APCChE 2012

Asia Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineers

When & Where APCChE 2012?

Time: February 21-24, 2012
Place:Singapore
Submission Deadline: July 15, 2011

Meeting Scope

The APCChE 2012 (The 14th Asia Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering) will be held in Singapore on 21 – 24 February 2012. This congress aims to enhance communication among researchers and practitioners from Asian countries working in the area of Chemical Engineering.

IFAC MMM 2012

IFAC Workshop on Automation in the Mining, Mineral and Metal Industries

When & Where IFAC MMM 2012?

Time: September 10-12, 2012
Place: Nagaragawa Convention Center, Gifu, Japan
Submission Deadline: February 29, 2012

Meeting Scope

The IFAC Workshop on Automation in Mining, Mineral and Metal Industries provides a forum where control, mining, mineral processing, extractive metallurgy, smelter, refinery and metal processing professionals and researchers may meet to review state-of-the-art automation technologies in the field. The objectives of the Workshop are:

• To promote the exchange of knowledge and experience among practitioners and researchers related to automation in the mining, mineral and metal industries.
• To identify the best practices, methodologies and technologies used in automation of the mining, metallurgy and metal processes.
• To promote development of an international interdisciplinary network among professionals interested in automation in mining, mineral and metal processing.

Meeting Topics

The workshop will address developments and innovations of automation related to the mining, mineral and metal industries. This will include among other:

• Measurement and instrumentation
• Data mining and multivariate statistical analysis
• Fault diagnosis and process monitoring
• Process modelling, control and optimisation
• Artificial intelligence and machine learning systems
• Advanced process control
• Robotics, mechatronics and teleoperation
• Data reconciliation and metallurgical accounting
• Maintenance scheduling and product planning

Applications:

• Mine unit operations
• Mineral processing
• Pyrometallurgy
• Blast furnaces and smelters
• Electrorefining
• Steel making and continuous casting
• Hot/cold rolling
• Environmental recycling
• Liquid and solid waste treatment
• Forming of metal and metallic materials
• Hydrometallurgy

CPC VIII

Chemical Process Control VIII

When & Where CPC VIII?

Time: January 11-13, 2012
Place: Savannah, Georgia, US
Submission Deadline: June 30, 2011

Meeting Scope

Chemical Process Control is the premier international conference on process control, aiming to assess progress in the theory and practice of process control, and to identify major directions for research and technology development in the next decade. Strong industrial participation, invited oral presentations that provide authoritative overviews (most co-authored by academic and industrial leaders), contributed poster presentations that illustrate the depth and breadth of the field, and interactive panel discussions are among the conference highlights for CPC VIII. Informal interactions and ample opportunities for networking are facilitated by a compact, yet flexible schedule, which includes group hospitality every evening of the conference.

Meeting Topics

• Integration of operations and control
• New domains for operations and control research
• Large-scale and networked process systems
• Renewable energy and sustainable processes
• Methods and enabling technologies
• Non-traditional application domains: success stories and challenges

FOCAPO 2012

Foundations of Computer-Aided Process Operations

When & Where FOCAPO 2012?

Time: January 8-11, 2012
Place: Savannah, Georgia, US
Submission Deadline: June 30, 2011

Meeting Scope

Foundations of Computer-AidedProcess Operations has been the premier conference in the area of chemical process operations since 1987. The conference offers valuable information on all aspects of enterprise-wide optimization and its integration with planning, scheduling, and control. In addition to being a very active area for academics, process operations have given rise to many challenging problems in industrial practice. These problems have necessitated the study and development of enabling technologies in the area of optimization, which has remained a strong focus of past FOCAPO conferences.

Meeting Topics

• Enterprise-wide optimization
• Optimization of multiscale systems
• Risk management
• Sustainable enterprise management
• Integration of operations and control
• New domains for operations & control research

IFAC ADCHEM 2012

International Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes

When & Where ADCHEM 2012?

Time: July 10-13, 2012
Place: Singapore
Submission Deadline: December 12, 2011

Meeting Scope

ADCHEM is the triennial meeting of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) that brings together researchers and practitioners to discuss recent developments in the control of chemical, biochemical, and related process systems.

Meeting Topics

• Batch Process Modeling and Control
• Model-based Control
• Modeling and Identification
• Optimization and Scheduling
• Process and Control Monitoring
• Process Applications

ESCAPE 22

European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering

When & Where ESCAPE 22?

Time: June 17-20, 2012
Place: University College London, UK
Submission Deadline: -----

Meeting Scope

Computer aided process engineering (CAPE) plays a key design and operations role in the process industries. This conference will feature presentations by CAPE specialists and address strategic planning, supply chain issues and the increasingly important area of sustainability audits.

London's financial experts will offer their own perspective on the discussion, with experts collectively highlighting the need for CAPE practitioners to embrace the three components of sustainable development - environmental, social and economic progress.

An ideal conference for both experienced CAPE practitioners and newcomers alike.

Meeting Topics