We look forward to your participation in the MELPRO 2020 conference, which will be held as a hybrid conference – partly on-site in Prague and partly virtually on-line – from November 8 to 11. If you are not able or allowed to travel to Prague, you can participate in the conference virtually. On-line access to the conference will be provided via the Zoom platform. Due to the changes in the organization of the conference, the scientific program will be adjusted and announced before October 23. 

> New membrane materials – Plenary speakers – Y.M. Lee, Keynote speakers – L. Giorno, A. Figoli, W. Kujawski, P. Vacca
> Gas, liquid and vapor separation – Plenary speakers – Ingo Pinnau
> Pressure driven membrane processes
> Electrochemical membrane processes – Keynote speakers – Bart Van der Bruggen, M. Bryjak, T. Kotala
> Membrane systems in water treatment, biotechnology and biomedical applications – Keynote speakers – Z. Cui, R. Kasher
> Membrane operations in process engineering – Keynote speakers – H.A. Arafat
> Modelling and simulation in membrane systems – Keynote speakers – J.Crespo, S. Mayor,
> Membrane systems in the mining industry
> Membrane systems in space
> New trends in membrane applications – Keynote speakers – A.I. Livshits
> Membrane systems for new agriculture

To encourage student participation at the conference and to feature excellent works, the organizers of the MELPRO conference are pleased to award the best student oral and poster presentations. Student Awards are for students only, please enclose a copy of your proof of student status with your registration. All participants registered as students will be automatically included in the competition. 

The three best contributions in the categories Best Oral Presentation and Best Poster Presentation will be awarded. The Student Award announcement will take place at the closing ceremony.