Water Futures: Academia and Industry Forum

To inform, To Network & To Partner

The RSC were co-organisers of three symposia held in October 2009 in Malaysia and Singapore.  The symposia formed part of a Water Sector Seminar Visit by the UK Trade & Investment.  Together the symposia aim to facilitate business links and scientific collaboration between Malaysia and Singapore and the UK. 

Malaysia and Singapore are two of the largest growing economies in their region.  They are reforming and developing water and wastewater services, creating new and innovative infrastructure and introducing regulation.  There are many opportunities for the three countries to learn from each other and collaborate in this area.

Receptions were held for RSC Members in both Malaysia and Singapore during this time, whilst representatives from the UK were visiting.

Malaysia Symposia

28 September 2009
University Technology Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Prof Zulkifli Yusop, University Technology Malaysia (UTM)
Providing Safe and Adequate Water Treatment Strategy

Prof David Stuckey, Imperial College
Submerged Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor (SAMBR)

Prof Simon Judd, Cranfield University
The status of membrane bioreactor technology

Dr Ted Roberts, University of Manchester
The Arvia^® Process: An Innovative Water Treatment Technology

29 September 2009
Grand Millennium Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

HE Boyd McCleary, British High Commissioner, Malaysia
Welcome Address I

Encik Ahmad Zahdi bin Jamil, President, Malaysian Water Association (MWA)
Welcome Address II

Dato' Teo Yen Hua, CEO, SPAN
Keynote Speech

Prof David Stuckey, Imperial College
Submerged Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor (SAMBR)

Prof Ahmad Fauzi Ismail, University Technology Malaysia (UTM)
NOM Removal by Ultrafiltration Submerged Membrane System

Dr Ted Roberts, University of Manchester
The Arvia^® Process: An Innovative Water Treatment Technology

Prof Abdul Wahab Mohammad, National University Malaysia (UKM)
Treatment and Resource Recovery Using Membrane

Prof Simon Judd, Cranfield University
The status of membrane bioreactor technology

Singapore Symposium

2 October 2009
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Prof David Stuckey, Imperial College
Submerged Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor (SAMBR)

Prof Staffan Kjelleberg, Nanyang Technological University
Biofilm biology and control

Prof Simon Judd, Cranfield University
The status of membrane bioreactor technology

Prof Tony Fane, Nanyang Tachnological University
Membranes and the Water Cycle: Research Needs and Advances

Dr Ted Roberts, University of Manchester
The Arvia^® Process: An Innovative Water Treatment Technology

Assoc Prof Wang Jing-Yuan, Nanyang Technological University
Sludge reduction