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FIPSE-6, June 17-19, 2024

FIPSE-6 will take place at the Aldemar Olympian Village Resort in Western Peloponnese

It is the sixth conference in the series that was initiated in 2012. An overview of the technical program is given below, while the details can be found HERE, and information about the conference site is HERE. To start your conference registration, go HERE.

Note that you must book your hotel room directly through the Aldemar Olympian Village Resort. Please read the instructions HERE.

Structure of each Daily Session

Each day, the program has two invited keynotes that define a broad set of open problems in the day’s topical area.

In addition,  three to five additional short presentations define one challenging open research problem each in the technical area under consideration.

The tentative program for each day looks as follows:

Morning Session: 8:45 – 13:00

  • 08:45 – 09:00    Welcome and mission of the day
  • 09:00 – 09:45    First Keynote
  • 09:45 – 10:00    Discussion
  • 10:00 – 10:45    Second Keynote
  • 10:45 – 11:00    Discussion
  • 11:00 – 11:30    Coffee break
  • 11:30 – 12:30    Short presentations 15 min each
    • ONLY 10 minutes for each presentation
    • ONLY 8-9 slides
    • Plus 5 minutes for discussion
  • 12:30 – 13:00    Further Discussion

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Lunch: 13:00 – 14:30

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Afternoon Session: 14:30 – 16:30

  • 14:30 – 16:00    Discussion of open problems in small groups
  • 16:00 – 16:30    Small groups report to all

END of the Day: 16:40 (Approximate)

Speakers are strictly required to limit their presentations to the allotted time. Plenary speakers should spend more than 70% of their time discussing and defining challenging OPEN problems.

Short presentations have just enough time to define a single open problem succinctly.

 

 

Purpose of the

FIPSE Meetings

The main purpose
of a FIPSE meeting is to
define the most important
open problems
of the topics discussed.

This is achieved through
discussions,
discussions,
and more discussions.

The Tree Topics of FIPSE-6

Monday, 17 June 2024

PSE for Digital Sustainability

Chaired by Prof. Benoit Chachuat
Imperial College London

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.

Tuesday, 18 June 2024

PSE for Synthetic Biology

Chaired by Prof. Christopher Rao
U. of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana

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.

Wednesday, 19 June 2024

PSE for Process Electrification

Chaired by Prof. Michael Baldea
U. of Texas at Austin

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.

Discussion of Open Problems

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.