RAS Workshop Program
Day 1: Sunday, October 11, 2026 | |
| from 15:00 | Hotel check-in |
| 18:30-20:30 | Evening Reception/Dinner for Invited Speakers - meet at Shermans at 18:20 |
| Day 2: Monday, October 12, 2026 | |
| 9:00-10:00 | Registration |
| 10:00-10:15 | Opening Remarks and Greetings |
| 10:15-11:30 | Session 1: From Waste to Resource in Recirculating Aquaculture |
| 11:30-12:30 | Tour of BIDR Aquaculture Labs |
| 12:30-14:30 | Lunch and Poster Session |
| 14:30-16:40 | Session 2: Novel Membrane Technologies for Water Treatment in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) |
| 16:40-17:00 | Coffee Break |
| 17:00-17:40 | Special Plenary - Michael Timmons, Cornell University, Advances in Recirculating Aquaculture |
| 19:00 | Dinner Off-Campus (open to all those that registered) |
| Day 3, Tuesday, October 13, 2026 | |
| 8:30-9:00 | Registration |
| 9:00-9:10 | Opening Remarks |
| 09:10-10:50 | Session 3: From Waste to Resource in RAS |
| 10:50-11:10 | Coffee Break |
| 11:10-12:40 | Session 4: Functional Materials for RAS Water Treatment and Sensing (Part I) |
| 12:40-13:30 | Tour of BIDR Aquaculture Labs |
| 13:00-14:20 | Lunch |
| 14:20-15:20 | Session 4: Functional Materials for RAS Water Treatment and Sensing (Part II) |
| 15:20-18:30 | Session 5: RAS Innovation Challenge and Group Competition - with Winner(s) to be announced at the end of the session |
| 19:30 | Dinner Off-Campus (for invited guests only) |
| Day 4, Wednesday, October 14, 2026 | |
| until 9:00 | Check-out from Hotel |
| 9:00-14:00 | Professional Tour Day: Advanced Agriculture Facilities in the Negev |
| 14:00-16:00 | Roundtable and Discussion at Ramat HaNegev R&D Center - including lunch |
| 16:00-17:30 | Tour of the Ashalim Solar Facility, including a visit to the observation deck overlooking the solar farm |
| 18:00 | Return to Sde Boker Campus |