Welcome! We invite you to the 19th Annual Meeting of the North American Membrane Society to be held June 20-24, 2009 at the Francis Marion Hotel in Charleston, SC, USA. The program features: Ed Cussler (Minnesota), James McMillan (NREL), and David Weitz (Harvard) as Plenary Speakers as well as Workshops, Oral Paper Presentations, a Poster Session, and a Banquet for Conference Participants and Guests. We look forward to seeing you there, S. Ranil Wickramasinghe & Scott M. Husson Co-Chairs, NAMS 2009