IDA - Research & Development Committee – 1 st Annual Report 3 Meetings 1 st Meeting 2 nd Meeting 3 rd Meeting 4 th Meeting 6 th of March 2010 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 11 th of April 2010 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 2 nd of July 2010 Singapore 5 th of October 2010 KAUST Jeddah Saudi Arabia

IDA - Research & Development Committee – 1 st Annual Report 4 1 st Meeting 1 st Meeting 2 nd Meeting 3 rd Meeting 4 th Meeting 6 th of March 2010 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Issues discussed : 1.Goals and objectives 2.A coordinator for the committee had been selected. 3.The need of developing a road map for the committee. 4.The need of having a detailed list of R&D research centers and their activities worldwide. 5.Idea of inviting number of well known speakers to the next IDA Conference to talk about new trends in research directions. 6.The need of having a specialized booklet directed to young researchers to introduce them to water desalination technologies. 7.The committee agreed on visiting some research centre worldwide.

IDA - Research & Development Committee – 1 st Annual Report 5 2 nd Meeting 1 st Meeting 2 nd Meeting 3 rd Meeting 4 th Meeting 11 th of April 2010 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Issues discussed and closed: 1.Before the end of year 2010, some of the research centers in Europe will be visited by the committee. 2.Before the end of year 2010, the following research centers will be visited by the committee: 1. Development Center of Water Treatment Technology, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou, China. 2.Institute of Seawater Desalination and Multipurpose Utilization, State Oceanic Administration, Tianjin, China. 3.The importance of establish a strategic relationship with all research centers which will be visited by the committee. 4.A roadmap for high efficiency desalination had been proposed to the committee by Mr. Harry Seah and been reviewed. 5.A clear and general worldwide-desalination roadmap should be developed. 6.A list of well known speakers whom can talk about new trends in research-directions during the next IDA Conference will be developed. 7.The possibility of having a section on IDA Journal specialized in R&D will be discussed with the IDA Journal Editor Mr. John Hughes.

IDA - Research & Development Committee – 1 st Annual Report 6 3 rd Meeting 1 st Meeting 2 nd Meeting 3 rd Meeting 4 th Meeting 2 nd of July 2010 Singapore Issues discussed and closed: 1.The resutls of the visit of Dr. Al-Alshaikh and Dr. Alarifi to the Development Center of Water Treatment Technology in Hangzhou, China have been discussed. 2.The IDA-R&D Committee will prepare its first annual report and should be completed by November The report will lists all the activities, meeting, and results achieved by the committee. 3.Dr. Gary Amy could visit Sea Hero Research Center in South Korea during the year of The committee would like to invite 3-4 keynote speakers to the IDA world congress 2011 in Perth to talk about the new trends in research and to have a session for it during the first 2 days in the morning period and to be moderated by the chairman of the R&D Committee. 5.The committee would like to conduct a 1-days workshop to develop a 5 years strategic plan for the committee. 6.Dr. Al-Alshaikh shared with the committee the PowerPoint presentation he presented to IDA_BOD during its 2 nd meeting in Paris.

IDA - Research & Development Committee – 1 st Annual Report 7 4 th Meeting 1 st Meeting 2 nd Meeting 3 rd Meeting 4 th Meeting 5 th of October 2010 KAUST Jeddah Saudi Arabia Issues discussed and closed: 1.The committee will ask for a special session foucos on Desalination & Water Reuse during the next Singapore International Water Week. 2.The title and the designated speakers for the special session during the next IDA Conference in Perth are as follow: Session Title: (Membrane-Based Desalination and Reuse: Looking into the Future.) Speakers: A. Dr. Abdullah Al-Alshaikh: ( Opening Remarks.) B. Prof. Nidal Hilal: (Membrane applications of nanotechnology including inorganic- organic composites.) C. Prof. Tony Fane: (New material advances in membrane technology.) D. Prof. (Neal) Tai-Shung Chung: (Molecular design of advanced forward osmosis membranes for water reuse.) E. Prof. Bill Hanbury: (New advances in thermal-membrane hybrids in desalination.) F. Prof. Gary Amy: (Innovative characterization protocols for seawater natural organic matter (NOM): insight into membrane fouling and control.) 3.The committee (represented by Dr. Amy and Dr. Hanbury ) will visit some research centers in Qatar and Kuwait in addition to Dosaan Co. between the 20 th of November and the 30 th of November. 4.Dr. Al-Alshaikh suggested that the committee should visit the European Desalination Society (EDS) in L'Aquila, Italy.