Conference PERMEA started as the initiative of membranologists from the Visegrad countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia) in Tatranske Matliare in 2003. The next biennial conferences found a high rating in the membrane community. Since PERMEA 2010 conference became a triennial meeting to comply with other major triennial meetings, Euromembrane 2009 and ICOM 2011 world membrane meeting. Conference MELPRO is the satellite conference and its goal is to present recent advances in electromembrane processes and in the integrated processes involving at least one electromembrane step. Conference Chairs: Chairman - Enrico Drioli (University of Calabria, Italy) Vice - chairman - Luboš Novák (MEGA Inc., Czech Republic) Vice chairman - Petr Mikulášek (University of Pardubice, Czech Republic) Topics of the PERMEA conference: 1. Membrane development and characterization 2. Transport phenomena, fouling, modelling, and simulation 3. Pressure driven membrane processes 4. Thermally and concentration driven membrane processes 5. Gas and vapour separation 6. Other (general session) Topics of the MELPRO conference: 1. Electromembrane separation processes 2. Integrated membrane processes in technological application 3. Electromembrane processes in energy conversion and storage 4. General session and new trends We look forward to seeing you in Prague, for more information follow www.permea2016.cz