FOCAPO 2012
Foundations of Computer-Aided Process Operations

   

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Co-Chairs:
  Nick Sahinidis (Carnegie Mellon)
  Jose Pinto (Praxair)

 

 


FOCAPO 2012 Program

Sunday, January 8
6:30-7:30 Welcome Reception
7:30-7:45 Welcome Address
CAST Conference Chair: Wayne Bequette (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
7:45-9:00 Keynote Address Forcasting and Other Games of Chance
Andy Boyd (University of Houston)
9:00-11:00 Hospitality
   
Monday, January 9
8:00-12:00 Enterprise-wide optimization
Chair: Costas Pantelides (Imperial College & PSE)
12:00-2:30 Poster Session A with contributed papers
Chairs: Dimitri Varvarezos (Aspen Tech) and Fengqi You (Northwestern University)
2:30-6:30 Optimization of multiscale systems
Chair: Larry Biegler, Carnegie Mellon University
9:00-11:00 Hospitality
   
Tuesday, January 10
8:00-12:00 Sustainable enterprise management
Chair: David Miller (National Energy Technology Laboratory)
12:00-2:30 Poster Session B with contributed papers
Chairs: Dimitri Varvarezos (Aspen Tech) and Fengqi You (Northwestern University)
2:30-6:30 Risk management
Chair: Venkat Venkatasubramanian (Purdue University)
9:00-10:00 Reception
10:00-11:00 Hospitality
   
Wednesday, January 11
8:00-12:00 Integration of operations and control
Chair: Stratos Pistikopoulos, Imperial College
12:15-2:30

Education panel discussion session
Chair: Wayne Bequette (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

2:30-5:00 New domains for operations and control research
Chair: Jay Lee (KAIST)
7:30-9:00 Reception and banquet
9:00-10:00 Keynote address: Bridging control and operations
Speaker: Manfred Morari (ETH)