WFI 2022 ANNUAL VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
Sustainable Filtration Solutions
for Healthy Living
December 6-7, 2022
Welcome from Chairs & Speakers
On behalf of the WFI 2022 organizing committee, session chairs, and speakers, we invite you to join the Waterloo Filtration Institute 2022 Annual Conference (WFI 2022), December 6-7, 2022, 8:00 am -12:00 pm EST. The theme of this conference is “Sustainable Filtration Solutions for Healthy Living.” It will be an international online conference to address the increasingly critical roles of filtration and separation for healthy buildings and the surrounding living environment. The virtual conference will feature the following four sessions, and each session will have four speakers (20 min presentation plus 5 min Q&A for each speaker).
Session 1: Filtration Markets and Emerging Opportunities
Session 2: Healthy Buildings with Novel Filtration Solutions
Session 3: Advanced Filter Media and Products
Session 4: Sustainable Developments for Water Innovation
We will have 16 distinguished leading experts from different countries to address emerging opportunities, new developments, unmet needs, and trends in the filtration markets and applications directly related to healthy living, public safety, life quality, and sustainability.
WFI is dedicated to supporting the growth of the global filtration industry and advancing filtration and separation processes for a cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable world. We are excited and look forward to meeting you at WFI 2022, December 6 -7, 2022.
Sincerely,
WFI 2022 Chairs
Dr. Christine Sun
President
WFI, Canada
Dr. Bryan Haynes
Sr. Technical Director
Kimberly- Clark, US
Mr. Richard Lydon
Secretary-General
The Filtration Society, UK
Dr. Gajanan Bhat
Professor
Univ. of Georgia, US
Contact Info:
Conference Coordinator: Mr. Mitch McCreary, mitch@wfius.org
Conference Secretary: Ms. Camilla Gomes da Silva, camilla@wfius.org
Conference Program
Tuesday, December 6, 2022, 8:00 am – 12:00 pm EST
8:00-8:10 Welcome and Introduction
Session 1: Filtration Markets and Emerging Opportunities
Chaired by Dr. Ellie Amirnasr, Director of Digital Ventures, Mann & Hummel (Germany)
8:10-8:35 Healthy and Sustainable Buildings: Past, Present and Future, Mr. Tyler Smith, Vice President - Healthy Buildings, Johnson Controls (USA)
8:35-9:00 Sustainable Filtration Solutions for Healthy Living and the Environment, Mr. Chris Muller, Director IEQ Technical Services; Mr. Sean O’Reilly, Vice President, Global VP HP Sales & Innovation, AAF Flanders (USA)
9:00-9:25 Advances in Filtration Technology for Health and Sustainability, Mr. Val Hollingsworth, Board Chair, Hollingsworth & Vose Co. (USA)
9:25-9:50 Acquisition: Complex Path to Filtration Success, Mr. Bob Mcilvaine, President, The Mcilvaine Company (USA)
Session 2: Healthy Buildings with Novel Filtration Solutions
Chaired by Dr. Vijayakumar, R., Founder of AERFIL (USA)
10:00-10:25 Sustainable Air Filtration for improved Indoor Air Quality, Dr. Thomas Caesar, Director Global Filter Engineering, Freudenberg Filtration Technologies (Germany)
10:25-10:50 Improving IAQ with Effective Air Filtration by In-Room Air Cleaners, Ms. Kathleen Owen, MS, ASHRAE Fellow, Owen Air Filtration Consulting (USA)
10:50-11:15 Sustainable air filtration and HVAC maintenance measures for healthier built environments, Dr. Iyad Al-Attar, Visiting Academic Fellow, Cranfield University (UK)
11:15-11:40 Improvements in particulate and gaseous filtration standards aim to improve indoor air quality, Mr. Joe Gorman, Vice President - Product & Development, Camfil USA Inc. (USA)
11:40-12:00 2022 Product of the Year Award Ceremony
Wednesday, December 7, 2022, 8:00 am – 12:00 pm EST
8:00-8:10 Welcome Introduction
Session 3: Advanced Filter Media and Products
Chaired by Mr. Richard Lydon, Secretary-General, The Filtration Society (UK)
8:10-8:35 2D Nanomaterials for use in water filtration applications, Dr. Mark Bissett, Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer (CSO), Molymem Ltd. (UK)
8:35-9:00 Leading wastewater treatment with MBR into an energy efficient and sustainable future, Dr. Klaus Vossenkaul, CEO, Membion GmbH (Germany)
9:00-9:25 Ultraselective Polymer Membranes for Carbon Capture, Dr. Richard Spontak, Distinguished Professor, NC State University (USA)
9:25-9:50 Pioneering the solutions and technologies that care for today and shape tomorrow, Mr. Daniel Locke, R&D Manager, Kimberly-Clark Professional (USA)
Session 4: Sustainable Developments for Water Innovation
Chaired by Dr. Thomas Peters, Senior Technology Consultant (Germany)
10:00-10:25 Engineering the Next-Generation of Membrane Materials Needed to Achieve Global Water Sustainability Goals, Dr. Eric Hoek, Professor and Director, UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge (USA)
10:25-10:50 Membrane Capacitive Deionization for Desalination and Water Reuse, Dr. Chia-Hung Hou, Professor and Chief Executive, NTU Water Innovation Center, NTU (Taiwan)
10:50-11:15 Sustainable Beneficial Water – Our Planet Future, Mr. Scott Yaeger, President/CEO, F.A.S.T. International, Inc (USA)
11:15-11:40 Pushing the Limit on Desalination: An Update from the NAWI Research Program, Dr. Peter Fiske, Executive Director – National Alliance for Water Innovation (USA)
11:40-12:00 CFSS 2022 Class Ceremony
Speakers
Proud to bring inspirational and expert speakers from across the globe
WFI 2022 Recordings & Proceedings
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