Water Safety Symposium: Emerging Contaminants and Innovative Approaches to Water Purification

Objectives

  • Explore Innovations: Discovering the latest breakthroughs in materials science, engineering, and technology for water safety analysis and novel water purification strategies.
  • Address Challenges: Identifying emerging contaminants, designing resilient systems, and discussing strategies to mitigate the global water crisis.
  • Foster Collaboration: Promoting partnerships between academia, industry, and policymakers to accelerate the adoption of effective measures for sustainable water use and contaminant mitigation.  

Thematic Sessions

  • Water Resources: Discussion on water sources, scarcity, and other pressing issues.
  • Emerging Contaminants and Challenges: Addressing microplastics, PFAS, pharmaceutical residues, and other topics.
  • Advanced Materials for Water Purification: Exploring multifunctional membranes, nanomaterials, innovative surfaces, and high-performance composites.
  • Smart Devices and Sensors: Information on innovations in real-time water quality monitoring and purification techniques based on artificial intelligence.
  • Sustainable and Energy-Efficient Approaches: Discovering low-energy desalination, bioremediation, bio-inspired systems, solar purification, and circular water systems. 
 
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

Abstract submission should be done through here. 

* Abstracts files should be 1 page abstract in .pdf format 
* The use of graphics in the abstract is optional. 
* A complete editable abstract example and guidelines could be downloaded here. 
* You have to be registered before abstract submission

Abstract deadline: March 13 
Decisions on abstracts will be notified on: March 20

Further Information: https://benasque.org/2026wss/