copper (II); Saba Al-Fulaiti, Oman (TBC)

Green Synthesis of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles for Waste Water Treatment; Sharifa Al Awaid, Oman (TBC)

Current status of WW treatment, Policy Guidelines, Regulations and Standards for Reclaimed water and Reuse in Jordan; Ahmad Uleimat, Jordan

Ecofriendly and Low-cost Adsorbent for Efficient Removal of Heavy Metals from Aqueous Solution; Amal Al Rahbi, Oman

Farmers’ Attitude Towards the Use of Treated Wastewater in Irrigation, the case of Saudi Arabia; Mohammed Alomair, Saudi Arabia

Towards a Novel Wastewater Treatment Process: A Submerged Membrane Elector-Bioreactor (SMEBR)-Simultaneous Biodegradation, Electrocoagulation and Membrane Filtration; Khalid Bani-Melhem, Qatar

Activated Sludge with Adsorption Regeneration Sludge (ARS) Performance for Mixed Industrial Wastewater Treatment; Mohamed Ahmed, Kuwait

Wastewater Industrial Database for Total Nitrogen in Shuaiba Area in Kuwait; Adel Alhaddad, Kuwait

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

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

Assessing Optirrig Model Performance for Irrigation Optimization in Semi-arid Conditions of Northeast Tunisia; Samir Yacoubi, Tunisia

Climate Smart Solutions to Develop Food Production Systems in the Kingdom of Bahrain to Achieve SDG – 2 by 203; Salma Bani, Bahrain

Strategic Water Management for Improved Tomato Yield and Quality in Greenhouse Environments with Different Water Quality; Akram Alshami, Saudi Arabia

Pomegranate Yield under Irrigation Level and Water Efficiency; Ali Imran, Iraq

The Role of Information Technology in Treating Soil Logging and Salinization in Diyala Governorate; Mohamed Hachim, Iraq

Developing a Sensor-based Agricultural Water Management System for Irrigation Scheduling, Automation, and Optimization; Farhat Abbas, Qatar

Towards Sustainable Water Management: Leveraging Soil Moisture Sensors for Smart Irrigation in the GCC; Hassan Ali, Qatar

Embracing Water Value, Circular Economy, and Renewable Energy Synergies; Ziyad Abunada, Australia

Assessment of the Sustainability of Water Management System in the Sultanate of Oman: A Case Study of AL-Batha Basin; Yaser Alsaadi, Oman

Implementation Status of Integrated Water Resources Management in GCC Countries according to UN-SDGs; Mohamed Shamrukh, Qatar

System Dynamics Model to Study the Effect of Different Policies on Bahrain’s Hydrological Processes; Abrar Habib, Bahrain