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Technical Program for 2024 Process Development Symposium Europe

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June 26, 2024
13:00 Registration and Badge Pickup
14:00 WELCOME, Jean-Pierre, Alain, Willi, Marie-Odile, Guo-Hua
14:10- 14:50

 Plenary
Green Process Innovation for Net-Zero Carbon

Suojiang Zhang 
14:55-16:40 Advanced Bioprocesses in Biotechnology (Phillipe Jacques/Isabelle) (room 1) Energy / Decarbonisation (Willi) (room 2)
14:55-15:25

 Keynote
Current Challenges in Large-scale Human Stem Cell Culture in Bioreactors,

 Pr Eric Olmos (ENSAIA)
Keynote: Facing Energy Transition Challenges: Chemical Engineering, the Unmatched Toolbox

 Eric Favre
15:25-15:45 No more methanol! Regulation of AOX1 promoter in a formate dehydrogenase-deficient Pichia pastoris strain.

 Patrick Fickers (GxABT/ULiège)
Avoiding Disruptions in Power Distribution By Using Iot Applications at Pkt's Non-Production Units

 Rachmadi Indrapraja, Pupuk Kaltim Company
15:45 - 16:05 Yarrowia lipolytica as a model microorganism implicated in the valorization of glycerol, a massive by-product of agro-industrial facilities, for the synthesis of added-value microbial metabolites

 Pr Seraphim Papanikolaou (Agricultural University of Athen)
Enhancement of denitrification performance of biomass denitrifying agent over a wide temperature range

 Jing Wang; Xinwei Yang; Fangqin Cheng, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization Technology of Coal Waste Resources, Institute of Resource and Environment, Shanxi University
16:05-16:25 Optimization of Gelatin Extraction from Red Tilapia Scalesand Evaluation of Physicochemical and Viscoelastic Properties, Christelle Mathe Long Term Energy Storage of Iron Chromium Flow Batteries

 Quan Xu, China University of Petroleum (Beijing)
16:25-16:45 Metal-Complexing Peptides: Screening, Separation and Separation Prediction in Immobilized Metal Ion Affinity Chromatography

 Dr Laetitia L.S. Canabady-Rochelle
Integration of Process and Working-Fluid Design for Combined Heating and Power (CHP) Systems

 Romain Privat; Andrés Piña-Martinez; Jean-Francois Portha; Jean-Marc Commenge, Université de Lorraine
16:50-17:10 Coffee Break
17:10 - 18:40  Advanced Bioprocesses in Biotechnology (Phillipe Jacques/Isabelle) Energy / Decarbonisation (Willi)
17:10 - 17:40 Keynote:Micro Free Flow Electrophoresis as a powerful tool for continuous preparative at Industrial scale purification of biochemical compounds

 Dr Edith Norrant (IPSOMEL)
Keynote: Functional Carbon Materials for Advanced Catalysis,

 Jieshan Qiu, Beijing University of Chemical Technology
17:40-18:00 Bioenergy and Bioexergy Analyses with Artificial Intelligence Aided By a Combustion Process of Recycled Hardwood and Softwood Wastes Via TGA

Ria Aniza;  Anelie Petrissans;  Mathieu Petrissans, Université de Lorraine
Dual Functional Assistance of Anatase in Constructing High Adhesion Ptzn@Silicalite-1 Structured Catalysts for Propane Dehydrogenation

 Liming Xia; Bofeng Zhang; Guozhu Liu, Tianjin University
18:00-18:40 Life Cycle Assessment of Carbios Enzymatic Biorecycling Technology: Powering PET Plastic and Textile Circularity

 Kiyan Vadoudi; Lionel Arras (CARBIOS)
18:40:00 End
18:45:00

Welcome Reception



June 27, 2024
8:20 Registration and Badge Pickup
8:50 - 9:00 WELCOME (Willi)
09:00- 09:40 Sustainability Revolution ;Transforming Pharmaceutical Development & Manufacture for a Greener Future

 Flavien Susanne, Vice President Chemical Development, AstraZeneca
09:45:10:25  Plenary: Edith Lecomte-Norrant: My vision of the pharmaceutical world of tomorrow…
10:25-11:25 Pharmacy Key Drivers (Flavien) Circular Processing / Product / Plastics (Andrés Piña-Martinez)
10:25-10:45 Digitalisation of process development and implementation of new technology; Gareth Alford , AstraZeneca Keynote: Polymers in the 20th Century: A Golden Era; Polymers in the 21st Century: Navigating Challenges

 Guo-Hua HU, University of Lorraine - CNRS
10:45-11:05 Dynamic freeze drying, a new technology to improve heat and mass transfer during sublimation, Jean Delaveau Process Design and Optimization Using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

 Luisa Malek; Hannes Schneider; Mandy Paschetag; Armin Fricke; Stephan Scholl, CGC Capital-Gain Consultants GmbH
11:05-11:25 New development paradigm for the Pharma industry

 Flavien Susanne, AstraZeneca
Interfacial Rheological Properties of Plant Proteins at Air/Water Interface As a Tool to Predict Their Foamability

 Mohammad Mahdi Assaf; Philippe Marchal; Veronique Sadtler; Odile Mesieres; Sophie Beaubier; Romain Kapel; Tayssir Hamieh; Thibault Roques-Carmes, Université de Lorraine
11:25-11:40 Coffee Break
11:40-12:50 Pharmacy Key Drivers (Flavien) Circular Processing / Product / Plastics (Andrés Piña-Martinez)
11:40 - 12:10 The future of technology for DS and DP integration

 Alastair Florence
Keynote: Recycling for the Recovery of Critical Metals - Focus on Agromining

 Marie-Odile Simonnot; Baptiste Laubie, Université de Lorraine, CNRS
12:10 - 12:30 Deployment of LLM and IA in drug selection and process development to manufacture; Magnus Nyden A Stochastic Monte Carlo Modeling Approach for the Pyrolysis of Polypropylene; Dimitiros Meimaroglou; Guillain Mauviel; Valérie Burklé-Vitzthum; Nabil Hassibi, Université de Lorraine
12:30-12:50 Twin Cooperative Mobile Robots for Autonomous Synthethic Chemistry, Sriram Vijayakrishnan, Liverpool Micro-Plastics: What’s Happened in Digestion System?

 Long Yu, Institute of Chemistry, Henan Acadeny of Sciences
12:50-13:10 Future of Pharmacy Round Table Fick's Second Law of Diffusion: Examining Mathematical Approximations and Their Potential for Associated Misinterpretations; Pan Wang; Tian-Tian Li; Sandrine Hoppe; Guo-Hua HU, University of Lorraine - CNRS
13:10-14:10 Lunch Break
  Edith Lecomte-Norrant Chair
14:10 - 14:50 On Our Journey from MANUfacturing to SMARTfacturing! Miss the shift – miss the future

 Michelangelo Canzoneri, Merck (Chair: Edith)
14:50 - 16:50 Manufacturing of the Future (Jean-Pierre) Circular Processing / Product / Plastics (Guo-Hua Hu)
14:50 - 15:10 Modelling of freeze drying for pharmaceutical manufacturing

 Jean-Rene Authelin
Catalytic Pyrolysis: Transforming Waste Polyolefins into Benzene, Toluene, and Xylene with High Efficiency Via Tandem Cracking-Aromatization

 Jing Zhang; Xinggui Zhou, East China University of Science & Technology
15:10 - 15:30 A new Laboratory to develop the production of pharmaceutical drugs: Example of PARACETAMOL process

 Edith Lecomte-Norrant
Multi-Material Post-Consumer Plastic Waste Revalorization Via Fused Granular Fabrication

 Catalina Suescun Gonzalez, Université de Lorraine
15:30 - 15:50 Process and Plant Design for Robustness

 Patrick Ducouret
Innovative Hydrometallurgical Process for Cell Phone Circuit Boards Recycling: Application to Copper and Tin Recovery.

Marianne L'hote; Eric Meux; Nathalie Leclerc; Sébastien Diliberto; Stéphanie Michel; Philippe Pierrat; Hervé Muhr, University of Lorraine - Institut Jean Lamour
15:50 - 16:10 Advanced Fault Localization in Chemical Plants using Stochastic Filtering and Generative Adversarial Networks; Frank Hilden; Ludovic Miraucourt; Robin Schmidt; Pourya Azadi; Karsten Covella; Matthias Mueller-Hagedorn, Air Liquide Forschung und Entwicklung GmbH Process Design and Evaluation of PET Chemical Recycling Processes; Adam McNeeley; Y. Liu, Virginia Tech
16:10 - 16:30 Model-Based Operation Optimization of Large-Scale Multi-Stack Water Electrolysis Plants

 Pourya Azadi; Marcus Mergenthal; Frank Hilden; Stefan Barwe, Air Liquide Forschung und Entwicklung GmbH
Pivotal Aspects for Decision-Makers to Keep in Mind While Defossilising Interconnected Petrochemical Subclusters

 Inna Stepchuk; Mar Pérez-Fortes; Andrea Ramírez Ramírez, Delft University of Technology
16:30 - 17:00 Coffee Break
17:00 - 18:00 Manufacturing of the Future (Jean-Pierre) Circular Processing / Product / Plastics (Guo-Hua Hu)
17:00 - 17:20 MATHIEU LECLERC TALK MOVED TO TOMORROW AT 13:35 Organic-Inorganic Optical Adhesive Nanocomposites with Tunable Refractive Index for Advanced Displays; Yinglu Liu
17:20 - 17:40 CO2 Sequestration By Smart Soft Materials during Enhanced Oil Recovery Process

 Yujun Feng; Xinjie Luo; Dianguo Wu; Yan Zhang, Sichuan Universitry
Process Intensified Synthesis of Rare-Earth Doped Luminescent Materials for White Light Emitting Diodes Towards Healthy Lighting

 Fen Wang
17:40 - 18:00 Single-Stage Concentration Gradient Generating Microfluidic System,  Cyprien Berthelemy; Anthony Biget; Rainier Hreiz; Cécile Lemaître; Halima Alem, University of Lorraine Process Design and Techno-Economic Evaluation of Co-Producing Sodium Percarbonate and Hydrogen Via Water Electrolysis

 Mahdi Mohajeri
18:00-20:00 Poster Session
18:10-19:20 Industrial Advisory Board: Round Table (Flavien, Room 1)
18:30 End
20:30 Gala Dinner


June 28, 2024
8:30 Registration and Badge Pickup
09:15-09:55 Plenary: Transitioning the industry to a sustainable/greener industry : myth or reality? (Willi)

 Ismahane Remmonay Plenary Talk
09:55-10:35 Process Developement (Marie-Odile) Health, Safety & Environment (Jean-Pierre)
9:55 -10:15 Steering early stage projects towards sustainability: how Syensqo simultaneously tackles costs and environmental footprint; Emmanuel Marx, Syensqo Acute Exposure Toxicological Reference Values / Valeurs Toxicologiques De Référence En Cas D'expositions Accidentelles

 Alain Lombard, Allotoxconsulting and Philippe Lemaire TotalEnergies
10:15-10:35 Safety Analysis of the Synthesis Section of a Commercial Vinyl Acetate Plant Using Dynamic Modeling. Hao Gong, Y. Yu, Y. Chen, H. Jiang, and M. Zhang Secondary Poisoning in the Vicinity of the Plant

 Philippe Lemaire TotalEnergies and Alain Lombard ,Allotoxconsulting
10:35-10:55 Coffee Break
10:55-11:50 Digitalisation / Artifical Intelligence (Marie-Odile) Health, Safety & Environment (Alain Durand)
10:55 - 11:15 Use of Generative Intelligence in the Process Industry, Willi Meier Technical & Economical Evaluation of Products at the Early Development Stage

 Jean Pierre Dal Pont; Alain Lombard, Société des Experts Chimistes de France (SECF)
11:15 - 11:35 Generate and Optimize Flowsheets from a Paper Using Artificial Intelligence (AI); Luisa Malek Real Time Gas Cloud Mapping for Ammonia Plants

Natalie Vuine, Grandperspective Gmbh
11:35 - 11:55 Incorporating the Human Reliability Technique (Petro-HRA) into the Real-Time Dynamic Risk Management Tool

 Alexandre Bonavita; Carlos Junior; Victor Costa; Alexandre Aguiar; Gabriel Regis, Foresea
Vinyl Acetate Refining with a Partition Wall Column, Yingzhe Yu
11:55 -12:35 Plenary: Enabling the decarbonization and circularity of the chemical industry through process technology development and scale-up; Ignasi Palou-Rivera, RAPID (Willi)
12:35 - 13:35 Lunch Break
13:35 - 14:35 Digitalisation / Artifical Intelligence Health, Safety & Environment
13:35 - 13:55 Multiscale Modeling and Optimization for Sustainable Nanofiltration Processes

 Aron K. Beke; Gergo Ignacz; Gyorgy Szekely, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Overview of Air Liquide cryogenic-based solutions for CO2 capture

 Mathieu Leclerc, Guillaume Rodrigues, Air Liquide
13:55-14:15 Accelerating Process Design By Thermodynamic Property Prediction Based on Machine Learning

 Johannes Schilling; Benedikt A. Winter; Carl C. F. Hemprich; Philipp Rehner; André Bardow, ETH Zurich
Incorporating the Human Reliability Technique (Petro-HRA) into the Real-Time Dynamic Risk Management Tool . A. Bonavita, C. Junior, V. Costa, A. Aguiar, and G. Regis
14:15-14:35 Enhancing Process Efficiency, Safety, and Sustainability through Operator Training Simulators

 Grigorios Dedes, Stamicarbon
Automated System Deviation Detector (ASDD)

 Abdullaziz Alghanim, Saudi Aramco
14:35-14:55   Drinking Water Systems and Technologies Development in Regions with Marginal Raw Water: Opportunities and Challenges

 Ignasius D.A. Sutapa, Asia Pacific Centre for Ecohydrology (APCE) - UNESCO C2C