The 3rd Kuwait Waste Management Conference & Exhibition will be held on 6 – 8 April 2010 at the Radisson SAS Hotel under the patronage of H.E. Dr. Fadel Safer , Minister of Public Works and State Minister of Municipal Affairs and with the support of Kuwait Municipality, Environment Public Authority and Public Authority of Industry.
The 3rd Kuwait Waste Management Conference & Exhibition is the region’s definitive event dedicated to the waste industry. Now in its third year, the event is the leading industry forum for the latest waste technologies, solutions and products.
This 3-day event will feature valuable insights and practical experiences. Several hundred participants are expected to attend from Kuwait and nearby regions and countries, along with other international experts. With multiple technical sessions focused on municipal, industrial and medical waste management challenges, the event promises a unique opportunity for delegates to gain insights into waste management solutions, listen to regional and international case studies and network with their peers.
Conference Program:
Sunday & Monday 4th & 5th April 2010
09:00 – 17:00 Healthcare Waste Workshop (Advanced Level)
09:00 – 17:00 ورشة الإدارة السليمة للمخلفات الخطرةTuesday 6th April 2010
08:00 – 12:00 Registration
09:00 – 10: 00 Opening Ceremony
10:00 – 10:30 Exhibition & Coffee break
10:30 – 12:00 Session One
10:30 – 11:00 Mishref - What happened? An in-depth look at what occurred at the
Mishref sewage treatment plant collapse.
Mr. Rayyan Agha
Founder, Cloud Green. Kuwait
11:00 – 11:30 Advances in the Treatment of Kuwait Residential Wastewaters
Dr. Esra E. Aleisa*, Dr. Khawla A. Al-Shayji **
*Industrial and Management systems Engineering Department, Kuwait University, Kuwait.
**Chemical Engineering Department, Kuwait University, Kuwait
11:30 – 12:00 Biodegradation of Organic compounds and Polycyclic Aromatic
Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in wastewater and proposed solutions
Dr. Fadi Dagher
Civil, Building and Engineering Department
Concordia University, Canada
12:00 – 12:30 Coffee break
12:30 – 14:00 Session Two
12:30 – 13:00 Potential for Reusing By-Products of the Kuwait Steel Industry in
Construction
Dr. Saud Al-Otaibi
Associate Research Scientist
Building and Energy Technologies Dept.
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait
13:00 – 13:30 Green Construction Waste Management
Mr. Davorin Kralj
Faculty of Management, University of Primorska, SLOVENIA
13:30 – 14:00 Recycling Construction Waste – Perspectives and Solutions
Eng. Jaza'a Al-Anezi,
DMD, EPIC, Kuwait
14:00 – 15:00 Lunch
Wednesday 7th April 2010
09:00 – 10:00 Session Three
09:00 – 09:30 New Energy from Waste
Mr. Geert Jan Pastoor
Pastoor Consultancy, the Netherlands.
09:30 – 10:00 Bioremediation of Industrial Waste: A Green Approach Towards
Waste Management
Dr. Alok Adholeya
Director, Biotechnology and Management of Bioresources Division
The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi, India.
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 – 12:00 Session Four
10:30 – 11:00 Solid Waste Management in Petroleum Refineries of Kuwait
Dr. Ahmed A. M. Elgibaly *, Dr. Jadea S. Alshammari*, Dr. Fatma K. Gad* ,Dr. Abdul Rehman Khan**
* Department of Chemical and Refinery Engineering, Faculty of Petroleum and Mining Engineering, Suez Canal University, Egypt.
** Coastal and Air Pollution Department,
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait.
11:00 – 11:30 Bio-piling remediation technology for hydrocarbon contaminated soil
Ms. Rabab Shamayleh and Mr. Brian Freeman
Integrated Environmental Solutions, Kuwait
11:30 – 12:00 Plastic Bags In Sudan: Manufacturing, use, disposal, and management
legislation Impacts.
Dr. Abu Bakr El Tohami
12:00 – 12:30 Coffee break
12:30 – 14:00 Session Five
12:30 – 13:00 Management of Hazardous Wastes
Dr. Said Dahroug
International Facilitator, Basel Convention Regional Center for Arab States, Cairo University, Eqypt.
13:00 – 13:30 Integrated Waste Recycling
Ms. Laura Minotto
Sales and Marketing Manager, Bano Recycling, Italy.
13:30 – 14:00 New Technologies of Environment
Mr. Mukesh Lohar
Alikhtiyar United, Kuwait
14:00 – 15:00 Lunch
Thursday 8th April 2010
09:00 – 10: 00 Session Six
09:00 – 09:30 Municipal Solid Waste Landfills in Jordan, Current and Prospective
Future
Mr. Mohammad Aljaradin
Lund University, LTH
Department of Water Resources Engineering, Lund, Sweden.
09:30 – 10:00 Evolution of Industrial Solid Waste on a site in Central Cheshire,
England
Mr. Kinan Ibrahim
School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of
Engineering and Physical Sciences, The University of Manchester, UK
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 – 12:00 Session Seven
10:30 – 11:00 Methods of Dyes Degradation Application to Industrial Textile
Wastewater Treatment
Dr. Baghdad Benstaali
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
College of Engineering, University of Bahrain, Bahrain
11:00 – 11:30 Onsite management of solid waste in urban areas to reduce landfill
capacity
Dr. Jaya Nair
Director, Environmental Technology Centre
Murdoch University, Australia
11:30 – 12:00 Photodegradation of contaminated surfaces using second generation
photocatalysts in healthcare industry using solar energy
*, ***Prof. Imre Dékány, **László Janovák, ***László Kőrösi, *Ágnes
Veres and **Norbert Buzás
*Department of Physical Chemistry and Materials Sciences University of Szeged, Hungary
**Nanocolltech Ltd, Szeged, Hungary
***Supramolecular and Nanostructured Materials Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
12:00 – 12:30 Coffee break
12:30 – 14:00 Session Eight
12:30 – 13:00 A New Perspective on Biofuels
Dr. Raslan Al-Allatti
PAAET, Kuwait
13:00 – 13:30 Electricity Generation – Industrial Waste Management
Mr. Rashmi Reddy Pabhathi Reddy, Mr. Karthik Ravi Teja Machiraju CVR College of Engineering, JNTUH, India
13:30 – 14:00 Management of Industrial Wastewater Using Internal Water Recycles
Dr. Hassan I. Mohamed and Dr. Sameh S. Ahmed
Engineering College, Almajma’ah University, Saudi Arabia
14:00 – 15:00 Lunch