The themes for the 9th IMSTEC will cover all areas of inorganic membranes, polymeric membranes, membrane science, membrane fabrication and modification, and membrane applications in a broad variety of areas such as filtration, distillation, desalination and biological separations. Included will be engineering and technologies from the latest innovations in synthesis, characterisation, processing and modeling to the advanced applications of membranes in health, energy and sustainability as well as future materials and devices.