PSE'97/ESCAPE-7: Program Overview

SATURDAY 24 May 1997

0900-1730: Workshop on Process Integration

SUNDAY 25 May 1997

1000-1700: Workshop on Process Operations

1200-1800: Early registration at the conference site

1400-1800: Business meeting of the European CAPE Working Party

1900-2030: Welcome reception at Erkebispegaarden (Hosted by the mayor of Trondheim, Mr. Marvin Wiseth)

MONDAY 26 May 1997

0800-0845: Registration

0845-0900: Welcome and introduction by Emil Spjøtvold (Rector of NTNU), Kristian M. Lien and Sigurd Skogestad (NTNU, Norway)

0900-1000: "Designing the process design process",

Art Westerberg , Carnegie Mellon Univ., USA

1000-1025: Coffee break

1025-1130: Plenary session Mon1: "New environments for process systems engineering"

1130-1200: Discussion

1200-1315: Lunch

1315-1600: 3 parallel sessions:

Mon2A: "Process design"

Mon2B: "Information systems and operation"

Mon2C: "Process control"

1600-1625: Coffee break

1625-1850: 4 parallel sessions:

Mon3A: "Process simulation"

Mon3B: "Complex distillation arrangements"

Mon3C: "Education" (session ends at 1930)

Mon3D: "Dynamics and control of recycle processes"

TUESDAY 27 May 1997

0830-0930: "Systems design: Human considerations in the future of technology",

Howard H. Rosenbrock, UK

0930-0955: Coffee break

0955-1130: Plenary session Tue1: "New vistas for process systems engineering"

1130-1200: Discussion

1200-1315: Lunch

1315-1600: 3 parallel sessions:

Tue2A: "New applications for PSE"

Tue2B: "Control structure design"

Tue2C: "Optimization and computing"

1600-1625: Coffee break

1625-1710: Poster presentations (4 parallel sessions):

Tue3A: "Process design (posters)"

Tue3B: "Process control (posters)"

Tue3C: "Intelligent systems (posters)"

Tue3D: "Modeling and simulation (posters)"

1710-2000: Display of posters (with beer and soft drinks)

WEDNESDAY 28 May 1997

0830-0930: "Model predictive control: Past, present and future",

Manfred Morari, ETH, Switzerland and Jay H. Lee, Auburn Univ., USA

0930-0955: Coffee break

0955-1130: Plenary session Wed1: "Approaches to optimization in process systems engineering"

1130-1200: Discussion

1200-1315: Lunch

1315-1600: 3 parallel sessions:

Wed2A: "Process modeling"

Wed2B: "Model predictive control"

Wed2C: "Fault diagnosis and safety"

1600-1625: Coffee break

1625-1830: 4 parallel sessions:

Wed3A: "Enviromental issues"

Wed3B: "Reactive distillation"

Wed3C: "Polymer processes:

Wed3D: "Process scheduling"

2000: Symposium Dinner at Statoil's Research Center in Trondheim.

THURSDAY 29 May 1997 (Industrial focus day)

0830-0930: "Computers, models, and the real world - a viewpoint from the process industry",

Knut Harg, Norsk Hydro, Norway

0930-0955: Coffee break

0955-1230: Industry-driven plenary discussion session on

"Industry-academic interactions and Open Standards".

Chairmen: Roger Sargent, Imperial College, UK and Malcolm Preston, ICI, UK

1230-1355: Lunch

1355-1640: 3 parallel sessions:

Thu2A: "Industrial applications and case studies"

Thu2B: "Data analysis and identification"

Thu2C: "Batch processes"

1640-1900: Closing drinks interrupted by

1730-1800: Closing session