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Registration and Breakfast

08:30 AM

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Opening Remarks

09:45 AM

Chair of Research Conference

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Urban Water Management in Future - Progressing Towards Transition

10:00 AM

Prof. Jurg Keller

University of Queensland

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Intensification of Algal Bioprocesses for Nutrient Recovery from Wastewaters

10:30 AM

Prof. Jeremy Guest

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

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Microalgae in Industrial Wastewater Treatment: Challenges and Opportunities

10:50 AM

Prof. Ana Otero

University of Santiago de Compostela

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Expanding the World of Aerobic Granular Sludge Technology

11:10 AM

Prof. Mari Winkler

University of Washington

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Lunch Break

11:50 AM

For conference registered attendees only

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Using Microbial Electrochemical Technologies Coupled to Anaerobic Fluidized Bed Membrane Bioreactors for Recovery of Water and Energy from Wastewater

01:00 PM

Prof. Bruce Logan

Penn State

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Anaerobic Membrane Biotechnology for Wastewater Treatment: Energy Recovery and Fouling Control

01:30 PM

Prof. Jeonghwan (Jon) Kim

Inha University

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NEW Recovery from Wastewater through Synergy between Bioelectrochemical Systems and Forward Osmosis

01:50 PM

Prof. Zhen (Jason) He

Virginia Tech, USA

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Microbial Photoelectrochemical Energy Recovery from Wastewater

02:10 PM

Prof. Zhiyong (Jason) Ren

University of Colorado Boulder

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Purple Phototrophic Bacteria for Resource Recovery from Domestic and Industrial Streams

02:30 PM

Dr. Tim Hülsen

University of Queensland

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Coffee Break

02:50 PM

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Electricity Driven Fermentations of Organics, CO and CO2: From Laboratory to Pilot Scale

03:10 PM

Prof. Korneel Rabaey

UGent

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Technological Advances in CO2 BIOconversion (electro-)biorefinery

03:40 PM

Dr. Deepak Pant

Flemish Institute for Technological Research, VITO

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Optimization of Microbial Hydrogen Peroxide Producing Cells (MPPCS) for Wastewater Applications

04:00 PM

Prof. César Torres

Arizona State University

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Electrodes as Tools for Metabolic Engineering and Cellular Control

04:20 PM

Prof. Michaela TerAvest

Michigan State University

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Microbial Electrosynthesis and Other Biolelectrochemical Applications in the Graphene Age

04:40 PM

Prof. Tian Zhang

Technical University of Denmark | Wuhan University of Technology

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Dinner

07:30 PM

Pure Restaurant Transportation will be provided * For speakers, poster presenters and invited guests

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Breakfast

08:00 AM

For conference registered attendees only

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Anaerobic Digester Microbiome

08:30 AM

Prof. Wen-Tso Liu

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

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Omics Approaches for Understanding Extracellular Electron Transfer – Pure Cultures to Microbiomes

09:00 AM

Prof. Orianna Bretschger

J. Graig Ventor Institute

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How Cytochromes Increase Geobacter’s Power

09:20 AM

Prof. Daniel Bond

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

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An Engineered Co-culture to Explore Interspecies Electron Transfer in Bioreactors

09:40 AM

Prof. Jeffrey A. Gralnick

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

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Using Genome-Centric Metagenomics to Understand Process-Critical Organisms in Wastewater Treatment

10:00 AM

Dr. Mads Albertsen

Aalborg University

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Full-Scale Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal in a Tropical City State - Mechanisms and Microbial Dynamics

10:20 AM

Prof. Stefan Wuertz

Nanyang Technological University

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Group Photo

10:40 AM

The event "Group Photo" starts on 28 March 2017, 10:40 AM and ends on 18 March 2021, 11:00 AM. Please create separate events for each day, or modify the dates so the event only takes place in a single day

Poster Session

11:00 AM

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Lunch

12:00 PM

For conference registered attendees only

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Antibiotic Resistance at the Nexus of Sustainable Water Infrastructure and Public Health

01:30 PM

Prof. Amy Pruden

Virginia Tech

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Antibiotic Resistance in Treated Wastewater: Evidences, Mitigation and Risks

02:00 PM

Prof. Celia Manaia

Universidade Católica Portuguesa

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New Delhi Metallo Beta Lactamase-positive E. coli Pathogen: Understanding its Fate and Persistence in Relevant Reuse Settings

02:20 PM

Prof. Peiying Hong

KAUST

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Antimicrobial resistance exposure pathways in rural and urban India

02:40 PM

Prof. David Graham

Newcastle University

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Coffee Break

03:00 PM

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Research Priorities to Address Pathogen Risks in Direct Potable Reuse

03:20 PM

Prof. Kara Nelson

University of California Berkeley

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Viruses in Water: Are the Current Wastewater Treatment Technologies Sufficient for their Removal to Protect Human Health During Reuse?

03:40 PM

Prof. Sunny Jiang

University of California Irvine

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Survival and Growth of Bacterial and Viral Pathogens in Treated and Stored Greywater: Lessons from the Blue Diversion AUTARKY Toilet

04:00 PM

Prof. Timothy Julian

EAWAG

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Disinfection Byproducts and Related Toxicity Produced During Chlorine and Chloramine Disinfection of Wastewater Effluent

04:20 PM

Prof. Jean-Philippe Croué

Curtin University

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Investigating Water and Wastewater Reuse and Recycling Opportunities in Australian Abattoirs

04:40 PM

Dr. Marie-Laure Pype

University of Queensland

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Dinner

07:30 PM

Al-Marsa Restaurant

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Breakfast

08:00 AM

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From Treatment to Resource

08:30 AM

Prof. Bruce Logan

Penn State

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Utilizing Anaerobic Biotechnology for Industrial Resource Recovery

09:00 AM

Dr. René Rozendal

Paques BV

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Closing Remarks

09:20 AM

Prof. Pascal Saikaly

KAUST

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Poster Competition Awards

09:35 AM

Professor Peiying Hong will announce the poster awards. * Sponsored by the KAUST Industry Collaboration Program (KICP).

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