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8th IWA Specialist Group Conference Advanced Oxidation Technologies for Water and Wastewater Treatment and Recycling

This international conference focuses on advancing Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) for water and wastewater treatment, groundwater remediation, and drinking water purification. It brings together researchers and industry professionals to share the latest scientific developments, practical applications, and innovations in AOPs, with particular emphasis on water recycling and reuse. The conference also promotes sustainable solutions to meet increasingly stringent environmental regulations, protect public health, and identify future research and development priorities.

Programme Detail

Dates
05 Apr 2027 - 07 Apr 2027

Germany

Frankfurt am Main
Description
Organising Committee
Programme Committee

Description

The conference will showcase recent advances in the scientific principles, development, and application of AOPs, with particular emphasis on sustainable water recycling and reuse. It will facilitate knowledge exchange, promote collaboration across academia and industry, and identify future research and development priorities. The conference series successfully resumed with AOP 7 in 2025, following a 13-year break since 2012.

The event is relevant to the following IWA thematic areas:

  • Drinking Water Systems
  • Wastewater Systems (Small Scale)
  • Wastewater Systems (Large Scale)
  • Industrial Water and Wastewater
  • Water and Health
  • Resource Recovery and Reuse
  • Treatment Technologies
  • Innovation
  • Urban Water Management
  • Basins and Water Resources
  • Water Governance, Regulation and Utility Management

The deadline for the submission of lectures or posters is 30 October 2026.

Organising Committee

 

No.NameOrganisationLocation
1Dr. Thomas TrackDECHEMAFrankfurt, Germany
2Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sven Uwe GeissenTU BerlinBerlin, Germany
3Dr. Stefan NeumannBayer AGLeverkusen, Germany
4Dr. Achim RiedXylemHerford, Germany
5PD Dr. Uwe HübnerXylemHerford, Germany
6Prof. Chedly TizaouiSwansea UniversityUnited Kingdom

Programme Committee

 

Scientific Committee

No.NameInstitutionCountry
1Hamid AmiriUniversiti Malaysia TerengganuMalaysia
2Christian AntileoUniversidad de La Frontera, TemucoChile
3Giacomo BellandiAM TeamBelgium
4Andréa Moura BernardesUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto AlegreBrazil
5Giorgio BertanzaUniversity of BresciaItaly
6Latifa BousselmiCERTE, Hammam LifTunisia
7Manh-Ha BuiSaigon UniversityVietnam
8Xuan-Thanh BuiHo Chi Minh City University of TechnologyVietnam
9Yong ChenJiangsu Environmental Protection GroupChina
10Renato Falcao DantasUniversity of Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil
11Sven Uwe GeissenTU BerlinGermany
12Wolfgang GernjakCatalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA), GironaSpain
13Uwe HübnerXylem, HerfordGermany
14Ming-Chun LuNational Chung Hsing University, TaichungTaiwan
15Jelena Molnar JazicUniversity of Novi SadSerbia
16Stefan NeumannBayer AG, LeverkusenGermany
17Thanh Binh NguyễnNational Kaohsiung University of Science and TechnologyTaiwan
18Thanh Tin NguyenUniversity of Wisconsin–MilwaukeeUSA
19Klaus NonnenmacherAnseros GmbH, TübingenGermany
20Vítor Jorge Pais VilarFaculty of Engineering, University of PortoPortugal
21Shu-Yuan PanNational Taiwan UniversityTaiwan
22Rodny PeñafielUniversidad Técnica de AmbatoEcuador
23Sergei PreisTallinn University of TechnologyEstonia
24Achim RiedXylem, HerfordGermany
25Tjandra SetiadiInstitut Teknologi BandungIndonesia
26Millaray Sierra OleaBonnGermany
27Shane Allen SnyderNanyang Environment and Water Research InstituteSingapore
28Masoud TaheriyounIsfahan University of Technology, IsfahanIran
29Surbhi TakThe Energy and Resources Institute, DelhiIndia
30Chedly TizaouiSwansea UniversityUnited Kingdom
31Thomas TrackDECHEMA e.V.Germany
32Viviane YargeauMcGill University, MontrealCanada
33Yongjun ZhangNanjing Tech UniversityChina