PROCESS DEVELOPMENT GROUP Steering Committee Meeting (Summer ‘99) Toronto, July 9, 1999.

PROCESS DEVELOPMENT GROUP

Steering Committee Meeting (Summer ‘99)

Toronto, July 9, 1999

AGENDAAGENDA

Introduction / Agenda Review 9:00

Summary of Current Activities 9:15

Review of Action Items (‘98 New York, ‘98 Miami, 99 Houston) 9:45

Break 10:30

Status of Group/Areas, upcoming election 10:45

Web page 11:30

Lunch 12:00

Tour of Facilities 13:00

1999 Dallas Topical 14:00

2000 Atlanta Topical 14:15

Future meetings, topicals, sessions 14:30

Other activities, discussions, new proposals 15:00

Agreement on new Action Items, directions 15:30

Adjourn 16:00 -16:30

July 9, 1999

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Warren Barkey (Exxon)

Prabir Basu (Monsanto)

Kamlesh Bhatia (DuPont)

Shiah Cherney (Chevron)

Cawas Cooper (Air Products)

John Corn (Ashland)

Joe Cramer (AIChE)

Bill Dale (Xerox)

Bob Duggal (Ethyl)

Dave Edwards (Zeton)

Yinlun Huang (Wayne State U)

Alan Leviton (Rohm and Haas)

George Liebermann (Xerox)

Ron Mack (Monsanto)

Ramesh Rameswaran (Lyondell)July 9, 1999

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OBJECTIVEOBJECTIVE- To develop the scope / directions of the Process Development Group within the AIChE National Programming Committee.

Programming and Group DevelopmentProgramming and Group Development

- continue working on the Chicago ‘97 and New York ‘98 Steering Committee initiatives

- address current issues

- develop new initiatives

July 9, 1999

Current ActivitiesCurrent ActivitiesCurrent ActivitiesCurrent Activities

July 9, 1999

Programming

Leadership Structure and Election of Chairs/Vice-Chairs

New Areas Development

Web page

Future Committee Meetings

Steering Committee Meetings

Industry/Academia participation

Marketing /Corporate Sponsorship/Quality

Benchmarking/Networking

Area Mission Statement s

Other Activities

Group 12 Sessions at Annual Group 12 Sessions at Annual and National Meetingsand National Meetings

Group 12 Sessions at Annual Group 12 Sessions at Annual and National Meetingsand National Meetings

Recent years (Pilot Plants) 2 sessions

Nov. ’97 (Los Angeles) 2 sessions1 poster session (no allocation)

March ’98 (New Orleans) 3 sessions (1 extra allocation)

Nov. ‘98 (Miami Beach) 3 sessions (1 extra allocation)

3 sessions (1 extra allocation)March ’99 (Houston)

March ’00 (Atlanta) 6>8 sessions (Topical Conference)

Base allocation extended to 4 by AIChE in Miami Beach 98

Nov. ’99 (Dallas) 8>10 sessions (Topical Conference)

Nov. ‘00 (Los Angeles) 4 sessions

•• The new structure of the group was agreed upon at the March ‘97 Houston Committee Meeting :

•• Area 12c and 12d to be officially started in November 99 (Dallas)

Structure for Group 12Structure for Group 12Structure for Group 12Structure for Group 12

Group 12PROCESS DEVELOPMENTPROCESS DEVELOPMENT

Area 12aProcess ResearchProcess Research

and Innovationand Innovation

Area 12bPilot PlantsPilot Plants

Area 12cTechnology TransferTechnology Transfer

Area 12dManufacturingManufacturing

July 9, 1999

LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE AND LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE AND PROCEDURES FOR ELECTION OF CHAIRS / VICE-CHAIRSPROCEDURES FOR ELECTION OF CHAIRS / VICE-CHAIRS

The list of responsibilities of the Group and Area Chairs / Vice-Chairs, as well as the election procedure was distributed and is maintained by the Group Chair

Leadership of Group 12 and Areas 12a and 12b is in place

area 12 b chair resignation

The new leadership mandate to the Fall of 2000 in order toallow implementation and consolidation of the new structure (LA ‘97)

proposal to move Group election to 1999

Champions for future Areas 12c and 12d have been identified (CH ‘97, LA’97, NO ’98)

elections for chairs/vice-chairs in Dallas 1999

July 9, 1999


NEW AREAS DEVELOPMENTNEW AREAS DEVELOPMENT

Survey conducted by Cawas Cooper for Technology Transfer - presented in LA ‘97

Group DL survey has identified a the number of people with interest in this field - DL contains identifier for each area / future area

1999 Dallas Topical Conference has one /two session for each of the future areas

2000 Atlanta Topical Conference has three session for Technology Transfer

2000 LA has one session for Technology Transfer

Two Champions for each of the future Areas 12c and 12d

July 9, 1999


WEB PAGEWEB PAGE

Web page active:

Draft #1 : www.pd-aiche.comDraft #1 : www.pd-aiche.com

Draft #2 : www.pd-aiche.com/tempDraft #2 : www.pd-aiche.com/temp

•• Sponsorship: so far, SC Johnson, Rohm & Haas, Xerox

to be recognized on the site

•• Gate keeper team: G.Liebermann, group/area vice-chairs

to be implemented

July 9, 1999


FUTURE COMMITTEE MEETINGSFUTURE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

Separate meetings for the Process Development (Group) Committee meeting and Area meetings started in Miami Beach 1998

The group dinner : immediately after the Group Committee meeting

Potential session chairs / co-chairs and session titles to be identified before the committee meeting by the Area Chairs/ Vice-Chairs to streamline to selection

process (TBD - Area Chairs/Vice-Chairs) ?

Other meeting activities, such as benchmarking, where people talk about their organization, or round table discussions on specific topics were to be continued

(not done)

July 9, 1999


STEERING COMMITTEE MEETINGSSTEERING COMMITTEE MEETINGS

‘97 Chicago Meeting was an excellent start

‘98 New York Meeting move from July 10 to July 24 - created some attendance problems

‘99 Toronto / Mississauga - best attendance yet

July 9, 1999


need for Future Steering Committee Meetings ?

If yes, at special location or at the Annual AIChE Meetings ?

INDUSTRY / ACADEMIA PARTICIPATIONINDUSTRY / ACADEMIA PARTICIPATION

Explore joint sessions with a principally academic group, e.g., Reaction Engineering (Area Chairs / Vice-Chairs)

Use Topical Conference in the Fall of 1999 in Dallas to enhance this interaction

Compile a list of Universities active in process research (Ka Ng)

Seek support from AIChE’s Education Group, as well as from academia who provide consultancy services to industry. (K. Ng, G. Tampy

July 9, 1999


MARKETING / QUALITYMARKETING / QUALITY

Article describing the recent Group 12 changes written by M.. Langer was published in AIChE Extra in Fall of 1997

Advertise best presentations in the Group 12 newsletter. (done for LA ‘97 Meeting)

Pursue programming a joint session with other AIChE groups to gain wider exposure

Web page

Run a question and answer session, or “ask the Expert”. Consider a panel discussion or a tutorial.

Propose publishing the best paper in the CEP

Contact individuals, institutions, other agencies who are involved in process development to try and forge a partnership

Post information about Group 12 on the AIChE website

July 9, 1999


Other ActivitiesOther Activities

Benchmarking

Networking (Process Development Committee Meeting, Dinner)

Area Mission Statement s

Visits to member’s facility (during Conferences,Steering Committee Meetings, individual arrangements)

Round table discussions

Surveys

July 9, 1999


•• The new structure of the group was agreed upon at the March ‘97 Houston Committee Meeting :

•• Area 12c and 12d to be officially started in November 99 (Dallas)

Structure for Group 12Structure for Group 12Structure for Group 12Structure for Group 12

Group 12PROCESS DEVELOPMENTPROCESS DEVELOPMENT

Area 12aProcess ResearchProcess Research

and Innovationand Innovation

Area 12bPilot PlantsPilot Plants

Area 12cTechnology TransferTechnology Transfer

Area 12dManufacturingManufacturing

July 9, 1999

Group 12: Process DevelopmentChair: George Liebermann, XeroxVice-chair: Prabir K. Basu, Monsanto

Area 12a: Process Research & InnovationChair: Kamlesh Bhatia, DuPontVice-chair: Ka Ng, U of Massachusetts

Area 12b: Pilot PlantsChair: John Corn, AshlandVice-chair: to be elected in Nov. 99

(Dallas)

Mark Langer, the term chair resigned in winter of 1999

Leadership to fall 2000 ?Leadership to fall 2000 ?Leadership to fall 2000 ?Leadership to fall 2000 ?

July 9, 1999

Future AreasFuture AreasFuture AreasFuture Areas

Proposed future areas:Area 12c: Technology

Transfer•• Cawas Cooper, Air Products

•• Geatesh Tampy,IFF

Area 12d: Manufacturing•• Ron Mack, Monsanto

•• Tom Kenat, Kenatech

Chairs and vice-chairs to be elected in Nov. 99 (Dallas)

July 9, 1999

Proposal to change Group 12 leadership in Fall 1999 instead of 2000:

- elections for Area 12b, 12c and 12d scheduled for 1999

- George Liebermann has been chair for an extended period of time

(Pilot Plants 1994-96, Process Development 1997- )

- opportunity to move new people in leadership positions

Group Leadership Group Leadership Group Leadership Group Leadership

July 9, 1999

www.pd-aiche.comwww.pd-aiche.com

Web page TBDs:

•• Update ongoing

•• AIChE connect button

•• Key words for browsers ?

•• Contacts for : Programming; New members; Networking;

Benchmarking

•• Suggestions - Information ? •• Resource facilitator : expertise - ask the expert, be an expert, c

•• Company links

July 9, 1999

Web PageWeb Page Web PageWeb Page

Time-lined Items StatusTime-lined Items Status

New York (July 24, 1998)- 2nd Annual Steering Committee Meeting (JC / GL)

Miami Beach (November 1999)

- Separate Area Meetings

- Issue Minutes of New York meeting (GL)

- Initiate Group 12 Web site

- Develop Plans for Topical Conference for Atlanta 2000 (JC, GL, SD)

Toronto (July 9, 1999)- 3nd Annual Steering Committee Meeting (GL)

July 9, 1999

Action ItemsAction ItemsAction ItemsAction Items

LIST of ACTION ITEMSLIST of ACTION ITEMS

July 9, 1999

Action ItemsAction ItemsAction ItemsAction Items

July 9, 1999

Dallas 1999Dallas 1999Dallas 1999Dallas 1999

First Group 12 sponsored Topical Conference

First Topical Conference Dinner - Invited speaker Prof. Octave Levenspiel

July 9, 1999

Atlanta 2000Atlanta 2000Atlanta 2000Atlanta 2000

Second Group 12 sponsored Topical ConferenceFirst group sponsored tutorial

COMMITTEE/SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGSCOMMITTEE/SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS

COMMITTEECOMMITTEE / SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS/ SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS

- structure changes?

FUTURE TOPICALSFUTURE TOPICALS

- Reno, Fall 2001 proposal : Batch Processes (PB)

FUTURE SESSIONSFUTURE SESSIONS

- 2001 sessions need to be finalized in November (Dallas)

July 9, 1999

Future Meetings, Topicals, SessionsFuture Meetings, Topicals, SessionsFuture Meetings, Topicals, SessionsFuture Meetings, Topicals, Sessions

NEW SESSIONS PROPOSEDNEW SESSIONS PROPOSED

(Miami ‘98, Houston ‘99)

# of papers max 6-7

- 2001 Houston

Process Innovation for Existing Processes (12a, 12d)

- co-chair Andreas Matzakos ,Equilon

Process Innovation in Polymers (12a)

- chair Joe Powel,Shell

Cost driven Pilot Plant Programs (12b)

Process Control and Data acquisition in Pilot Plants (12b)

Polymerization Pilot Plants (12b)

July 9, 1999

ProgrammingProgrammingProgrammingProgramming

July 9, 1999

NEW PROPOSALSNEW PROPOSALSNEW PROPOSALSNEW PROPOSALS

July 9, 1999

ACTION ITEMSACTION ITEMSACTION ITEMSACTION ITEMS

PROCESS DEVELOPMENT GROUP Steering Committee Meeting (Summer ‘99) Toronto, July 9, 1999.

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