Conference Announcement and Call for Papers

On behalf of the WISA-MTC ’09 Organising Committee, in association with the European Membrane Society, I would like to invite you to submit an abstract for a paper or a poster for the 2009 International WISA Membrane Technology Conference, which will be held at the Spier Wine Estate in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa from 13 to 15 May 2009.

The objective of this conference is to bring together international and local membrane communities to share their experiences and latest developments in membrane research and applications.

The conference will comprise of two and a half days of technical proceedings covering a wide range of membrane related topics and a half day technical tour. It will provide a wide variety of oral and poster papers in all membrane fields that are appropriate to the needs of developing and industrialised countries. Plenary presentations will be delivered by international experts.

The venue for the conference is the beautiful Spier Wine Estate situated in the heart of the South African winelands between Cape Town and Stellenbosch. It is an ideal setting to learn about and discuss new developments and applications in the wide field of membrane technology.

The organising committee looks forward to meeting with you at this important international conference.

Mrs Stéphanie Marais and Dr Andre Maartens

Chair and Vice-Chair of the Organising Committee

Dr Gerhard Offringa

Chair of the Scientific Committee

The organising committee of WISA-MTC ’09 invites the submission of abstracts for oral presentations or posters on the following general topics:

·          Reverse osmosis, nanofiltration, ultrafiltration and microfiltration fundamentals and/or technologies

·          Desalination processes

·          Industrial and mining wastewater applications

·          Production of potable water

·          Production of ultrapure water

·          Hybrid and novel processes

·          Membrane bioreactors and applications

·          Post-treatment processes

·          Regulation and emerging issues

·          Case studies

The abstract should contain the following information:

 - Introduction
 - Brief description of experimental procedures/project/pilot programme
 - Results and Discussion
 - Reference

Abstracts will undergo a preliminary review process to establish relevance to the conference themes.

Abstracts have become increasingly important with the growth of electronic data storage. In preparing abstracts, authors should give brief, factual information about the objectives, methods, results and conclusions of the work. Unsubstantiated viewpoints should not be included. Do not cite references in an abstract. Your abstract should not exceed 1/2 page and should be limited to 300 words.

Please submit your abstracts via e-mail to (wisa-mtc09@soafrica.com)

Submission of abstract                         29 August 2008

Acceptance of abstract                        03 October 2008

Draft programme                                   31 October 2008

Submission of full paper                       28 November 2008

Final programme                                   30 January 2009

	Click here to download the Abstract Submission Form.
	Click here to Download the Layout Guidelines for Papers

The author can elect for their abstract to be considered for oral presentation,  for a poster presentation, or both.

The abstract should have a maximum length of two A4 pages of text, diagrams and illustrations, and should include:

·          Abstract title

·          Author’s title, name and affiliation

·          Postal address, email, telephone and fax numbers

·          Three to six keywords

The paper should contain the following headings

·          Abstract

·          Keywords

·          Introduction

·          Results and Discussion

·         Experimental procedures/project/pilot programme

·      Results and Discussion

·      Conclusions

·          References

·          Regulation and emerging issues

·          Case studies

At least one author from each paper must have registered and paid by the registration deadline and must attend the conference to present the paper.

Presenters must pay their own expenses to attend the conference.