Dear InterPore Friends,

Today’s InterPore2022 Bulletin has some important information about the measures against the spread of COVID-19 in Abu Dhabi. Those traveling to Abu Dhabi should follow the official instructions. You’ll find some helpful links below.

Furthermore, we share instructions on how to do “ridesharing” through Whova, catch the last remaining seats on a lab tour, sign up for the short course(s), and invite you to read about our important sponsors and Abu Dhabi spotlights.

All the best,
Matthijs de Winter
Editor-in-Chief
InterPore News

COVID-19 measures in Abu Dhabi

As of 26 February 2022, a COVID-19 test is no longer required to enter Abu Dhabi, provided that you are fully vaccinated.

If you are not fully vaccinated, you must present a negative PCR test result, taken within 48 hours, or a COVID-19 recovery certificate. Your recovery certificate must be dated within 30 days of departure and have a QR code. Children under 12 are exempt.

In-person participants of InterPore2022 will need a Green Pass on the Alhosn app for access to public places such as the conference hotel, Khalifa University, Louvre Abu Dhabi, Zayed Mosque, and the gala dinner at Erth Abu Dhabi.

There is a testing facility at the airport for any visitors wishing to take a PCR test to activate their Green Pass in the Alhosn app and facilitate access to Abu Dhabi’s public places and tourist attractions. The cost of this PCR test is AED 40. There is no need to re-test whilst in Abu Dhabi.

How do I install the Alhosn app as an international visitor?

Official website with additional information

Before travelling:

• Register your arrival on the ICA website BEFORE DEPARTURE FOR UAE and submit your vaccination certificate through this service.

• Download the Alhosn app from the Google Play Store, App Store, or Huawei App Gallery.

After arrival:

• Ask immigration desk for your Unified ID (UID) or check the entry stamp. Alternatively, you can use the ICA service to check your UID.

• Take a PCR test at the airport and provide a valid phone number (you may use this number to receive Alhosn One Time Password for login later).

• After receiving your PCR test result via SMS, log onto Alhosn with your UID using a phone number you registered with ICA or with the PCR test.

Ridesharing

Sharing a Ride from and to the airport (or to attend the conference) is possible in Whova in one click!

Are you attending InterPore2022 in-person? Nervous about arriving alone and navigating a new airport? Traveling solo and looking for some friendly fellow conference attendees? Or maybe just interested in saving money? If so, then check out the Sharing a Ride feature in Whova!

Sharing a ride with fellow attendees will not only be enjoyable but also cost-efficient.

With just a few clicks, attendees can find others flying in to the airport at the same time, or leaving from the same hotel.

This tool can be found in the Community Board to offer a ride to share or look for one.

Conference booklet is available online:

Lab tour

The Lab tour at Sas Al Nakhl Campus is now full and therefore the registration is closed.

There are a few spots left for the Lab Tour at the Main Campus so reserve your spot now if you are interested.

Short Courses

Make sure to register for the Short courses on Sunday, 29 May and Friday, 3 June.

Two full-day in-person courses will be given by two of the most eminent scientists in the area of the porous media research.

If you haven’t registered yet, you can do it now online or even register on-site at the conference.

May 29:

SHORT COURSE Blunt
Multiphase Flow in Permeable Media: A Pore-Scale Perspective

3 June:

SHORT COURSE Hassanizadeh
Capillarity in Porous Media at Different Scales

Sponsor highlight: ZEISS Gold Sponsor

InterPore is proud to announce ZEISS as Gold Sponsor at InterPore2022! As a leading manufacturer of microscopes for more than 175 years, ZEISS offers inspiring solutions for your research. ZEISS microscopes for understanding pore structures enable you to gain insights into your porosity across length scales. Offering a suite of modalities for a variety of materials.

• Acquire pore-scale information based on macroscopic heterogeneity for quantitative upscaling of reservoirs.
• Characterize porosity, voids, and phases in 2D and 3D to design your desired microstructure and flawless ceramic parts.
• Understand gas transport in fuel cells, or lithium-ion transport in batteries, from the bulk phase down to submicron scale, with 3D tomographic imaging from tens of microns to the nanoscale.
• Solve typical imaging problems for submicron foam porosity of low-Z polymers, studying in situ to understand load-bearing and structural applications.

Abu Dhabi Spotlight

As if we haven’t already presented you with enough to interest you in Abu Dhabi, the city of Dubai lies just over an hour to its north. Home to famous architectural landmarks like the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building at almost 830m tall and surrounded by an 11 hectare park, and Burj Al Arab, the iconic sailboat hotel on Jumeirah Beach, Dubai was also the site of the 2020 World Fair. Day trips from Abu Dhabi can be arranged through multiple tour operators, or use the aforementioned Whova’s ridesharing boards to carpool via taxi to see the sights.

Photo credit: Jeff Tumale on Unsplash

Important Dates

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