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BGU Water Forum

Announcement "BGU Water Forum"

gathering of researchers no. 3

23.12.2007

AGENDA

The "BGU Water Forum" meeting will take place on Sunday, December 23, 2007, at 09:30 - 13:00,
at the; Sede Boqer Campus in the Seminar Room of the Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research.

Timetable:

09:30	Prof. Eilon Adar, ZIWR Director: Opening remarks
09:45	Prof. Eilon Adar, ZIWR Director Prof. Asher Bernner, Head of the Unit of Environmental Engineering Presentation of the shared M.Sc. Program in Hydrology and Engineering and Management of Water Resources.
10:00	Dr. Orit Ben-Zvi Assaraf, Science Teaching Dept. Transfer of the Blue Planet Earth Systems Approach (BEPESA) for the Study of Water Related Systems
Coffee Break
10:30-11:30	Dr. Jack Gilron, Desalination and Water Treatment Dept. (Project 1) Sensor triggered flow reversal for high recovery RO from brackish and municipal wastewater resources (Project 2) Wind coupled RO using inexpensive float mounted low rpm turbines and load smoothing technologies hydraulic power generation under high wind conditions. Prof. Raz Jelinek, Chemistry Dept. Simple color assays for detection of bacteria in water Prof. Gidon Eshel, Department of Solar Energy and Environmental Physics An Alternative Conceptual Model of Middle Eastern Aridity and its Possible Response to Global Warming
11:30	Dr. Vered Yesodi, CEO of the "National Center of Advanced Water Technology"
11:45	Tamarix Ventures, Venture Capital Fund investing in "clean-tech" technologies
12:30	Prof. Eilon Adar, Closing remarks

Refreshments & sandwiches

Transportation:
Departure from Beer-Sheva:
08:20 - 1st stop - Main campus in Beer Sheva: A bus will leave from Humanities car park, next to the Senate building
08:30 – 2nd stop: Central train and bus station, at the train parking park.
Departure to Beer-Sheva:
13:00 – Departure from Sede-Boqer Campus (Auditorium Parking)