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European Federation of Chemical Engineering
                                                         Europäische Föderation für Chemie-Ingenieur-Wesen

                    EFCE
                                                                  Fédération Européenne de Génie Chimique

                                                      NEWS AND EVENTS FEBRUARY 2021

Call for papers
Young professionals or early career engineers in     • Early Career Round Table Discussion
chemical engineering are confronted with specific      (Workshop)
challenges ranging from the need to form a
                                                     • Global Perspectives on Sustainability
professional network to the wish to understand
                                                       (Workshop)
the unwritten rules of the workplace to the desire
to identify the opportunities ahead of them.         Submit your abstract now!
Professional organisations representing chemical
engineering are tasked to support their members      Abstract submission is open until
in these activities. The European Federation of      26 February 2021.
Chemical Engineering (EFCE) will organize an         We look forward to a truly exciting event!
EFCE Forum event, specifically tailored to these
subjects. The EFCE Early Career Engineers’           For further details and the submission
Forum will feature networking opportunities          form, go to: http://www.efce.info/
as well as best practice exchange on activities      EarlyCareerEngineersForum
targeting engineers at the start of their careers.

The EFCE Early Career Engineers’ Forum will           Welcome to the first 2021 issue of the EFCE
contain a plenary style webinar showcasing            News. If you have any comments on the
activities by EFCE or its EFCE Member Societies       newsletter please get in touch.
targeting young professionals, e.g. Young AIDIC       Hermann Feise
in Italy or the ChemCar-Competition in Germany.       EFCE President
In addition, a workshop style web event on
opportunities for (local) young professional
events and a workshop targeting the formation
                                                      In this issue:
of an EFCE Early Career Engineers’ initiative on      • EFCE Early Career Engineers’ Forum –
sustainability will be held.                            call for abstracts
                                                      • CHISA 2021 VIRTUALLY
Member Societies, universities, young
                                                      • ECCE13 & ECAB6 go virtual
professional groups and individuals are invited
to contribute to the webinar and the workshops        • EFCE Awards – Calls for nominations in the
with short presentations.                               field of Mixing and others
                                                      • Bologna Recommendations
The event will feature three sessions:
                                                      • News about the official EFCE Journals
• European Early Career Activities                    • EFCE Events in 2021/22
  (Plenary Presentation)

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Call for papers - European Federation of Chemical Engineering
CHISA 2021 Virtually
15–18 March 2021

The Czech Society of Chemical Engineering              Deadline for poster contributions:
(CSCHE) invites you to the upcoming                    15 February 2021
International Congress of Chemical and Process
                                                       Register NOW at https://virtually.chisa.cz/
Engineering CHISA, which will be held virtually        general-information/#registration.
from 15 to 18 March 2021. As all the CHISA             Early bird registration deadline:
Congresses in the past, also this one will cover       15 February 2021
a range of attractive topics and will offer many
interdisciplinary links. However, this time, all the   Join CHISA 2021 VIRTUALLY for keeping
matter will be available on-line!                      the chemical engineering community alive!
                                                       Website: https://virtually.chisa.cz/
Join CHISA 2021 VIRTUALLY and cooperate with           welcome/
others to bring the highest level of the chemical
engineering science to the congress on-line
auditory.

Topics: I. We Think Global; II. Energy First;
III. Continuous Processing and Miniaturisation,
Mixing; IV. Industry 4.0; V. Advanced Functional
                                                        News in Brief
Materials, Structures and Components; VI. The           • At the last business meeting, the EFCE
Green Square; VII. The Essentials;VIII. Hand              Working Party on Computer Aided
in Hand; VIII. The Wiley-VCH Poster Session.              Process Engineering - CAPE decided to
For details see: https://2020.chisa.cz/scientific-        assign its Long Term Achievements Award
program/#main-topics                                      to Prof. Lorenz Biegler, Covestro University
                                                          Professor in the Chemical Engineering
Plenary Speakers (in alphabetical order):                 Department at Carnegie Mellon University.
David Bogle, Timothy Noël, Julian Thiele, Edwin           The Award will be presented at ESCAPE-31
Zondervan                                                 in June 2021.

Concert: In spite of the upcoming CHISA will            • The EFCE Working Party on
be carried out completely in the virtually space,         Electrochemical Engineering in a fresh
the traditional classical music concert will not          new look: see its new Logo!
be missing. The highly prestigious ensemble
of ancient and baroque music Collegium 1704
(https://www.collegium1704.com/en/) is
going to perform Mozart, Bach and Myslivecek
exclusively for the CHISA Virtually audience. Do
not miss this great opportunity!

The call for papers is still open for your
contribution to CHISA 2021 VIRTUALLY.

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Call for papers - European Federation of Chemical Engineering
ECCE13 & ECAB6 go virtual
20–23 September 2021 (EFCE Event No. 767)

Motto: Engineering the Future                       Please consult the website for further details:
                                                    https://ecce-ecab2021.eu/Topics.html
Chemical engineering, biotechnology and
bioprocessing are more important than ever          Become a sponsor
to meet current challenges thus as climate
change, circular economy or pharmaceutical          ECCE and ECAB offer attractive sponsoring
production. To enable an international scientific   packages for companies and institutions!
exchange despite restrictions that are expected     Present your services and technologies to c.
to be still in place in September 2021, the 13th    2,000 expected attendants and use your virtual
European Congress of Chemical Engineering           exhibition booth to reach out to students, young
and 6th European Congress of Applied                professionals and potential cooperation partners.
Biotechnology from 20–23 September 2021             Book your virtual booth now.
will go virtual!
                                                    Exhibition
ECCE and ECAB cover the whole range of
relevant topics from laboratory research via        We offer two packages of virtual company
process development and chemical reaction           booths.
engineering to challenges from industrial
                                                    Website: http://ecce-ecab2021.eu/
practice and overarching topics such as quality
management and education. A virtual poster          Twitter: #ecceecab21
exhibition with opportunities for discussion,
interactive workshops and panel discussions
as well as high-ranking plenary presentations
complement the scientific program.

Call for Papers –
deadline extended
With the decision made, planning will be much
easier for all of you as well and while some may
have hesitated to submit a contribution for a
physical event, you haven’t missed out yet: The
submission deadline has been extended.

The submission deadline for lectures has been
extended to 1 March 2021
Posters can be submitted until 31 March 2021.
Abstracts are welcome on all topics of
process and chemical engineering as well as
biotechnology.

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EFCE awards – calls for nominations
EFCE calls for nominations in the field of mixing

2021 Young Researcher                                    customer processes and mixing procedures more
                                                         reliable and efficient.
Award in Mixing
The European Federation of Chemical Engineering
(EFCE) and its Working Party on Mixing are pleased
                                                         2021 Nienow Lifetime
to present the calls for nominations for the 2021        Recognition Award in Mixing
Young Researcher Award in Mixing.                        The European Federation of Chemical Engineering
   The Young Researcher Award was established in         (EFCE) and its Working Party on Mixing are pleased
2000 to recognise the work of a young researcher         to present the calls for nominations for the 2021
in his/her early career, which demonstrates an           Nienow Lifetime Recognition Award in Mixing.
outstanding contribution to research and/or                 The Lifetime Recognition Award was established
practice in mixing.                                      in 2000 in recognition of outstanding contribution
   Previous Award winners are Giorgio Micale             to mixing research and practice to a senior
(2000), Joëlle Aubin (2003), Giuseppina Montante         researcher or industrial engineer belonging to one
(2006), Andrea Ducci (2009), Sebastian Maaß              of the EFCE member countries throughout his/her
(2012), Claudio Antonio Pereira da Fonte (2015),         career.
and Federico Alberini (2018).                               Previous Award winners were John Smith
   The award consists of a certificate, a cash prize     (2000), Alvin Nienow (2003), John Bourne and
of 1,500 euros, and an invitation to the                 Ivan Fort (2006), Joël Bertrand (2009) Franco
17th European Conference on Mixing.                      Magelli (2012), Harry van den Akker (2015), and
   Any young researcher (less than 35 years old)         Michael Yianneskis (2018).
who has completed his/her PhD in the field of               The award consists of a plaque, a certificate, a
mixing at a European university and is currently         cash prize of 1,000 euros, and an invitation to the
active in the mixing research is eligible for            17th European Conference on Mixing.
nomination.                                                 Nominations must be submitted by members of
Closing date for nominations:                            a national or regional member association
Monday, 15 March 2021                                    of EFCE.

For further information about the nomination             Closing date for nominations:
procedure, eligibility, supporting documentation,        Monday, 15 March 2021
etc., please refer to the EFCE website at https://       For further information about the nomination
www.efce.info/YoungResearcherAward_Mixing                procedure, eligibility, supporting documentation,
                                                         etc., please refer to the EFCE website at https://
                            The Award is
                                                         efce.info/Nienow_LifetimeRecognitionAward_Mixing
                            generously
                            sponsored by EKATO.          The Award is generously sponsored by
                                                         Alvin and Helen Nienow.
About Ekato
In the past 85 years EKATO has developed                 About Alvin and Helen Nienow
to world market leader in stirring and mixing            Professor Alvin W Nienow, DSc, FIChemE, FREng
technology for all process-oriented industries.          was a member of the Organizing Committee of
   The EKATO GROUP companies offer optimized             the First European Mixing Conference in 1974.
mixing technology, from molecular, robust and            Since that time, he has been on the Organizing or
rapidly available industrial agitators over industrial   Scientific Committee and contributed technically
solutions for reactor agitators on sophisticated         to the Conference series and to mixing research
mixing processes up to complete process plants           and practice as such. He was also a winner of
including automation.                                    the 2nd LRA in 2003 when it was sponsored by
   EKATO has been family-owned since its                 Ekato. He and his wife Helen count many people
foundation in 1933 and is represented worldwide          in Europe and world-wide working in mixing as
with subsidiaries in Europe, Asia, Australia, South      their friends. Alvin and Helen are sponsoring this
America, South Africa and the USA as well as a           prize starting from the 2021 edition in recognition
network of trading partners. At the state-of-the-art     of the contribution that mixing in general and
research and development center in Schopfheim,           the European mixing community in particular has
EKATO offers engineering services from process           made to enhance the quality of their lives.
development to process optimization to make

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Call for papers - European Federation of Chemical Engineering
The following calls for nominations are still open:
 • EFCE Student Mobility Award 2021               • EFCE Excellence Award in Process
    Closing date for applications: 1 March 2021     Intensification 2021
                                                     Closing date for nominations:
    The Award is generously sponsored by
                                                     15 March 2021
    BASF SE.
                                                     The Excellence Award is generously
    Further information: https://www.efce.info/      sponsored by Microinnova.
    Student_Mobility_Award.html
                                                     Further information: http://www.efce.info/
 • EFCE Process Intensification Award for            ExcellenceAwardProcessIntensification.html
   Industrial Innovation 2021
                                                  • EFCE-EMS Joint Excellence Award in
    Closing date for nominations:                   Membrane Engineering
    15 March 2021
                                                     Closing date for nominations:
    The Award is generously sponsored by the         15 March 2021
    European Process Intensification Centre –        The Excellence Award is generously
    Europic.                                         sponsored by the European Membrane
    Further information: https://www.efce.info/      Society (EMS).
    PI_Award_Industrial_Innovation.html              Further information: http://www.efce.info/
                                                     ExcellenceAwardMembraneEngineering
 • Excellence Award in Product Design and
   Engineering 2021                               • EFCE Excellence Award in Fluid
    Closing date for nominations:                   Separations 2022
    1 March 2021                                     Closing date for nominations: 7 March 2022
    The Excellence Award is generously               The Excellence Award is generously
    sponsored by Beiersdorf AG.                      sponsored by Evonik
    Further information: http://www.efce.info/       Further information: http://www.efce.info/
    ExcellenceAwardProductDesign.html                ExcellenceAwardFluidSeparations.html

EFCE Bologna recommendations update 2020
In 2020, the EFCE Working Party on Education       of comparable criteria and methodologies
updated its Bologna Recommendations.               regarding curricula development, inter-institution
Hermann Feise, the president of EFCE, and Eric     cooperation and mobility. This statement was
Schaer, the chairman of the WP on Education,       followed by an update of the core curriculum
explain the background for the project and the     requirements for first and second cycles in
recent update.                                     chemical engineering studies, developed by the
                                                   members of the WPE. It was first published in
Q: The WP Education has published the              2005 as the WPE Bologna Recommendations,
Bologna Recommendations since 2005, and            taking into account recent development in
previously updated them in 2010. Why did           study organization and in curricula accrediation
the WP produce this document originally?           guidelines. The document was well received and
                                                   became a much-used guide for shaping chemical
A: The European Union’s Bologna Declaration        engineering degree programmes.
in 1999 was designed to modernise European
higher education systems. The process was
                                                   Q: What prompted you to update it for
designed to promote students exchanges
                                                   2020?
between EU countries and to ensure the quality
of higher education across Europe. EFCE            A: In 2010 the recommendations were updated
welcomed and supported the aims of the Bologna     in order to strengthen the outcome orientation
Declaration, including an easily readable and      and to include the third cycle (PhD degrees).
comparable system of higher education based on     Since then, the harmonization and accredi-
two cycles of study, as well as the development    tation of higher education degrees have seen

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Call for papers - European Federation of Chemical Engineering
many changes and therefore EFCE’s recom-            hinder the development of new concepts of
mendations had to be updated to remain a point      study, it should be of interest to people who are
of reference when assessing the quality of a        developing new chemical engineering courses
degree programme or developing new provisions       or updating existing ones. It sets out some of
in chemical engineering. Since the beginning of     the fundamentals we think degree programmes
the Bologna Process, many new subjects have         in chemical engineering should include – such
been introduced into the academic curricula,        as thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, transport
new institutions – public and private – joined      phenomena, separation techniques or reaction
the education field, the balance between various    engineering, as well as transferable skills,
types of higher education has shifted and new       putting the emphasis on learning outcomes.
modes of delivery forced their way into the         Tables of course content and credits are given as
higher education landscape. One can expect that     exemplars, not requirements, and in any case,
the use of online teaching in particular will see   they only amount to two-thirds of the study
an unprecedented rise due to the 2020 Covid-19      time. However, the EFCE does not believe there
pandemic and the subsequent demand for social       is much that could be omitted from this core
distancing whilst nevertheless keeping teaching     without bringing into question the validity of the
alive. All of these changes require diligent        course as a chemical engineering qualification.
consideration when trying to accommodate them       Similarly, a proper second cycle degree in
while ensuring quality education programmes for     chemical engineering, which has become the
the next generation.                                standard in many countries in Europe, cannot be
                                                    achieved with much less than 300 ECTS credits
Q: What are the key changes?                        spent on relevant subjects. In this respect,
                                                    this document may also serve as a reference
A: The main purpose of the EFCE’s                   for students wishing to transfer from cognate
recommendations is to ensure that graduates         disciplines to chemical engineering to indicate
who have completed a chemical engineering           knowledge and skills they may be missing from
degree possess the skills required for chemical     their previous studies.
engineering practice. This includes not only
knowledge of the fundamentals, such as
                                                    Q: Do you get any feedback from
thermodynamics, reaction engineering or
                                                    universities or individuals about the
separation technology, but also competences in
                                                    document? Has it been ‘used’, and if so,
and beyond engineering and science, such as
                                                    how?
working in teams and across borders, making
judgments or improve their knowledge and            Yes, we have had some informal feedback.
skills during their careers. Higher education       Colleagues from different universities, or chemi-
teachers and programme designers are                cal engineering departments, used or still use
challenged to accommodate new knowledge             this document to introduce some new courses,
(e.g. digitalization) in the curriculum while       develop some others, intensify internships,
ensuring enough time and energy is devoted          complete the curricula in terms of learning
to students achieving the competence levels         out-comes and competencies, or develop new
required to practice chemical engineering.          teaching methodologies. This is only anecdotal
Therefore, the EFCE recommends that chemical        evidence, but it’s encouraging.
engineering programmes include international
experience, industrial practice and acquisition     The updated Bologna Recommendations
of transferable skills, which complement            document can be found at
classroom and laboratory work, digital exercises    https://efce.info/Scientific+groups/
and (group) projects at the university or other     Education/Publications/_/EFCE_Bologna_
higher education institutions. The document         Recommendations_2020.pdf
also continues advice about teaching delivery
methodologies, assessments, ethics or quality
assurance.

Q: What can I expect to find in the
document? Who should read it?
A: While the European Federation of Chemical
Engineering has no mandate and no desire to
enforce any ready-made teaching programmes
on the institutions of higher learning, or to

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News about the official EFCE journals
Read journal papers for free

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access periods. In addition to these, articles          https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/
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Invitation to submit papers                         Special issue: Emerging Trends in
                                                    Thermocatalytic, Photocatalytic, Electrocatalytic,
We have a number of special issues planned that
                                                    Photoeletrocatalytic and Biological Conversion
are currently open for submission. Submissions
                                                    of Harmful Gases into Benign Compounds for
from all welcome! If you require any further
                                                    Environmental Protection (Manuscript submission
information then please contact Managing Editor
                                                    deadline 31 March 2021)
Catherine Cliffe ccliffe@icheme.org
                                                    https://www.journals.elsevier.com/process-
Details as follows:
                                                    safety-and-environmental-protection/call-for-
Chemical Engineering Research and                   papers/emerging-trends-in-thermocatalytic-
Design                                              photocatalytic
Special Issue: Multi-scale Approaches in Bubble     Special issue: Industry 4.0 and Digitization for
Column Fluid Dynamics (Manuscript submission        Environmental Protection and Processes Safety
deadline 31 March 2021)                             (Manuscript submission deadline 31 March 2021)
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/chemical-         https://www.journals.elsevier.com/process-
engineering-research-and-design/call-for-papers/    safety-and-environmental-protection/call-
multi-scale-approaches-in-bubble-column-fluid-      for-papers/special-issue-on-industry-40-and-
dynamics                                            digitization

Special Issue: Recent Advances in Continuous        Special issue: Data Analytics in Process Safety
Crystallization (Manuscript submission deadline     (Manuscript submission deadline 30 June 2021)
30 June 2021)                                       https://www.journals.elsevier.com/process-safety-
                                                    and-environmental-protection/call-for-papers/
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/chemical-         special-issue-data-analytics-in-process-safety
engineering-research-and-design/call-for-papers/
special-issue-recent-advances-in-continuous-        Sustainable Production and
crystallization                                     Consumption
                                                    Special issue: Strategies for Resilient and
Process Safety and Environmental
                                                    Sustainable Supply Chains in an Uncertain
Protection                                          Business Environment (Manuscript submission
Special issue: Safety and Risk Analysis in          deadline 30 April 2021)
Digitalized Process Operations (Manuscript          https://www.journals.elsevier.com/sustainable-
submission deadline 31 March 2021)                  production-and-consumption/call-for-papers/
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/process-          strategies-for-resilient-and-sustainable-supply-
safety-and-environmental-protection/call-for-       chains
papers/special-issue-safety-and-risk-analysis-in-
digitalized-process                                 Special issue: International Trade and Climate
                                                    Change (Manuscript submission deadline 10
Special issue: Safety, environmental and risk       June 2021)
management related to Covid-19 (Manuscript          https://www.journals.elsevier.com/sustainable-
submission deadline 31 March 2021)                  production-and-consumption/call-for-papers/
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/process-          international-trade-and-climate-change
safety-and-environmental-protection/call-           Special issue: Sustainable Production and
for-papers/safety-environmental-and-risk-           Consumption of Non-durable Goods in the Era of
management-related-to-covid-19                      Industry 4.0 (Manuscript submission deadline 30
Special issue: Air Pollution Prevention and         June 2021)
Identification of Pollution Sources from Chemical   https://www.journals.elsevier.com/sustainable-
Industrial Parks (Manuscript submission deadline    production-and-consumption/call-for-papers/
31 March 2021)                                      sustainable-production-and-consumption-spc
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/process-
safety-and-environmental-protection/call-
for-papers/air-pollution-prevention-and-
identification-of-pollution

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Events organised by or on behalf                                                                  s!
of EFCE in 2021/22
An extended list of events is available at http://www.efce.info/events.html

CHISA 2021 Virtually –                             (EFCE Event No. 776)
24th International Congress of                     ESCAPE-31 event is organized under the
Chemical and Process Engineering                   auspices of the EFCE Working Party on
                                                   Computer Aided Process Engineering (CAPE-
Online, 15–18 March 2021                           WP), the Chamber of Chemical Engineers of
(EFCE Event No. 772)                               Turkey (KMO), and Koc University, Istanbul.
                                                   ESCAPE-31 aims to bring together researchers
See ‘CHISA 2021 Virtually’.
                                                   and practitioners of computer-aided process
                                                   engineering (CAPE) community and provide
EEM21 - 7th International Congress                 a forum to present and evaluate emerging
Engineering, Environment and                       research methods and concepts, and to learn
Materials in Processing Industry                   from industrial case studies.
Jahorina Mountain, East Sarajevo,                  Themes:
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 17-19                      (1) Process-product synthesis, design
March 2021 (EFCE Event No. 777)                    and integration; (2) Methods, models and
                                                   computational tools for PSE; (3) Process control
For the 7th time, the International Congress       and operations; (4) CAPE/PSE in energy/water/
on Engineering, Environment and Materials in       food nexus and sustainability; (5) Process
Processing Industry is organised by the Faculty    operations and supply chains; (6) PSE in
of Technology, University of East Sarajevo. This   biological systems and processes; (7) Education
year, EEM21 is going to be held as a hybrid        in CAPE/PSE & knowledge transfer.
event. EEM21 will continue to bring together
leaders from industry and academia to exchange     Plenary speakers: Marc-Olivier Coppens,
and share their experiences, present research      University College London; Stratos Pistikopoulos,
results, explore collaborations and to spark new   Texas A&M University; Gintaras V. (Rex)
ideas, with the aim of developing new projects     Reklaitis, Purdue University.
and exploiting new technology for sustainable      Register NOW!
applications.                                      Website: https://www.escape31.org/
Topics: Chemical and Electrochemical
Engineering; Food Engineering and                  12th European Symposium on
Biotechnology; Environmental Engineering;          Electrochemical Engineering –
Materials and Material Characterization;           ESEE 2021
Nanotechnology; Inorganic Chemistry and            Leeuwarden, The Netherlands,
Technology; Organic Chemistry and Technology,
Polymers; Plasma Technology; Energy Efficiency     New date: 13-17 June 2021
and Renewable Energy Sources; Textile              (EFCE Event No. 766)
Engineering; Corrosion and Protection of           Motto: Electrochemistry for electrification
Materials and Thermal Power Plants; Metallurgy;    and energy transition toward a sustainable
Management in the Processing Industry; General     future
Sections. The deadline for abstract submission
has been extended until 1 March 2021.              The 12th European Symposium on
                                                   Electrochemical Engineering - ESEE 2021
Register NOW!
                                                   is organised by the EFCE Working Party on
Website: https://eem.tfzv.ues.rs.ba/               Electrochemical Engineering in cooperation with
                                                   Wetsus.
ESCAPE-31 – 31st European
                                                   Topics: Electrocatalysis and electrochemical
Symposium on Computer Aided                        technologies; Safe water and air; Corrosion
Process Engineering                                science for durable materials; Water electrolysis
Istanbul, Turkey, 6-9 June 2021                    and fuel cells; Novel energy storage devices,

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Save the date!
                                                       ESCAPE-32 – 32nd European
                                                       Symposium on Computer Aided
batteries, and electrochemical capacitors;
Bioelectrochemistry for energy conversion and
                                                       Process Engineering
resource recovery; Green capture and conversion        Toulouse, France, 12-15 June
of CO2; Electrochemical recovery of raw                2022 (EFCE Event No. 778)
materials; Advanced membranes and electrodes
                                                       ESCAPE-32 is organised by INP Toulouse in
for selective ion removal; General session.
                                                       co-operation with the EFCE Working Party on
Invited speakers: Matthias Wessling;                   Computer Aided Process Engineering.
Menachem Elimelech; Martin Z Bazant; Elif
Karatay; Geoff Kelsall; Matthew Suss; Manuel           Website: coming soon
Andres Rodrigo; Xiao Su.
On the occasion of the ESEE2021 the EFCE
Working Party will present its prestigious            bird registration deadline: 15 June 2021
Carl Wagner Medal of Excellence in                    Website: https://dechema.de/en/ISIC_2021
Electrochemical Engineering.
The ESEE 2021 will be a hybrid conference             XXIV International Conference
with live streaming of all sessions for               on Chemical Reactors –
registered participants. All presenting               CHEMREACTOR-24
authors are expected to physically attend
                                                      Milan, Italy, New date:
the event. In the case of pandemic
constraints, the conference will be fully held        12–17 September 2021
online.                                               (EFCE Event No. 769)
Register NOW! Early-bird registration deadline:       The XXIV International Conference on Chemical
31 March 2021                                         Reactors – CHEMREACTOR-24 is organised by
Website: http://www.electrochemical-                  the Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Russia jointly
engineering.eu/2021/                                  with the world famous Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
                                                      Main topics: Advances in Chemical
21st International Symposium on                       Reactor Fundamentals; Chemical Reaction
Industrial Crystallization-ISIC 21                    Engineering and Reactor Design – Novel
                                                      Experimental Approaches, Modeling, Scale-
Online, new date:
                                                      Up and Optimisation; Chemical Reactors and
30 August–2 September 2021                            Technologies for Targeted Applications; Advanced
(EFCE Event No. 751)                                  Processing of Conventional and Unconventional
The symposium is organised under the                  Hydrocarbon Feedstocks.
auspices of the EFCE’s Working Party on               Plenary speakers: Prof. Guy Marin; Prof.
Crystallization and has become the premier            Annemie Bogaerts; Prof. Ib Chorkendorff; Prof.
international conference in the field of industrial   Fausto Gallucci; Prof. Freek Kapteijn; Dr. Carlo
crystallization.                                      Perego.
The 21st ISIC provides a meeting and a                Register NOW!
discussion forum for scientists and engineers
from academia and industry as well as                 Website: http://conf.nsc.ru/CR-24/en/
suppliers of crystallization and related analytical
equipment.                                            ECCE13 & ECAB6–
Main Topics: Fundamentals of crystallization;         13th European Congress of
Crystallization and precipitation in fine chemical,   Chemical Engineering & 6th
specialty & life-science industries; Developments     European Congress on Applied
in large scale industrial crystallization;
Contributions of crystallization to sustainability;   Biotechnology
Integrated process design: Crystallization in the     Online, 20–23 September 2021
industrial process chain.                             (EFCE Event No. 767)
Plenary and Evening speakers: Prof. Beatrice
Biscans, France; Prof. Richard Braatz, USA; Prof.     Motto: Engineering the Future
Helmut Cölfen, Germany; Prof. Juanma Garcia-          See ECCE13 & ECAB6 Call for papers above
Ruiz, Spain; Dr. Daniel Green, USA; Dipl.-Ing.
Christian Melches, Germany.                           Website: http://ecce-ecab2021.eu/
Register NOW for virtual ISIC 2021! Early-            Twitter: #ecceecab21

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Call for Papers
                                                     17th International Symposium
                                                     on Loss Prevention and Safety
Electrostatics 2022
                                                     Promotion in the Process Industries
Wroclaw, Poland,                                     – Loss Prevention 2022
New date: 28 March – 1 April 2022                    Prague, Czech Republic, 5-8 June
(EFCE Event No. 774)                                 2022 (EFCE Event No. 765)
Electrostatics 2021 has become Electrostatics        The 17th International Symposium on
2022. The Conference is organised by the             Loss Prevention and Safety Promotion in
Wroclaw University of Science and Technology         the Process Industries and accompanying
in co-operation with the EFCE Working Party on       exhibition is organised by the Faculty of Safety
Static Electricity in Industry.                      Engineering - VSB Technical University of
                                                     Ostrava and the EFCE Working Party on Loss
Electrostatics 2022 provides a unique
                                                     Prevention.
interdisciplinary forum for discussion about
the electrostatic phenomena and its industrial       Topics: The topic matrix is available at: https://
applications. Fundamentals, hazards,                 on-line-form.eu/lossprevention2022/abstracts/
applications, measuring techniques, standards        index.php?coo=1
and other related topics are within the scope of     The call for papers is open. Abstract submission
the conference.                                      deadline: 15 May 2021
Topics:                                              Website: http://www.lossprevention2022.org
1. Applications and Industry; 2. ESD; 3.
Fundamentals; 4. Hazards;5. Liquids; 6. Solid
and Powders; 7. Gases; 8. Measuring Techniques;
9. Standards; 10. History of Electrostatics.
All steps of the conference have been
started again including a new call for
papers.
Please check the conference website for details.
Website: http://www.electrostatics2021.pwr.
edu.pl/wp/

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