AFS 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

May 19-22 , 2008
Valley Forge, PA

Registration Rates

The American Filtration and Separations Society (AFS) invites you to participate in the 21st Annual Technical Conference and, Tabletop Exposition on May 19-22, 2008, at the Radisson Hotel in Valley Forge, PA.  This is a blockbuster venue where diverse fields will build on common principles, and attendees will have an opportunity to learn operations involving fluid/particle processing and separation.

The Conference will include 27 sessions divided into three tracks: Emerging Technologies (Dr. Wenping Li, Co-Chair); Fundamentals and Applications (Prof. Hooman Tafreshi, Co-Chair); and Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (Dr. Benjamin Fuchs, Co-Chair).  The Chairman, Dr. Norman Lifshutz, assures attendees that end-users and commercial interests will find a common ground in education and exciting technologies.  The symposium offers many opportunities for one to explore melding cross-disciplinary skills, learning and networking.

In addition to the technical presentations, the AFS will offer both basic and advanced Short Courses in Filtration and Separation. 

The Chair and Technical Co-Chairs and educational instructors are globally recognized as excellent representatives in their respective specific technical interest. You will not want to miss this annual AFS Technical Conference replete with the combined short courses, technical programs, sponsorship opportunities as well as the tabletop exhibits and other activities.

Program with abstracts

Author and Presenter Guidelines

Conference Sponsors and Tabletop Exhibits

Student Poster Competition

Short Courses

Hotel Information

Conference Sponsors

What do AFS Conference Attendees Say!

“AFS conferences are great venues to learn, network and present new ideas. Attendees have a real interest in the industry. The society blends business and technical backgrounds through a clear focus on the industry and science of filtration and separations. If you want to stay current with the leading edge of the industry, AFS conferences are essential to attend.”
John Finley, MemPro Ceramics Corp.

“Since I started my professional career in the separations field in 2001 I am a constant attendee of the AFS annual conference. I have benefited from my attendance in many ways, from getting aware of the newest developments in the separations area to making a lot of new valuable contacts and friends. Also the opportunity to present my own latest work helped me to generate interest and to get extremely valuable feedback, which was very beneficial for my research work. Thank you AFS.”
Benjamin Fuchs, Dupont

"As part of our efforts to become more connected within the industry, I am pleased to report our attendance at the Orlando meeting has helped us to get closer to this goal. We found the presentations to be informative, the networking beneficial and the weather wasn't so bad either! We look forward to reaping the benefits now and in the future."
Julie Nelson, W.L. Gore & Associates

"Besides the interesting technical information I got, I have benefited mostly from the AFS conference by means of networking with other attendees. Having the opportunity to meet the experts in the field of solid-liquid separation, and to discuss with them our own particular problems we are daily dealing with in the field, was of high value to me. Thanks! "
Bart Peeters, Monsanto

"I found the 2007 Annual conference very beneficial in both the technical program and the networking opportunities. I came away with some new technologies that I plan to implement with some of my clients."
Scott Yaeger, F.A.S.T. LLC

Summary of Sessions

Emerging Technologies, organized by Technical Co-chair Dr. Wenping Li – Agrilectric Research
(wenpingl@agrilectric.com)

Fundamentals and Applications, organized by Technical Co-chair Dr. Hooman Tafreshi - Virginia Commonwealth University (htafreshi@vcu.edu)

Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, organized by Technical Co-chair Dr. Benjamin C. Fuchs – Senior Research Engineer, DuET (DuPont Engineering Research and Technology), DuPont - Experimental Station (benjamin.c.fuchs@usa.dupont.com)

Click here for Conference Program with Abstracts

Registration Rates

Note: In the registration process you can sign up to be an AFS member. In most cases, you will save money if you sign up to be a member and register as a member for the conference instead of registering for the conference as a non-member.

Short Course attendees receive discounts if they attend the conference (-$100) and if they are members (-$100). For a total possible discount of -$200.