Themes and Symposia
Program Chairs
Madjid Mohseni, Technical Program Chair, University of British Columbia
Tony Boyd, Industrial Program Chair, NORAM Engineering & Constructors Ltd.
Themes and Organizing Leaders:
Biotechnology, James Piret and Arin Sen
Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Nader Mahinpey
Catalysis, Ajay Dalai and Kevin Smith
Chemical Engineering Education, Royann Petrell and Dusko Posarac
Environment, Mita Ray and Fariborz Taghipour
Fundamentals, Madjid Mohseni
Fluidization and Powder Technology, Robert Legros, Xiaotao (Tony) Bi and Arturo Macchi
Macromolecular Science and Complex Fluids, Timothy Bender and Savvas Hatzikiriakos
Process Safety Management, Shahana Buchanan
Systems and Control, Bhushan Gopalani
Special Sessions:
Oil Sands and Heavy Oil Processing
Zhenghe Xu, Lead Organizer, University of Alberta
International Symposia and Organizing Leaders:
3rd International Symposium on Gasification and its Applications (iSGA-3)
John Grace, Chair, University of British Columbia, Canada
Juichiro Hatashi, Co-chair, Kyushu University, Japan
Mark H. Hofbauer, Co-chair, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Chun-Zhu Li, Co-chair, Curtin University, Australia
Haibin Li, Co-chair, Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, China
6th International Symposium on Spouted Beds
Jim Lim, Chair, University of British Columbia, Canada
Xiaojun Bao, Co-chair, China University of Petroleum, China
Martin Olazar, Co-chair, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Spain
Sandra Rocha, Co-chair, State University of Campinas, Brazil
International Symposium on Sustainability
Roland Clift, Chair, University of Surrey, UK
Naoko Ellis, Co-chair, University of British Columbia, Canada
Tracy Casavan, Co-chair, Ecoindustrial Solutions, Canada
International Symposium on Fuel Cells, Batteries and Electrochemical Technologies
David Wilkinson, Chair, University of British Columbia, Canada
Elod Gyenge, Co-chair, University of British Columbia, Canada
Haijiang Wang, Co-chair, NRC Institute for Fuel Cell Innovations, Canada
Jurgen Stumper, Co-chair, Automotive Fuel Cell Corporation, Canada
Mike Gattrell, Co-chair, Noram Engineering, Canada
International Symposium on Biomass and Bioenergy
Paul Watkinson, Chair, University of British Columbia, Canada
Franco Berruti, Co-chair, University of Western Ontario, Canada
Wenli Duo, Co-chair, FPInnovation, Canada
Shahab Sokhansanj, Co-chair, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and University of British Columbia
This symposium is co-organized by the Canadian Society for Bioengineering (CSBE)
