Symposia

Symposia are being planned to bring together industry experts and provide participants with a forum for the technical exchange of their research and vision of the future as well as an opportunity to network and renew acquaintances with colleagues and peers from around the world. Conferences in development are :

Energy
{Prof. M. Gray}

Title	Keynote	Responsible
Clean Coal Technology	Clean Coal Technology   Edward Anthony Duke du Plessis Kouichi Miura   close	Prof. R. Gupta (Canada) Prof. Miura (Japan) Dr. J. van Dyk (South Africa)
Energy Saving Distillation Technologies For Prevention Against Global Warming	Energy   Shinji Hasebe Norbert Asprion Ricardo Rivero   close	Dr. K. Kataoka (Japan) Prof. Z. Olujic (Netherlands)
BioEnergy	BioEnergy   J. A. Kozinski Ajay K. Ray Jay Keasling   close	Dr. A. Bassi (Canada) Prof. A. Dalai (Canada) Prof. G. D. Yadav (India)
Upgrading of Heavy Oil by New Technologies	Upgrading of Heavy Oil by New Technologies   Isao Mochida Jorge Ancheyta Sachio Asaoka   close	Dr. Kazuhiro Inamura (Japan) Dr. Yoshikazu Sugimoto (Japan) Dr. Ryuzo Tanaka (Japan) Ron Pugmire (USA) Craig Fairbridge (Canada) Murray Gray (Canada)
Gasification, Syngas and CO2 Sequestration	Gasification, Syngas and CO2 Sequestration   Guangwen Xu close	Dr. K. Liu (USA) Prof. Dr. G. Xu (China) Dr. A. Avagliano (USA)
Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Production		Prof. Zhongwei Chen (Canada) Prof. O. Savadogo (Canada)
Topics not covered in above symposia		Prof. M. Gray (Canada) Prof. J. Chaouki (Canada) Prof. P. Tanguy (Canada)

Green Processing & Process Intensification
{Prof. E. Chornet, Prof. D. Agar}

Title	Keynote	Responsible
Life Cycle Management of Products and Services	Life Cycle Management of Products and Services   Tom McKone Jean Michel Gires close	Prof. R. Samson (Canada)
Sustainability in Chemical Engineering	Sustainability in Chemical Engineering   Jan Harmsen Hugo de Lasa close	Prof. H. DeLasa (Canada)
Water Production and Wastewater Treatment – Technologies, Advances, and Issues	Water Production and Wastewater Treatment   Noah Galil Roya Sheikholeslami close	Prof. R. Sheikholeslami (United Kingdom) Prof. C. Fall (Mexico) Dr. Mark Wilf (USA) Dr. Blanca Antizar-Ladislao (UK)
Air Pollution		E. Lord (Canada) D. Slubik (Canada)
Biorefinery/Biomass Transformation		Dr. T. Browne (Canada) Dr. F. Berruti (Canada) Prof. C. Briens (Canada)
Micro Process Technology		Dr. C. deBellefon (France) Dr. V. Hessel (Germany) Dr. J. Lerou (USA)
Process Design	Process Design   Mahmoud El-Halwagi Chau-Chyun Chen Marco Satyro   close	Dr. Mostoufi (Iran) Dr. Sotudeh (Iran) Prof. Loney (USA)
New Frontiers in Membrane Science and Technology	New Frontiers in Membrane Science and Technology   Andrew Zydney Dibakar "DB" Bhattacharyya   close	Prof. I. Escobar (USA) Prof. T. S. Chung (Republic of Singapore) Prof. V. Chen (Australia)
Topics not covered in above symposia		Prof. E. Chornet (Canada) Prof. J. Chaouki (Canada) Prof. P. Tanguy (Canada)

New Materials & Processes
{Dr. G. Liebermann}

Title	Keynote	Responsible
Green Polymers	Green Polymers   Richard Wool Ramani Narayan Peter Halley Philippe Dubois   close	Prof. M-C. Heuzey (Canada) Prof. J. R. Dorgan (USA) Prof. L. Avérous (France) Dr. M. Huneault (Canada)
Polymer Engineering	Polymer Engineering   E. Bourgeat-Lami Robin Hutchinson Denis Bertin J. MacGregor C. Abad D. Sundberg   close	Prof. Dr. Estenoz (Argentina) Prof. Dr. J.R. Leiza (Spain) Dr. J. Sosa (USA)
Nanotechnology	Nanotechnology   Nils Peterson Robert Haddon Andrew Harris Warren Chan Steven Hudson Douglas Gin   close	Prof. N. Abbott (USA) Prof. M. Tam (Canada) Prof. F. Caruso (Australia)
Emulsion and Emulsification	Emulsion and Emulsification   Thomas Mason close	Prof. L. Choplin (France) Prof. J-L. Salager (Venezuela) Dr. M-E. Saint-Victor (USA)
Particle Technology and its Applications	Particle Technology   Aibing Yu Sohrab Rohani John W. Carson Wolfgang Peukert Bernd Sachweh close	Prof. J. Zhu (Canada) Prof. A. Kvade (Germany)
Food Processing and Emerging Trends	Food Processing and Emerging Trends   Odilio Alves-Filho Alex I. Martynenko Tatiana Koutchma   close	Prof. G. Ascanio (Mexico) Dr. E. Brito (Germany) Dr. M. Marcotte (Canada) Dr. Marzouk Benali (Canada)
Scale-Up : the key to process development	Scale-Up : the key to process development   J. B. Powell   close	Dr. J. Worstell (USA) Dr. J. Powell (USA)
Advanced Polymer Hybrids, Composites and Alloys	Advanced Polymer Hybrids, Composites and Alloys   Raymond Oliver Marianna Kontopoulou Todd Hoare Duguet   close	Prof. S. Zhu (Canada) Prof. T. McKenna (Canada)
Plasma Processing		Prof. S. Coulombe (Canada) Dr. M. I. Boulos (Canada) Dr. A. Gleizes (France)
Topics not covered in above symposia		Dr. G. Liebermann (Canada) Prof. J. Chaouki (Canada) Prof. P. Tanguy (Canada)

Biotechnology
{Prof. A. Hrymak}

Title	Keynote	Responsible
Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine	Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine   Michael Buschmann Molly Shoichet Julie Audet Emmanuel Tzanakakis   close	Prof. M. Buschmann (Canada) Prof. Shoichet (Canada) Prof. M.S. Kallos (Canada)
Metabolic Engineering	Metabolic Engineering   Friedrich Srienc   close	Prof. W-S. Hu (USA) Ziomara Gerdtzen (Chile) Sarika Mehra (India) Manolis Tzanakakis (USA)
Scale-down and High Throughput Systems	Scale-down and High Throughput Systems   Alvin W Nienow   close	Robert D. Kiss (USA) Prof. M. Jolicoeur (Canada)
Bioproducts, Bioreactors and Bioprocesses	Bioproducts, Bioreactors and Bioprocesses   Costas Kiparissides Adriano Mariano Boris Tartakovsky Rochefort Dominic Amer Almadidy Krull Rainer E. Franco-Lara D. Grant Allen Arvind Lali Andrés F G Barrios close	Dr. A. Margaritis (Canada)
Pharmaceutical Engineering in the 21st Century		Prof. V. Venkatasubramanian (USA) Prof. P. York (UK) Dr. H. Havel (USA)
Topics not covered in above symposia		Prof. A. Hrymak (Canada) Prof. J. Chaouki (Canada) Prof. P. Tanguy (Canada)

Other Contemporary Topics in Chemical Engineering
{Prof. R. Munz}

Title	Keynote	Responsible
Separation Science and Technology	Separation Science and Technology   Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos Pablo G. Debenedetti Ki-Pung Yoo Peter Wasserscheid Motonobu Goto   close	Prof. Arlt (Germany) Prof. K. Yoo (Korea)
Rheology in Chemical Processing & Chemical Product Design	Rheology in Chemical Processing & Chemical Product Design   Pierre J. Carreau Gerald G. Fuller Paula Moldenaers Erich Windhab   close	Prof. C. Gallegos (Spain) Dr. A. Ajji (Canada)
Mixing in Industrial Processes	Mixing in Industrial Processes   Art Etchells Rodney Fox Francois Bertrand   close	Prof. S. Kresta (Canada) Prof. J. Dersken (Canada) Dr. S. Jaffer (USA)
Surface Forces, Interfacial Phenomena and Colloids	Surface Forces, Interfacial Phenomena and Colloids   John B. Pethica Liliane Léger Jacob N. Israelachvili Lee R. White Antonella Badia   close	Dr. S. Giasson (Canada) Prof. M. Gee (Australia) Mr. S. Fraser (Canada)
Polymer Microstructural Characterization and Fractionation		Prof. J. Soares (Canada) Prof. H. Pasch (USA) Dr. Brad Stiles (USA)
Non-Intrusive Methods and Modeling in Particle Technology		J. Doucet (Canada) Dr D. J. Parker (UK) Prof. F. J. Muzzio (USA)
Chemical Engineering for Aeronautics and Space Industry		Prof. J. Bertrand (France) Dr. G. Isaac (Canada)
Multi Scale Structures	Multi Scale Structures   Anton P.J. Middelberg Chun-Xia Zhao Erik Miller Justin J. Cooper-White Annette F. Dexter Jean-Claude Charpentier Aibing Yu Qinghua Zeng   close	Prof. J. Li (China) Prof. J. Grace (Canada) Prof. Y. Huang (USA)
Knowledge Management in Process Engineering		Prof. Kraslawski (Finland)
Process Control and Optimization	Process Control and Optimization   Michel Perrier close	Amos Ben-Zvi (Canada) Prof. Carl Duchesne (Canada)
CFD in Chemical Engineering and Industrial Processes	CFD in Chemical Engineering and Industrial Processes   Rodney Fox François Bertrand H. Jasak Prof Sunderesan   close	Prof. J. R. Nunhez (Brazil) Prof. O. Simonin (France) Prof. K. Nandakumar (United Arab Emirates)
Topics not covered in above symposia		Prof. R. Munz (Canada) Prof. J. Chaouki (Canada) Prof. P. Tanguy (Canada)

Chemical Engineering & Society
{Prof. Jules Thibault}

Title	Keynote	Responsible
Teaching green engineering		Gregory Yablonsky (USA)
Teaching chemical engineering design including the capstone design project		Paul Stuart (Canada)
University-Industry interaction: technology and knowledge transfer		Jose Saniger (Mexico)
New frontiers in chemical engineering		Tim Anderson (USA)
Active learning techniques		Timothy Raymond (USA)
Solving Problems through Innovation		Esteban Chornet (Canada)
Chemical Engineering in Nanotechnology Education		Dr. Marios Ioannidis (Canada)
Promoting academic and professional mobility – International recognition of chemical engineering qualifications	Promoting academic and professional mobility   Sebastião Feyo de Azevedo   close	Sebastião Feyo de Azevedo (Portugal)
Topic not covered in above symposia		Prof. Jules Thibault (Canada)

Program

• Major Themes
• Plenaries
• Keynote
• Technical
• Industrial
• Student
• Social