This was the sixth conference in the series, which began in 2012. Below is an overview of the technical program; the details can be found HERE. Information about the conference site is HERE.
Session Synopsis:
This session will explore research gaps, challenges, and opportunities in the topical area of digitally enabled sustainability. A key focus will be how digital technologies may provide critical decision-support in sustainability problems and help boost sustainability. The session will also cover topics related to deploying digital technologies in an industrial context, with a view to delivering zero waste generation and net zero carbon emissions.
Session Synopsis:
This session will explore research challenges and opportunities at the interface of PSE and synthetic biology. A key focus will be on the application of feedback control and AI/ML to genetic engineering and biosystems design and operation. The session will also cover emerging topics in biomanufacturing, systems biology, and biochemical/fermentation engineering, with a particular emphasis on AI/ML.
Session Synopsis:
The session focuses on the challenges posed by process electrification initiatives. We will cover the critical need for closer interaction and integration between manufacturers and the power grid at the level of system design and system operations. On the one hand, a paradigm shift will be needed on the manufacturing side regarding deviating from the steady-state operation mentality. On the other hand, the power grid will have to cope with a massive increase in load, but with the benefit of loads being increasingly flexible and controllable. The session will also cover environmental, economic, social, and workforce development aspects.
Each day of the conference is devoted to a single topic of Process Systems Engineering. The FIPSE trustees select the three topics and the corresponding leader. These day-leaders further define the topic and, with the help of the FIPSE trustees, select the invited speakers.
The invited two speakers for each day make a 45-minute morning presentation. These presentations focus 70% of their time on defining a few significant open research problems the community should address in the next 5 to 10 years.
In the second half of the morning session, 4 short talks are presented. They are selected from proposals submitted ahead of the conference. These talks will also be listed in the conference program.
The morning session concludes with suggestions on making the afternoon discussions most productive.
In the afternoon session, the participants break into groups of 6-8 members. They discuss further and define the open problems of the day’s topic in greater detail. Each group reports to all participants, and another round of discussions follows where all participants are involved. The day organizer(s) and the two invited speakers, with some help from the graduate students present, keep a record of what was discussed.
Over the following six months, the day organizer(s) and the invited speakers produce a draft manuscript that describes what was discussed and concluded at the conference. This draft is circulated among all FIPSE participants for comments and suggestions for improvement before submission to a leading journal. All who contribute substantial edits become co-authors. This publication aims to inform the general community and motivate researchers to help solve the defined challenges or to pursue alternative ones.
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