Statkraft is Europe’s largest renewable energy company. The Group generates hydropower, wind power, gas power and district heating.Statkraft currently operates predominantly in Norway and is the most important power supplier to industry on the domestic market. Statkraft invests in innovation and future energy solutions, and has a major presence on the European energy exchanges with expertise in physical and financial energy trading. Statkraft develops hydropower in non-European emerging markets through the subsidiary SN Power and employed more than 3,200 in over 20 countries. Statkraft is wholly owned by the Norwegian state and delivers pure energy every day. THE 2nd OSMOSIS MEMBRANE SUMMIT AT AMTA’s 2010 Membrane Technology: “Bridging the Gap with Osmosis“ | | SUNDAY JULY 11TH | | 8:30 - 4:15 | Registration Open | | 9:30 - 12:00 | SESSION: S-1: Market Opportunities in Water Treatment and Power Production. Moderator: Stein Erik Skilhagen, Head of Osmotic Power, Statkraft | | 9:30 - 10:00 | Welcome/Introduction to Osmosis Summit, Stein Erik Skilhagen, Statkraft  | | 10:00 - 10:45 | The Development of Alternative and Renewable Sources of Energy and the Role of Osmotic Power in the Context Claude Laflamme, Hydro Quebec  | | 10:45 - 11:00 | Refreshment Break | | 11:00 - 11:30 | Can Osmotic Power Play a Role in the America West? Michael Gabaldon, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation  | | 11:30 - 12:00 | Renewable Energy R&D Activities at the U.S. Department of Energy Allan Hoffman, Ph.D., U.S. Department of Energy  | | 12:00 - 1:00 | Lunch - Summitt Attendees | | 1:00 - 4:30 | SESSION: S-2: PRO/FO Commercialization of Technologies. Moderator: Angela Adams, U.S Bureau of Reclamation | | 1:00 - 1:45 | Forward Osmosis Case Study: Water Purification and Reuse in Oil and Gas Extraction Keith Lampi, Hydration Technology Innovations (HTI) | | 1:45 - 2:30 | Nanostructured Membranes for FO and PRO Applications Eric Hoek, Ph.D., Univeristy of California, Los Angeles  | | 2:30 - 2:45 | Refreshment break | | 2:45 - 3:45 | Energy Efficient Osmosis For Desalination/Sid Loeb’s Impact Rob McGinnis/Richard Stover, Ph.D., Oasys Water | | 3:45 - 4:30 | Carbon Nanotube Membranes Olgica Bakajin, Porifera | | 4:30 - 5:30 | Networking Reception - Summit Attendees | | | MONDAY JULY 12TH | | 8:00 - 8:30 | Registration open | | 9:00 - 12:30 | SESSION: S-3: Membrane development Moderator: Randy Truby, Toray Membrane USA, Inc | | 9:00 - 9:15 | Indroduction and Overview Randy Truby, Toray Membrane USA, Inc | | 9:15 - 9:45 | History of Synthetic Membrane Processes and FO Steve Duranceau, Ph.D., P.E., AMTA President, University of Central Florida  | | 9:45 - 10:15 | Reducing Energy Consumption through Natural Water Movement Curt Roth, P.E., DXV Water Technologies | | 10:15 - 11:00 | Development of Thin Film Composite Hollow Fiber Membranes, Ben Mattes, Santa Fe Science and Technology  | | 11:00 - 11:15 | Refreshment break | | 11:15 -12:00 | Asian/Singapore Developments of FO and PRO Chuyang Tang, Ph.D., Nanyang Technological University  | | 12:00 - 12:30 | The Statkraft Prototype Plant Geir Brekke, Statkraft Plant  | | 12:30 - 1:30 | Lunch - Summit Attendees | | 1:30 - 4:30 | SESSION: S-4: Process System Development Moderator: Doug Eisberg, Energy Recovery, Inc. | | 1:30 - 2:15 | A Hydraulic Performance Evaluation of an Osmotic Power Plant with Spiral Wound Hollow Fibre Modules Sam van der Zwan, Industrial Hydrodynamics group, Deltares / Delft Hydraulic | | 2:15 - 3:00 | Osmotically-Driven Membrane Processes for Enhancement of Water Recovery in Desalination Processes Tzahi Cath, Ph.D., Colorado School of Mines ESE  | | 3:00 - 3:15 | Refreshment break | | 3:15 - 4:00 | Forward Osmosis Research at NASA Sherwin Gormly, Dynamac Corp/Bioengineering Branch NASA Ames Research Center  | | 4:00 - 4:30 | Concluding Remarks by the Chairman Stein Erik Skilhagen, Statkraft  | | | The organisers take no responsibility for changes in the program, and may not be held responsible if such should take place. | |