Industrial Engineer by Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICAI)

His work experience started by 2006 in the company Flowserve Sapin S.L. in Coslada Madrid working in different position in the Commercial Operations department preparing quotations for pumps and energy recovery devices for power and desalination plants worldwide. He was the Manager of this department for four years.

From 2015 to 2021 worked as a Process, Technologies and R+D engineer for the company CADE Soluciones de Ingeniería S.L. participating in development of own technologies such as the supercritical gasification of wet biomasses and thermal storage in solid systems and performing basic and detailed engineering activities for water treatment plants and thermosolar power plants.

He returned to work for Flowserve by the of 2021 in the position of Product Manager for Energy Recovery Devices for reverse osmosis desalination plants. Under this position he is responsible of the complete life cycle of the devices on a global basis.

Ingeniero Industrial por la Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICAI).

Su experiencia laboral comienza en 2006 en la empresa Flowserve Spain S.L. en Coslada Madrid donde ocupa puestos de distinta relevancia en el departamento de ofertas de equipos de bombeo y de recuperadores de energía para los mercados globales de la desalación y de la generación de energía. Acabó ocupando el puesto de responsable del departamento durante 4 años.

Desde 2015 y hasta 2021 trabaja en la empresa CADE Soluciones de Ingeniería como Ingeniero de Proceso, Tecnologías e I+D desarrollado tecnologías propias como la gasificación de biomasas acuosas en condiciones supercríticas o sistemas de almacenamiento térmico en materiales sólidos y participando en proyectos de ingeniería básica y de detalle para plantas de tratamiento de aguas y centrales termosolares.

A finales de 2021 retorna Flowserve ocupando el puesto de Jefe de Producto de los recuperadores de energía para plantas desaladoras de ósmosis inversa. En este puesto es el encargado de la supervisión del ciclo de vida completo de este tipo de equipos a nivel global.

General Manager of Econssa Chile S.A. since 2016, a state-owned sanitation company that holds sanitation concessions in a large part of Chilean territory.

Commercial Engineer and Chartered Accountant, University of Chile. Master (E) from the School of Public Health University of Chile, with extensive executive experience in the public and private sector.

In the sanitary industry, his career includes the general management of ESSEL S.A., responsible for the Control Division of the Superintendence of Sanitary Services and consultant of several companies in the sector.

At the corporate level, he has been director of companies such as Esval S.A., Emos S.A., Transcontainer, Edelnor S.A. and Enami, as well as Water Resources advisor to the Minister of Public Works.

As a sanitary expert, he is a permanent speaker in different forums of the sector, both in Chile and abroad.

Gerente general de Econssa Chile S.A. desde el año 2016, empresa sanitaria estatal que posee concesiones sanitarias en gran parte del territorio chileno.

Ingeniero Comercial y Contador Auditor Universidad de Chile. Magister (E) de la Escuela de Salud Pública Universidad de Chile, con amplia experiencia ejecutiva en ámbito público y privado.

En la industria sanitaria, su trayectoria incluye la gerencia general de ESSEL S.A., responsable de la División Fiscalización de la Superintendencia de Servicios Sanitarios y consultor de diversas empresas del sector

En el ámbito corporativo ha sido director de empresas, entre las que destacan Esval S.A., Emos S.A., Transcontainer, Edelnor S.A. y Enami, además de asesor de Recursos Hídricos del ministro de Obras Públicas.

En su calidad de experto sanitario participa de manera permanente en calidad de expositor en distintos foros del sector, tanto Chile como en el extranjero.

Alejandro Jurado is from Linares (Jaén) and holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Seville. After graduating in 2002, he started working in the Works Department of Aqualia, a job that he carried out at the same time as research at the University.

Since he landed in the province of Almeria almost twenty years ago, his professional career has taken him to most of the functional positions related to the integral water cycle in this territory. He has been Head of Operations in Níjar, has held customer management positions in Almería city and province, and has been head of service in Berja and Balanegra.

For several years he has been simultaneously managing the WWTPs in Poniente Almeriense, where a population of more than 100,000 inhabitants is served, and the Empresa Mixta Emanagua de Níjar and the Head of Production of Almería II.

He has participated in international innovation projects, such as Urban Water, and has carried out professional stays in the Canary Islands, Mexico and Saudi Arabia, in a constant search for professional challenges that improve sustainability and efficiency in the management of the integral water cycle.

Alejandro Jurado es de Linares (Jaén) y es Ingeniero Industrial Superior por la Universidad de Sevilla. Licenciado en 2002, sus comienzos laborales fueron en el Departamento de obras de Aqualia, labor que simultaneó con la investigación en la Universidad.

Desde que desembarcara en la provincia de Almería hace casi veinte años, su ejercicio profesional le ha llevado a recorrer la mayor parte de puestos funcionales relacionados con el ciclo integral del agua en este territorio. Ha sido Jefe de Explotación en Níjar, ha desempeñado puestos de gestión de clientes en Almería capital y provincia o la jefatura de servicio en Berja y Balanegra.

Desde hace varios años simultanea la gerencia de las EDARs en el Poniente Almeriense, donde se atiende a una población superior a los cien mil Habitantes, con la de la Empresa Mixta Emanagua de Níjar y la Jefatura de Producción de Almería II.

Ha participado en proyectos internacionales de innovación, como Urban Water, y realizado estancias profesionales en Canarias, Méjico y Arabia Saudí, en una constante búsqueda de retos profesionales que mejoren la sostenibilidad y eficiencia en la gestión del ciclo integral del agua.

Hamad is a senior manager in the Projects Execution department as part of the team tendering 29 upcoming SWCC projects. He holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from King Saud University.

Hamad es un alto directivo del departamento de Ejecución de Proyectos que forma parte del equipo que sacará a licitación 29 próximos proyectos de SWCC. Es licenciado en Ingeniería Química por la King Saud University.

Mohammed led Project Executions as part of the senior management team and has a deep knowledge of SWCC project tendering and SWCC’s vision and strategic planning.

In his capacity as Executive Business Director he brings new companies into the fold.

Mohammed dirige las Ejecuciones de Proyectos como parte del equipo directivo y tiene un profundo conocimiento de la licitaciones de proyectos de SWCC y de la visión y planificación estratégica de SWCC.

En su calidad de Director Ejecutivo de Negocios, se encarga de incorporar nuevas empresas.

Manal Almadi dirige la división de Asociaciones Estratégicas de SWCC, el mayor productor mundial de agua desalada. Fue nombrada primera mujer vicegobernadora de la agencia.

Durante su mandato, ha alineado las Asociaciones Estratégicas con los objetivos de transformación de SWCC.

Bajo su dirección, el alcance global y el compromiso con asociaciones industriales, institutos de I+D, universidades, gobiernos, ONG y el sector privado han experimentado un crecimiento exponencial.

Posee un MBA por la Universidad Príncipe Sultán. En el desempeño de sus funciones, se ha comprometido a ayudar a impulsar la innovación, la sostenibilidad y el liderazgo femenino en el sector del agua.

Manal Almadi leads the Strategic Partnerships division at SWCC, the world’s largest producer of desalinated water.

She was appointed as the agency’s first female Deputy Governor. In her tenure, she has aligned Strategic Partnerships to SWCC’s transformation objectives.

Global outreach and engagement with industry associations, R&D institutes, universities, government, NGO’s and private sector have has enjoyed exponential growth at her direction.

She holds an MBA from Prince Sultan University. In her capacity, she is committed to helping drive innovation, sustainability and women in leadership within the water industry.

International PhD in Industrial Technology from the Universitat Jaume I. She has a bachelor in Environmental Sciences from the University of Valencia and a Master’s Degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Valencia and the Polytechnic University of Valencia.

Currently, she is an R+D Technician at FACSA leading the coordination of national projects and responsible for consulting projects at HYDRENS. She is also responsible for the International Relations and Sustainability area of the Spanish chapter of the IWA’s Young Water Professional (YWP) network.

Previously, she has worked as Research Teaching Staff (PDI) of the Universitat Jaume I in the Multiphase Fluids Group of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Construction (2016-2020) and teacher in Exploitation and Operation Course in WWTP for 3 editions (one face-to-face and two online), within the program of continuing education courses of the UJI.

Doctora Internacional en Tecnologías Industriales por la Universitat Jaume I. Es Licenciada en Ciencias Ambientales por la Universitat de València y Máster en Ingeniería Ambiental por la Universitat de València y la Universitat Politècnica de València.

Actualmente, es Técnica de I+D en FACSA llevando la coordinación de proyectos nacionales y responsable de proyectos de consultoría en HYDRENS. También es responsable del área de Relaciones Internacionales y Sostenibilidad del chapter español de la red Young Water Professional (YWP) de la IWA.

Anteriormente, ha trabajado como Personal Docente Investigador (PDI) de la Universitat Jaume I en el Grupo de Fluidos Multifásicos del Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica y Construcción (2016-2020) y docente en Curso de Explotación y Funcionamiento en EDAR durante 3 ediciones (una presencial y dos online), dentro del programa de cursos de formación continuada de la UJI.

Especialista Senior en Agua en la Práctica Global de Agua del Banco Mundial con más de 20 años de experiencia en operaciones de financiación de agua.

Antes del Banco Mundial, Patricia trabajó con varias consultoras y bancos de inversión en operaciones de financiación de proyectos y empresas en diferentes sectores, con especial atención a la participación del sector privado en servicios públicos e infraestructuras.

Dentro del Banco, ha trabajado como especialista sectorial desde Washington DC y diferentes oficinas de país, liderando compromisos con grandes clientes, incluyendo operaciones de préstamo del Banco, trabajo analítico y diálogo político, en la región de América Latina y Europa Central y del Este y ahora a nivel global.

De 2016 a 2019 Patricia desempeñó el cargo de Gerente de Programa para el Programa de Agua del Danubio en Viena, Austria.

Desde 2020 forma parte del núcleo de liderazgo del Equipo de Innovación Financiera (EIF) de la Práctica de Agua desde donde ha estado promoviendo el uso de soluciones del sector privado y la movilización de capital privado trabajando estrechamente con la CFI, MIGA y otros socios de desarrollo. Su experiencia incluye la preparación y gestión de la ejecución de una variada gama de proyectos de reforma sectorial y desarrollo de infraestructuras con países clientes del Banco Mundial, con especial atención a la financiación del sector del agua y las áreas institucionales.

Patricia es licenciada en Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales con una especialización de dos años en Financiación por el Colegio Universitario de Estudios Financieros (C.U.N.E.F) , Madrid, España.

Patricia Lopez is a Sr. Water Specialist in the World Bank’s Water Global Practice with more than 20 years’ experience in water financing operations.

Before the World Bank, Patricia worked with various consulting firms and investment banks on project and corporate finance operations in different sectors, with a focus on private sector participation in public services and infrastructure.

Within the Bank, she has worked as sector specialist from Washington DC and different country offices, leading large client engagements including Bank lending operations, analytical work and policy dialogue, in the Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe region and now at global level.

From 2016-2019 Patricia served as Program Manager for the Danube Water Program in Vienna, Austria.

Since 2020 she has been part of the core leadership of the Financial Innovation Team (FIT) of the Water Practice from where she has been promoting the use of private sector solutions and private capital mobilization working closely with the IFC, MIGA and other development partners. Her experience includes preparing and managing the implementation of a varied range of sector reform and infrastructure development projects with World Bank client countries, with a focus on water sector financing and institutional areas.

Patricia holds a M.Sc. in Economics and Business with a two-year specialization in Financing from Colegio Universitario de Estudios Financieros (C.U.N.E.F) , Madrid, Spain.

Ammar is the Deputy Director of Research & Consulting at the world’s largest producer of desalinated water, SWCC.

As part of the Desalination Technology Research Institute (DTRI), he is designated Group Leader Process & Products Innovation. He specializes in membrane performance.

He holds MS, Chemical Engineering, University of Dayton; BS in Chemical & Materials Engineering from King Abdulaziz University, and certification in CInP and Certified Systems Engineer

Ammar es Director Adjunto de Investigación y Consultoría del mayor productor mundial de agua desalinizada, SWCC.

Como parte del Instituto de Investigación de Tecnología de Desalinización (DTRI), ha sido designado Jefe de Grupo de Innovación de Procesos y Productos.

Está especializado en el rendimiento de las membranas. Posee un máster en Ingeniería Química por la Universidad de Dayton, una licenciatura en Ingeniería Química y de Materiales por la Universidad Rey Abdulaziz y los certificados CInP y de Ingeniero de Sistemas.

Chemical engineer graduated from the National University of Mar del Plata in Argentina, with more than 15 years of experience in the water industry.

He began his career at CONICET, where he focused on research and development of materials technology, specifically polymers.

Throughout his professional trajectory, he has held various positions in companies such as Termium-Grupo Techint, Nalco, Total, RWL Water, and Fluence. Currently, he serves as the Strategy and Business Development Manager for the Latin American region at H2O Innovation’s Specialty Products Division.

Juan has led numerous projects in South America, focusing on key areas such as water treatment, industrial effluent reuse, anaerobic digestion, leachate treatment, and brine purification for lithium production. His commitment to environmental care and sustainability has been the driving force behind his work.

In addition to his industry work, Juan is a board member of the Latin American Association of Desalination and Water Reuse (ALADYR) for the 2022-2026 term. Through his involvement in this organization, he actively contributes to the development of policies and strategies to promote sustainable water management in Latin America.

Ingeniero químico graduado en la Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata en Argentina, con más de 15 años de experiencia en la industria del agua.

Inició su carrera en el CONICET, donde se enfocó en la investigación y desarrollo de tecnología de materiales, específicamente polímeros.

A lo largo de su trayectoria profesional, ha ocupado diferentes cargos en empresas como Termium-Grupo Techint, Nalco, Total, RWL Water y Fluence. En la actualidad, se desempeña como Responsable de Estrategia y Desarrollo Comercial en Latam para la división de productos de especialidad de H2O Innovation.

Juan ha liderado numerosos proyectos en América del Sur, centrados en áreas clave como el tratamiento de aguas, el reúso de efluentes industriales, la digestión anaeróbica, el tratamiento de lixiviados y la purificación de salmueras para la producción de litio. Su compromiso con el cuidado del medio ambiente y la sostenibilidad ha sido la fuerza impulsora de su trabajo.

Además de su labor en la industria, Juan es miembro de la Junta Directiva de la Asociación Latinoamericana de Desalación y Reúso de Agua (ALADYR) para el período 2022-2026. A través de su participación en esta organización, contribuye activamente al desarrollo de políticas y estrategias para promover la gestión sostenible del agua en América Latina.

Secretaria General de la International Desalination Association (IDA).

Tiene más de 25 años de experiencia trabajando a escala internacional, concretamente con la región de Oriente Medio y Norte de África, en sostenibilidad del agua, investigación y aplicación de tecnologías de recursos hídricos no convencionales, concretamente desalinización y reutilización del agua. Ha sido Vicepresidenta Primera de la Asociación Internacional de Desalinización y Presidenta de la Fundación de Recursos Hídricos Sostenibles de la AIF.

Antes de asumir el cargo de Directora Ejecutiva de la IDA, fue Directora Adjunta del Centro de Investigación sobre Desalación en Oriente Medio, una organización internacional intergubernamental sin ánimo de lucro, nacida a través del Grupo de Trabajo sobre el Agua del Proceso de Paz en Oriente Medio y con sede en Mascate, Sultanato de Omán.

La Sra. McCarthy completó un programa de estudios ejecutivos relacionados con la Política Pública y la Gestión para el Desarrollo de Infraestructuras en la Escuela de Gobierno John F. Kennedy de la Universidad de Harvard, y es licenciada en Relaciones Internacionales por la Universidad Estatal de San Francisco.

Ms. Shannon McCarthy, Secretary General, International Desalination Association (IDA).

Ms. McCarthy has over 25 years experience working internationally, specifically with the Middle East and North Africa region, in water sustainability, research, and application of unconventional water resources technologies, specifically desalination and water reuse. She has served the International Desalination Association as First Vice President and is President of the IDA Sustainable Water Resources Foundation.
Before taking on the role of Executive Director for the IDA, Ms. McCarthy served as the Deputy Center Director of the Middle East Desalination Research Center, an international intergovernmental non-profit organization, born through the Water Working Group of the Middle East Peace Process and based in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.

Ms. McCarthy completed an executive study program related to Public Policy and Management for Infrastructure Development at John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and holds a BA degree in International Relations from San Francisco State University.

Industrial Organisation Engineer (UVic), Industrial Technical Engineer (UPC), Master MBA (EAE).

He has worked at Aigües Ter Llobregat since 2006, initially in the Projects and Works Management, and from 2010 in the Operations Management. In the Llobregat Desalination Plant project, he worked in the preparation of the Tender Specifications, in the direction of the drafting of the Construction Project and in the Works Management, and he is currently the Plant Manager.

He has 30 years of professional experience in Desalination and Wastewater and Drinking Water Treatment, as well as in hydraulic infrastructures for supply, sanitation and irrigation, both in public sector companies and in the private sector.

He has published several articles on the actions carried out in Catalonia in recent years, having also participated in the presentation of various papers at national and international conferences and congresses.

Ingeniero Superior en Organización Industrial (UVic), Ingeniero Técnico Industrial (UPC), Master MBA (EAE).

Trabaja en Aigües Ter Llobregat desde 2006, inicialmente en la Dirección de Proyectos y Obras, y a partir de 2010 en la Dirección de Operación. En el proyecto de la Desalinizadora del Llobregat, trabajó en la elaboración del Pliego de Bases del Concurso, en la dirección de la redacción del Proyecto Constructivo y en la Dirección de las Obras, y en la actualidad es el Jefe de Planta.

Tiene 30 años de experiencias profesionales en Desalación y Tratamiento de Aguas residuales y Potables, así como en infraestructuras hidráulicas de abastecimiento, saneamiento y regadío, tanto en empresas del sector público como en el ámbito privado.

Ha publicado diversos artículos relativos a las actuaciones llevadas a cabo en Cataluña en los últimos años, habiendo participado también en la presentación de diversas ponencias en Conferencias y Congresos nacionales e internacionales.

President of the European Desalination Society (EDS).

Presidenta de la European Desalination Society (EDS)

José María Blasco Ruiz is State Chartered Economist and Trade Expert (civil servant) with a double degree in Economics (Public Economy) and Business Administration (Finance) from the University of Zaragoza.

José María is Director of the Infrastructure, Health and Digital Entrepreneurship Division of ICEX and he previously was Economic and Commercial Counselor of the Spanish Embassies in Israel and Singapore, Director at ICEX-Invest in Spain and Deputy Assistant General Director at Ministry of Industry and Commerce.

Técnico Comercial y Economista del Estado desde 2008 y Director de la División de Infraestructuras, Sanidad y TIC de ICEX España Exportación e Inversiones.

José María ha sido Consejero Económico y Comercial de la Embajada de España en Singapur (2018-2021) y de la Embajada de España en Israel (2015-2018).

Previamente, José María fue Director de Proyectos de Inversión en ICEX Invest in Spain (2014-2015). También desempeñó actividad en el sector privado antes de 2008, así como durante 5 años ejerció diferentes puestos dentro de la Subdirección General de Fomento Financiero para la Internacionalización de la Dirección General de Comercio e Inversiones de MINCOTUR.

Carmelo Llorente holds a degree in Biology from the University of Barcelona and a Master’s degree in Water Technology from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia.

He is the Head of the Sales Department at teqma, a company specializing in technologies and equipment for the environment, which has been providing solutions for water treatment and quality monitoring for over 20 years.

Carmelo Llorente es Biólogo por la Universidad de Barcelona y Máster en Tecnología del Agua por la Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya.

Responsable de la Dirección Comercial de la empresa teqma, tecnologías y equipos para el medio ambiente que lleva más de 20 años aportado soluciones para el tratamiento y monitorización de la calidad del agua

Civil Engineer from the University of Granada.

Manager of the Sanitation and Purification Entity of the Region of Murcia (ESAMUR).

He has developed his professional career as an executive in private companies, mainly in groups in the construction sector and auxiliary industries, in public institutions and universities.

Among other positions, he has been manager, president and general secretary of the Círculo de Empresas Andaluzas de la Construcción, Consultoría y Obras Públicas, and head and area director of the Consorcio Zona Franca Cádiz, a public entity of the Ministry of Finance and Public Function.

Ingeniero de Caminos, Canales y Puertos por la Universidad de Granada.

Gerente de la Entidad de Saneamiento y Depuración de la Región de Murcia (ESAMUR)

Ha desarrollado su carrera profesional como ejecutivo en compañías privadas, principalmente en grupos del sector de la construcción e industrias auxiliares, en instituciones públicas y universidades.

Entre otros cargos, ha sido gerente, presidente y secretario general del Círculo de Empresas Andaluzas de la Construcción, Consultoría y Obras Públicas, y responsable y director de área del Consorcio Zona Franca Cádiz, ente público del Ministerio de Hacienda y Función Pública.

Engineer from the University of Cordoba, graduate of the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) and MBA from the University of Barcelona and EAE Business School.

With more than 15 years of experience, his professional career began in the infrastructure and civil construction sector in the Spanish market. Subsequently, he began his experience in the international arena in Romania as Country Delegate, carrying out different infrastructure and water treatment projects.

In 2012 he joined GS Inima, where he has held different positions within the company both in business development and in production and income statement: Business Development Manager Latam, Country Delegate in Chile and International Construction Delegate, which allowed him to obtain a high knowledge and experience of the water sector and the management of its projects and assets.

He is an active member of professional associations in the water treatment sector such as the International Desalination Association (IDA), Asociación Española de Desalación y Reutilización (AEDyR), Asociación Española de Abastecimiento de Agua y Saneamiento (AEAS) and Asociación Latinoamericana de Desalación y Reúso (ALADyR).

He is currently Commercial and Business Development Director at GS Inima, leading the area of business development in the company in both water treatment and renewable energies, a newly created line of action in the company. In addition, he is responsible for Corporate Communication and Marketing of the company.

Ingeniero por la Universidad de Córdoba, graduado en la Universidad Católica de Leuven (Bélgica) y con MBA por la Universidad de Barcelona y la EAE Business School.

Con más de 15 años de experiencia, su trayectoria profesional comienza en el sector de las infraestructuras y construcción civil en el mercado español. Posteriormente inició su experiencia en el ámbito internacional en Rumanía como Delegado país, realizando diferentes proyectos de infraestructuras y tratamiento de aguas.

En 2012 entra a formar parte de GS Inima, donde ha ocupado diferentes puestos dentro de la compañía tanto en desarrollo de negocio como en producción y cuenta de resultados: Gerente Desarrollo Negocio Latam, Delegado país en Chile y Delegado de Construcción Internacional, lo que le permitió obtener un alto conocimiento y experiencia del sector del agua y la gestión de sus proyectos y activos.

Es miembro activo de asociaciones profesionales del sector del tratamiento del agua tales como la International Desalination Association (IDA), Asociación Española de Desalación y Reutilización (AEDyR), Asociación Española de Abastecimiento de Agua y Saneamiento (AEAS) y Asociación Latinoamericana de Desalación y Reúso (ALADyR).

Actualmente es Director Comercial y de Desarrollo de Negocio en GS Inima, liderando el área de desarrollo de negocio en la compañía tanto en el tratamiento de aguas como en energías renovables, línea de actuación de nueva creación en la compañía. Adicionalmente incorpora a sus responsabilidades la Comunicación Corporativa y el Marketing de la compañía.

Chemical engineer by the University of Barcelona, completing his training with higher studies MSc in Water Technology, Environment and Green Chemistry from the University Institute of Science and Technology (IUCT).

Luis has participated in developing and managing various European projects and has collaborated in lines of application of natural coagulant substances for water treatment by Yale University. New Haven, USA

He is currently Business Development Manager at Hach, working in the company’s strategic areas and relationships and driving new digital initiatives and Leader online analysis platforms for innovation in desalination during 2020-2022 and formed part of the DAF control module design team -RTC

Luis has 21 years of experience in engineering and water treatment technologies and processes, mainly in the industrial sector, having developed professional functions from R&D, to equipment design and turnkey projects management.

In addition, Luis has more than 9 years of experience in R&D and industrialization of graphene, advanced materials, and nanotechnology. Some of these are developed specifically for disruptive applications in water treatment processes such as adsorption and electro-oxidation.

Ingeniero químico por la Universidad de Barcelona completando su formación con estudios superiores MSc en Tecnología del Aguas, Medio Ambiente y Química Verde por el Instituto Universitario de Ciencia y Tecnología (IUCT).

Cuenta con experiencia en diversos proyectos europeos y ha colaborado en líneas de aplicación de sustancias coagulantes naturales para el tratamiento de aguas por la Yale University. New Haven, USA

Actualmente es Business Development Manager en Hach, trabajando en las áreas y relaciones estratégicas de la compañía e impulsando las nuevas iniciativas digitales y plataformas de análisis online Leader de innovación en desalación durante 2020-2022 y formado parte del equipo de diseño del módulo de control DAF-RTC.

Cuenta con una experiencia de 21 años en ingeniería y tratamiento de aguas, principalmente en el sector industrial, habiendo desarrollado funciones profesionales desde I+D, hasta el diseño de equipos y ejecución de proyectos llaves en mano.

Además, Luis cuenta con una experiencia de más de 9 años en I+D e industrialización de grafeno, materiales avanzados y nanotecnología. Algunas de las cuales desarrolladas específicamente para aplicaciones disruptivas en procesos de tratamiento de aguas como adsorción y electro-oxidación.

With more than 15 years of international experience in water and environmental engineering, with experience in different companies and organizations and in different geographical environments: Latin America, Africa and Europe.

Currently Senior Manager at Xylem in the area of ​​clean water treatment: purification, desalination and reuse.

Con más de 15 años de experiencia internacional en ingeniería del agua y medio ambiente, con experiencia en diferentes empresas y organismos y en distintos ámbitos geográficos: Latino América, África y Europa.

En la actualidad Senior Manager en Xylem del área de tratamiento de agua limpia: potabilización, desalación y reutilización.

Engineer by the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Master in Marketing and Commercial Management by the UCAM University of Murcia, Postgraduate in desalination and water reuse by the University of Alicante, Postgraduate in water supply and distribution by the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Postgraduate in Strategic Marketing by the IEBS Business School, Postgraduate in wastewater sanitation by the Polytechnic University of Catalonia.

With more than 20 years of experience in the water and sanitation sector and in water treatment and management, he currently holds positions as Advisor to the Cooperation Fund for Water and Sanitation FCAS of the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation AECID; Expert in water and sanitation of the Tragsa Group; Vice President and member of the Board of Directors of the Latin American Association of Desalination and Water Reuse ALADYR. Previously, he has held various management positions in international business development at GS INIMA and management in execution and construction of water treatment and management projects in the OHLA Group.

Ingeniero por la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Master en Dirección de Marketing y Gestión Comercial por la Universidad UCAM de Murcia, Posgrado en desalación y reutilización de agua por la Universidad de Alicante, Posgrado en abastecimiento y distribución de agua por la Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, Posgrado en Marketing Estratégico por el IEBS Business School, Posgrado en saneamiento de aguas residuales por la Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña.

Con más de 20 años de experiencia en el sector del agua y saneamiento y en el tratamiento y gestión del agua, actualmente desempeña cargos como Asesor del Fondo de Cooperación para Agua y saneamiento FCAS de la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional AECID; Experto en agua y saneamiento del Grupo Tragsa; Vicepresidente y miembro de la Junta Directiva de la Asociación Latinoamericana de Desalación y Reúso de Agua ALADYR. Anteriormente ha desarrollado diversos cargos de Gerencia en desarrollo de negocio internacional en GS INIMA y de Gerencia en ejecución y construcción de proyectos de tratamiento y gestión de agua en el Grupo OHLA.

Civil Engineer and Master in Environmental Engineering from Universitat Politècnica de València and Universitat de València.

She is part of the technical team of AEAS since 2018, assuming the technical coordination since 2022.

Ingeniera de Obras Públicas y Máster en Ingeniería Ambiental por la Universitat Politècnica de Valéncia y la Universitat de Valéncia.

Es parte del equipo técnico de AEAS desde 2018, asumiendo la coordinación técnica desde 2022.

President of AQUA ESPAÑA, the Spanish Association of Companies in the Water Sector, federated to AQUA EUROPA.

General Manager of Stenco, a national company with 60 years of experience, part of the MTA Group, in the Integral Water Cycle, specialising in Analysis, Treatment, Purification and Reulitisation of Water and Prevention and Control of Legionella.

Founder, partner and CEO of Aqua Ambient Ibérica, a company with more than 25 years of experience, specialising in Wastewater, Greywater, Rainwater and Hydrocarbon Water Treatment.

Owner of the TRAINING INDUSTRIAL Training Centre, specialising in water treatment.

Co-founder of CWP (Catana Water Partnership) and Water Technology Platform (PTA).

Member of the Board of Directors of the ADECAGUA Association.

More than 30 years of experience in the water treatment sector.

Presidente de AQUA ESPAÑA, La Asociación Española de Empresas del Sector de Empresas del Agua, federada a AQUA EUROPA.

Director General de Stenco, empresa nacional con 60 años de experiencia, del Grupo MTA, en el Ciclo Integral del Agua, especializada en Análisis, Tratamientos, Depuración y Reulitización de Agua y Prevención y Control de Legionella.

Fundador, socio y CEO de Aqua Ambient Ibérica, empresa de más de 25 años de experiencia, especializada en Depuración de Aguas Residuales, Grises, Pluviales e Hidrocarburadas.

Titular del Centro de Formación TRAINING INDUSTRIAL, especializada en el tratamiento del agua.

Cofundador del CWP (Catana Water Paartnership) y Plataforma Tecnológica del Agua (PTA).

Vocal Junta Directiva Asociación ADECAGUA.

Más de 30 años de experiencia en el Sector de Tratamientos del Agua.

Graduated in Chemical Engineering at the University of Alicante, 2021. She is currently studying the Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering.

She works as a Innovation Engineer in the Innovation and Strategic Projects Department of Sacyr Agua, where she actively participates in the research projects LIFE HyReward and SOS AGUA XXI, among others.

She has participated in several innovation projects related to membrane reuse, desalination pretreatment optimization, filtration, emerging removal technologies, boron removal in desalinated water, or brine mining, presenting the results of these projects in several conferences.

Graduada en Ingeniería Química por la Universidad de Alicante, 2021. En la actualidad está cursando el Master de Ingeniería Industrial.

Ingeniera de Innovación en el departamento de Innovación y Proyectos Estratégicos de Sacyr Agua, dónde en la actualidad participa activamente, entre otros, en los proyectos de investigación LIFE HyReward y Misiones SOS Agua XXI.

Ha participado en diversos proyectos de innovación relacionados con la reutilización de membranas, optimización de pretratamientos de desalación, filtración, tecnologías de eliminación de emergentes, eliminación de boro en aguas desaladas, o brine mining, presentando los resultados de dichos proyectos en varias conferencias.

He started to work in the water industry in 1985, beginning his work as a Project Engineer, later working as Project Manager and, after a period of eleven years as Regional Director of Andalusia, as Technical Director in the Water business unit at ACCIONA since 2002.

In 2014 he became Technical and Technological Innovation Director, being responsible for the Engineering Department, the R+D+i Department with its technology centre, and the Knowledge Management Department of the Water business within the Acciona Group until 2023. Currently, as Master Technical Leader, he is carrying out technical advice tasks in the company.

He combines the activities in the company with those of a professor of the Environmental Engineering Master at the University of Cantabria, teaching the subject “Design of Treatment Plants”.

Since 2002, he belongs to the Board of Directors of AEDyR (Spanish Association of Desalination and Reuse).

Empezó a trabajar en el mundo del agua en 1985, iniciando su trabajo como ingeniero de proyectos, para pasar a Jefe de proyectos y tras un periodo de once años como Director Regional de Andalucía, desempeñar, desde el 2002, las responsabilidades de Director Técnico en la unidad de negocio de Agua en ACCIONA.

En el 2014 pasa a ser Director Técnico y de Innovación Tecnológica, siendo responsable del departamento de ingeniería, del I+D+i con su centro tecnológico y del departamento de Gestión del Conocimiento del negocio de Agua en el Grupo Acciona hasta el 2023.

Actualmente como Master Technical Leader realiza las labores de asesoramiento técnico en la compañía.

Compagina la actividad en la empresa con la de profesor en la Universidad de Cantabria, en el Master de Ingeniería Ambiental, impartiendo la asignatura de “Diseño de Plantas de Tratamiento”.

Desde el 2002 pertenece al Consejo de Dirección de AEDyR (Asociación Española de Desalación y Reutilización)

Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry, University of Alicante, Spain (1988) and PhD, Water and Sustainable Development, University of Alicante, Spain (2017).

34 years experience in water treatment

Innovation and Strategic Projects Manager of Sacyr Water (SACYR GROUP) from 1995 and founding member of the company. Previously, researcher at the Chemical Engineering Department, Univ. Alicante (1988-1991) and wastewater O&M manager in Searsa (1991-1994).

More than 150 water treatment facilities have been designed and built under his supervision including some of the largest desalination facilities in the world (in Australia, Israel, Algeria, Chile, Spain, Oman, etc.), with different technologies (RO, EDR, NF) as well as large wastewater and reuse plants.

Member of the Board of Directors (since 2008) and current President of AEDyR (Spanish Desalination and Reuse Association), Member of the Board of Directors of IDA (International Desalination Association) and Member of the Board of Trustees and Scientific Committee in IMDEA Agua.

10 years Associate Professor and currently Honorary Collaborator at the Chemical Engineering Department, University of Alicante, Spain.

Lecturer in different master courses related with water treatment in different universities.

More than 100 papers and publications in conferences, scientific journals, invited lectures and international congresses and 3 patents on water treatment systems.

Licenciado en Ciencias Químicas, Universidad de Alicante (1988) y Doctor en agua y desarrollo sostenible, Univ. Alicante (2017).

34 años de experiencia en tratamiento de aguas

Director de Innovación y Proyectos Estratégicos de Sacyr Agua desde 1995 y miembro fundador de la compañía. Previamente, investigador en la Universidad de Alicante (1988-1991) y Jefe de planta de EDARs en Searsa (1991-1994).

Bajo su dirección se han diseñado y construido más de 150 plantas de tratamiento de aguas incluyendo algunas de las más grandes plantas desaladoras en el mundo (en Australia, Israel, Algeria, Chile, Spain, Oman, etc.), con diferentes tecnologías (RO, EDR, NF), asi como plantas de tratamiento de aguas residuales y reutilización.

Miembro del Comité de Dirección (desde 2008) y actual presidente de AEDyR, Miembro del Board of Directors of IDA (International Desalination Association), así como miembro del Patronato y Comité Científico de IMDEA Agua.

Profesor Asociado durante 10 años y actualmente colaborador honorífico en el Departamento de Ingeniería Química de la Universidad de Alicante.

Profesor en distintos Master de varias universidades relacionados con tratamiento de aguas.

Más de 100 publicaciones en revistas científicas, conferencias y ponencias invitadas en distintos congresos internacionales y 3 patentes en tratamiento de aguas

Miguel Angel SANZ is President and Founder of MS Water Consult since 2022.

For 39 years he has been working in the International Water Market for Suez group. Miguel Angel joined the group in Degrémont Spain the year 1983 and he has held several positions in Spain and France HQ such as Technical Director, Desalination Manager, Proposal Director, Business Development Director, and Director of Strategic Development in the Infrastructure Division.

President of IDA (International Desalination Association) in the Term 2017-2019 and member of the Board of Directors from 2009. He’s also on the Board of Directors of AEDyR (Spanish Desalination and Reuse Association) from 2008 and served 8 years as Director in the EDS (European Desalination Society).

Over 40 years professional experience in Desalination, Process, Drinking Water, Wastewater and Biosolids in the municipal and industry markets. He has been involved in the design, construction, or operation of an important number of water treatment plants worldwide.

Industrial Engineer Master Degree received in 1981 from Bilbao High Technical School of Engineers.

Miguel Ángel SANZ es Presidente y Fundador de la sociedad de consultoría MS Water Consult desde 2022.

Miguel Ángel Sanz ha desarrollado la mayor parte de su carrera profesional en el grupo Suez donde trabajó durante 39 años. Entró en el grupo en 1983, en Degrémont España y ha ocupado diversos puestos en España y en la central del grupo en Francia tales como Director Técnico, Director de Ofertas, Director de Desalación, Director Comercial y Director de Desarrollo Estratégico en Suez Internacional.

Tiene 40 años de experiencia profesional en Desalación y también en tratamientos de aguas industriales, potables y residuales, habiendo desarrollado gran parte de su carrera profesional en el Mercado Internacional del Agua. Actualmente es miembro del Board of Directors de la IDA, habiendo sido Presidente Consejo de Dirección de la IDA en el periodo 2017-2019.

Igualmente ha sido 8 años Director de la EDS, y actualmente es miembro del Consejo de Dirección de AEDyR, habiendo sido Vicepresidente durante 4 años. Ingeniero Industrial (Master Degree) desde 1981 por la Escuela Superior de Ingenieros Industriales de Bilbao.

Noemí Sánchez has been involved in the field of desalination for over 15 years.

Since 2006 she is Project Manager of Ecoagua Ingenieros, being responsible for the engineering of design and construction projects of large reverse osmosis desalination plants in both the Spanish and international markets, highlighting her experience in Chile. The works she has carried out during this time are related to the complete cycle of the desalination plants: definition, design, bidding, construction, assembly, start-up, operation, optimization and audit.

She is an Industrial Engineer specialized in Energy Technologies by the University Carlos III in Madrid (Spain). She is part of the Board of Directors of Aedyr (The Spanish Desalination and Reuse Association). She has been speaker at different International Congresses and also participated in investigation, development and innovation programs.

Noemí Sánchez cuenta con más de quince años de experiencia en el mercado de la desalación.

Desde 2006 es Directora de Proyectos en Ecoagua Ingenieros, siendo responsable de la ingeniería de proyectos de diseño y construcción de grandes plantas desaladoras por ósmosis inversa tanto en el mercado español como en el internacional, destacando su experiencia en Chile. Los trabajos realizados durante este tiempo están relacionados con el ciclo completo de las plantas desaladoras: definición, diseño, licitación, construcción, montaje, puesta en marcha, operación, optimización y auditoría.

Es Ingeniera Industrial con especialidad en Tecnologías Energéticas por la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, forma parte del Consejo de Dirección de la Asociación Española de Desalación y Reutilización Aedyr, ha sido ponente en distintos Congresos Internacionales y participado en programas de Investigación y Desarrollo.

Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Alicante, Dr. Honoris Causa from the Technological University of Havana, extraordinary doctorate award from the Complutense University of Madrid.

He has coordinated multiple public and private research projects related to water treatment. His lines of research are especially focused on new membrane technologies for water treatment and desalination.

He has supervised 20 doctoral theses and has published more than a hundred scientific articles. He has coordinated several postgraduate programmes at the University of Alicante, Technological University of Havana (Cuba) and University of Coahuila (Mexico).

From 1998 to 2013 he directed the Institute of Water and Environmental Sciences at the University of Alicante. He is currently the Projects and Development Coordinator of the Institute.

He has been a member of the Board of Directors of AEDYR since the first elections in 2001. In these 22 years he has actively participated in the organisation of scientific events and congresses, and in training activities. He currently coordinates the postgraduate course “Specialist in Desalination and Water Reuse” given by the University of Alicante in collaboration with AEDYR.

Catedrático Emérito de Ingeniería Química de la Universidad de Alicante, Dr. Honoris Causa por la Universidad Tecnológica de La Habana, premio extraordinario de doctorado por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Ha coordinado múltiples proyectos públicos y privados de investigación relacionados con tratamiento de aguas.

Sus líneas de investigación están especialmente centradas en nuevas tecnologías de membranas para el tratamiento de aguas y desalinización. Ha dirigido 20 tesis doctorales y ha publicado más de un centenar de artículos científicos.

Ha coordinado varios programas de posgrado en la Universidad de Alicante, Universidad Tecnológica de La Habana (Cuba) y Universidad de Coahuila (México).

Desde 1998 a 2013 dirigió el Instituto del Agua y de las Ciencias Ambientales de la Universidad de Alicante. Actualmente es el Coordinador de Proyectos y Desarrollo del citado Instituto.

Pertenece al Consejo de Dirección de AEDYR desde las primeras elecciones del año 2001. En estos 22 años ha participado activamente en la organización de los eventos científicos y congresos, y en las actividades de formación. Actualmente coordina el curso de posgrado “Especialista en Desalinización y Reutilización del Agua” que imparte la Universidad de Alicante en colaboración con AEDYR

Industrial Engineer from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

He has been working in the industrial plant engineering sector for 36 years, the last 28 of which have been in the water treatment sector, particularly in desalination. He has worked for companies such as SGS, Eyprosa, Aqualia, Veolia and Degremónt where he has held positions as Project Manager, Engineering Manager, Production Manager and Major Projects Manager.

He was head of the desalination department at GS Inima Environment from 2004 to 2014, where he currently holds the position of Director of Research, Development and Innovation.

He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Spanish Association of Desalination and Reuse, and is also a member of professional associations in the water treatment sector, such as the International Desalination Association and ALADyR.

He has been the author of numerous papers in specialised water treatment journals, speaker at various national and international conferences, IDA, ALADyR, DESAL, IWA and AEDyR, lecturer on the Specialist Course in Desalination and Water Reuse at the University of Alicante, author of two patents, and has been awarded several prizes and distinctions such as the one received for the best innovation project of the year 2013 by the International Water Association.

Ingeniero Industrial por la Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

Lleva 36 años trabajando en el sector de la ingeniería de plantas industriales de los cuales los últimos 28 en el sector del tratamiento de aguas y en particular en Desalación.

Ha pasado por empresas como SGS, Eyprosa, Aqualia, Veolia y Degremónt donde ha desempeñado puestos de Jefe de proyecto, Jefe de Ingeniería, Jefe de Producción y Jefe de Grandes Proyectos.

Ha sido el responsable del departamento de desalación de GS Inima Environment del 2004 al 2014, empresa en la que actualmente ocupa el cargo de Director de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación.

Es miembro del Consejo de Dirección de la Asociación Española de Desalinización y Reutilización, y miembro también de asociaciones profesionales del sector del tratamiento del agua, tales como la International Desalination Association y ALADyR.
Ha sido autor de numerosos trabajos en revistas especializadas del tratamiento del agua, ponente en diversos congresos nacionales e internacionales, IDA, ALADYR, DESAL, IWA y AEDyR, profesor en el curso de Especialista en Desalinización y Reutilización del Agua de la Universidad de Alicante, autor de dos patentes, y ha sido galardonado con varios premios y distinciones como el recibido al mejor proyecto de innovación del año 2013 por la International Water Association.

Mechanical Industrial Engineer, specializing in industrial structures and facilities.

For 31 years he has developed his professional career in the field of engineering and construction of water treatment plants, with special dedication to desalination plants for seawater, brackish water and sewage reuse treatment.

Since 2006 he has been the Head of the Desalination and Reuse Department in the Engineering Department of AQUALIA. He coordinates and directs work teams on numerous national and international projects, participates in bids, detailed engineering, plant construction and collaborates with the company’s R&D department.

Previously, 11 years he was Project Manager of numerous water treatment plant projects in this same company.

Previously, I worked for 5 years as a project engineer in the area of electromechanical equipment at PROSER, an engineering company of the FCC group. He is a member of the Board of Directors of AEDyR and belongs to and participates in other associations such as ALADyR and IDA.

Ingeniero Técnico Industrial Mecánico, en la especialidad de estructuras e instalaciones industriales.

Durante 31 años ha desarrollado su carrera profesional en el sector de la ingeniería y construcción de plantas de tratamiento de agua, con especial dedicación a plantas desalinizadores de agua de mar, salobres y tratamientos terciarios en plantas depuradoras.

Desde 2006 desempeña la labor de Jefe del Departamento de Desalación y Reutilización en la Dirección de Ingeniería de AQUALIA. Coordina y dirige equipos de trabajo en numerosos proyectos nacionales e internacionales, participa en ofertas, ingenierías de detalle, construcción de plantas y colabora con la dirección de R&D de la compañía.

Anteriormente, durante 11 años fue Jefe de proyecto de numerosos proyectos de plantas de tratamiento de agua en esta misma empresa.

Anteriormente trabajó durante 5 años como ingeniero de proyectos en el área de equipamiento electromecánico en PROSER, empresa de ingeniería del grupo FCC. Es miembro del Consejo de Dirección de AEDyR y pertenece y participa en otras asociaciones como ALADyR e IDA.

Environmental Engineer specialized in the water sector for more than 20. Actually working in Danfoss as Value Chain Manager.

Ingeniera Medioambiental. Especializada en el sector del Agua. Value Chain Manager en Danfoss HPP

Industrial Technical Engineer from the Polytechnic of Seville, with 35 years of experience in the water treatment sector.

In 1988 he began his professional career at Degrèmont as part of the Department of Chemical Products and Modular Installations, as a sales technician.

From that moment until the year 2000 he developed his work within the Suez Lyonesse des Eaux group.

In these years his activity is linked to chemical water treatment in industrial and municipal plants, and modular facilities.

Since 2000, he has held the position of Area Director at Nalco Spain, where he is responsible for business in the Heavy Industry Europe Division, which encompasses the Chemical Industry, Primary Metals and Energy Production. Likewise, he is the Director of the permaCare © business line that offers solutions, such as technical chemical products, control equipment and associated specialized services, for water treatment facilities using reverse osmosis, nanofiltration and ultrafiltration membranes.

He has been a member of the AEDyR Board of Directors since 2008, where he has held different positions, participating in various commissions and working groups. He held the position of vice president during the 2014-2018 period and is currently a member of the Management Committee.

Ingeniero Técnico Industrial por la Politécnica de Sevilla, con 35 años de experiencia en el sector del tratamiento de agua.

En 1988 comienza su carrera profesional en Degrèmont formando parte del Departamento de Productos Químicos e Instalaciones Modulares, como técnico-comercial. En 1994 se incorpora a la División de Construcción como director regional para Andalucía.

Entre 1997 y 2000 desarrolla su actividad en las empresas Degrémont Química y Aquazur, pertenecientes al grupo Suez Lyonesse des Eaux.

En estos años su actividad está plenamente ligada a los tratamientos químicos de agua en plantas industriales y municipales, e instalaciones modulares.

Desde el año 2000, ocupa el cargo de director de Área en Nalco Española, donde es responsable de negocio en la Division Heavy Industry Europe, que engloba a la Industria Química, Metales Primarios y Producción de Energía. Así mismo, ocupa la Dirección de la línea de negocio permaCare© que ofrece soluciones, como productos químicos técnicos, equipos de control y servicios especializados asociados, para instalaciones de tratamiento de agua mediante membranas de ósmosis inversa, nanofiltración y ultrafiltración.

Forma parte del consejo de Dirección de AEDyR desde 2008, donde ha ocupado diferentes posiciones, participando en diversas comisiones y grupos de trabajo. Ocupó el puesto de vicepresidente durante el periodo 2014-2018 y actualmente es vocal en el Comité de Dirección.

PhD in Agricultural Engineering from the U. Politecnica de Valencia, he has more than 28 years of experience in Desalination, having participated in more than 40 projects both nationally and internationally. He has participated as a speaker and lecturer in multiple courses and seminars and has published more than 10 articles, with two national patents in the field of desalination.

Doctor Ingeniero Agrónomo por la U. Politecnica de Valencia, cuenta con mas de 28 años de experiencia en Desalacion, habiendo participado en mas de 40 proyectos tanto a nivel nacional como intenacional. Ha pariticpado como ponete y profesor en multiples cursos y seminarios y ha publicado mas de 10 articulos, contando con dos patentes nacionales en el campo de la desalacion.

Graduate in Chemical Sciences, specialising in industrial chemistry. She has worked since 1988 in Sociedad Española de Tratamiento de Agua (SETA) where she has held positions as process engineer, head of studies and R&D&I and where she has been General Manager for 20 years. She currently holds the position of General Manager of the company SETA PHT, resulting from the merger between SETA and PH TECHNOLOGY.

Her professional activity is focused on the development of new water treatment equipment, focused on minimising environmental impact and optimising existing equipment by incorporating the latest technologies. He has supervised the development of a large number of water purification projects in different countries, seawater desalination plants and wastewater reclamation stations. In addition, he has relevant experience in the application of membrane technology for specific industrial applications such as whey separation and concentration, juice clarification and ultrapure water generation. Member of the Board of Aedyr (Spanish Association of Desalination and Reuse) since 2008; currently holding the position of Vice-President.

Licenciada en Ciencias Químicas en la especialidad de industrial. Trabajó desde 1988 en Sociedad Española de Tratamiento de Agua (SETA) donde ha ocupado cargos de ingeniero de proceso, responsable de estudios e I+D+i y donde durante 20 años ha sido Directora General. Actualmente ostenta el cargo de Directora General de la empresa SETA PHT, resultante de la fusión entre SETA y PH TECHNOLOGY.

Su actividad profesional está centrada en el desarrollo de nuevos equipos de tratamiento de agua, enfocados a minimizar el impacto medioambiental y la optimización de los equipos existentes incorporando las últimas tecnologías. Ha supervisado el desarrollo de un gran número de proyectos de potabilización de agua en distintos países, plantas de desalación de agua de mar y estaciones de regeneración de aguas residuales. Además, tiene relevante experiencia en la aplicación de la tecnología de membranas para aplicaciones industriales específicas como separación y concentración de suero lácteo, clarificación de zumos y generación de agua ultrapura. Miembro del Consejo de Aedyr (Asociación Española de Desalación y Reutilización) desde el 2008; ocupando actualmente el cargo de Vicepresidenta.

Environmental Engineer by the University of Cantabria and Degree in Environmental Sciences by the University of Leon, with 16 years of experience in water treatment.

He started working as a project engineer at Acciona Agua, contributing to the design of numerous water treatment plants including: SWRO Adelaide (Australia), IDAM Copiapó (Chile), SWRO UHP (Qatar), PWTP Laguna Lake (Philippines), SWRO TKO (Hong Kong), SWRO Alkhobar 2 (Saudi Arabia).

In 2017, he became technical manager of desalination projects, and is currently Technical Leader in desalination and drinking water treatment, project manager and head of basic engineering. He has been a member of the AEDYR Board of Directors since 2020.

Ingeniero Ambiental por la Universidad de Cantabria y Licenciada en Ciencias Ambientales por la Universidad de Leon, con 16 de años de experiencia en tratamiento de aguas.

Empezó trabajando como ingeniero de proyectos en Acciona Agua, contribuyendo en el diseño de numerosas plantas de tratamiento de agua entre las que se encuentran: SWRO Adelaida (Australia), IDAM Copiapó (Chile), SWRO UHP (Catar), PWTP Laguna Lake (Filipinas), SWRO TKO (Hong Kong), SWRO Alkhobar 2 (Arabia Saudí).

En 2017 pasa a ser responsable técnico de proyectos de desalación, y en la actualidad es Technical Leader en desalación y potabilización, gerente de proyectos y responsable de área de ingeniería básica. Es miembro del consejo de dirección de AEDYR desde 2020.

Industrial engineer, hidraulic specialty, with more than 20 years experince in the water sector, in particular in desalination. Currently, technical director in Coben.

Ingeniero industrial, especialidad hidraulica, con más de 20 años de experiencia en el sector del agua, en particular en desalación. Actualmente director técnico en Coben.

Dr. Eloy García Calvo is Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Alcalá and researcher in IMDEA Water.

He has been part of the evaluation panel on the Environmental and Climate Programme in the 3FP and 4FP of the EU, and a member the Working Party on Biotechnology- Electronic Discussion Group of the OECD on the issue of safe drinking water.

He has acted as Director of the IMDEA Water Institute, Vice Chancellor for Research at UAH, and Manager of RTD Environmental Programme within the National RTD.

He has participated in 35 research projects at European, national and regional level. It is worth highlighting his leadership of a Consolider-Ingenio 2010, involving around 200 researchers from 24 research groups. As result he received the Prize of the International Water Association in the “Sustainability: Practical Implementation” category during the World Congress held in November 2010 in Montreal.

Additionally, he has registered 7 patents, published more than 130 scientific papers – mostly in the most relevant journals in the area – 12 book and book chapters, and directed 16 Ph.D.thesis.

Catedrático de Ingeniería Química en la universidad de Alcalá. Ha dirigido 35 proyectos de investigación europeos, nacionales y regionales. Entre otros resultados destacan 7 patentes y más 130 artículos científicos, también ha dirigido 16 tesis doctorales.

Ha formado parte diferentes paneles internacionales como el de evaluación del Programa de Medio Ambiente y Clima de la UE, del Panel de Expertos en Tecnología y Transferencia Tecnológica de la ONU y del Working Party on Biotechnology-Electronic Discussion Group de la OCDE en el tema de aguas potables seguras.

Ha sido director del Instituto IMDEA Agua, Vicerrector de Investigación de la Universidad de Alcalá, Gestor del Programa de I+ D en Medio Ambiente dentro del Plan Nacional de I +D.

También ha publicado artículos de opinión científica y medioambiental en diarios como El País, El Mundo, Cinco días o Expansión.

Ha recibido el Premio del Consejo Social de la Universidad de Alcalá a la transferencia del conocimiento y el Premio de la IWA en la categoría de “Sostenibilidad: realización práctica” recibido durante su congreso mundial en 2010 en Montreal.

Gerard Mèlich Serrano is currently working in Dupont Water Solutions as Technical Service Engineer.

He is based in the Global Water Technology Center in Tarragona (Spain) and currently providing service to customers in Spain, Portugal, France and Eastern Europe for Ultra Filtration, Reverse Osmosis, Ion Exchange Resins and Electrodeionization technologies. He is also EMEA Technical Focal point for Closed Circuit loop Reverse Osmosis.

He studied Chemical Engineering in Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona, Spain) and after 5 years in Fluor Plant Engineering, in 2011 he joined water business in Dow Chemical. During this time, he has worked in System Optimization Services (SOS) and he has also provided technical service to different regions such as North Africa, Turkey, Greece, Cyprus and Israel.

Gerard Mèlich Serrano está actualmente trabajando en Dupont Water Solutions como Ingeniero de tecnología e innovación.

Está ubicado en el Centro Global de la Tecnología en Tarragona (España) y da servicio a los clientes de España, Portugal, Francia y Europa del Este en las tecnologías de ultrafiltración, ósmosis inversa, resinas de intercambio iónico y electrodeionización. Es también el contacto técnico para la tecnología de ósmosis de circuito cerrado para EMEA.

Ha estudiado Ingeniería Química en la Universidad Rovira i Virgili de Tarragona (España) y después de 5 años en Fluor Plant Engineering, en 2011 se unió al negocio del agua de Dow Chemical. Durante este tiempo ha trabajado en el equipo de servicios de optimización de sistemas (SOS) y ha dado servicio técnico a diferentes regiones como norte de África, Turquía, Grecia, Chipre e Israel.

PhD in Chemical Sciences from the University of Murcia. Working for more than 20 years in the Water Sector.

Initial professional development as a technician in wastewater treatment and laboratory management, specialising in environmental legal requirements, managing calculations of carbon footprint, water footprint, working in management systems until today as Head of Innovation and Laboratory Management in Aguas de Murcia, coordinating more than 30 RDI projects, these being European, national and internal funding, managing the presence of the company in various research forums both nationally and internationally, presenting articles, papers and posters.

Doctora en Ciencias Químicas por la Universidad de Murcia. Trabajando desde hace más de 20 años en el Sector del Agua.

Desarrollo profesional inicial como técnico de depuración de aguas residuales y gestión de laboratorio, especializándose en requisitos legales ambientales, gestionando cálculos de huella de carbono, huella hídrica, trabajando en sistemas de gestión hasta día de hoy como Responsable de Innovación y Gestión de Laboratorios en Aguas de Murcia, coordinando más de 30 proyectos de IDi, siendo estos de financiación europea, nacional e interna, gestionando la presencia de la empresa en los distintos foros de investigación tanto nacionales como internacionales, presentando artículos, ponencias y pósters.

Ms. Lydia Sáez García is Head of the Innovation Promotion Area in the R&D Sub-Directorate of Canal de Isabel II with 20 years of experience in the company. She manages research and innovation projects related to the monitoring and quality of water, circular economy and digital transformation, and coordinates several Horizon Europe, LIFE and Industrial Doctorate projects.

She has a degree in Environmental Sciences, a Master’s in Integrated Quality Management, Environment and Occupational Risk Prevention, a Senior Technician in Occupational Risk Prevention and a Food Safety Technician. She has extensive experience of more than 15 years in the implementation of Management Systems and Audits and in the implementation of Water Sanitation Plans.

She has a high level of experience and knowledge of the environment and the circular economy, the processes within the management of the integral water cycle, the link between water and health, digital transformation, risk management planning, as well as in the design, development and coordination of new research and innovation projects.

Dña. Lydia Sáez García es Jefa del Área de Fomento de la Innovación en la Subdirección de I+D+i de Canal de Isabel II con 20 años de experiencia en la compañía. Gestiona proyectos de investigación e innovación relacionados con la monitorización y calidad del del Agua y la economía circular y la transformación digital, y coordina varios proyectos Horizon Europe, LIFE y Doctorados Industriales.

Es Licenciada en Ciencias Ambientales, Máster en Gestión Integrada de Calidad, Medio Ambiente y Prevención de Riesgos Laborales, Técnico Superior de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales y Técnico de Seguridad Alimentaria. Dispone de una amplia experiencia de más de 15 años en la implantación de Sistemas de Gestión y realización de Auditorías y en la implementación de Planes Sanitarios del Agua.

Dispone de un alto nivel de experiencia y conocimiento del medio ambiente y la economía circular, los procesos dentro de la gestión del ciclo integral del agua, el vínculo entre agua y salud, la transformación digital, la planificación de la gestión de riesgos, así como en el diseño, desarrollo y coordinación de nuevos proyectos de investigación e innovación.

Antonio Casañas González es ingeniero industrial en la especialidad de química, trabaja en Dow Chemical Ibérica desde 1989 y ahora en DuPont y es responsable del negocio DuPont Water Solutions para España y Portugal, encargándose de la comercialización de las membranas FilmTec™, las resinas de intercambio iónico AmberLite™ y los módulos de electrodesionización EDI de DuPont.

Ha realizado varios cursos de doctorado y de postgrado en membranas, tratamientos de aguas y medioambiente.

Ha participado activamente en el diseño de los grandes proyectos de desalación de DuPont a nivel global y ha prestado asistencia técnica, como especialista en membranas, en las principales desaladoras de nuestro país entre las que cabe citar Ceuta, El Atabal, La Tordera, Jávea, Lanzarote IV, Águilas, Torrevieja, así como en desaladoras internacionales como Mostaganem, Cap Djinet, Boujdour, Laayoune, Jorf Lasfar, entre otras.

Antonio Casañas González is an industrial engineer specialising in chemistry, has worked at Dow Chemical Ibérica since 1989 and now at DuPont and is responsible for the DuPont Water Solutions business for Spain and Portugal, in charge of marketing FilmTec™ membranes, AmberLite™ ion exchange resins and DuPont EDI electrodeionisation modules.

He has completed several PhD and postgraduate courses in membranes, water treatment and environment.

He has actively participated in the design of DuPont’s major desalination projects worldwide and has provided technical assistance, as a membrane specialist, in the main desalination plants in Spain, including Ceuta, El Atabal, La Tordera, Jávea, Lanzarote IV, Águilas, Torrevieja, as well as in international desalination plants such as Mostaganem, Cap Djinet, Boujdour, Laayoune, Jorf Lasfar, among others.

Fernando initiated his career as a desalination project manager at an AGBAR subsidiary in the Canary Islands, Spain.

Since early 2000´s founded INEXA company as a provider of specialized engineering services in desalination technology.

In 2006, INEXA carried out the first energy audit in the known “Las Palmas III” SWRO Desalination facility (80,000 m3/d). INEXA has been certified by Bureau Veritas as energy auditing specialist company for water infraestructure since 2018.

As well as Fernando has led numerous international projects as EPC contractor and consultancy with references in Middle East, Africa & Southamerica; stressing his activity in SWRO plant retrofitting and O&M consulting.

Francisco Javier Lorenzo is the Global Projects Bid Manager at Danfoss HPP. Danfoss is a privately held company that has grown into a world leader and provides equipment for the desalination sector.

He has over 10 years’ experience in power plants and desalination industry worldwide. He has held leading positions in companies like Elecnor and Aqualia, managing projects internationally, covering the full project lifecycle from development to construction and operation.

Degree in Chemistry from the Complutense University of Madrid.

Worked for Aqualia since 1999. During the first 9 years, he was in charge of the treatment works for the enlargement of the Burriana plant in Castellón, the Sabadell Riu Ripoll treatment plant in Barcelona, the Aveiro Norte treatment plant in Portugal, action II of the 100% plan of the Isabel II canal in the north of Madrid and the La Ranilla treatment plant in Seville.

Responsible for the construction of the Santa Eulalia desalination plant in Ibiza in 2007, with a capacity of 18,000 m3/day, the La Caleta desalination plant in Tenerife in 2009, with a capacity of 10,000 m3/day, and the Fonsalía desalination plant in Tenerife in 2010, with a capacity of 14,000 m3/day.

Plant manager of the La Caleta desalination plant from 2012 to 2015.

Responsible for the desalination department of the Canary Islands since 2015, the year of its creation, managing the operation of the Fonsalía and La Caleta desalination plants, as well as the refurbishment of the 30,000 m3/day EDAM of Lanzarote IV and the 18,000 m3/day EDAM of Janubio.

From May 2021, project manager for the refurbishment and commissioning of the Mar de Alborán WWTP with a capacity of 60,000 m3/day.

Christian Abelsson’s career in subsea technology spans over 13 years and includes a Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering with a focus on aerothermodynamics.

He has successfully managed subsea pump qualification projects where he has implemented innovative strategies to ensure robust and reliable subsea equipment that will operate in harsh conditions for many years without maintenance.

Christian’s expertise also extends to designing and architecting subsea processing systems, including pioneering subsea desalination technologies. As VP of Technology & Products at FSubsea, Christian is responsible for overseeing the company’s technology and product strategy, leading product development and managing day-to-day operations.

His passion for subsea desalination has led him to share his valuable insights at industry conferences.

Based in Sopelana (Bizkaia), Angel is, since January 2021, the sales manager of Energy Recovery Inc (ERII) for Europe and Israel.

Industrial technical engineer by the University of Deusto and professional experience in the desalination sector since 2015.

First professional years as a field engineer, dedicated to the supervision of the assembly, commissioning and maintenance of combined cycle power plants in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Subsequently, he worked for Fluytec Filtration Technologies as export manager for the Middle East, North Africa and India.

Lidia Roca received the academic degree in Electronic Engineering by the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Granada (2004), Master’s in Solar Energy by the University of Almería (2007) and the PhD. degree in the University of Almería (2009), granted by the Extraordinary Doctorate Award in Engineering.

Currently she belongs to the Solar Thermal Applications Unit at the Plataforma Solar de Almería – CIEMAT.

She has published 45 papers in scientific journals with impact index, 60 contributions to international conferences and 3 books. She has been involved in 20 national and international R&D projects.

Her scientific career is focused on modelling, control and optimization of systems powered by solar thermal energy, especially solar thermal desalination such as multi-effect distillation and membrane distillation. Her scientific interest is to make the solar thermal applications more competitive by applying appropriate control techniques and provide scientific culture to society.

Pablo Calleja Cayón (Cantabria(Spain), 1996) has a degree in Industrial Organization Engineering from the Universidad Europea del Atlántico (UNEAT). He studied a Master’s Degree in Renewable Energies at the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT) and is currently pursuing his PhD studies at the same institution (UPCT).

His thesis focuses on energy efficiency in desalination processes, more specifically in the one carried out by mechanical vapor compression and powered by solar photovoltaic energy. This thesis deals with topics such as brine management, circular economy and the incorporation of renewable energies in industrial processes with high energy demand, among other topics.

Marcos García López is a Spanish economist graduated from the University of Alicante.

After taking a degree in Economics, he completed the Master’s Degree in Applied Economics at the same university and started his research in the line “Water Resources and Sustainable Development”, which he has developed while studying in the PhD programme in Water and Sustainable Development at the Institute of Water and Environmental Sciences of the University of Alicante. He is currently finishing his thesis while continuing his research.

PhD with International Mention in Chemical Engineering at the University of Almería (UAL) in 2020, with the doctoral thesis titled “Evaluation of the use of vacuum in advanced pilot-scale membrane distillation (MD) modules powered by solar energy for the desalination of seawater and brines”.

Among the activities he performs are the start-up, operation, modelling, and energy optimization of different novel solar desalination systems based on MD for the regeneration of concentration gradients and material recovery. He has published 2 book chapters and 15 papers to date, 13 of them in SCI journals, and 67% of them in collaboration with international R&D centres. He has also taken part in 33 contributions to international conferences, 23 of them oral presentations, 4 keynote and 1 plenary.

He is currently a postdoctoral researcher “Juan de la Cierva” in the Department of Informatics at UAL, studying the optimization of the use of solar energy for powering thermal desalination systems at commercial scale based on MD.

He is the author with the second largest number of publications under the topics “vacuum air gap membrane distillation” and “pilot-scale membrane distillation” in Scopus so far.

Adriana Romero is a Chemical Engineer from the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) and has a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Spain).

She works at Cetaqua, Water Technology Center, in Barcelona, where she is Project Manager and Researcher in the Biofactory and Resource Recovery Area, in European and national public and private funded innovation projects.

Her main lines of research are focused on water reuse and brine valorization, recovery and valorization of phosphorus, nitrogen and other nutrients, as well as on removal and valorization of microplastics.

Co.Assistant Prof., Dept. of Water Engineering, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran Top student in Water Conveyance Structures Engineering, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran

2005, Ph.D., Water Conveyance Structures Engineering, University of Science and Research, Tehran, Iran,

2000, MSc, Water Conveyance Structures Engineering, University of Science and Research, Tehran, Iran.

1998, BSc, Water Conveyance Structures Engineering, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran.

Licenciado en Ciencias Químicas por la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

15 años de experiencia en tratamiento de aguas, actualmente como responsable técnico en Vivaqua Internacional.

He participado en numerosos proyectos relacionados con el tratamiento de aguas dando el soporte técnico necesario para llevarlos a cabo, aplicando entre otros la tecnología de membranas de ósmosis inversa, productos químicos, resinas de intercambio iónico, tubos de presión, filtración y recuperación de energía.

Degree in chemical sciences from the Autonomous University of Madrid.

15 years of experience in water treatment, currently as technical manager at Vivaqua International.

I have participated in many projects related to water treatment giving the necessary technical support to carry them out, applying among others the technology of reverse osmosis membranes, chemicals, ion exchange resins, pressure tubes, filtration and energy recovery.

Born in Sabadell, province of Barcelona, ​​I studied Chemical Sciences, specializing in Technical Chemistry, at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, ​​obtaining a degree in 1995. Later I did several postgraduate courses, highlighting: Treatment Plant Management in 1996 at the University of Barcelona , International Trade at the Polytechnic University of Barcelona and Marketing at the EUNCET in Terrassa.

At a professional level, I worked for 2 years in an Environmental consultancy before joining Chemipol in 1998. I was working in the national market for a period of 2 years as a commercial technician, going on to develop my duties in the international projection of the company through from 2000 to the present, both at a technical-commercial level as well as a purely technical one in customer assistance as well as in training sessions for distributors and product users.

Elisa Mazo is Research Technician at MARE, S.A. M.P., the public entity responsible of the environmental duties entrusted by the Government of Cantabria (Spain).

With an MSc in Environmental Engineering at Imperial College London, she has over 10 years international experience in (waste)water treatment, water quality monitoring, and assessment & implementation of innovative technologies.

As Research Technician, she is part of the coordinating team of LIFE-3E, a demonstrative project, co-founded by the European Union, aiming to promote treated wastewater reuse by integrating blue energy generation with the reclamation process.

Graduate in Chemical Sciences from the University of Valencia and Senior Technician in Occupational Risk Prevention, specialising in Occupational Safety.

Currently: Head of the Potabilisation Department of the FACSA Supply Area, with more than 25 years of experience and extensive training in the integral water cycle. Specialised in the management of services, projects and works, and above all in water treatment processes, especially by membranes.

In addition, he actively participates in the company’s R&D&I activity, promoting it and as the person responsible for or participating in different research projects.

Previously: Head of Water Services in different municipalities and Plant Manager of different water treatment facilities, almost all of them by reverse osmosis, including the Moncofa desalination plant.

Author of several technical articles published in national and international journals in the sector. He has also participated as a speaker in various technical forums, both national and international, and also as a teacher in various technical courses and conferences, as well as in masters and official postgraduate courses related to the water cycle

Carlos Andecochea Saiz has a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering (2012) at the University of Cantabria (ESP) where shortly after he also graduated in MSc in Chemical Engineering “Sustainable Production and Consumption” (2013).

He started doing research in 2012 in the Westfälische Hochschule (DEU) in Germany where he performed synthesis and analysis of polymers. Between 2014 and 2019, he lived in Belgium where he worked as a researcher in membrane separation processes at the KU Leuven (BEL). During this period, he focused mainly on the modification of ceramic membranes for separation of organic solvent-based mixtures (OSN).

Currently, he is working as a senior researcher in Leitat Technological Centre within the Environmental Technologies area, working both on the proposal and execution stages of national and international projects.

Guillermo Hijós has been working in Acciona Agua for over 19 years in key international desalination projects such as Beckton (UK), Tampa (USA), Fajardo (Puerto Rico), Tarragona (Spain) and Adelaide (Australia).

In 2016 he joined the team that designed, built and commissioned the 163MLD (RAF A3) and 560MLD (Umm Al Houl) SWRO plants in Qatar as the O&M Project Director.

Today he manages the Operation and Maintenance of ACCIONA’s Middle East and Oceania Desalination Plants.

Manager of BALTEN. Civil Engineer and Graduate in Business Administration and Management. With more than 20 years of experience in the water sector, she has developed her professional career as head of services in companies specialising in the management of the integral water cycle.

In AQUALIA, managing water treatment services in the Community of Madrid and the Levante area (Valencia and Murcia) and supply services in Tenerife; in TEIDAGUA, as head of water supply, sanitation and treatment services in the municipalities of La Laguna and Tacoronte.

In her last professional stage, she has joined the public administration, providing services as Technical Director and Manager of Gestión Insular de Aguas de Tenerife (GESTA, S.A), a company owned by Consejo Insular de Aguas de Tenerife and currently, as Manager of Balten.

Self-taught artificial intelligence programmer, owner of companies that promote social, humanitarian and environmental projects and also a music lover.

Currently CEO of Vols-Partners.

Sandro Hansen, sanitary and environmental engineer, with postgraduate degrees in business management and in desalination and reuse, also has several certifications in machine learning and artificial intelligence.

He has worked for over 20 years in water and wastewater treatment systems in large industrial and sanitation companies, and has also worked as a consultant in Latin America, Europe, and Africa. As an application specialist at SYNAUTA, a company specialized in process optimization with machine learning for water systems of the GRADIANT company, he contributes to the reduction of energy and chemical consumption in desalination plants around the world.

Graduated in mechanical engineering (2013-2018)

Msc organization engineering, project management (2021)

Project engineer for desalination projects since 2018

Nuria Saiz Serrano has developed her professional career in the coastal and port sector as a project manager, tender manager and port specialist.

As project manager, she carries out project management tasks, such as team coordination, contract management, planning, procurement management, economic monitoring of the project, and coordination with the client.

As a bid manager she prepares technical and financial proposals for public and private clients, both nationally and internationally.

As a port specialist, she has specialised in the design of various maritime structures: vertical and sloping docks, port terminals (general cargo, containers, bulk, oil & gas, ferries, cruise ships, fishing), beach regeneration, dredging, outfalls and submarine outfalls in desalination plants and coastal protection.

Its experience in the design of marine works of outfalls and submarine emissaries for desalination plants covers national and international scope, participating mainly in projects in Spain and the Middle East.

20 years in the water treatment and desalination sector.

I have been involved in the following recent projects:
Tseung Kwan O (TKO) Desalination Plant (Hong Kong)
Ras Abu Fontas A3 Desalination Plant
Fujairah F1 Extension Desalination Plant
Adelaide Desalination Plant (Australia)

Degree in chemical sciences, specialising in chemical engineering. He joined the R&D&I department of ADIQUIMICA in 2001. He is currently technical director and Product Manager of the line of chemical products for reverse osmosis and desalination.

He has been associate professor and researcher in the PhD in Industrial Engineering at the University of Girona. He has taken postgraduate courses in water treatment and membranes.

He has presented and published papers at the main desalination conferences (AEDyR, EDS and IWA) and in international journals.

Daniele Strongone is the Business Manager for the EMEIA & APAC regions at American Water Chemicals (AWC).

He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Napoli Federico II (Italy) and a Master’s Degree in Chemical and Bioprocesses Engineering from the Superior Technical School of Engineering at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain).

With experience in Europe, Africa, Middle East and Australia, he has worked in several areas of the water treatment industry such as chemicals, equipment, drinking water and wastewater project management, developing business and growing sales.

Industrial Engineer from Jaume I University

Postgraduate in Innovation in Business Management from the Valencian Institute of Technology. Executive MBA from EDEM.

He has been working for more than 11 years at FACSA, performing various functions within the Integral Water Cycle.

He currently holds the position of deputy to the Head of the Water Treatment department.

Johan Hutsebaut is Corporate Account Manager for Solenis in EMEA.

Johan studied Bio-Engineering with specialty in Chemistry at the University of Ghent (Belgium), MBA at the UCAM (Spain), and had different commercial and technical roles in leading international water treatment companies, focused on water treatment in heavy industry, power generation and air separation.

He joined Solenis in 2018, where he is now responsible for the business development in the industrial water market in EMEA.

Daniela graduated as a Chemical Engineer in Caracas and, in 2006, obtained an MBA from the EAE Business School in Barcelona, Spain.

She has been working in the water treatment sector since then, with a particular focus on reverse osmosis.

All those years of technical and sales experience have given her a huge knowledge and understanding of the sector meaning that she can offer the best solutions to customers by helping them to optimize the operation of desalination plants. Before joining the H2O Innovation team, Daniela has worked both in a company that manufactures chemical products for reverse osmosis as RO Product Manager and Export Manager, and in a distributor company of specialty products in Iberia as Industry Manager of Water Treatment.

Daniela now works for Genesys-PWT as a Regional Account Manager since 2019.

Dr. Nuria Pena gained her PhD in analytical chemistry from the Complutense University of Madrid researching water and food biosensors.

She has over twenty years experience in water treatment specialising in water analysis and, mainly, in the study of fouling identification and membranes damage (reversed osmosis, nanofiltration, ultrafiltration).

Nuria has published several papers both about analytical chemistry and water treatment.

Shun Shimura is a Senior Research Chemist at Toray Industries, Inc.

His research target is the innovative Integrated Membrane System (IMS) for promoting water reuse and recycling.

It is important to decrease biofouling of RO membrane for reduce energy consumption, water reclamation cost and environmental impact. In RO membrane biofouling, the key components of the conditioning layer that enhance bacterial attachment to RO membranes is clarified, and a novel UF membrane as pretreatment for RO membrane that removes them is developed, which will be presented in this conference.

Additionally, he specializes in membrane manufacturing technology and analysis of membrane structure and function. He has engaged in development of new membranes for water treatment, food, and bioprocessing for 10 years. In-situ observations of the phase separation process for membrane formation at a large synchrotron radiation facility revealed that the relationship between various process conditions and membrane structure, leading to the development of novel UF membranes that break the trade-off between fine separation and high water permeability, which were presented at the meeting of the North American Membrane Society (NAMS) and International Congress on Membranes & Membrane Processes (ICOM) in 2020.

Alvaro Lagartos is a Chemical Engineer with 15 years of experience in the water industry and desalination.

He has developed different roles in the industry from project engineer, process engineer, project manager, or technical service engineer in Europe, USA, LATAM, and Australia.

Since 2017 he is working for LG NanoH2O as Senior Application Engineer. In March 2023 was promoted to Senior Technical Marketing Manager.

Eloy Pita is M. Sc. Civil Engineer and CEO of INCREA. He graduated in Madrid (Spain) in Politechnical University of Madrid with honors. He studied 3rd course of Civil Engineer University in Paris, France (Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées).

He is one of the main specialists in marine pipes design with more 30 years of experience.

He started working in the construction company Dragados, as the Technical Manager of the Marine Works division. Then he worked for two Consulting Companies, specializing in Marine Projects.

In 2006 he created his own Company where he is dealing with complex projects related to water intakes, sealines, and outfalls all around the world, especially for desalination plants.

Ingeniero Industrial, máster en Eficiencia Energética y Sostenibilidad y Doctorado en Tecnologías Industriales por la Universidad Jaume I.

Actualmente trabajando como Técnico I+D+i en FACSA y responsable técnico en HYDRENS y profesor asociado en el departamento de mecánica y construcción de la Universidad Jaume I.

Industrial Engineer and a master’s degree in Energy Efficiency and Sustainability from the Jaume I University (UJI).

Currently working as R&D technician at FACSA and Chief Technical Officer in HYDRENS.

PhD in Industrial Technologies and adjunt professor in the Mechanical Engineering and Construction Department in Jaume I University.

Ignacio Martin Garcia joined NX Filtration as Application Engineer in 2022 and holds a degree in Chemical Engineering form the University of Valencia as well a pHD from the centre for Water Sciences at Cranfield University in UK.

Over the last 15 years Ignacio has been carrying out both academic and industrial research and development projects mainly with membrane technologies for drinking water as well as for the treatment and reuse of municipal and industrial effluents.

Antonio Giménez Lorang is project manager in the Innovation and Technology Department of FCC Aqualia, a leading Spanish company in the management of the water cycle.

He is currently involved in the H2020 Ultimate and the LIFE INFUSION projects. He is an Agricultural Engineer from the University of Lleida since 2005.

Since his professional beginnings, he has focused his career on innovative treatments in sectors such as water purification, sanitation and wastewater regeneration, sludge and biowaste treatment in general, renewable gases production, such as biogas, hydrogen and biomethane.

He has acquired experience in the entire development of the technological cycle, from process design, through detailed engineering, to installation and operation, including the interpretation of results and the publication of scientific-technical articles.

Isabel Requena has studied a degree on Industrial Chemical Engieneering at the University of Almería, Spain (2016) and a Master´s Degree of Chemical Engieneering (2018).

At the moment, she is a PhD student at CIEMAT-Plataforma Solar de Almería, and studies membrane distillation desalination for the concentration of brines, under the direction of Dr. Guillermo Zaragoza and Dr. Juan Antonio Andrés Mañas, both from CIEMAT-PSA.

My name is Alexis López Borrell, I was born in September 1996 in the locality of Alcoy. I am a Chemical Engineer and as a result of my academic development my current motivation has arisen, working in research linked to the environment with waste management and the treatment of complex effluents.

She holds a degree in Civil Engineering from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, as well as a degree in Civil Engineering from the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris and trained in strategic management and finance for executives at the IESE and ESADE business schools.

In her 22 years of professional career, she has had very diverse and transversal international experiences as a manager, which have enabled her to adapt quickly to management, team leadership and business development in very different sectors.

She currently holds the position of Director of Europe & LATAM for DBO INTERNATIONAL, a Canadian wastewater treatment company with more than 20 years of experience;

Her professional career has taken place in sectors as diverse as port engineering, large infrastructure engineering, specialised geotechnical engineering, and financial and feasibility analysis of hospitality investment projects. Recently, after what could be considered a love affair and motivated by her interest in environmental protection, she has embarked on a new project in water cycle engineering. This project, focused on a new and innovative method of wastewater treatment, has a strong impact on the sustainability of the water cycle in towns, as well as on the economic development of communities.

Always wanting to do her bit, she has presented and participated in each of the sectors in which she has worked through technical conferences and events, published technical articles in specialised magazines as well as participating in associations in each sector, currently forming part of the Sustainability Working Group of the Sustainability and Environment Forum of EJE&CON (association of female executives and board members).

Ingeniera de Caminos, Canales y Puertos por la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, así como Ingenièure des Ponts et Chaussées, por la Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chausseés de París y formada en dirección estratégica y finanzas para directivos en las Escuelas de negocio IESE y ESADE.

En sus 22 años de carrera profesional ha vivido experiencias internacionales muy diversas y transversales como directiva, que le han permitido adaptarse rápidamente a la gestión, dirección de equipos y desarrollo de negocio en sectores muy distintos.

Actualmente, ejerce el puesto de directora de Europa & LATAM de DBO INTERNATIONAL, empresa canadiense de tratamiento de aguas residuales con más de 20 años de experiencia;

Su trayectoria profesional ha tenido lugar en sectores tan diferentes como la ingeniería portuaria, la ingeniería de grandes infraestructuras, la ingeniería geotécnica especializada, y el análisis financiero y de viabilidad de proyectos de inversión en hospitality . Recientemente, tras lo que podría considerarse un flechazo y motivada por su interés en la protección medioambiental, se ha embarcado en un nuevo proyecto de ingeniería del ciclo de agua. Este proyecto, enfocado en un nuevo e innovador método de depuración de aguas residuales, tiene un fuerte impacto en la sostenibilidad del ciclo del agua en poblaciones, así como en el desarrollo económico de las comunidades.

Siempre queriendo aportar su granito de arena, ha expuesto y participado en cada uno de los sectores en los que ha trabajado a través de jornadas técnicas y eventos, publicado artículos técnicos en revistas especializadas así como participado en asociaciones de cada sector, formando parte actualmente del Grupo de trabajo de sostenibilidad del Foro de Sostenibilidad y Medioambiente de EJE&CON (asociación de Ejecutivas y consejeras).

PhD in Industrial Engineering with 25 years of experience in the public and private water treatment sector.

Master’s Degree and part-time Associate University Lecturer.

Graduate in Marine Sciences and specialised in environmental engineering.

Since the beginning of his professional career he has been linked to engineering to provide solutions to water-related problems, giving way to his specialisation in engineering work on water treatment and environmental solutions.

Since he joined Bioazul he has developed, designed, implemented and optimised different wastewater treatment systems (urban and industrial) at international level, always with the aim of reusing reclaimed water in both processes and agricultural applications.

He is currently a PhD student at the University of Seville, developing his thesis work in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, within the Natural Resources and Environment programme.

PhD from the University of Seville. Natural Resources and Environment (Environmental Chemical Engineering). Graduate in Environmental Sciences from the Pablo de Olavide University. Master’s Degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Seville. Master’s Degree in Industrial Safety and Occupational Risk Prevention with the three specialities.

Researcher of difficult to treat waste in Digestion and Anerobic Codigestion in the TAR Group.

Chemical Engineer from the University of Alicante. Since 2011 she has been working in the Innovation and Strategic Projects Department of Sacyr Agua, where she has participated in several national and international research projects.

Her main lines of research include the development and optimisation of new purification technologies, desalination for agriculture, recycling of discarded reverse osmosis membranes and energy generation through the saline gradient.

She is currently Head of Innovation at Sacyr Agua.

PhD in Chemical Engineering from the Higher Technical College of Civil Engineers, Polytechnic University of Madrid.

Belén has over 18 years’ experience in water treatment, participating in bidding, construction and start-up desalination projects worldwide.

Currently, Head of Desalination Area in R & D Department in GS Inima.

She has written several publications, receiving the award for Best Poster Presentation at the 2007 IDA World Congress, Best Presentation of Desalination at AEDYR International Congress in 2012, 2014 and 2016. Project Manager of the project “Energy Recovery from Brine by Forward Osmosis” awarded with the Global Honor Awardee in the 2013 Project Innovation Awards granted by IWA.

Member of : IDA (International Desalination Association),AEDYR (Spanish Association of Desalination and Water Reuse), ACADES (Chilean Desalination Association) Technical Committee and Thesis Committees.

Industrial Engineer, Politechnic University of Madrid. Master Sciene on Water Pollution Control Technology by Cranfield University (England).

Long experience on water market since 2007 working at Xylem with many different water treatment technologies for wastewater and potable water.

Currently position on Xylem as Director of Technial Department at Iberia region

María del Mar Micó holds a doctoral degree by the Universitat de Barcelona and a posrgraduate on Innovation Management by the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya.

Working for the Water Bussiness of ACCIONA since 2012, and with 15 years experience on research and development on the water treatment field, nowadays is Head of Wastewater Treatment and Resources Recovery, at the Innovation Department of the named company.

Graduate in Biotechnology from the Miguel Hernández University. Finishing her PhD studies in Industrial Technologies at the UPCT in wastewater decontamination practices.

She has been working for 6 years in the Environment Area of the CTNC as an R&D technician in project management at national and European level.

She has participated in several conferences on food technologies and reuse of reclaimed water and is the author of several scientific publications related to removing pollutants of emerging concern in treated water.

Pharmacy degree (University of Barcelona), PhD Pharmacology (Autonomous University of Barcelona).

30 years of experience in the drinking water sector, where he has held various positions such as Head of Laboratory or EDR Plant Manager.

He is currently Head of R&D&i and Process Control and leader of the Safety Team for the ISO22000 standard.

He has participated in numerous conferences and congresses and has published more than 50 technical articles.

Leonardo Courtade is Managing Director and Founding Partner of ZEOMEX, a manufacturing partner of KEIKEN in the production of ZEOLITE FOR DESALINATION and a leading company in Latin America in the development and commercialisation of Zeolite-based filter media.

With more than 17 years of experience in the water treatment industry, and especially in the filtration sector with Zeolite-based filter media, Leonardo has been responsible for coordinating the research and development of the filter media and its application in different sectors, from desalination to drinking water treatment, as well as tertiary water treatment.

He has also participated in the design and application of zeolite filters in projects as important as the largest desalination plant in Mexico, installed by the Aqualia Company in 2021, and many other projects of different magnitudes.

Leonardo Courtade is currently one of the leading international experts in the use of zeolite in the DESALINATION of seawater for human consumption.

Degree in Marine Sciences from the ULPGC and Environmental Engineering from the UC, Executive MBA from the School of Industrial Organisation.

She has developed her entire professional career around the world of water within the company ACCIONA, from the Operation and Maintenance of wastewater treatment plants, to innovation in water treatment processes and currently leads the Digital transformation in the water sector in ACCIONA.

Author of 2 books, two innovation awards, as well as several technical articles and communications for congresses in the water sector.

Collaborating lecturer, MIGMA (Master’s Degree in Environmental Engineering and Management) of the EOI and the Master’s Degree in Water Treatment of the College of Chemists of the University of Oviedo.

I am a Naval and Oceanic Engineer and I am currently a PhD student at the University of Alicante, specialising in Water and Sustainable Development.

I have been a civil servant since 2004 and worked as a Sub-Inspector of Maritime Safety until 2012 and from that year I took up my current position in Mancomunidad de los Canales del Taibilla, which is an Autonomous Body under the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge.

The tasks currently carried out are related to monitoring the operation of the Agency’s desalination plants, as well as those related to the safety of the dams and reservoirs that are managed and whose purpose in both cases is the supply of drinking water in the geographical area of this Agency.

Olga Ferrer works in Acciona innovation department from the water business, as Desalination and New technologies Area Manager.

She undertook chemical and industrial engineering as well as her PhD studies in the Polytechnical Catalan University (Barcelona) and an MSc in Cranfield University.

Her research interests are seawater desalination, drinking water production and wastewater reclamation and reuse by advanced means, especially by membrane-based processes.

Dr Guillermo Zaragoza is a senior researcher in CIEMAT (Centre for Energy, Environment and Technology Research), currently head of the Solar Thermal Applications R&D unit of Plataforma Solar de Almería, Spain.

His main research is focused on the application of solar energy to desalination, both for small-scale decentralized applications (in particular working with solar-powered membrane distillation at pilot scale) and the coupling of desalination with concentrated solar power production.

Guillermo Zaragoza has a PhD in Physics (University of Granada, 1996), has held academic positions at the University of Oxford (1997-1998) and the Spanish Research Council (1999-2000), and at the greenhouse research facility of Cajamar Foundation (2001-2008).

He has a long academic record (>100 papers, 5 books and 11 book chapters) and extensive experience in international R&D projects (>40), teaches in a master course on Solar Energy at the University of Almería and in international courses on Solar Desalination organized by the European Desalination Society, of which he has been board director. He is ambassador of the Water Europe platform and leader of the Working Group on Renewable Energy Desalination.

Chemical Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Barcelona, with a postgraduate degree in water reuse and desalination projects, also from the UPC.

Her professional career has been developed in the wastewater treatment field, where she has worked as head of WWTP, support operations, and preparation of tenders for public administration, always in the technical area.

She is currently part of the R&D&I team at GS INIMA, participating in the development of innovative projects related to the integral water cycle.

Agronomist graduated from the Department of Phytotechnics at the Autonomous University of Chapingo, generation 1990; Master in Regional Development from El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, generation 2004-2006 in Mexico and PhD in Agrarian, Food, Forestry and Rural Development Engineering from the University of Cordoba, Spain.

He has developed his experience in the Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, from 1997 to date as a professor-researcher, participating in four substantive functions which are teaching, research, service and dissemination of culture; in the latter he has written several scientific articles on efficient use of irrigation water in various irrigation districts located in different regions of Mexico.

He participates in the development of several projects and technological developments with various institutions in the agricultural sector in Mexico.

He recently participated in the development of a web platform called “Sistema de Información Sobre el Uso del Agua de Riego en la Agricultura Nacional” (SISUAR). He currently holds the distinction of National Researcher Level I (2023-2027) by the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACyT).

Associate Professor at the Polytechnic University of Cartagena. Doctor Agronomist Engineer expert in the management of water resources for agriculture. My most relevant lines of research are:

management of irrigation ponds, and the modeling of evaporation/condensation processes on highly emissive surfaces such as sheets free of water.

Agro-physiological evaluation of crops (water needs, deficit irrigation strategies, use of reclaimed water, water relations, resistance mechanisms to environmental stresses, plant nutrition,…). Development of new agronomic techniques related to improving the quality of crops and increasing efficiency in the use of water in drought conditions (use of reclaimed and desalinated water in agriculture).

Analysis of energy and greenhouse gas emissions associated with agricultural systems.

To date, I have published 55 scientific articles and participated in many national and international conferences. He collaborated and directed several projects at a regional, national, business and European level.

Industrial Engineer. Doctor-Researcher at the Higher Technical School of Industrial Madrid Engineers.

Member of the Environmental Commission in Official Industrial Engineers Institution of Madrid. User and irrigator of an agricultural plot in the Comarca Vinalopó belonging to the Autonomous
Community of Valencia,, in the Spanish Levant.

Industrial Engineer with over 10 years of experience in the water treatment sector, with extensive expertise in drinking water, desalination, wastewater treatment, and reuse technologies. Pablo regularly participates as a trainer at the School of Engineering and Architecture (EADIC) and on digital platforms such as WALEBUBLÉ, the scientific community for water, and AGUASRESIDUALES.INFO, an information, training, and knowledge platform for the water treatment sector.

Previously, he developed his career as a Water Treatment Project Engineer at EcoHidro, designing water treatment solutions that optimize the use of resources. He also worked as Plant Manager of Wastewater Treatment Plants at Cosentino, in Almería, and as an External Auditor of the Escombreras Desalination Plant with the Official College of Industrial Engineers of the Region of Murcia (COIIRM).

Currently, he works as a Water Project Consultant in Spain and Persian Gulf for AZUD, a leading company in water treatment and solutions for the industrial, municipal, and humanitarian sectors.

Technical Engineer in Industrial Chemistry; she has been working, since 2006, in the R&D Department of Cadagua, belonging to Ferrovial group. With proven experience in Research and Innovation projects in line with the department’s strategic pillars, such as Digital Transformation, Circular Economy, Technology Development and Energy Efficiency.

Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural Engineering by University of Lleida and Agricultural Engineer (Msc) by Polytechnic University of Madrid.

She has been working in the treatment of water and organic waste for 30 years. Her experience is mainly focused on the biological treatment of wastewater and reuse, desalination, water purification and also the treatment of discharges and waste, especially in anaerobic digestion and co-digestion.

She has worked in the Sacyr group since 2006, where she currently holds the position of Manager of Processes and Technical Support and Wastewater head within the Technical Area of Sacyr Agua. She has held different responsibilities over the last 16 years, from project technician, head of the R + D + i area, having participated and coordinated more than ten research projects.

She has more than 40 publications in scientific and technical journals, congresses, and book chapters, and participates in teaching two master’s degrees.

Project Director of the Department of Innovation and Technology of Aqualia in Seville.

Enrique is an Industrial Engineer from the University of Seville (1990).

He has more than 25 years of experience as Technical Manager in Wastewater Engineering and R&D in different companies.

He has participated as a speaker in numerous conferences, courses and seminars on water and wastewater treatment; as well as on the design, installation, start-up and operation of wastewater plants and plants for the production of biomass and algae cultivation. It has 4 patents.

José Antonio Moraleda is a Civil Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Madrid and BIM Manager in Civil Engineering – Infrastructures and GIS from the ZIGURAT Technological Institute. In relation to his professional career, he has more than 5 years of experience in the integral water cycle sector, linked to the development and management of projects in the R&D&I Sub-Directorate of Canal de Isabel II.

He is a member of the BIM Working Group of the company and actively participates in the Strategic Action 9.3.1. of Canal de Isabel II, focused on the definition of a Digital Transformation Indicator in companies of the water sector.

Additionally, he is a member of the Young Water Professional of the IWA and is participating in the BIM and Digital Transformation subgroups of AEAS where, in addition, in the latter, he leads the thematic area of the Technological Observatory.

Lyvia is a chemical engineer, Master in sustainable management and water technologies and Ph.D. in water and sustainable development from the University of Alicante. She is a specialist in desalination and water reuse.

She is currently working as a researcher in the R&D department of Aqualia.

She is mainly focused on membranes technologies for water pre-treatment, desalination and reuse.

Oriol Carbó (Barcelona, 1994) is a Chemical Engineer (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2017) and MSc in Biological and Environmental Engineering (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2019).

During his MSc studies he studied on the advantages of the High Rate Activated Sludge Technology over the conventional Activated Sludge System.

He is currently running a High Rate Activated Sludge and AGS pilot plant while doing his industrial PhD thesis in the company GS-Inima Environment in colaboration with the Univeristy of Girona (LEQUIA research group).

His corrent interests are: High Rate Activated Sludge, Aerobic Granular Sludge, Biofilm Modelling, Biogas Production.

Eugenio Marín has a degree in Environmental Sciences, a Master’s in Research and Advances in Microbiology and a PhD in Water Technologies from the University of Granada.

After a brief research stay at Rey Juan Carlos University, in 2019 he began his research activity in the eco-efficiency area of ​​the Innovation and Technology department of Aqualia, where he actively participates as technical manager of the H2020 BBI DEEP PURPLE project. In addition, he is running the H2020 BBI B-FERST project, where he investigates the production of struvite from WWTP rejects.

He also coordinates the CDTI ECLOSION project activities at the Guadalete WWTP (Jerez de la Frontera), where green hydrogen is obtained from reclaimed water. His research activity has led him to participate in numerous conferences and scientific articles.

Eduard Muñoz es licenciado en Ingeniería Química por la Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya (UPC) y desarrolla su actividad profesional en el sector del agua desde 2016.

Forma parte del Área de Tratamiento de Aguas Residuales y Recuperación de Recursos del Departamento de Innovación de Acciona desde 2020, donde desempela funciones de gestión de proyectos de innovación, y de apoyo a negocio mediante modelización y simulación de procesos.

Eduard Muñoz Craviotto has a degree in Chemical Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) and has been working in the water sector since 2016.

He is part of the Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery Area of the Innovation Department at Acciona since 2020, where he performs project management functions for innovation and business support tasks through process modeling and simulation.

Industrial Engineer in Energy Techniques at the UPV, MSc Executive Master in Management at ESADE and doctoral candidate in Electrochemistry at the UA.

After spending time at Ingeniería Alicantina S.A., he joined Aguas de Valencia-Global Omnium in 1994, with 29 years of professional experience in the area of ​​potable water operations and desalination management, he has extensive experience in managing and coordinating complex projects both national and international level.

Responsible for several R+D+i and CPP projects in desalination. Manager of several joint ventures for the management of the water cycle with the administration: Morella, Sagunto, Gandía.

Javier Arrieta is a Bachelor of Biological Sciences and a Master in Environmental Engineering from Newcastle University. He began his professional career as a researcher at the Gaiker Technological Center, from where he moved to the company Cadagua belonging to Ferrovial group, where throughout his 27-year career he has been assuming positions of greater responsibility including the Engineering Direction.

Currently he is the head of the R&D Department and leads with his team numerous research and innovation projects in line wieht the strategic pillars of his department; Digital Transformation, Circular Economy, Technology Development, Energy Efficiency and Emerging Contaminants.

He is an active member of well-known organizations such as AEAS, AEDYR or IDA and has published numerous articles and given presentations at various national and international conferences.

Today he will talk to us about a project related to the innovative use of technology to control the growth of macrofouling in seawater intakes. A very common problem in desalination plants with open intakes.

Elena Zuriaga, holds a PhD in Engineering and Industrial Production from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV). She is a Chemical Engineer with Master’s Degree in Environmental and Industrial Safety from the same University. She did a placement in Cranfield University to complete her PhD training.
Currently, she works as R&D Technical Manager at FACSA, leading the coordination of national and European projects and she is Associate Lecturer in UPV. Previously, she has worked as a researcher at the Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering (IIAMA) and the Institute of Industrial Safety and Environment (ISIRYM), both from UPV, where she has collaborated in several research projects.

PhD in chemical engineering from the Technical University of Berlin. She did her PhD on fouling of membrane bioreactors while working at the Berlin Water Competence Centre. Subsequently, he worked for 12 years in the R&D&I department of Acciona, where he was responsible for the area of purification and reuse. Since 2022 he has been working as Project Manager in the Innovation Department at Sorigué.

Doctora en ingeniería química por la Universidad Técnica de Berlín. Realizó su doctorado sobre ensuciamiento de biorreactores de membrana mientras trabajaba en el Centro de Competencia de Agua de Berlín. Posteriormente estuvo trabajando 12 años en el Departamento de I+D+i de Acciona, donde fue responsable de área de depuración y reutilización. Desde 2022 trabaja como Project Manager en el Departamento de Innovación en Sorigué.

Mining engineer with energy resources orientation from Basque country University, Spain. Juan has 10+ years in project engineering, design and commisioning of desalination plants in Chile for different applications. He works at FEDCO as Regional Sales Manager LATAM where he promotes the Biturbo and UHP energy recovery devices for ZLD and brine mining applications.

Ingeniero de Minas, especialidad recursos energéticos en la Universidad del País Vasco. Juan posee más de 10 años de experiencia en ingeniería de proyectos, diseño y comisionamiento de plantas de desalación para diferentes aplicaciones. Actualmente trabaja en FEDCO como Gerente de Ventas LATAM, promocionando el BiTurbo y los recuperadores de energía de ultra alta presión para aplicaciones ZLD y brine mining.

I am a Chemical Engineer with a passion for SMET, specifically water purification. I am currently working as Lead R&D Engineer at DuPont Water Solutions. With over 10 years of experience in Ultrafiltration, Reverse Osmosis, and Ion Exchange Resins. I have also developed a strong commitment to EH&S through my career. I enjoy working in challenging and dynamic environments and contributing to team achievements. I believe that diversity and inclusion are key to an organization’s success.

Soy un Ingeniero Químico con pasión por la SMET y en específacemnte en el campo de la purificación de agua. Actualmente trabajo como Lead R&D Engineer en DuPont Water Solutions. Cuento con más de 10 años de experiencia en Ultrafiltración, Ósmosis Inversa y Resinas de Intercambio Iónico. También he desarrollado un fuerte compromiso en temas de EH&S durante mi carrera. Disfruto trabajando en entornos desafiantes y dinámicos y contribuyendo a los logros de mi equipo. Creo que la diversidad y la inclusión son clave para el éxito de una organización.

Fernando inició su carrera como director de proyectos de desalación en una filial de AGBAR en las Islas Canarias, España.

Desde principios de los 2000 fundó la empresa INEXA como proveedor de servicios de ingeniería especializados en tecnología de desalación. En 2006, INEXA llevó a cabo la primera auditoría energética en la conocida planta desaladora de agua de mar “Las Palmas III” (80.000 m3/d).

INEXA está certificada por Bureau Veritas (ISO9001:2015) como empresa especializada en auditorías energéticas de plantas de tratamiento de agua y desalación desde 2018. Además, Fernando ha liderado numerosos proyectos internacionales como contratista EPC y consultoría con referencias en Oriente Medio, África y Sudamérica; destacando su actividad en retrofitting de plantas SWRO y consultoría O&M.

INEXA también ha aplicado tecnología innovadora en la adquisición de datos, como la metodología termodinámica para la medición del rendimiento de bombas a altas presiones.

Fernando también ha realizado estudios de viabilidad en proyectos de desalación optimizando CAPEX-OPEX; minimizando el coste total del agua producto.

Francisco Javier Lorenzo es el Director de Licitaciones de Proyectos Globales de Danfoss HPP. Danfoss es una empresa privada que se ha convertido en líder mundial y suministra equipos para el sector de la desalación.

Cuenta con más de 10 años de experiencia en centrales eléctricas y en el sector de la desalación en todo el mundo. Ha ocupado puestos directivos en empresas como Elecnor y Aqualia, gestionando proyectos a escala internacional, abarcando el ciclo de vida completo del proyecto, desde el desarrollo hasta la construcción y la explotación.

Licenciado en químicas por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Trabajador de Aqualia desde el año 1999. Los primeros 9 años llevando las obras de depuración de la Ampliación de la planta de Burriana en Castellón, Depuradora de Sabadell Riu Ripoll en Barcelona, depuradora de Aveiro Norte en Portugal, actuación II del plan 100% del canal de Isabel II en el norte de Madrid y de la depuradora de La Ranilla en Sevilla.

Responsable de construcción de la desaladora de Santa Eulalia, en Ibiza, en el año 2007, de capacidad 18.000 m3/día, de la desaladora de La Caleta, en Tenerife, en el año 2009, de 10.000 m3/día y de la desaladora de Fonsalía, en Tenerife, en 2010, de 14.000 m3/día.

Jefe de planta de la desaladora de La Caleta del 2012 al 2015.

Responsable del departamento de desalación de Canarias, desde el año 2015, año de su creación, llevando la explotación de la desaladora de Fonsalía y de la Caleta, así como la remodelación de la EDAM de Lanzarote IV de 30.000 m3/día y de Janubio de 18.000 m3/día.

Desde mayo de 2021, director del proyecto de rehabilitación y puesta en servicio de la EDAM Mar de Alborán de capacidad 60.000 m3/día.

La carrera de Christian Abelsson en tecnología submarina abarca más de 13 años e incluye un máster en Ingeniería Aeroespacial con especialización en aerotermodinámica.

Ha dirigido con éxito proyectos de cualificación de bombas submarinas en los que ha aplicado estrategias innovadoras para garantizar equipos submarinos robustos y fiables que funcionen en condiciones duras durante muchos años sin mantenimiento. La experiencia de Christian también se extiende al diseño y la arquitectura de sistemas de procesamiento submarinos, incluidas tecnologías pioneras de desalinización submarina.

Como Vicepresidente de Tecnología y Productos de FSubsea, Christian es responsable de supervisar la estrategia tecnológica y de productos de la empresa, dirigir el desarrollo de productos y gestionar las operaciones cotidianas.

Su pasión por la desalinización submarina le ha llevado a compartir sus valiosos conocimientos en conferencias del sector.

Basado en Sopelana (Bizkaia), Angel es, desde Enero del 2021, el gerente de ventas de Energy Recovery Inc (ERII) para Europa e Israel.

Ingeniero técnico industrial por la Universidad de Deusto y experiencia profesional en el sector de la desalación desde el año 2015.

Primeros años profesionales como ingeniero de campo, dedicado a la surpervision del montaje, puesta en marcha y mantenimiento en centrales electricas de Ciclo combinado en Europa, Africa y Oriente medio. Posteriormente, trabajó para Fluytec Filtration Technologies como jefe de exportación para Oriente Medio, Norte de Africa y la India.

Lidia Roca es Ingeniera Electrónica por la Facultad de Ciencias de la Universidad de Granada (2004), Máster en Energía Solar por la Universidad de Almería (2007) y Doctora por la Universidad de Almería (2009) obteniendo el Premio Extraordinario de Doctorado en Ingeniería.

Actualmente pertenece a la Unidad de Aplicaciones Solares Térmicas de la Plataforma Solar de Almería – CIEMAT.

Ha publicado 45 artículos en revistas científicas con índice de impacto, 60 contribuciones a congresos internacionales y 3 libros.

Ha participado en 20 proyectos de I+D nacionales e internacionales.

Su carrera científica se centra en el modelado, control y optimización de sistemas alimentados por energía solar térmica, especialmente la desalación solar térmica, como la destilación multiefecto y la destilación por membranas.

Su interés científico es hacer más competitivas las aplicaciones termosolares mediante la aplicación de técnicas de control adecuadas y aportar cultura científica a la sociedad.

Pablo Calleja Cayón (Cantabria, 1996) es graduado en Ingeniería de Organización Industrial por la Universidad Europea del Atlántico (UNEAT). Estudió un Máster en Energías Renovables por la Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT) y, actualmente, realiza en esta misma institución sus estudios de doctorado.

Su tesis se centra en buscar la eficiencia energética en procesos de desalinización, más concretamente en la realizada mediante compresión mecánica de vapor alimentada por energía solar fotovoltaica. En esta tesis se tratan temas como la gestión de salmueras, la economía circular y la incorporación de energías renovables en procesos industriales con alta demanda energética, entre otros topics.

Marcos García López es un economista español graduado por la Universidad de Alicante.

Tras cursar el grado en Economía, realizó el Máster en Economía Aplicada de la misma universidad y se inició en la investigación en la línea “Recursos Hídricos y Desarrollo Sostenible”, que ha desarrollado mientras cursa el programa de Doctorado en Agua y Desarrollo Sostenible del Instituto del Agua y de las Ciencias Ambientales de la Universidad de Alicante.

Actualmente está finalizando su tesis mientras continúa investigando.

Licenciado en Ciencias del Mar y especializado en ingenierías medioambientales.

Desde el comienzo de su trayectoria profesional ha estado ligado a la ingeniería para proveer solución a problemas relacionados con el agua, dando paso a su especialización en trabajos de ingeniería sobre tratamiento de aguas y soluciones medioambientales.

Desde que se incorporó a Bioazul ha desarrollado, diseñado, implementado y optimizado distintos sistemas de tratamiento de agua residuales (urbanas e industriales) a nivel internacional, siempre con el objetivo de la reutilización del agua regenerada tanto en procesos como en aplicaciones agrícolas.

Actualmente es alumno de doctorado por la Universidad de Sevilla, desarrollando su trabajo de tesis en el departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, dentro del programa de Recursos Naturales y Medioambiente.

Doctor en Ingeniería Química con Mención Internacional por la Universidad de Almería (UAL) en 2020, con la tesis doctoral titulada “Evaluación del uso de vacío en módulos avanzados de destilación por membranas (MD) a escala piloto alimentados con energía solar para la desalación de agua de mar y salmueras”.

Entre las actividades que realiza se encuentran la puesta en marcha, operación, modelado y optimización energética de diferentes sistemas novedosos de desalación solar basados en MD para la regeneración de gradientes de concentración y recuperación de materiales.

Ha publicado 2 capítulos de libro y 15 artículos hasta la fecha, 13 de ellos en revistas SCI, y el 67% de ellos en colaboración con centros de I+D internacionales.

También ha participado en 33 contribuciones a congresos internacionales, 23 de ellas presentaciones orales, 4 invitadas y 1 plenaria.

Actualmente es investigador postdoctoral Juan de la Cierva en el Departamento de Informática de la UAL, estudiando la optimización del uso de la energía solar para alimentar sistemas de desalación térmica a escala comercial basados en MD.

Es el autor con el segundo mayor número de publicaciones bajo las palabras clave “vacuum air gap membrane distillation” y “pilot-scale membrane distillation” en Scopus hasta el momento.

Adriana Romero es Ingeniera Química por la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (España) y tiene un Máster en Ingeniería Química por la Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña (España).

Trabaja en Cetaqua, Centro Tecnológico del Agua, en Barcelona, donde es Project Manager e Investigadora en el Área de Biofactoría y Recuperación de Recursos, en proyectos de innovación europeos y nacionales con financiación pública y privada.

Sus principales líneas de investigación se centran en la reutilización de aguas y valorización de salmueras, recuperación y valorización de fósforo, nitrógeno y otros nutrientes, así como en la eliminación y valorización de microplásticos.

Doctor Ingeniero Industrial con 25 años de experiencia en el sector público y privado de tratamientos de aguas.

Máster Universitario y Docente Universitario Asociado a tiempo parcial.

Profesor asistente adjunto, Departamento de Ingeniería del Agua, Filial de Marvdasht, Universidad Islámica Azad, Marvdasht, Irán Estudiante de primer curso en Ingeniería de Estructuras de Transporte de Agua, Universidad Shahid Bahonar de Kerman, Irán.

2005, Doctorado en Ingeniería de Estructuras de Transporte de Agua, Universidad de Ciencia e Investigación, Teherán, Irán.

2000, Máster en Ingeniería de Estructuras de Transporte de Agua, Universidad de Ciencias e Investigación, Teherán, Irán.

1998, Licenciatura en Ingeniería de Estructuras de Transporte de Agua, Universidad Shahid Bahonar de Kerman, Irán.

Nacido en Sabadell, provincia de Barcelona, estudié Ciencias Químicas, especialidad de Química Técnica, en la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, obteniendo la Licenciatura en 1995. Posteriormente hice varios postgrados, destacando: Gestión de Estaciones de Depuradoras en 1996 en la Universidad de Barcelona, Comercio Internacional en la Universidad Politécnica de Barcelona y Márqueting en la EUNCET de Terrassa.

A nivel profesional trabajé 2 años en una consultoría de Medio Ambiente antes de entrar en Chemipol en 1998. Estuve trabajando en el mercado nacional por un período de 2 años como técnico-comercial, pasando a desarrollar mis funciones en la proyección internacional de la empresa a partir del 2000 hasta la actualidad, tanto a nivel técnico-comercial como puramente técnico en asistencia a los clientes como en sesiones formativas a distribuidores y usuarios de producto.

Elisa Mazo es Técnica de Investigación en Medio Ambiente, Agua, Residuos y Energía de Cantabria, S.A.M.P., la compañía pública responsable de las tareas de carácter medioambiental que le son encargadas por el Gobierno de Cantabria.

Con un Máster en Ingeniería Ambiental por Imperial College London, cuenta con más de 10 años de experiencia internacional en el tratamiento de aguas de proceso y residuales, monitoreo de la calidad de las aguas, así como en la evaluación e implementación de tecnologías innovadoras.

Como Técnica de Investigación es parte del equipo coordinador de LIFE-3E, un proyecto demostrativo, cofinanciado por la Unión Europea, cuyo objetivo es promover la reutilización de las aguas residuales integrando la generación de energía azul en el proceso de regeneración.

Licenciado en Ciencias Químicas por la Universidad de Valencia y Técnico Superior en Prevención de Riesgos Laborales, especialidad Seguridad en el Trabajo.

En la actualidad: Jefe del Departamento de Potabilización del Área de Abastecimiento de FACSA, con más de 25 años de experiencia y amplia formación en el ciclo integral del agua. Especializado en la gestión de servicios, proyectos y obras, y sobre todo en procesos de tratamientos de aguas, y especialmente por membranas. Además, participa activamente de la actividad I+D+i de la empresa, promoviendo la misma y como responsable o partícipe de distintos proyectos de investigación.

Con anterioridad: Jefe de Servicio de Aguas en distintos municipios y Jefe de Planta de distintas instalaciones de tratamiento de aguas, casi todas ellas por ósmosis inversa, entre las que destaca la desaladora de Moncofa.

Autor de diversos artículos técnicos publicados en revistas del sector, de ámbito nacional e internacional.

Ha participado también como ponente en diversos foros de carácter técnico, tanto nacionales como internacionales, y también como docente en distintos cursos y jornadas técnicas, así como en másteres y cursos de posgrado oficiales relacionados con el ciclo del agua.

Doctor por la Universidad de Sevilla. Recursos Naturales y Medio Ambiente ( Ingeniería Química Ambiental). Graduado en Ciencias Ambientales por la Universidad Pablo de Olavide. Master en Ingeniería Ambiental por la Universidad de Sevilla. Máster de Seguridad en la Industria y Prevención de Riesgos Laborales con las tres especialidades.

Investigador de residuos de dificil tratabilidad en Digestión y Codigestión Anerobía en el Grupo TAR.

Actualmente Responsable de I+D+i de DINOTEC.

Carlos Andecochea Saiz es licenciado en Ingeniería Química (2012) por la Universidad Cantabria (ESP) donde también obtuvo un máster en Ingeniería Química: Producción y Consumo Sostenible (2013).

Se inició en el mundo de la investigación en 2012 en la Westfälische Hochschule (DEU) de Alemania dónde realizó síntesis y análisis de polímeros.

De 2014 a 2019 residió en Bélgica donde trabajó como investigador en procesos de separación con membranas en la KU Leuven (BEL). En este período su trabajo se centró principalmente en la modificación de membranas cerámicas para su uso en separación de mezclas orgánicas (OSN).

Actualmente trabaja como investigador senior en Leitat Technological Center dentro del área de Environmental Technologies, participando en la redacción y ejecución de proyectos a nivel tanto nacional como internacional.

Guillermo Hijós ha estado trabajando en Acciona Agua durante más de 19 años en proyectos internacionales clave de desalación como Beckton (Reino Unido), Tampa (EE.UU.), Fajardo (Puerto Rico), Tarragona (España) y Adelaide (Australia).

En 2016 se unió al equipo que diseñó, construyó y puso en marcha las plantas de ósmosis inversa de 163 MLD (RAF A3) y 560 MLD (Umm Al Houl) en Qatar como Director de Proyecto O&M.

Hoy en día, gestiona la operación y mantenimiento de las plantas de desalinización de ACCIONA en Oriente Medio y Oceanía.

Gerente de BALTEN. Ingeniera de Caminos, Canales y Puertos y Licenciada en Administración y Dirección de Empresas.

Con más de 20 años de experiencia en el sector del agua, ha desarrollado su labor profesional como responsable de servicios en empresas especializadas en la gestión del ciclo integral del agua.

En AQUALIA, gestionando servicios de depuración de la Comunidad de Madrid y el área de Levante (Comunidad Valenciana y Murcia) y servicios de abastecimiento en Tenerife; en TEIDAGUA, como responsable del servicio de abastecimiento, saneamiento y depuración de aguas de los municipios de La Laguna y Tacoronte.

En su última etapa profesional, se ha incorporado a la administración pública, prestando servicios de Dirección Técnica y Gerencia de Gestión Insular de Aguas de Tenerife (GESTA, S.A), empresa medio propio de Consejo Insular de Aguas de Tenerife y en la actualidad, como Gerente de Balten.

Programador de inteligencia artificial autodidacta, propietario de empresas que promueven proyectos sociales, humanitarios y medioambientales y también amante de la música.

Actualmente CEO de Vols-Partners.

Ingeniero sanitario y medioambiental, con posgrados en gestión empresarial y en desalación y reutilización, también cuenta con varias certificaciones en aprendizaje automático e inteligencia artificial.

Trabajó durante más de 20 años como responsable de sistemas de tratamiento de agua y aguas residuales en grandes empresas industriales y de saneamiento, y también ha trabajado como consultor en América Latina, Europa y África.

Como especialista en aplicaciones en SYNAUTA, empresa especializada en optimización de procesos con aprendizaje automático para sistemas de agua de la empresa GRADIANT, contribuye a la reducción del consumo de energía y productos químicos en plantas desalinizadoras de todo el mundo.