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Program-at-a-Glance


Technical Program

MONDAY
April 27
TUESDAY
April 28
WEDNESDAY
April 29
THURSDAY
April 30
AM PM AM PM AM PM AM PM
01 Engineering Sciences and Fundamentals #12 - Thermodynamics and Phase Equilibria (01A00)
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM 
             
02 Separations Division (Please also see T8 Topical) #2 - Advances in Fluid-Particle Separations (02000)
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM 
#29 - Fluid-Particles Separation Challenges in the Energy Industries (02001)
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM 
           
03 Particle Technology Forum - No Programming Anticipated for this Meeting                
04 Education - No Programming Anticipated for this Meeting                
05 Management Division #10 - Project Management (05002)
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM 
#28 - Energy and Environment Management Programs (05001)
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM 
#57 - Management of Open Innovation (05000)
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM 
#71 - How Do You Problem Solve and Why Is It Important? (05003)
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM 
       
06 North American Mixing Forum   #30 - Industrial Mixing Technology (06000)
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM 
           
07 Energy and Transport Processes - Please See Topical T5                
08 Materials Engineering and Sciences Division - No Programming Anticipated for this Meeting                
09 Environmental Division         #93 - Water Treatment and Desalination (09002)
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM 
#105 - Regulatory Hot Topics (Air, Water, Waste, Nano and Nano Toxicology) (09004)
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM 
   
10 Computing and Systems Technology Division - No Programming Anticipated for this Meeting                
11 Safety and Health Division - Please see Topicals T1, T2, T3                
12 Process Development Division #6 - Instrumentation: An Engineer’s Best Friend and Biggest Enemy (12D00)
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM 
#32 - Plant Improvements: Identifying and Prioritizing Work When the Plant Is Running Well (12D01)
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM 
#53 - Enhanced Oil Recovery (12A00)
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM 
#68 - Biofuels Process Development (12A01)
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM 
#92 - Shortcut Methodology in Pilot Plants (12B00)
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM 
     
14 Nuclear Engineering Division #9 - Nuclear Process Chemistry Tutorial - Session 1 (14000)
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM 
#27 - Nuclear Process Chemistry Tutorial - Session 2 (14001)
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
#42 - Nuclear Process Chemistry - Review/Problem Session 1 (14004)
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM 
#51 - Advances in Nuclear Fuel Processing and Nuclear Waste Management I (14006)
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM 
#66 - Advances In Nuclear Fuel Processing And Nuclear Waste Management II (14007)
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM 
#91 - Nuclear Process Chemistry Tutorial - Session 3 (14002)
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM 
#99 - Nuclear Process Chemistry Tutorial - Session 4 (14003)
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
#109 - Nuclear Process Chemistry - Review/Problem Session #2 (14005)
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM 
   
15 Food, Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering Division - No Programming Anticipated for this Meeting                
16 Fuels and Petrochemicals Division     #50 - Advances in Aromatics Processing I (16000)
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM 
#65 - Advances in Aromatics Processing II (16001)
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM 
       
17 Forest and Plant Bioproducts Division - No Programming Anticipated for this Meeting                
18 Liaison Functions #117 - Career Transitions Roadmap (18006)
9:00 AM - 1:45 PM
#21 - Spring Meeting Keynote Address - Restoring Public Trust: Why Ethics and Transparency Are Vital to Business Success (18000)
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM 
#118 - ChemE Consultant...or Thinking about It? Reducing Your Risks and Liabilities In the Consulting Arena (18007)
1:20 PM - 2:20 PM
#119 - Employer and Senior Management: Retaining Talent and Correctly Implementing Resource Policy/ Job Seekers: How to Remain Valid and Vital as You Search (18008)
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
#114 - Grogan Advisory Services: Rebuilding Your Wealth (18003)
5:15 PM - 5:45 PM 
#60 - Developing Energy Strategies Plenary (18001)
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM 
#115 - Grogan Advisory Services: Open Forum: Investment Discussion (18004)
5:15 PM - 5:45 PM 
#95 - Water Sustainability Plenary (18002)
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM 
#116 - Grogan Advisory Services: Ira Secrets, Strategies to Create Allocation, Retire Early, and Leave a Legacy (18005)
5:15 PM - 5:45 PM 
   
20 Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division - No Programming Anticipated for this Meeting                
21 Computational Molecular Science and Engineering Forum - No Programming Anticipated for this Meeting                
22 Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum - No Programming Anticipated for this Meeting                
23 Sustainable Engineering Forum - Please See T9 Topical                
T1 Topical 1: 43rd Loss Prevention Symposium #16 - Global Congress On Process Safety Opening Keynote Address (T1009)
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
#18 - Fires, Explosions and Reactive Chemicals (T1006)
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM 
#24 - Consequence Modeling (T1004)
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM 
#46 - Hazard Evaluations and Layer of Protection Analyses (T1001)
8:00 AM - 11:45 AM 
#62 - Food and Consumer Products Process Hazards (T1002)
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
#78 - Poster Session (T1000)
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM 
#82 - Audits, Inspection and Regulation (T1003)
8:00 AM - 11:45 AM 
#96 - Case Histories and Lessons Learned (T1005)
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM 
#111 - Explosion Prevention and Mitigation (T1007)
8:00 AM - 12:30 PM 
 
T2 Topical 2: 11th Process Plant Safety Symposium #19 - Applications of Lopa (Layer Of Protection Analysis) (T2A05)
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM 
#25 - Safety Culture and Operational Discipline (T2A01)
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM 
#47 - Mechanical Integrity - State of the Art (T2A04)
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM 
#63 - Process Safety – From the Top-Down and Bottom-up (T2A00)
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM 
#83 - Applications of Risk Analysis Techniques (T2A02)
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM 
     
T3 Topical 3: Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) 24th International Conference #20 - Auditing Process Safety (T3A05)
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM 
#23 - Implementing Psm Globally (T3A08)
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
#41 - Tools to Identify Hazards (T3A06)
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM 
#49 - Process Safety Metrics and Culture (T3A02)
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM 
#61 - Transportation Risk (T3A04)
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
#77 - Fire, Explosion, & Quantitative Analysis (T3A07)
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM 
#79 - Managing Organizational Change (T3A03)
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
#94 - Risk Criteria (T3A01)
10:15 AM - 12:00 PM 
     
T4 Topical 4: The 21st Ethylene Producers’ Conference #13 - Ethylene Plant Contaminants: Myths and War Stories (T4A13)
8:00 AM - 11:30 AM
#14 - Ethylene Plant Rotating Equipment Paper Session (T4A00)
8:00 AM - 11:30 AM 
#22 - Ethylene Producers Conference Keynote Presentation (T4A14)
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
#39 - Ethylene Plant Rotating Equipment Roundtable Session (T4A01)
2:30 PM - 5:30 PM
#40 - Ethylene Plant Technology - Trends in Olefin Plant Feedstocks (T4A07)
2:30 PM - 5:30 PM 
#43 - Ethylene Plant Maintenance and Reliability Session (T4A06)
8:00 AM - 11:30 AM
#44 - Ethylene Plant Process Control Paper Session (T4A08)
8:00 AM - 11:30 AM 
#74 - Ethylene Plant Environmental Issues Paper Session (T4A12)
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
#75 - Ethylene Plant Technology - Fundamentals and Innovation (T4A11)
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM 
#81 - Ethylene Plant Operations Paper Session (T4A02)
8:00 AM - 11:30 AM 
#107 - Ethylene Plant Operations - Acetylene Hydrogenation Tutorial (T4A15)
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
#108 - Ethylene Plant Safety Paper Session (T4A04)
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM 
#110 - Ethylene Plant Technology - Energy Consumption and Optimization (T4A10)
8:00 AM - 11:30 AM 
 
T5 Topical 5: Emerging Energy Frontiers in Research #5 - Government Role in Alternative Energy: Strategy and Perspective (T5A00)
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM 
#33 - Recent Advances in Fuel Cell and Battery Technologies (T5A01)
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM 
#55 - Hydrogen Production, Storage and Utilization (T5A02)
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM 
#67 - Analysis of Transport Processes in New Energy and Environmental Systems (T5A03)
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM 
#85 - Advances in Biofuel Technologies (T5A04)
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM 
#98 - Biomass Thermal Conversion (T5A05)
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM 
   
T6 Topical 6: 9th Topical Conference on Gas Utilization #3 - Coal, Biomass and Gas Conversion (T6A06)
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
#7 - LNG Technology (T6A00)
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM 
#31 - LNG Regasification (T6A01)
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM 
#56 - LNG Equipment - I (T6A02)
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM 
#72 - LNG Equipment - II (T6A03)
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM 
#89 - LNG Safety - I (T6A04)
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM 
#102 - LNG Safety - II (T6A05)
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM 
   
T7 Topical 7: 12th Topical on Refinery Processing #4 - CO2 Reduction Tutorial (T7001)
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM 
#37 - Process Control and Optimization (T7003)
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
#38 - Simulation, Engineering and Design (T7014)
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM 
#52 - Energy Efficiency Tutorial (T7000)
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
#59 - Regulations, Benzene and Sulfur Removal (T7015)
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM 
#69 - Energy and Conservation (T7007)
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
#70 - Expansion, Revamps, and Debottlenecking (T7011)
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM 
#86 - Advances in Bioprocessing (T7000)
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
#87 - Advances in Hydroprocessing and FCC (T7004)
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM 
#101 - Heavy Oil Chemistry and Bottom of the Barrel (T7005)
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
#104 - New Technologies in Refining (T7012)
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM 
   
T8 Topical 8: Distillation Topical #15 - Improved Optimization and Energy Utilization (T8000)
8:00 AM - 11:15 AM 
#26 - Improved Design and Operation in Refinery Distillation (T8001)
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM 
#48 - Multipass and Single-Pass Trays: New Ways of Overcoming Challenges (T8002)
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM 
#64 - New Frontiers in Packing Technology (T8003)
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM 
#84 - Innovations in Distillation Control and in Batch Distillation (T8004)
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM 
#97 - Enhanced Distillation: Novel Applications and Processes (T8005)
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM 
   
T9 Topical 9: Sustainability: Lessons, Actions and Outlook #11 - Sustainable Energy I (T9001)
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM 
#34 - Sustainable Energy II (T9002)
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM 
#54 - Establishing and Ensuring Sustainable Biofuels Development: A Department of Energy/Industry Perspective (T9000)
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM 
  #88 - Biofuels Development in the United States I (T9004)
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM 
#100 - Biofuels Development in the United States II (T9005)
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM 
#112 - Sustainable Supply Chain Forum (T9003)
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM 
 
TA Topical A: Applications of Microreactor Engineering #8 - Microprocessing: Fine Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Synthesis and Production (TA000)
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM 
#36 - Microprocessing: Mixing, Mass Transfer and Heat Exchange (TA001)
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM 
#58 - Microprocessing: Energy Generation and Fuel Processing (TA002)
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM 
#73 - Microprocessing: Catalyzed and Enzymatic Processes (TA003)
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM 
#90 - Microprocessing: Synthesis, Separation, and Simulation (TA004)
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM 
     
TB Topical B: Advanced Fossil Energy Utilization #1 - Fuel Processing for Hydrogen Production From Fossil Fuels Plenary (TB000)
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
#17 - Fuel Processing for Hydrogen Production From Fossil Fuels: Plasma Reforming (TB001)
9:00 AM - 11:20 AM 
#35 - Fuel Processing for Hydrogen Production From Fossil Fuels II (TB002)
2:00 PM - 5:45 PM 
#45 - Fuel Processing for Hydrogen Production From Fossil Fuels III (TB003)
8:00 AM - 11:30 AM 
#76 - Fuel Processing for Hydrogen Production From Fossil Fuels IV (TB004)
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM 
#80 - Carbon Dioxide Capture and Separation I (TB005)
8:00 AM - 11:30 AM 
#103 - Mercury and Other Trace Elements in Fuel: Emissions and Control I (TB007)
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
#106 - Carbon Dioxide Capture and Separation II (TB006)
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM 
#113 - Mercury and Other Trace Elements In Fuel: Emissions and Control II (TB008)
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM