Keynote at FICWTM 2017 // "New Frontiers in Water-Energy Nexus"

About the Key Note Speaker

Gustaf Olsson is Professor Emeritus at Lund University, Sweden since 2006. He has devoted his research to control and automation in water systems, electrical power and process industries. He has served in various positions within the International Water Association (Director, Honorary member). He has received the Lund University pedagogical award for “distinguished achievements in the education”. The Lund University engineering students have elected him as the “teacher of the year”. In 2010 he received the IWA Publication Award.

Where and when

Palermo
Italy 21-24 May 2017

About the Conference

Today multidisciplinary is a key and a must for solving issues in the water field. The works in several International Water Association (IWA) Specialist Groups have demonstrated the importance of both innovative technologies and mathematical modelling, and that the exchange of scientific and technical information among researchers and practitioners involved in these fields is crucial for effectively advancing knowledge. Indeed, mathematical modelling has the advantage of allowing scenario analysis before designing the real plant in order to ensure an optimised system. To foster the multidisciplinary collaboration among different water specialists the dialogue is a must in order to better share specific knowledge. The FICWTM 2017, Frontiers International Conference on Wastewater Treatment, seeks to create a forum for promoting the discussion amongst scientists, professionals and academia in different areas of the broader theme of environmental engineering and sciences. To facilitate discussion no parallel sessions will be organized and the number of participants will be limited to highly motivated professionals. FICWTM 2017 is also a part of the research project PRIN-GHG which is about the reduction of greenhouse gas from wastewater treatment plants. The conference is supported by the International Water Association IWA.

Conference Topics

• Carbon, nutrient removal and recovery
• Membrane Bioreactors
• Anaerobic digestion
• Computational fluid dynamics in wastewater
• Benchmarking
• MBBR and hybrid systems
• Greenhouse gases from wastewater treatment and energy optimization
• Wastewater treatment & simulation
• New frontiers in wastewater treatment