under the auspices of the Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Eng. Abdul Rahman Al-Fadhli, with the participation of twenty local and international experts, researchers and innovators. They discuss recent developments and innovations in the field of water desalination, knowledge expertise and promising innovative technologies for the development of the desalination industry, including environmental innovations, marine mining, extracting precious metals from the brine resulting from desalination systems, and employing clean energy solutions and artificial intelligence. The conference is a global platform that brings together more than 120 experts, scientists, investors and about 30 of the world's leading organizations in the field of water desalination. It provides an opportunity to discuss the latest achievements and innovations in the desalination industry, for a more sustainable future for the water sectors globally. The Secretary-General of the International Water Desalination Corporation, Mrs. Shannon McCarthy, and the Director of the Institute for Research, Innovation and Desalination Technologies, Dr. Ahmed Saleh Al-Amoudi, started the opening session by welcoming the participants and presenting the objectives of the conference and the importance of innovation and its role in developing the desalination industry and its technologies. Participants in the first day's sessions discussed the impact of innovation in the primary treatment of seawater desalination, and ways to enable research and innovation to develop desalination technologies. The Secretary-General of the European Desalination Association, Dr. Miriam Balaban, gave a presentation entitled ( innovation face of Water Desalination). It was followed by a presentation by Mr. Bernard Koh, Assistant CEO of the Public Utilities Board of Singapore, in the desalination industry, entitled (Singapore's Journey in Water Desalination). ACWA Power Executive Vice President Thomas Altmann and Kyungnam University Professor Dr. Seung Hyun presented ideas and initiatives during a session on “Cost and Energy Reduction for Desalination”, followed by a session on “Effectiveness of UF Ceramic Membranes as Pretreatment of Reverse Osmosis Membranes” in Tuas Spring, Singapore. Presented by Mr. Atman Sha, in addition to holding two workshops entitled (Enabling Research and Innovation in Scientific Laboratories) chaired by Dr. Muhammad Al-Namazi, (CIP) for Cartridge Filters in the Ras Al-Khair Production System) presented by Eng. Abdul Rahman Abu Talib. Dr. Harry Pullman discussed the primary processing of seawater in order to control biological pollution in reverse osmosis membrane systems through a session entitled (Innovation in the primary processing of seawater desalination). The presentation of Dr. Abdulrahman Habib, Deputy Director of Research at the National Center for Artificial Intelligence (NCAI) at the Authority Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence (SDAIA) entitled (Innovation: Achieving the Future). Dr. Sheng Li presented a session on (Ultra Filtration (UF) - Forward Osmosis (FO) - Membrane Distillation (MD) Hybrid System) that allows recycling of wastewater resources using reverse osmosis membrane solution. While a session chaired by Borja Blanco and Dr. Seong Won discussed the most important Developments and innovations in the science and technology of reverse osmosis membranes, followed by a session entitled (Reverse Osmosis Thin Film Composite Membranes Resistant to Biopollution Using Vacuum UV Rays) presented by Dr. Roy Shalaby. The conference continued its evening sessions, with a paper presented by Mr. Abdulsalam Al-Hadidi, which presented (a new concept of salt-free electrolysis). Eng. Nikolay Vochkov and Mr. Christos Charsiadis discussed the necessity and importance of (digitizing desalination). This was followed by a presentation by Eng. Khalid Al-Saif, a session entitled Collaborative Diagnostic Support System for Programmable Logic Controllers for a Desalination Plant), followed by a paper by Dr. Alexander Fuglesang entitled (Digital Twin Seawater Desalination Plant in an Innovative, Low-Energy and More Sustainable Way Under the Sea). The conference concluded the work of the first day with a session (Application of Mathematical Models on Variable Speed Drives of Medium Voltage) presented by Messrs. Joel Alves and Adriano Dias, and the participants concluded the importance of formulating a prosperous future for the desalination industry to meet the growing needs day after day in both the municipal and industrial sectors at the level the world, enabling innovation and advanced science. The conference activities will continue on Tuesday and Wednesday, to address the challenges related to the environmental impact of water desalination operations by creating new technologies that contribute to reducing energy consumption and enhancing reliance on the various uses of renewable energy sources. .

under the auspices of the Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Eng. Abdul Rahman Al-Fadhli, with the participation of twenty local and international experts, researchers and innovators.

They discuss recent developments and innovations in the field of water desalination, knowledge expertise and promising innovative technologies for the development of the desalination industry, including environmental innovations, marine mining, extracting precious metals from the brine resulting from desalination systems, and employing clean energy solutions and artificial intelligence.

The conference is a global platform that brings together more than 120 experts, scientists, investors and about 30 of the world's leading organizations in the field of water desalination.

It provides an opportunity to discuss the latest achievements and innovations in the desalination industry, for a more sustainable future for the water sectors globally.

The Secretary-General of the International Water Desalination Corporation, Mrs. Shannon McCarthy, and the Director of the Institute for Research, Innovation and Desalination Technologies, Dr. Ahmed Saleh Al-Amoudi, started the opening session by welcoming the participants and presenting the objectives of the conference and the importance of innovation and its role in developing the desalination industry and its technologies. Participants in the first day's sessions discussed the impact of innovation in the primary treatment of seawater desalination, and ways to enable research and innovation to develop desalination technologies.

The Secretary-General of the European Desalination Association, Dr. Miriam Balaban, gave a presentation entitled ( innovation face of Water Desalination).

It was followed by a presentation by Mr. Bernard Koh, Assistant CEO of the Public Utilities Board of Singapore, in the desalination industry, entitled (Singapore's Journey in Water Desalination). ACWA Power Executive Vice President Thomas Altmann and Kyungnam University Professor Dr. Seung Hyun presented ideas and initiatives during a session on “Cost and Energy Reduction for Desalination”, followed by a session on “Effectiveness of UF Ceramic Membranes as Pretreatment of Reverse Osmosis Membranes” in Tuas Spring, Singapore.

Presented by Mr. Atman Sha, in addition to holding two workshops entitled (Enabling Research and Innovation in Scientific Laboratories) chaired by Dr. Muhammad Al-Namazi, (CIP) for Cartridge Filters in the Ras Al-Khair Production System) presented by Eng. Abdul Rahman Abu Talib. Dr. Harry Pullman discussed the primary processing of seawater in order to control biological pollution in reverse osmosis membrane systems through a session entitled (Innovation in the primary processing of seawater desalination).

The presentation of Dr. Abdulrahman Habib, Deputy Director of Research at the National Center for Artificial Intelligence (NCAI) at the Authority Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence (SDAIA) entitled (Innovation: Achieving the Future). Dr. Sheng Li presented a session on (Ultra Filtration (UF) - Forward Osmosis (FO) - Membrane Distillation (MD) Hybrid System) that allows recycling of wastewater resources using reverse osmosis membrane solution.

While a session chaired by Borja Blanco and Dr. Seong Won discussed the most important Developments and innovations in the science and technology of reverse osmosis membranes, followed by a session entitled (Reverse Osmosis Thin Film Composite Membranes Resistant to Biopollution Using Vacuum UV Rays) presented by Dr. Roy Shalaby. The conference continued its evening sessions, with a paper presented by Mr. Abdulsalam Al-Hadidi, which presented (a new concept of salt-free electrolysis).

Eng. Nikolay Vochkov and Mr. Christos Charsiadis discussed the necessity and importance of (digitizing desalination).
This was followed by a presentation by Eng. Khalid Al-Saif, a session entitled Collaborative Diagnostic Support System for Programmable Logic Controllers for a Desalination Plant), followed by a paper by Dr. Alexander Fuglesang entitled (Digital Twin Seawater Desalination Plant in an Innovative, Low-Energy and More Sustainable Way Under the Sea).

The conference concluded the work of the first day with a session (Application of Mathematical Models on Variable Speed Drives of Medium Voltage) presented by Messrs. Joel Alves and Adriano Dias, and the participants concluded the importance of formulating a prosperous future for the desalination industry to meet the growing needs day after day in both the municipal and industrial sectors at the level the world, enabling innovation and advanced science.

The conference activities will continue on Tuesday and Wednesday, to address the challenges related to the environmental impact of water desalination operations by creating new technologies that contribute to reducing energy consumption and enhancing reliance on the various uses of renewable energy sources.

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