| Thursday, Sept. 15th |
| 8:00 – 4:00 | Registration & Check-in |
| 8:00 – 9:00 | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 – 9:15 | Session TH-1: Opening General Session |
| Moderator | Justin Sutherland, Carollo Engineers |
| Welcome & History of Desal in Texas | |
| 9:15 – 10:15 | Session TH-2: Keynote Presentation |
| Moderator | Kyle Frazier, Texas Desalination Association |
| Keynote Address: Desalination in Texas-One Has to Manage Multiple Agencies for a Successful Outcome | |
| Edmund Archuleta | |
| 10:15 – 10:45 | Break with Exhibits & Networking |
| 10:45 – 11:45 | Session TH-3: New Technologies & Desalination Research |
| Moderator | Malynda Cappelle, Bureau of Reclamation |
| Solar Power Desalination Device | |
| Junghyo (Jung) Yoon, PhD, Research Laboratory of Electronics Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
| Making Portable Desalination Sustainable, and Easy | |
| Bruce Crawford, MIT | |
| Reverse Osmosis Concentrate Treatment with Fujifilm’s Salt-Free Electrodialysis Metathesis | |
| Tayia Oddonetto, The University of Texas at El Paso | |
| 11:45 – 1:00 | Luncheon with Keynote Presentation: Department of the Interior and Bureau of Reclamation Lead Development of Desalination to Address Climate Crisis | David Raff, Bureau of Reclamation |
| 1:00 – 1:45 | Session TH-4: Secure Water? Steps for Your Future! |
| Moderator | Kyle Frazier, Texas Desalination Association |
| 1:45 – 3:15 | Session TH-5: Legislative / Regulatory Update |
| Moderator | Steven Walden, Steven Walden Consulting |
| Carlos Rubinstein, RSAH2O, LLC Kyle Frazier, Texas Desalination Association Michael Irlbeck, EPCOR Rusty Smith, Texas Produced Water Consortium | |
| 3:15 – 3:30 | Break with Exhibits & Networking |
| 3:30 – 5:00 | Session TH-6: Brackish Happy Hour Roundtable Discussion & Networking | Energy Future of Desalination |
| Moderator | Darrell Peckham, Peckham P.G., LLC |
| Dr. Wisian, Bureau of Economic Geology Rick McCurdy, Select Energy Matt Nicholls, Invenergy Clean Water, LLC |
| Friday, Sept. 16th |
| 7:15 – 11:00 | Registration & Check-in |
| 7:15 – 8:15 | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 – 9:00 | Session F-1: Panel Discussion | Value of Desal: Reliable Source of Water |
| Moderator | Paul Choules, Water Cycle LLC |
| Sally Gutierrez, EPA Scott Reinert, El Paso Water Christine Owen, Hazen & Sawyer Judy Adams, Brownsville Public Utilities Board | |
| 9:00 – 9:45 | Session F-2: Leaders in Desal Panel Discussion | Your Greatest Failure and What You Learned From It |
| Moderator | Kyle Frazier, Texas Desalination Association |
| Glenn Farrel, CalDesal Mike Hightower, NM Desal Devesh Sharma, International Desalination Association | |
| 9:45 – 10:15 | Break with Exhibits & Networking |
| 10:15 – 11:15 | Session F-3: Texas WateReuse Panel Discussion: Meeting Future Growth in Texas with Desal and Reuse |
| Moderator | Eva Steinle-Darling, WateReuse Texas |
| Gregg Eckhardt, San Antonio Water Systems Angel Bustamante, El Paso Water R.J. Muraski, North Texas Municipal Water District | |
| 11:15 – 11:45 | Session F-4: Kyle Talks |
| Moderator | Kyle Frazier, Texas Desalination Association |
| Representative Lyle Larson, Texas House of Representatives | |
| 11:45 – 12:15 | Annual Membership Meeting & Board Election |
| Justin Sutherland / Kyle Frazier / Committee Chairs | |
| 12:15 – 2:15 | Exhibitor Tear-down |
Student Poster Session
| Moderators | Rosalyn Le, CP&Y an STV Company / Esther Guedez, Hydranautics |
| Making Portable Desalination Sustainable, and Easy | |
| Bruce Crawford, Massachusettes Institute of Technology | |
| Reverse Osmosis Concentrate Treatment with Fujifilm’s Salt-Free Electrodialysis Metathesis | |
| Tayia Oddonetto, The University of Texas at El Paso | |
| Increasing Water Supplies Though Photobiological Treatment of Brackish Water Reverse Osmosis Concentrate | |
| Jacob A. Palmer, Texas State University – San Marcos | |
| Lifecycle Cost Analysis of a New Reverse Osmosis Concentrate Management System Using Brackish Diatoms for Enhanced Freshwater Recovery | |
| Emon Roy, Texas State University – San Marcos |