Programme Overview

Date: 24 September 2026 | Venue: National University of Singapore

Time Program
9.00 – 9.30 a.m. Registration
9.30 – 9.40 a.m. Opening Remarks
Professor Low Teck Seng
Senior Advisor, Office of the President
National University of Singapore (NUS)
9.40 – 10.10 a.m. Keynote Address
Dr Gurdev Singh
Chief Engineering and Technology Officer
PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency
10.10 – 10.30 a.m. Application of Flat-Sheet Ceramic Membrane for Pre-Treatment of SWRO by Retrofitting into a DAF System
Dr Noguchi Hiroshi
Head, Membrane & Water Technology R&D Centre
Meiden Singapore Pte. Ltd.
10.30 – 10.50 a.m. Novel Low Energy Seawater Desalination Solutions Empowered with SmartOps – A PUB Demonstration Plant Case Study
Dr Ho Jia Shin
New Product Initiative (NPI) Manager
Gradiant International Holdings Pte Ltd
10.50 – 11.10 a.m. Beyond the Trade-Off: Ushering in a New Era of Ultra-Permeable and Ultra-Selective Membranes
Professor Tang Chuyang
Director, NUS Environmental Research Institute (NERI)
CDE Chair Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Design and Engineering, NUS
11.10 – 11.40 a.m. Panel Discussion
Chaired by Professor Tang Chuyang, NUS
11.40 – 12.10 p.m. Poster session
12.10 – 1.00 p.m. Lunch & Networking