| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 11:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments |
| 7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Micro-engineered Membranes |
| Discussion Leader: Matthias Wessling (University of Twente) |
| 7:40 pm - 8:20 pm | Remko Boom (Wageningen University)
"Micro-engineered membranes for multicomponent fractionation of colloidal suspensions" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
| 8:35 pm - 9:15 pm | Rob Lammertink (University of Twente)
"Microfabrication of polymeric structures for membrane-based separation devices" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Membrane Surface Modification |
| Discussion Leader: Mathias Ulbricht (Universität Essen) |
| 9:00 am - 9:45 am | Motomu Tanaka (Universität Heidelberg)
"Application of supported lipid membranes as model cell surfaces" |
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break / Group Photo |
| 10:30 am - 11:15 am | Zhi-Kang Xu (Zhejiang University)
"Polymer membranes with glycosylation surfaces" |
| 11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
| 11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Merlin Bruening (Michigan State University)
"High-capacity membrane adsorbers based on polymer brushes grown in porous substrates" |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Solute-Membrane Interactions |
| Discussion Leader: John Pellegrino (University of Colorado) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Karsten Thompson (Louisiana State University)
"Image-based pore-scale modeling: membrane applications" |
| 8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
| 8:10 pm - 8:40 pm | Bruce C. Bunker (Sandia National Laboratories)
"Ordered Water on Model Membrane Surfaces" |
| 8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:20 pm | Andrew Livingston (Imperial College London)
"Solvents, Solute and Membrane Interactions in Organic Solvent Nanofiltration" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Membrane Critical Flux |
| Discussion Leader: Pierre Aimar (Université Paul Sabatier) |
| 9:00 am - 9:45 am | Patrice Bacchin (Université P. Sabatier)
"Theory of critical fluxes" |
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:15 am | Albert Kim (University of Hawaii)
"Simulation of interfacial phenomena and critical phenomena in membrane filtration" |
| 11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
| 11:30 am - 12:15 pm | David Weitz (Harvard University)
"Jamming fluids" |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Membranes for Wastewater |
| Discussion Leader: Isabel Escobar (University of Toledo) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:15 pm | Francis A. DiGiano (University of North Carolina)
"Low-pressure, hollow-fiber submerged membrane systems: Effects of fiber length, aeration rate and particle characteristics on specification of critical flux" |
| 8:15 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 9:15 pm | Mark Clark (University of Illinois)
"Formation of Nanoparticulate Polymer and Composite Sorbents and Catalysts" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Mixed Matrix Membranes |
| Discussion Leader: Eva Marand (Virginia Tech) |
| 9:00 am - 9:45 am | Ed Cussler (University of Minnesota)
"Adjusting the Internal Geometry of Composite Membranes" |
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:15 am | Bill Koros (Georgia Institute of Technology)
"Realistic Mixed Matrix Membranes -- What is Really Needed to Create Them?" |
| 11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
| 11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Ken Balkus (University of Texas at Dallas)
"Mixed Matrix Membranes using Nanoporous Hybrid Framework Materials" |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session II |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Membranes in Tissue Engineering |
| Discussion Leader: Matthias Wessling (University of Twente) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:15 pm | Akon Higuchi (Seikei University)
"Separation and preservation of stem cells from blood through membranes" |
| 8:15 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 9:15 pm | Young Moo Lee (Hanyang Universtiy)
"Current status of biomembranes in tissue engineering and drug delivery systems" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Inorganic Membranes |
| Discussion Leader: Theo Tsotsis (University of Southern California) |
| 9:00 am - 9:45 am | David Sholl (Carnegie Mellon University)
"Screening Crystalline Membrane Materials Using Atomically-detailed Simulations" |
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:15 am | J. Douglas Way (Colorado School of Mines)
"Self-supported and Composite Palladium Alloy Membranes for Hydrogen Separation" |
| 11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
| 11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Jerry Y.S. Lin (Arizona State University)
"Synthesis of Vertically Oriented Ordered Mesoporous Inorganic Membranes: Progress and Challenges" |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm | Keynote Session |
| Discussion Leader: Glenn Lipscomb (University of Toledo) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:25 pm | Don Paul (University of Texas at Austin)
"Effects of Physical Aging and Carbon Dioxide Exposure on the Gas Permeability and Selectivity of Thin Polyimide Membranes" |
| 8:25 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Depart |
