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WFI 2020 Virtual Conference
WFI 2020 Virtual Conference
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Conference Agenda
Session 1: Emerging Challenges and Responses
8:10-8:35a Cleaning Air during A Global Pandemic, Dr. Thomas Caesar, Freudenberg Filtration Technologies
8:35-9:00a Recent advances in assessing the role of respiratory droplets in spreading of COVID-19, Dr. Abhishek Saha, University of California San Diego
9:00-9:25a Impact of COVID 2019 on the Air filtration Industry, Bob Mcilvaine, The Mcilvaine Company
9:25-9:50a Center of Excellence in Protective Equipment and Materials, Dr. Ravi Selvaganapathy, McMaster University
Session 2: IAQ and The Built Environment
10:00-10:25a Shifting Paradigms for the Future of Air Filtration, Hunter Most, AAF Flanders
10:25-10:50a How the onset of the Coronavirus Pandemic has forever influenced the air filtration industry, Joe Gorman, Camfil
10:50-11:15a A Closer Look at Air Filtration, Indoor Air Quality and Covid-19, Jim Rosenthal, Tex-Air Filters
11:15-11:40a The Digital Transformation of Clean Air Management, Dr. Ellie Amirnasr, qlair
Session 3: Facemask Technologies and Latest Developments
8:10-8:35a Specifications and Ideal Performance of Masks for Protection against COVID-19, Dr. Peter Tsai, Univ of Tenn.
8:35-9:00a Respiratory Filtration Using Nanofibers, Dr. Jayesh Doshi, eSpin
9:00-9:25a Fashion in Efficient Consumer Masks, Wendover Brown, Ohlone Press, LLC
9:25-9:50a Pandem-trepreneurship, Mike Atkinson, T3Gear
9:50-10:00a Bio Break
Session 4: Facemask/Air Filter Test Methods and Standards
10:00-10:25a Latest Update of HVAC Air Cleaner Testing, Kathleen Owen, ASHRAE Fellow and 52.2 Chair
10:25-10:50a Comparing test methods for respirators, medical masks and barrier face covering to improvised methods used during COVID-19, Tim Johnson, TSI
10:50-11:15a An outline of current medical face mask performance requirements and testing, Janelle R. Bentz, Nelson Labs
11:15-11:40a In-Place Measure, Monitor and Manage Air Filtration System Associated with COVID-19, Stephen Nicholas, Past President @ NAFA, Expert of In-Place Testing and management of Air Filtration System