Membrane Science and Membrane Engineering in the past years and tomorrow

The worldwide recognized role of Membrane Science and Membrane Engineering is today well documented by the significant growth in the Scientific organizations and Scientific Networks created in the years in all the Continents and in most of the Industrialized Countries. In the late 70ies and early 80ties the Membrane Society of Japan and the European Membrane Society were the only existing organizations. Today we have more than 10 Membrane Societies and new ones are under construction. The Journal of Membrane Science created by Harry Lonsdale in the 70ies, is today still the most representative but in a field where 9-10 new other Journals are already present. It is impressive the number of events organized yearly worldwide devoted to our field. Efforts for more high education in membrane science and engineering in the traditional curricula for Masters and PhD has to be promoted as multinational large scale research projects in areas of strategic importance as water stress, global warming, energy production, raw materials depletion, artificial hybrid organs, neurosciences, technical textile, etc. The central role of Membrane Science and Engineering for the industrial sustainable growth has to be recognized.