Participate
Abstract submission deadline: 6 June 2025
Oral and poster abstracts are invited on the following conference topics and should be submitted using the online abstract submission system.
Best posters will be selected by the Scientific Committee. Best Poster Prize winners will receive a certificate and free registration to the 2027 conference.
Once the paper is accepted, at least one of the authors must register for the conference and present the paper at the conference.
You may submit as many abstracts as you wish. If, after the review by the committee, you have more than one paper accepted for the conference, you will need to register to attend, and pay an additional paper fee for each additional paper (i.e., for the 2nd, 3rd, 4th papers – not the 1st). Please note this is for papers that you are the presenting author of, not papers that you are co-author of.
Abstracts of all accepted contributions will be included within the online abstract system which will be distributed to all registered conference participants.
Successfully submitted abstracts will be acknowledged with an electronic receipt including an abstract reference number, which should be quoted in all correspondence. Allow at least 2 hours for your receipt to be returned to you.
For revisions or queries regarding papers already submitted:
If you do not receive acknowledgement for your abstract submission or you wish to make any essential revisions to an abstract already submitted, please DO NOT RESUBMIT your abstract, as this may lead to duplication. Please contact the Conference Content Executive opens in new tab/window with details of any revisions or queries. Please quote your reference number if you have one.
Editors Awards
The Editors of Desalination will present the following awards to student and early career researcher presenters contributing to the meeting.
Three monetary awards will be given in each of the following four categories:
Young Researcher Best Oral Presentation (USD $500)
Three monetary awards to young researchers within 5 years after awarded with PhD. Applicants need to upload a scanned copy of their PhD certificate during abstract submission.
Young Researcher Best Poster Presentation (USD $500)
Three monetary awards to young researchers within 5 years after awarded with PhD. Applicants need to upload a scanned copy of their PhD certificate during abstract submission
Student Best Oral Presentation (USD $250)
Three monetary awards to students pursuing their PhD or Masters degree. Applicants should upload a scanned copy of signed letter from their head of department attesting to student status during abstract submission.
Student Best Poster Presentation (USD $250)
Three monetary awards to students pursuing their PhD or Masters degree. Applicants should upload a scanned copy of signed letter from their head of department attesting to student status during abstract submission.
Conference topics
Design, technical, economic and regulatory analyses of full-scale plants
Energy consumption and energy recovery
Environmental issues related to desalination
Hybrid desalination processes
Membrane desalination processes
New membrane/material and the impact on desalination performance
Performance aspects, including causes, consequences and countermeasures of fouling and scaling
Related systems to desalination such as pre-treatment, post-treatment, brine disposal, and integrated plants
Renewable energy applications in desalination
Thermal desalination processes
Transport and process modeling in desalination
Electrodialysis desalination process
Novel desalination technologies and processes
Recovery of resources from brines and issues related to brine mining
Resource recovery for a circular economy in water reuse and desalination
Emerging contaminants using desalination membranes and technologies