WFI 2025 Set a New Record: Thank You!
- WFI Team
- 2 hours ago
- 5 min read
On behalf of the WFI team and the WFI 2025 Organizing Committee, a huge thank you to our distinguished speakers, chairs, sponsors, partners, moderators, and attendees for making WFI 2025 a resounding success.
Each presentation was delivered with exceptional quality and professionalism, and the program ran smoothly and exactly on schedule. The roundtable discussions were truly inspiring—active, engaging, and fueled by thoughtful questions and lively dialogue from the audience. Together, we set a new record and strengthened our shared commitment to advancing the filtration and separation industry for a cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable world.
We are grateful for the encouraging feedback from our audience—these comments reflect a true team effort and the outstanding contributions of all our speakers:
“The conference was a great success. The topics and speakers addressed current key issues and did excellent jobs. I learned a lot.”
“An excellent two days of presentations, learning, knowledge exchange, and innovation. These events, combined with the educational program CFSS, help direct and inspire the industry for the future.”
“Excellent event.”
“The best one yet.”
“Visionory talks”
“Excellent job organizing this.”
For those who were unable to attend the live sessions, the conference recordings are now available on demand via the conference website.
We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our distinguished instructors and speakers worldwide for your outstanding contributions in 2025. Thank you as well to all of our participants for your support and engagement. We look forward to your participation in 2026 for an even more exciting program.
Wishing you and your family a wonderful holiday season!
WFI 2025 Proceeding and Recordings
Day 1: Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 8:00AM–12:00PM ET
Session 1: Filtration Innovations for Resilient & Healthy Buildings
Chaired by Mr. Tyler A. Smith, VP, Global Lifecycle Solutions, Johnson Controls, US
Presented by Dr. Iyad Al-Attar, Strategic Director, WFI, CA, & Visiting Academic Fellow, Cranfield Univ., UK
Presented by Dr. Thomas Caesar, Vice President, Freudenberg, DE
Presented by Dr. Marc Schmidt, Vice President, AAF International, DE
Round Table Panel Discussion
Panelists: Dr. Stephanie Taylor, MD, Medical Advisor, ThinkLite Air, US
Ms. Kathleen Owen, ASHRAE Fellow, Air Filter Expert, US
Mr. Jon Douglas, Director, Healthy Building, Johnson Control, US
Session 2: New Technologies for Sustainable Filtration
Chaired by Mr. Mike Clark, President, Filtration Division, H&V, US
Presented by Dr. Joan Gao, CEO, NFT Purification Technologies, US
Presented by Dr. Cédric Vallet, Head of Business Development & Product Management, Ahlstrom, FR
Presented by Mr. Martin Klein, Sr. Vice President, Engineering Filter Elements & Filtration Materials, MANN+HUMMEL, DE
10:10–10:35 Round Table Panel Discussion
Panelists: Dr. Michael Chen, President, Midwest Filtration, US
Dr. Sneha Swaminathan, Sr. Director, H&V, US
Dr. Ashley Scott, CEO, NanoMeld, US
Session 3: Filtration Advances for Emerging Technologies
Chaired by Mr. Nick Agopian, President, Reviveaire LLC, US
Presented by Mr. Bruce Lorange, Global Director, Corporate Marketing & Communications, H&V, US
Presented by Mr. Tony Abate, VP and CTO, AtmosAir, US
Presented by Ms. Ashley Jameson, President, PureAir Filtration, US
Round Table Panel Discussion
Panelists: Dr. Swarna Agarwal, Sr. Scientist, PTI Technologies, US
Dr. Joshua Manasco, Director, Elmarco, CZ
Dr. Mehdi Shirmohammadi, R&D Director, Termeh, Dubai, AE
2025 Product of the Year Award Ceremony
Presented by Mr. Mike Malloy, Communications Director, WFI, US
Day 2: Wednesday, December 3, 2025, 8:00AM–12:00PM ET
Session 4: Circular Economy and Sustainable Filtration
Chaired by Mr. Richard Lydon, Secretary-General, The Filtration Society, UK
Presented by Mr. Paul Gagliardo, MPH, P.E., Founder and Host of The Water Entrepreneur podcast, US
Presented by Dr. Thomas Peters, Sr. Director, Dr-Ing. Peters Consulting, DE
Presented by Mr. Tobias Zimmer, Sr. Vice President, Camfil AB, DE
Round Table Panel Discussion
Panelists: Dr. Jenny Beren, ASHRAE 52.2 Chair, US
Mr. Scott Yeager, President/CEO, FAST, US
Mr. Philippe Wijns, Founder, CleverSustainability, DE
Session 5: Regulations, Tariffs, and Resilient Global Operations
Chaired by Mr. Paul Marold, CEO, Aeristus, Inc., US
Presented by Mr. James Manser, Vice President, Global Government Relations, Johnson Controls, US
Presented by Mr. Wes Fisher, Director, Government Affairs, INDA, US
Presented by Mr. Greg Hoverson, Vice President & CTO, Atmus, US
Round Table Panel Discussion
Panelists: Dr. Samual Li, Vice President, Freudenberg Filtration Technologies, CN
Mr. Jeff Thibodeau, Vice President, Mikropor America Inc., US
Session 6: Smart Filtration: Sensors, Data, and AI Innovations
Chaired by Dr. John McKeon, CEO, iAIR Group, US
Presented by Dr. Jatin Khanpara, Sr. Vice President, Engineering & Technology, AprilAire. US
Presented by Dr. John Ryan, CEO, iAIR Labs, IE
Presented by Dr. Andreas Wiegmann, CEO, Math2Market, DE
Round Table Panel Discussion
Panelists: Mr. Matt Ferguson, Global Product Manager FleetguardFIT, Atmus, US
Dr. Yasmine SKANJI, Director at ZAACK, IGIENAIR Group, FR
CFSS 2025 Class Graduation Ceremony
Presented by Dr. Christine Sun, President, WFI, US
