TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

Session

Overview, Industry Trends & Needs

8:00 am

Edward C. Gregor, Edward C. Gregor & Associates, LLC., “Major Industry Trends & Un-Met Needs”

8:25 am

Peter S. Cartwright, Cartwright Consulting, “What’s Happening to Our Water Quality and What Can We Do About It”

8:50 am

Craig Barnes, Cummins Emissions Solutions, "Technology Development for Energy Efficiency and Low Emissions."

9:15 am

Dr. Eric S. Peterson, Idaho National Laboratory, "Filtration Needs - The Future"

9:40 am

Break

Session

Overview, Industry Trends & Needs

10:10 am

Edward C. Homonoff, Edward C. Homonoff & Associates, LLC, “An Overview of Filtration and Separation Needs in the Infrastructures of China and India ”

10:35 am

Wang Yanxi, Director, China Nonwoven Technical Association, "China's Filtration and Separation Industry, Now & in the Future"

11:00 am

Panel Discussion, Dr. David Ensor, Edward C. Homonoff and Dr. Thad Ptak. "Does NanoFiber Media Have What it Takes?"

11:25 am

Hendrik Fokko van Hemmen, P.E., Martin, Ottaway, van Hemmen & Dolan, Inc., "Filtration Challenges in the Marine Industry"

Luncheon

Chef Christopher Ivens-Brown, "Linking our Plate to our Planet"

Session1

Filter Media Testing and Development

1:10 pm

Dr. Ken Rubow, Mott Corp., “Testing of Recleanable & Sustainable Metal Media Filters”

1:35 pm

Dr. Susan Goldsmith, IBR-USA, Inc., “Advances in Liquid Filtration Testing”

2:00 pm

Mr. Scott Yaeger, Filtration & Separation Technology, LLC, “Filter Media Efficiency Testing – What it Does & Does not Tell the User”

2:25 pm

Dr. Richard Lydon, Clear-Edge Group, UK, “New Filter Media Developments”

2:50 pm

Break

Session 2

Cartridge, Strainer, & Bag Filter Testing

3:20 pm

Dr. Christophe Peuchot, IFTS, Inc, USA, “Effect of Test Conditions on Claimed Performance of Cartridge Filters”

3:45 pm

Mr. John Hampton, Filtration Technology Company, LTD, “Testing of High Capacity Filter Cartridges”

4:10 pm

Mr. John Edwards, Russell-Finex, Inc., “Testing a Backwashable Filter/Strainer”

4:35 pm

Dr. Christophe Peuchot, J. Lynch, and N. Petillon, IFTS-USA, “Updated Developments on a New Test Method to Determine the Particulate Filter Efficiency of Submicron Cartridge Filters”

5:30-8:00 pm

Networking Reception/Dinner

Dinner Speaker

Wells Shoemaker, "Heritage of Hope"

Dr. Irwin Pikus, Former Commissioner of the President’s Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection, "The Nation’s Infrastructures; Their Risks and Their Dependencies"

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Session 3

Characterization of Filter Media

8:00 am

Mr. Jerry Lynch, IFTS, Inc, USA, “Introduction to the New AFSS Test Standards Database”

8:25 am

Dr. Akshaya Jena & Dr. Krishna Gupta, Porous Materials, Inc., “Pore Structure Characteristics of Filtration Media Containing Electrospun Fibers”

8:50 am

Mr. Peter Johnston, Consultant, “Characterizing a Filter Medium”

9:15 am

Dr. Ernest Mayer, Dupont & Dr. Graham Rideal, Whitehouse Scientific, LTD. UK, “Filter Media Characterization Via Porometry & NIST Glass Bead Challenge Testing”

9:40 am

Break

Session 4

Filter Aid & Coalescer Developments

10:10 am

Dr. Wenping Li, Agrilectric Research Company, & Dr. Ernest Mayer, Dupont, “Filter Aid Characterization and Selection”

10:35 am

Mr. Walt Pavlakovich, World Minerals, “Testing of Perlite & Diatomaceous Earth (DE) Filter Aids”

11:00 am

Dr. George Chase, University of Akron, “Effect of Gravity on Coalescence and drainage chanels”

11:25 am

Dr. Winping Li, Agrilectric Research Company, & Dr. Ernest Mayer, Dupont, “Effects of Particles and Particle-Liquid System Properties on Filter Aid Permeability”

Lunch

Dr. Susan Goldsmith, IBR-USA, Inc., “Communicating Filtration Performance Claims to the General Public”

Session 5

Filter Cleaning/Testing Procedures

1:10 pm

Ms. Susan Reynolds, Carolina Filters, Inc., “Cleaning/Testing Procedures for Reusable Metal Filters”

1:35 pm

Louise Stange and Kevin Gagen, Mott Corporation,"Cleaning of Porous Metal Products"

2:00 pm

Greg Gormley, ConverTec Corp, "Testing Filtration Membranes Utilizing a Unique Corona Beam Technology"

2:25 pm

Robert Driscoll, Robatel, Inc, "Scale-up of Liquid/Liquid Centrifuges for Separation and Extraction Process"

2:50 pm

Break

Session 6

General Filtration Application Testing I

3:20 pm

Dr. Christophe Peuchot, IFTS, Inc, USA, “New Tools to Optimize Water & Wastewater Coagulation/ Flocculation Processes”

3:45 pm

Mr. Mike Ruyak, Klinkau America, Inc., “Filter Presses for Hudson River, NY Dredging Project”

4:10 pm

Mr. Paul Scholytssek, Putsch USA, Inc., “The Importance of Proper Filter Cloth Drainage in Municipal & Other Large-Scale Filter Press Systems”

4:35 pm

Dr. Mike Doby & Dr. Ben Fuchs, Dupont, “Experimental Investigation into a Slow Settling Wastewater”

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

Session 7

General Filtration Application Testing II

8:00 am

J. Greg Wood & Dr. Ernest Mayer, Dupont, “Belt Filter Press Filtrate Solids Removal”

8:25 am

Jim Lauria, Amiad Filtration Systems, "Novel Automatic Self-Cleaning Microfiber (AMF) Filter Technology"

8:50 am

Mr. George Alther, Biomin, Inc., “Organoclays - an Alternative to Activated Carbon”

9:15 am

Mr. Kurt Schroeder, Waste Reduction Technologies & Mr. Steve Rose, Oberlin Filter Company, “Testing of Automatic Pressure Filters”

9:40 am

Break

Session 8

What to Look for in Filtration Testing

10:10 am

Peter Johnston, Consultant, “Measuring the Performance of a Filter Medium”

10:35 am

Mr. Matthias Kirchhoff, Application & Process Technology, BWF Envirotec, “Laboratory Evaluation of Used/failed Dust Collector Bags”

11:00 am

Mr. Rowland Griffin , Monadnock Nonwovens, Inc., “ECTFE Meltblown and Comparison Against Base Resin Technical Data Sheets Leading to Filtration Applications”

11:25 am

Dr. Mike Doby & Dr. Ernest Mayer, Dupont, “Cross-Validation of Capillary Flow Porometers”

Lunch

Lunch for Afternoon Workshop Attendees

Attending this workshop is an additional charge.

Infrastructure & Sustainability Workshop

1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Anita K. Highsmith, Highsmith Environmental, "Water and Air Infrastructure Needs and the Role of Filtration in the Interdependency Market"

• What it means to be interdependent and why this is crucial to infrastructure.
• Examining how microbial, chemical, physical, and intellectual states impact on our air and water infrastructure
• Reviewing old and new filtration and separation technology to show how positive changes can be implemented.
• Exploring the cascading effects to the community which impact human and animal habitats.

The preliminary program and the offerings within each session may change—titles and times—please keep checking for updates.