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AFS Fall Virtual Conference - Day 1
Wednesday, December 02, 2020, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM CDT
Category: Events

 

December 2 & 3, 2020

CHALLENGES FACED BY THE FILTRATION INDUSTRY 
DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Conference Co-chairs:  Tom Justice and Thad Ptak

All registered attendees received an email with a link to the Virtual Conference and login credentials.
If you have any questions about logging into the virtual conference, please email AFS Conference Manager, Deahna Cring.


SCHEDULE

DAY 1 - December 2, 2020

K1


10:00 - 10:30am, CST

KEYNOTE: Ashish Diwanji, Lydall Performance Materials
TOPIC: The Air We Breathe: What's Inside Matters
SESSION ONE: Recent Developments in Filter Media

S1.1
10:30 - 10:50am, CST		 Thad Ptak
TOPIC: Filter Media Development Using Filtration Theory

S1.2
10:50 - 11:10am, CST		 Qisheng Ou, University of Minnesota
TOPIC: Alternative Face Masks Made of Common Materials for General Public

S1.3
11:10 - 11:30am, CST		 Jay Forcucci, Cerex Advanced Fabrics
TOPIC: New Face Mask Media Developments
11:30 - 11:40am, CST BREAK
SESSION TWO: Face Masks - Industry Update

S1.4
11:40 - 12:00pm, CST		 Imad Khalek, Southwest Research Institute
TOPIC: Mask Filtration Efficiency – a New Perspective

S1.5
12:00 - 12:20pm, CST		 Michael Corbat, Rensa Filtration
TOPIC: Commercialization of Surgical Face Masks

S1.6
12:20 - 12:40pm, CST		 Shawn Chen, Virginia Commonwealth University
TOPIC: Microstructure Change of Masks and Respirators During Loud Talking, Coughing and Sneezing
12:40 - 12:50pm, CST BREAK
SESSION THREE: Laboratory Testing for Performance Against Bioaerosols

S1.7
12:50 - 1:10pm, CST		 John Zhang, 3M
TOPIC: A Study on Viral Filtration of Residential HVAC Filters

S1.8
1:10 - 1:30pm, CST		 Tim Johnson, TSI
TOPIC: Testing Respirators, Masks and Face Coverings:  Current Status and Proposed Changes

S1.9
1:30 - 1:50pm, CST		 Bobby Singer, Blue Heaven Technologies
TOPIC: All Face Masks Are Not Created Equal

 

DAY 2 - December 3, 2020

K2


10:00 - 10:30am, CST

KEYNOTE: Jeff Siegel, University of Toronto
TOPIC: Filtration and Air Cleaning in the Age of COVID-19
SESSION ONE: Air Filtration for Confined Spaces I

S2.1
10:30 - 10:50am, CST		 Tom Justice, ZENE
TOPIC: Fundamentals of Air Filtration for Hospitals and Clinics

S2.2
10:50 - 11:10am, CST		 Brent Stephens, Illinois Institute of Technology
TOPIC: Modeling COVID-19 Transmission on the Diamond Princess Cruise Ship

S2.3
11:10 - 11:30am, CST		 Martin Lehmann, MANN+HUMMEL
TOPIC: A Case Study on Effects of a High Efficient Air Purifier on Reducing Aerosol Levels in a Classroom
11:30 - 11:40am, CST BREAK
SESSION TWO: Air Filtration for Confined Spaces II

S2.4
11:40 - 12:00pm, CST		 Thad Ptak
TOPIC: Residential Filtration for Controlling Bioaerosols

S2.5
12:00 - 12:20pm, CST		 Jenny Berens, Freudenberg Filtration Technologies
TOPIC: Keeping Confined Spaces Healthy During a Pandemic

S2.6
12:20 - 12:40pm, CST		 Seong Kim, University of Minnesota
TOPIC: Experimental Study on Classroom Ventilation to Mitigate Viral Transmission
12:40 - 12:50pm, CST BREAK
SESSION THREE: Disruptions to  Filtration Industry

S2.7
12:50 - 1:10pm, CST		 Joe Gorman, Camfil
TOPIC: How the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Affected and Changed the Air Filtration Industry

S2.8
1:10 - 1:30pm, CST		 Brad Kalil, INDA, Association of the Nonwovens Industry
TOPIC: Understanding the State of the Nonwovens Industry and a Market Gone Mad

S2.9
1:30 - 1:50pm, CST		 Leonard Castellano, Parker Hannifin Corporation
TOPIC: Electrification of Mobile Transport and Its Effect on the Filtration Applications