IAQ Health and Safety Solutions
Associated with COVID-19
WFI 2020 Virtual Conference Proceedings
Dec 15 - 16, 2020
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The Conference
Two Days of Powerful Talks
Dec 15, 2020 08:00 am - 12:00 pm ET
•Emerging Challenges and Responses
•IAQ and the Built Environment
Dec 16, 2020 08:00 am - 12:00 pm ET
•Facemask Technologies and Latest Developments
•Facemask/Air Filter Test Methods and Standards
About WFI 2020 Annual Virtual Conference
Welcome Message from WFI 2020 Chairs
On behalf of the WFI 2020 organizing committee, it is our pleasure to invite you to join the Waterloo Filtration Institute 2020 Annual Conference, December 15-16, 2020, 8:00 am -12:00 pm EST. It will take place online via Zoom. The theme of this conference is “IAQ Health and Safety Solutions Associated with COVID-19”. It will address the critical roles of facemasks and air filtration during the current pandemic for public health and safety. The virtual conference will feature the following four sessions (4 speakers per session):
1. Emerging Challenges and Responses
2. IAQ and the Built Environment
3. Facemask Technologies and Latest Developments
4. Facemask/Air Filter Test Methods and Standards
We are excited to have 16 distinguished speakers from academia and the industry to share their latest developments and trends on IAQ health and safety solutions in response to the pandemic.
WFI is dedicated to supporting the growth of the global filtration industry and the advancement of filtration and separation processes for a clean, healthy, and sustainable world. We thank all the committee members, volunteers, and speakers for helping us put this fantastic program together.
As the conference chairs, we would like to encourage you to join us at WFI 2020 to meet the experts and speakers online for an informative and interactive conference discussing the most current topics and the continuing critical issues associated with IAQ Health and Safety Solutions.
Look forward to seeing you at WFI 2020.
Conference Chair
Christine Sun, President
Waterloo Filtration Institute
Conference Co-Chair
Jay Forcucci, Vice President
Cerex Advanced Fabrics
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The Agenda
December 15, 2020
8:00-8:10a Welcome and Introduction
Session 1: Emerging Challenges and Responses
8:10-8:35a Cleaning Air during A Global Pandemic, Dr. Thomas Caesar, Freudenberg Filtration Technologies
9:00-9:25a Impact of COVID 2019 on the Air filtration Industry, Bob Mcilvaine, The Mcilvaine Company
9:50-10:00a Bio Break
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
11:40a-12:00p Product of Year Award Ceremony
December 16, 2020
8:00-8:10a Welcome and Introduction
Session 3: Facemask Technologies and Latest Developments
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
10:50-11:15a 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
11:40a-12:00p CFSS Certification Ceremony