RAS Workshop Tentative Program
Day 1: Sunday, October 11, 2026 | |
| from 15:00 | Hotel check-in |
| 14:30-16:00 | Tour of the facilities at Midreshet Ben Gurion including Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, and French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands |
| 16:00-17:30 | Cliff Walk |
| 18:30-20:30 | Evening Reception/Dinner for Invited Speakers |
| Day 2: Monday, October 12, 2026 | |
| 9:00-10:00 | Registration |
| 10:00-10:15 | Opening Remarks and Greetings |
| 10:015-11:40 | Session 1: From Waste to Resource in Recirculating Aquaculture |
| 11:40-13:00 | Tour of BIDR Aquaculture Labs |
| 12:30-14:30 | Lunch and Poster Session |
| 14:30-17:10 | Session 2: Novel Membrane Technologies for Water Treatment in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) |
| 17:10-17:50 | Special Plenary |
| 19:00-21:00 | Dinner (open to all those that registered) and Poster Winner Award |
| Day 3, Tuesday, October 13, 2026 | |
| 9:15-9:30 | Opening Remarks |
| 09:30-10:40 | Session 3: From Waste to Resource in RAS |
| 10:40-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00-12:30 | Session 4: Functional Materials for RAS Water Treatment and Sensing (Part I) |
| 12:30-13:30 | Tour of BIDR Aquaculture Labs |
| 13:00-14:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30-15:10 | Session 4: Functional Materials for RAS Water Treatment and Sensing (Part II) |
| 15:10-18:30 | Session 5: RAS Innovation Challenge and Group Competition |
| 19:00-22:00 | Dinner (for invited guests only) and Winner Announcement |
| Day 4, Wednesday, October 14, 2026 | |
| until 9:00 | Check-out from Hotel |
| 9:00-14:00 | Professional Tour Day: Aquaculture in the Desert: A visit to commercial aquaculture companies and an R&D center in the Negev Desert and in the Arava. |
| 14:00-15:00 | Roundtable Discussion at Arava R&D Center |
| 15:00 | Return To Sde Boker Campus |