The theme of the one-day IWA program is to focus on the international research efforts by IWA members in building healthy communities around the world in the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) sector. The goal is to showcase WASH sector research and education work of academics from North America. An additional goal of the program is to showcase leading university-utility partnerships around the country and promote such partnerships among other universities and utilities. Leaders from WEF, WE&RF-LIFT, universities and utilities will be present to discuss successful methods and strategies to establish strong utility-university collaborative partnerships.

Schedule

Tuesday, June 20

8:00-12:00 pm		Parallel Workshops
12:00-1:00 pm		Lunch Break
1:00-4:30 pm		Parallel Workshops
5:00-6:30 pm		Welcome and Keynote 1: Mr. Steven Curwood
7:00-9:00 pm		Welcoming Reception

Wednesday, June 21

8:30-9:30 am		Keynote 2: Dr. Tami Bond
9:30-10:00 am		WALK FROM RACKHAM TO MICHIGAN LEAGUE
10:00-12:20 pm		Parallel Presentation Sessions Biological Processes in Natural Systems KALAMAZOO ROOM (WA-KZOO), Co-Moderators: Jonathan Sharp and TBA Fate and Presence of Environmental Contaminants in Communities (I) HUSSEY ROOM (WA-HUSS), Co-Moderators: Meagan Mauter and TBA Themed Session: Advanced Materials for Detection and Control of Chemical and Biological Contaminants VANDENBERG ROOM (WA-VAND), Co-Moderators: Danmeng Shuai and Yun Shen Understanding Antibiotic Resistance in Engineered Water Systems MENDELSSON THEATER (WA-MSON), Co-Moderators: Dr. Ryan Newton (WisConsin-Milwaukee) and Dr. Tara Webster (Cornell) Sustaining Communities through Nutrient Cycling and Recovery KOESSLER (WA-KOES), Co-Moderators: Xinwei Mao and Jane Fowler Achieving Healthy Indoor Environments: Air Quality ROOM D (WA-RoomD), Co-Moderators: Dr. Herek Clack and TBA Advancing Community Health through Technology Innovation: Physical/Chemical HENDERSON ROOM (WA-HEND), Co-Moderators: Leanne Gilbertson and TBA Education and Workforce Development (I) MICHIGAN ROOM (WA-MICH), Co-Moderators: Susan Mirlohi and TBA
12:20-2:00 pm		Lunch Break (Committee meetings working lunch option)
2:00-3:20 pm		Parallel Presentation Sessions Themed Session - Assessing Risks from Microbial Agents to Community Health (I) MENDELSSON THEATER (WP1-MSON), Co-Moderators: Dr. Niveen Ismail (Smith College) and Dr. NiCole Fahrenfeld (Rutgers) Fate and Presence of Contaminants in Communities (II): 1,4-Dioxane HUSSEY ROOM (WP1-HUSS), Co-Moderators: Olya Keen and TBA Brine, Fouling and Scaling Management of Healthy Water Infrastructure (I) KALAMAZOO ROOM (WP1-KZOO), Co-Moderators: Yandi Hu and TBA Sustaining Communities through Energy & Resource Recovery (I) KOESSLER (WP1-KOES), Co-Moderators: Yasemin Yilmazel and Lindsay Soh Achieving Community Health through Emerging Membrane Technologies (I) VANDENBERG ROOM (WP1-VAND), Co-Moderators: Xing Xie and TBA Sustaining Communities by Improving the Air We Breath (I) ROOM D (WP1-RoomD), Co-Moderators: Dr. Ellison Carter and TBA Advancing Community Health through Technology Innovation: Biological (I) HENDERSON ROOM (WP1-HEND), Co-Moderators: Adam Smith and Zhiwu (Drew) Wang Using Models to Advance Environmental and Public Health in Communities MICHIGAN ROOM (WP1-MICH), Co-Moderators: Ben Giudice and TBA
3:20-3:50 pm		Networking Break
3:50-5:10 pm		Parallel Presentation Sessions Themed Session - Assessing Risks from Microbial Agents to Community Health (II) MENDELSSON THEATER (WP2-MSON), Co-Moderators: Dr. Patrick McNamara (Marquette) and Mr. JaCob Metch (Virginia Tech) The Food-Energy-Water (FEW) Nexus HUSSEY ROOM (WP2-HUSS), Co-Moderators: Meagan Mauter and TBA Brine, Fouling and Scaling Management of Healthy Water Infrastructure (II) KALAMAZOO ROOM (WP2-KZOO), Co-Moderators: Andrea Achilli and TBA Climate Change - Causes, Consequences and Solutions KOESSLER (WP2-KOES), Co-Moderators: Wenqing Xu and TBA Achieving Community Health through Emerging Membrane Technologies (II) VANDENBERG ROOM (WP2-VAND), Co-Moderators: Soryong Chae and TBA Sustaining Communities by Improving the Air We Breath (II) ROOM D (WP2-RoomD), Co-Moderators: Dr. Andy May and TBA Advancing Community Health through Technology Innovation: Biological (II) HENDERSON ROOM (WP2-HEND), Co-Moderators: Tarek Aziz and TBA Assessing Healthy Communities through a Risk Framework MICHIGAN ROOM (WP2-MICH), Co-Moderators: Richard Belzer and Kerry Hamilton
5:15-6:15 pm		BUSES TO NCRC (Poster presenters can take buses as early as 4:45 pm)
6:15-8:45 pm		Poster Session 1, NCRC (With heavy hors d'oeuvres)

Thursday, June 22

8:30-9:50 pm		Parallel Presentation Sessions Healthy Communities Across the Globe: Water/sanitation for developing countries (I) KOESSLER (TA1-KOES), Co-Moderators: Mark Elliott and TBA Education and Workforce Development (II) MICHIGAN ROOM (TA1-MICH), Co-Moderators: Brenda Read-Daily and TBA Addressing Public Health and Environmental Disasters (I) MENDELSSON THEATER (TA1-MSON), Co-Moderators: Dr. Joan Rose and Dr. Brooke Mayer (Marquette) Themed Session: The microbiome continuum across engineered-human-natural ecosystems (I) HENDERSON ROOM (TA1-HEND), Co-Moderators: Krista Wigginton and TBA Advancing Technologies to Benefit Communities: Case Studies (I) ROOM D (TA1-RoomD), Co-Moderators: FrancisCo Cubas and TBA Fate and Presence of Environmental Contaminants in Communities (III) HUSSEY ROOM (TA1-HUSS), Co-Moderators: Dawn Reinhold and TBA Themed Session: Sensors and Big Data in Managing the Urban Water Cycle (I) VANDENBERG ROOM (TA1-VAND), Co-Moderators: Jon Hathaway and TBA
9:50-10:20 pm		Networking Break
10:20-12:00 pm		Parallel Presentation Sessions Disinfection and Pathogens: Links to Public Health KALAMAZOO ROOM (TA2-KZOO), Co-Moderators: Tala Navab-Daneshmand and TBA Education and Workforce Development (III) MICHIGAN ROOM (TA2-MICH), Co-Moderators: Jan DeWaters and TBA Addressing Public Health and Environmental Disasters (II) MENDELSSON THEATER (TA2-MSON), Co-Moderators: Dr. Bill Cooper (NSF, UC-Irvine) and Ms. Chia-Chen Wu (Univ Michigan) Themed Session: The microbiome continuum across engineered-human-natural ecosystems (II) HENDERSON ROOM (TA2-HEND), Co-Moderators: Ameet Pinto and TBA Sustaining Communities through Energy & Resource Recovery (II) KOESSLER (TA2-KOES), Co-Moderators: Nirupam Aich and TBA Advancing Technologies to Benefit Communities: Case Studies (II) ROOM D (TA2-RoomD), Co-Moderators: Dan McCurry and Jorge Gonzalez Estrella Fate and Presence of Environmental Contaminants in Communities (IV) HUSSEY ROOM (TA2-HUSS), Co-Moderators: David Hanigan and TBA Themed Session: Sensors and Big Data in Managing the Urban Water Cycle (II) VANDENBERG ROOM (TA2-VAND), Co-Moderators: Branko Kerkez and TBA
12:00-2:30 pm		Poster Session 2, BALLROOM, MICHIGAN LEAGUE (lunch served)
2:30-3:50 pm		Parallel Presentation Sessions Carbon Capture or Recover: Applications and Implications KOESSLER (TP-KOES), Co-Moderators: Lauren Beckingham and TBA Methods to Achieve Sustainable and Just Decisions for Healthy Communities MICHIGAN ROOM (TP-MICH), Co-Moderators: Rebecca Lahr and TBA Sustaining Communities through Energy and Resource Recovery (III) VANDENBERG ROOM (TP-VAND), Co-Moderators: Masoud Negahban-Azar and TBA Understanding Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms and Prevalence in Agriculture MENDELSSON THEATER (TP-MSON), Co-Moderators: Dr. Otakuye Conroy-Ben (Arizona State) and Ms. Sol Park (Purdue) Healthy Communities Across the Globe: Water/sanitation for developing countries (II) HENDERSON ROOM (TP-HEND), Co-Moderators: Heather Bischel and TBA Advancing Technologies to Benefit Communities: Case Studies (III) ROOM D (TP-RoomD), Co-Moderators: Teng Zeng and TBA Fate and Presence of Environmental Contaminants in Communities (V) HUSSEY ROOM (TP-HUSS), Co-Moderators: Brajesh Dubey and Xinchao Wei
3:50-4:20 pm		Break
4:30-5:15 pm		BUSINESS MEETING, SPONSOR RECOGNITION, STUDENT AWARDS, MENDELSSON THEATER
5:15-6:15 pm		Buses from Michigan League to Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation
6:15-11:00 pm		Banquet, AEESP Awards, Fellow Inductees (Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation)

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Oral Presentations

The total time allotted for each oral presentation is 20 minutes.  A presentation that is 15 to 17 minutes in length is recommended so as to leave time for questions from the audience.

Speakers are requested to bring their presentation slides on USB drives and transfer their slides to the moderator’s laptop 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start of the session. 

Graduate and postdoctoral students should fill out the contact portion of the award competition form in their session, and hand the form to the session moderator prior to their talks.

 

Poster Presentations

The maximum allowable poster size is 40 inches wide and 48 inches tall (101 cm x 122 cm).  Posters will be attached to a cloth backing using push pins (provided).  Presenters are responsible for the assembly and removal of their posters. 

Poster setup is scheduled for 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 21. Posters must be ready for display by 5:00 p.m. for the single poster session to be held on Wednesday night from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m.  Posters should be promptly removed at the conclusion of the poster session.  Materials remaining on the poster boards after 9:00 p.m. will be removed and discarded.  Conference staff will be unable to retain posters. 

The poster title should appear at the top of the poster, followed by the list of authors and their institutional affiliations. All text should be readable from 5 feet (1.5 m) away.  Title lettering that is 2 inches (5 cm) tall is recommended, with subheadings that are 1 inch (2.5 cm) in height.  Please use a minimum font size of 24 for the main text.