19th Nordic Process Control Workshop
19th Nordic Process Control Workshop
15-16 Jan. 2015, On the Coastal Steamer "Richard With" from Trondheim to Bodø, Norway.
Organized by the Nordic Working Group on Process Control.
Local organizer: Department of Chemical Engineering, NTNU, Trondheim
Chair organizing committee: Sigurd Skogestad
Welcome! We will have a full ship with 80 participants for the main workshop and more than 40 for the MPC tutorial!
The objective of the workshop is to bring together the Nordic process control community, and to focus the interests of Nordic industry and academia on mutual research goals. The use of the term "workshop" signals that the meeting should be informal in style with ample time for discussions, and it is not expected, for example, that written papers are submitted. Instead, a collection of recent publications from the Nordic countries may be distributed as literature (notes) for the workshop.
- Tuesday 13 Jan. and Wednesday 14 Jan.:
Tutorial Days at NTNU (PFI building). Topic: Practical MPC (Prof. Wayne Bequette, RPI, USA) (No extra charge)
- Thursday 15 Jan. and Friday 16. Jan: Workshop at Hurtigruten (Coastal Steamer) from Trondheim to Bodø.
Nordic Process Control Award Winner: Professor Rudolph Kalman (unfortunately, he cannot come in person but we have made a nice interview which will be shown)
Some important dates:
- 22 Oct. 2014 (Changed from 15 Oct.): Deadline for submitting proposals for presentations (1-page abstract or paper).
- 01 Nov. 2014: Notification of acceptance
- 17 Nov. 2014: Deadline for early registration (opens 01 Nov.)
- 15 Dec. 2014: Submission of contribution in final form (abstract or paper) + deadline for late registration
NOTE: Please register early. The maximum capacity for the meeting room is 75 people.
Costs:
- Full registration fee, NOK 3300 (=400 Euro)
- Student registration fee, NOK 2500
- Willing to share cabin at ship, Deduct NOK 300 pp
- Late registration (after 17 Nov.): Add NOK 800 (and may be difficult to get room)
Registration fee includes: Cabin w/ breakfast (1 night). Conference dinner, 2 lunches, 3 coffee breaks. For participants at tutorial days: 2 lunches
Please make your own hotel booking in Trondheim for the night 14-15 January + for the tutorial days.
One good hotel close to the ship is "Scandic (Rica) Nidelven". Please ask for the University (NTNU) price.
You need to make your own bookings to get to Trondheim and from Bodø.
At present, there are direct flights from Bodø to Trondheim at 15:05 and 17:40 and to Oslo at 14:55 and 17:30 (all SAS).
Time table MPC Tutorial Days (PFI building, Høgskoleringen 6B, Trondheim, Department of chemical engineering, NTNU)
Please bring your laptop with Matlab or Octave.
Tuesday 13 Jan. 2015
- 09:00-17:00 MPC Workshop (with lunch about 12:30)
- 20:00 Drink at Cafe Løkka, Dokkgata 8
Wednesday 14 Jan. 2015
- 09:00-17:00 MPC Workshop (with lunch about 12:30)
Wednesday 14 Jan. 2015 (Trondheim)
- 20:00-22:00 Informal get-together and a beer at Trondhjem Mikrobryggeri (Prinsens gate / Ravelsveita)
Thursday 15 Jan. 2015 (on ship)
The ship leaves from Pier I at Brattøra. The closest bus stop is Pirbadet (Clarion Hotel).
- 06:00-08:45 Registration/check-in at northbund ship (Richard With) in Trondheim.
- 08:45-09:00 Welcome to 19th NPCW
- 09:00-10:20 Oral presentations 1
- 10:20-10:50 Coffee break
- 10:50-12:30 Oral presentations 2
- 12:30-13:40 Lunch (ship leaves Trondheim 12:00)
- 13:40-15:20 Oral presentations 3
- 15:20-16:40 Poster session
- 16:40-18:00 Oral presentations 4
- 18:00-18:30 Rudolph Kalman interview (video) for NPC award
- 20:00-24:00 Conference dinner
Friday 16 Jan. 2015 (on ship)
- 08:10-10:10 Oral presentations 5
- 10:10-10:40 Coffee + pastry
- 10:40-12:40 Oral presentations 6 (ship arrives Bodø 12:30)
- 12:40-13:40 Lunch (at ship in Bodø)
- 15:00 Last possibility to leave ship (ship sails from Bodø)
Welcome to Trondheim!
More on preliminary plans (with photos and maps)
More on the Nordic process control working group
Further questions, please send email to: npc15@chemeng.ntnu.no