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International Desalination Association. 1 st Annual Report. Bahrain. Monday, December 6, 2010. Research & Development Committee. IDA Board of directors term: 14 3 nD Meeting. BY: Dr. Abdullah Al-Alshaikh. Visits. Meetings. 2. 1. Contents. 4. 3.

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  1. International Desalination Association 1st Annual Report Bahrain Monday, December 6, 2010 Research & Development Committee IDA Board of directors term: 14 3nDMeeting BY: Dr. Abdullah Al-Alshaikh

  2. Visits Meetings 2 1 Contents 4 3 The Committee’s Strategic Plan Project Requests R&D Committee 2 IDA - Research & Development Committee – 1st Annual Report

  3. Meetings 1st Meeting 2nd Meeting 3rd Meeting 4th Meeting 6th of March2010 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 11th of April 2010 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 2nd of July 2010 Singapore 5th of October 2010 KAUST Jeddah Saudi Arabia 3 IDA - Research & Development Committee – 1st Annual Report

  4. Issues discussed : • Goals and objectives • A coordinator for the committee had been selected. • The need of developing a road map for the committee. • The need of having a detailed list of R&D research centers and their activities worldwide. • Idea of inviting number of well known speakers to the next IDA Conference to talk about new trends in research directions. • The need of having a specialized booklet directed to young researchers to introduce them to water desalination technologies. • The committee agreed on visiting some research centre worldwide. 1st Meeting 1st Meeting 2nd Meeting 3rd Meeting 4th Meeting 6th of March 2010 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 4 IDA - Research & Development Committee – 1st Annual Report

  5. Issues discussed and closed: • Before the end of year 2010, some of the research centers in Europe will be visited by the committee. • Before the end of year 2010, the following research centerswill be visited by the committee: • Development Center of Water Treatment Technology, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou, China. • Institute of Seawater Desalination and Multipurpose Utilization, State Oceanic Administration, Tianjin, China. • The importance of establish a strategic relationship with all research centers which will be visited by the committee. • A roadmap for high efficiency desalination had been proposed to the committee by Mr. Harry Seah and been reviewed. • A clear and general worldwide-desalination roadmap should be developed. • A list of well known speakers whom can talk about new trends in research-directions during the next IDA Conference will be developed. • The possibility of having a section on IDA Journal specialized in R&D will be discussed with the IDA Journal Editor Mr. John Hughes . 2nd Meeting 1st Meeting 2nd Meeting 3rd Meeting 4th Meeting 11th of April 2010 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 5 IDA - Research & Development Committee – 1st Annual Report

  6. Issues discussed and closed: • The resutls of the visit of Dr. Al-Alshaikh and Dr. Alarifi to the Development Center of Water Treatment Technology in Hangzhou, China have been discussed. • The IDA-R&D Committee will prepare its first annual report and should be completed by November 2010. The report will lists all the activities, meeting, and results achieved by the committee. • Dr. Gary Amy could visit Sea Hero Research Center in South Korea during the year of 2011. • The committee would like to invite 3-4 keynote speakers to the IDA world congress 2011 in Perth to talk about the new trends in research and to have a session for it during the first 2 days in the morning period and to be moderated by the chairman of the R&D Committee. • The committee would like to conduct a 1-days workshop to develop a 5 years strategic plan for the committee. • Dr. Al-Alshaikh shared with the committee the PowerPoint presentation he presented to IDA_BOD during its 2nd meeting in Paris. 3rd Meeting 1st Meeting 2nd Meeting 3rd Meeting 4th Meeting 2nd of July 2010 Singapore 6 IDA - Research & Development Committee – 1st Annual Report

  7. Issues discussed and closed: • The committee will ask for a special session foucos on Desalination&Water Reuseduring the next SingaporeInternational Water Week. • The title and the designated speakers for the special session during the next IDA Conference in Perth are as follow: • Session Title: (Membrane-Based Desalination and Reuse: Looking into the Future.) • Speakers: • Dr. Abdullah Al-Alshaikh: (Opening Remarks.) • Prof. NidalHilal: (Membrane applications of nanotechnology including inorganic-organic composites.) • Prof. Tony Fane: (New material advances in membrane technology.) • Prof. (Neal) Tai-Shung Chung: (Molecular design of advanced forward osmosis membranes for water reuse.) • Prof. Bill Hanbury: (New advances in thermal-membrane hybrids in desalination.) • Prof. Gary Amy: (Innovative characterization protocols for seawater natural organic matter (NOM): insight into membrane fouling and control.) • The committee (represented by Dr. Amy and Dr. Hanbury ) will visit some research centers in Qatar and Kuwait in addition to Dosaan Co. between the 20th of November and the 30th of November. • Dr. Al-Alshaikh suggested that the committee should visit the European Desalination Society (EDS)in L'Aquila, Italy. 4th Meeting 1st Meeting 2nd Meeting 3rd Meeting 4th Meeting 5th of October 2010 KAUST Jeddah Saudi Arabia 7 IDA - Research & Development Committee – 1st Annual Report

  8. Visits 8 IDA - Research & Development Committee – 1st Annual Report

  9. Visits 8 IDA - Research & Development Committee – 1st Annual Report

  10. Step 1 Step 7 Step 6 Step 2 Step 3 Step 5 Step 4 Development of Strategic & Operational Plan Methodology • Vision • & Mission • Objectives & strategy Map • Current Situation • Implementation and Monitoring • Strategies • Initiatives • Measurements 9 IDA - Research & Development Committee – 1st Annual Report

  11. Weaknesses Strengths Currently the leading desalination association worldwide / Huge reservoir of knowledge/experience within the organization / Global presence/representation / Dedicated focus on desalination and water reuse / Established reputation (brand equity) / Active, dedicated, senior-level directors / Director involvement on regional/international basis / Knowledgeable, experienced, committed staff / Strong Constitution preserved by strong directors / Strong industry relationships / Solid membership base (numbers and geographic representation) / Successful events, World Congress / Diversity of activities / Strong affiliate network / Financial security / Nimble / Educational programs (scholarship, Fellowship) Lack of stated vision to guide future direction / Limited visibility to media, non-industry constituents / No R&D or proactive outreach to debunk myths and improve desalination technologies and image / Desalination focus is limiting (include water reuse) / Need younger people to get involved with the industry and with IDA / Increasing average age of Directors / Long term Board or Director membership limits new blood / Not flexible, structure not always easy to move / Collaboration with other associations needs better definition and process / Until recently, no dedicated affiliate relations program / Little participation from academia/ Diversity and geographic spread of members / “Too Middle East oriented, too commercially oriented” / Need for clarification and training of IDA spokesperson(s) / Lack of proactive membership solicitation S W O T Explosion of interest and growth in desalination / More acceptance in countries/regions outside Middle East; shows desalination is appropriate all over the world / Growing need for water reuse, opens up opportunities for IDA to get involved / Market growth, Third World’s need for new water / Development of new desalination technologies / Efforts by desalination industry to address cost, sustainability, environmental issues / IDA can build on established reputation, expertise and excellent industry/governmental contacts / The need for R&D, studies, standards, guidelines, collaborations, all of which IDA could drive / Opportunity to leverage academic potential within IDA / Expand membership to related fields, e.g., power, policy, finance, environment, biology/chemistry / Implementation of proactive public relations program; educate the media, public and influencers; capitalize on growing interest from the media / Increased public awareness of water issues due to climate change, water scarcity / Growing recognition that conservation alone is not the answer to water scarcity / Create regional activities to involve human resources unable to participate at global level / Industry desire to consolidate events Areas of interest are getting blurred – other organizations are paying closer attention to desalination / More organizations mean more choices for potential members / Some organizations have deeper pockets than IDA/ Concern over environmental/cost/energy issues could limit desalination growth / Low participation from academia / Commitment to research from organizations such as Water Reuse Foundation (raises their profile) / Affiliate relationships – affiliates might deliver more value locally/ Affiliates trying to establish independent identities / IDA has not proactively establishing itself as leading industry influencer both within the industry and to governments, academicians, other associations / Too many conferences – need to decide where to spend the money / Becoming, or appearing to become, too commercial / Not being able to change fast enough / Attacks by uninformed environmentalists, misinformation/misperceptions about desalination / People can interconnect directly without the need of IDA Development of Strategic & Operational Plan SWOT Analysis Threats Opportunities 10 IDA - Research & Development Committee – 1st Annual Report

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